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Kreylos hooked up 3 kinects and an oculus to create a relatively solid 3D rendition of himself as he moves about inside a VR environment.

Now that it has hooked up with Nokia phones, Microsoft hopes to connect its phone software to the Xbox this year too.

AMEX and Facebook offer deals.  similar to the foursquare/amex deals

A new jelly candy in the U.K. called Guzzle Puzzle (made by the Natural Confectionary Co.) has quite the Willy Wonka-ish marketing hook. There are five different flavors-cinnamon, lime, orange, banana, and raspberry-but you can also combine three pairs of flavors to make new ones: cinnamon + lime = cola; orange + banana = bubblegum; and raspberry + lime = pink lemonade.

The social network's intentions, noble or otherwise, are to increase the pool of application makers who build Facebook hooks into their apps. With the purchase of Parse, Facebook has instantly moved from consumer social network to business service provider, playing host to the backend of thousands of mobile applications.

The port technology, not the phone.

This $100 minimalistic dock houses an iOS or Android phone in landscape mode on the top, and recharging is done via your own USB cable -- you get a 2.1A port and a 1A port on the back. But it's really all about the companion app: Once paired up over Bluetooth, you can preset Beddi's three physical buttons to either call an Uber taxi, toggle a Spotify playlist, control the temperature on your Nest or switch on a Philips Hue light. Some of these can even be automated according to your desired schedule.