Hat tip: @saltasolt
Category: Technology
The ‘Trumpiñata’ App Let’s you Whack Donald Trump from the Comfort of your Mobile Device
Do you hate El Trumpo but are not into whacking an actual piñata?
Worry no more. Two young developers have created a free app for iOS and Android that envisions Donald Trump as a piñata you can whack to produce candy.
According to this blog, the game allows you to collect coins, candy and unlockable piñata accessories and costumes. But no, it’s not just some money-making thing (yet,) but part of one of the developer’s USC Master’s Thesis.
I don’t know about you, but I’m on my way to download this thing. However, I MUST WARN YOU: I am seriously convinced that a Donald Trump piñata (digital or otherwise) cannot be full of candy; but just full of sh*t.
Hat tip: Honorary-Latin-by-marriage-white-girl Miblogestublog correspondent
The ‘Taco’ Emoji is Here; Looks Nothing Like a Taco
After much anticipation, the taco emoji has finally arrived; and just as this blogger predicted, it looks like this…
When everybody knows what tacos really look like…
Oh well….
Mexican Drones are Cooler than Regular Drones –Literally
Hat tip: @borrachito
No, Google, Kermit the Frog is not ‘Kermit la Rana’ in Spanish
Kermit the Frog, the friendly frog that became so famous in TV shows such as The Muppets and Sesame Street is actually called “René” in Mexico and “Gustavo” in Spain. But I guess that’s just too much for an automated voice-recognition, translation program.
During a brief demonstration today of its voice search app, Google’s Senior Vicepresident Sundar Pachai, reached for his smartphone to ask Google — using his voice — on Google’s search app — “How do you say Kermit the Frog in Spanish?.
Google’s response “Kermit la Rana.”
Wait. What?!
As anybody who was not born in the United States, Kermit came to be known as René in Mexico and pretty much all Latin America, and Gustavo in Spain. And as far as this blogger can tell you, nobody in the Spanish-speaking world knows him (or her?) as Kermit.
Yet, I’ve found video footage of the poor thing (René/Hermit/Gustavo) trying to explain his identity problem.
WATCH
via: CNET en Español
New .LAT Domain Will Instill ‘Latin Identity’ to Your Website
Remember .SOY?
Google’s Latino-specific domain, crafted specifically with us — “The Latin people” — in mind will soon have (Latin) company.
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) has partnered with eCOM-LAC to launch yet another Latino-specific domain: .LAT, which according to its creators, is going to instill LATIN IDENTITY (yes, with bold and capital letters) to your Latino website targeting Latino people in this Latino world.
Keep in mind, though, that you must be a pretty wealthy LATINO, since the initial registration fee for a .LAT domain starts in “only” $75,000.
¡Ay caramba!
Hat tip: @Don_Marquito
Ruining Tacos, Now Available in 3D Printing Fashion
Some genius (i.e. Imgur user BarryAbrams) has invented a 3D doughnut cutter that basically makes it possible to 3D print a “donut taco,” whatever that means. The project, explained here in detail, allows to fill a doughnut with “taco stuff,” which is something his creator wanted to do when he was fifteen.
Per Abrams himself:
[The taco donuts] were partially dunked in queso cheese [SIC,] then some sour cream was piped on like frosting. A little guacamole, some cilantro and some sriracha to top it off.
I don’t know about you, but I feel like throwing a 3D-printed chancla to the inventor of this thing and politely demand some more taco respect.
Stay Tuned for this Blog’s Coverage of MWC15 in Barcelona
Barcelona might not be the place to go for a taco lover like myself, but I will do my best to bring you this — and other equally delicious — gadgets and technology trends during this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Follow me on Twitter for your daily fix of Jamón – and tapas- inspired tech or, for a “slightly” more professional (albeit less funny coverage) follow me and my colleagues at CNET.com/ES [en español.]
Miss Universe was Hugely Popular on TV, and I Know Why
Miss Universe, that annual parade of young, pretty -and pretty shallow- women, which for some reason continues to be very popular, took place last night in Florida, making some ratings history for NBC and it’s Spanish-language network Telemundo, which aired the pageant in English and Spanish, respectively.
While NBC reported the 63rd Annual Miss Universe averaged 7.6 million viewers over three hours, Telemundo said 4.7 million people tuned in to watch the broadcast in Spanish.
Both figures are indeed impressive, but easy to understand when you consider how much sexier the whole thing is on television than watching it live from a local university in Florida –which by the way might be the closest any of these señoritas will ever get to a higher education institution.
H/t: @aqwack
Taco Bell Wants the ‘Taco Emoji’ to Look Like this
Taco Bell has launched a campaign through the site Change.org to push for the creation (ASAP) of a taco emoji, because as Taco Bell — and yours truly — knows, this is really a really top priority and stuff.
Per Taco Bell’s formal petition before the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit that regulates the coding standards for written computer text that includes emojis:
The taco emoji is a potential candidate for the release, but we need your help convincing them THE TACO EMOJI NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I’m not the one to criticize such noble effort; in fact, I’ve been pushing for “culturally-relevant” emojis for some time time. But Taco Bell — and the Unicode Consortium — must understand a taco emoji couldn’t possibly look like the one above (Exhibit A).
A taco emoji should look like this. (Exhibit B)
So speaking about priorities and without further ado, let’s vote, shall we?
Mexicans: Making the Most out of Google Search
#AzTech #YearInReview2014
‘Emojis’ Will Soon be Browner, Blacker, Because Diversity
Tired of the lack of diversity in the media and pretty much elsewhere? Worry no more! Very soon, your cute yellow -and white-faced emojis will be able to adopt up to six different skin tones, from unreal, weirdly yellowish yellow to an almost-pitch black.
This added diversity comes courtesy of the Unicode Consortium, the group that governs the emoji standard, which today said it is working on an update that “addresses emoji diversity.” In a nutshell, this basically means we will soon be able to use some sort of tech tool to make our emojis more brown/black and hopefully less güeritos.
I applaud the Unicode Consortium for their diversity efforts, because even if Hispanics and/or African-Americans continue to be underrepresented in media, politics, entertainment and pretty much elsewhere, at least we’ll be more accurately represented in the very important world of chatting with our friends and family using emoticons.
I mean, embracing diversity has to start somewhere.
Via: CNET en Español
Google’s Latino-Specific Web Domain has Mexicans Talking
Google this month launched a new Web domain – .soy – that is “intended to create a place online for the Hispanic community,” because apparently, we have nothing to do with the whole .com community (or, as I like to call it, the regular Internet.)
But while the new domain has had its detractors and its share of criticism, I can assure you at least my Mexican friends are taking the whole thing very seriously.
To wit.
Gracias, @elementoL2
Wanna Take a Siesta? There’s an App for that!
Some genius in Spain has created the SiestaApp. Sí, señor. It’s an app that will not only monitor your siesta, but will wake you up right when it’s time to go get a taco –or something.
And to think I had been so negative about technology…
Siri Sure Knows How to Please a Mexican [i.e. Me]
It took me a while, but after months of training in both, English and Spanish, Apple’s virtual assistant has finally understood that commands coming from Mexican people can be slightly more complex than then regular “check my mail” or “call my boss.”
So, thank you, Siri. But now, can you please elaborate and get to the rest of this thing? Here’s something that can help.
MI BLOG ES TU BLOG 