If you’ve ever doubted that children were cute, you haven’t seen this video of a toddler playing hide and seek with dad’s Google Glass. The device was altered to fit on the kid’s head but you still get the great perspective of a two year old – looking up to everything from down below, falling, awkward running, and of course “daddy” looming like a giant.

Naturally, we are all asking when cats can have their own POV videos. Internet?

The New York Times has redesigned its mobile Web site, and formatted the design to make it more idea for reading on smartphone Web browsers. This is the first time that the company has redesigned its mobile website, since it launched back in 2006.

The media company has been rolling out the redesign in two phases. At the end of April, The Times‘ mobile site was updated with a new design, faster load time and an improved performance. The second and final version, which rolled out today, includes a new layout  in which the content appears in a stream that feels more like an app.

The mobile site is also now better integrated with other channels. For instance, users can now save articles on the mobile web and then read them online or in the app later on. Readers can also now add comments on the mobile site. There are even new ad units for advertisers. This is also the first time that iPhone users will be prompted to view content on the mobile web site instead of being referred to the app.  Read more

Kingdom Of Hamelot: Portrait of Doctor Leachum, a Controversial Man by Sharon Watts is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

This interactive children’s book is set in a mythical Elizabethan-era kingdom. Check it out:

This free excerpt from Kingdom of Hamelot Series I: Menagerie of Murder is steeped in historically accurate details from the time period and full of illuminating vocabulary and facts. Readers will not only love the brilliant stories, but will hear them, enjoy fanciful illustrations, watch supplemental videos and more! The Kingdom of Hamelot is a unique storytelling experience beyond the traditional book, so grab your eReader and join us beyond the mist!

Apple’s iBookstore has the free download.

For more free eBooks, check out our Free eBook of the Day archive.

The Pic Game HD has joined the top free iPad apps list this week at No. 1, according to research from AppData. The puzzle game from Palm Desert Studios challenges users to look at puzzles and figure out what picture they are hiding.

Below, we’ve listed the top free iPad apps of the week. The list links to Inside Network’s research about the individual apps, including historical charts, developer information and download information.

To support Mediabistro’s Media App Summit, we spotlight the top free apps every week–helping our readers discover, enjoy and analyze successful content. Read more

Waypharer.com created an infographic called, “The Past, Present, and Future of Smartphones,” which explores the history of smartphones.

According to the graphic, AT&T established the first wireless mobile network in 1946 and the first smartphone design was patented by Thomas Paraskevakos in 1974.

We’ve embedded the entire infographic after the jump for you to explore further. Read more

While the Apple App Store leads the app market in terms of total revenue, a new report from Distimo suggests that Google Play is capturing more revenue share in the app business.

The report, which compared revenues from Apple’s App Store and Google Play in April 2013, revealed that Google Play’s “piece of the pie has increased significantly over the past six months.” Back in November, Google only owned 19% of the combined revenue between the two marketplace, but in April 2013, Google’s this share went up by eight percentage points to 27 percent.

Revenue shares in in Japan and South Korea helped fuel this growth. Here is more from the report:

We draw the conclusion that although the majority of applications still generate more revenue in the Apple App Store than in Google Play, there appears to be a great opportunity in Google Play in terms of revenue – and (as noted in previous publications) localization is the key.

There’s a new breathalyzer from Italy and it promises law-enforcement grade accuracy with sleek Italian design and a lifetime battery. The device, called FLOOME, attaches to smart phones via headphone jacks and measures blood alcohol concentration based on each user’s body mass. FLOOME also calculates the time required for each user to return to safe driving conditions based on your body’s metrics. The accompanying app allows you to set an alarm based on legal BAC levels or just get a nearby cab.
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Publicis Conseil launched its all-digital banking service, Hello Bank!, with a little help from B-Reel and 60 performers of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The video is an actual live performance of “March of the Toreadors” from “Carmen” conducted by Libor Pesek on April 30, 2013.
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Australia has revised its Whole of Government policy, deciding to switch its standard format from Microsoft Office format to the Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF). Do you think more organizations should switch?

ODF was created by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, building an “open, XML-based file format specification for office applications” that will work with any digital suite of office tools. Here’s more about why the Australian government switched:

 Standardising on a format supported by a wide range of office suites provides for the greatest possible degree of interoperability without mandating the use of a specific product, as well as providing the best basis for reliable interchange of information between agencies deploying differing office productivity suites … Support for a format based on an open standard ensures the long-term availability of the data contained in documents produced while eliminating the potential for a vendor ending support for a specific format … This format may provide greater support for cloud-hosted office productivity suites, should use of those become more widespread in the future.