Today at Facebook HQ, Instagram announced a new video service. The focus is on simplicity, beauty and community. You get 15 seconds of video to work with, though you can stitch together multiple clips. There are 13 different video-exclusive filters to apply, and you can pick which frame is the […] Read the original post…
Month: June 2013
Apple Applies for Patent on Fingerprint Sensor Packaging System
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published an Apple patent application (via AppleInsider) filed in February of this year which addresses a system for packaging fingerprint sensors alongside conductive bezels in a single structure. The bezels deliver a small amount of electrical current to the user’s finger, allowing the […] Read the original post…
What developers thought of WWDC
Though Apple grabs the biggest headlines with its Worldwide Developers Conference announcements, the focus of the week-long event is really on developers. In our final video report from last week’s WWDC, we ask developers what they thought about the news coming out of the event. Much of WWDC happens behind closed […] Read the original…
Olympus PEN E-P5
The Olympus PEN E-P5 is an extremely impressive mirrorless camera, but we prefer its sibling, the Olympus OM-D EM-5. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com
Pirate Bay Founder Sentenced To Two Years In Jail On Hacking Charges
The self titled “world’s most resilient Bittorrent site” already has plenty of legal troubles . Read the original post by Ubergizmo
Samsung and Facebook and Talk Mobile – What’s on right now and where to find it!
No Talk Mobile Hangout today, as everyone’s attention is already split between Facebook on one coast and Samsung on several others. Whether Instagram gets video or Samsung remembers Windows Phone exists, the Mobile Nations team will have it covered. So sit back, relax, and hit the links below for whatever […] Read the original post…
Cumulus Brings the Red Hat Model to Networking
Startup Cumulus Networks launches a Linux-based network operating system designed for low-cost hardware that puts programmability first. Read the original post by Art Wittmann
Apple Retail Announces 2013 Summer Filmmaking Camps for Kids
As it has in prior years, Apple is offering free summer camps for kids 8-12 at its retail stores, this year focusing on filmmaking with iMovie. The classes span three days, 90 minutes per day, with an introduction to the basics of movie making, GarageBand on the iPad, iMovie on […] Read the original post…
Review: Analog Camera for iPhone
The built-in camera app of the iPhone does a good job. We have tap to focus and intelligent exposure. If you want to focus manually and change exposure levels, then you’re out of luck. A camera app, which includes those features, could understandably end up with a pretty complicated user […] Read the original post…
Refurbished Sony WiFi 3D Media Player w/ Google TV for $130 + $5 s&h
TigerDirect offers the manufacturer-refurbished Sony WiFi 3D-Ready Network Media Player, model no. NSZGS7, for $149.96. Coupon code “GVT93910″ drops it to $129.96. With around $5 for shipping, that’s $12 under the lowest total price we could find for a new unit. It features built-in Google TV, 8GB of built-in storage, […] Read the original post…
Inside App Camp for Girls with lead developer Natalie Osten
Live from WWDC, I interviewed Natalie Osten, lead developer of App Camp for Girls, a new effort to get school-age girls interested in programming as a potential career choice. App Camp for Girls will kick off in Portland, OR this summer. The non-profit is raising funds on Indiegogo, and has […] Read the original post…
1-Year Economy Website Builder w/ domain for $1/month at GoDaddy, more
GoDaddy offers 1-Year Economy Hosting, bundled with a .com domain name registration for $1 per month. That’s tied with our mention from a week ago as the best offer we’ve seen on hosting from GoDaddy in over a year. Some exclusions apply. Also available is 1-Year of Economy Website Builder […] Read the original post…
The Week in iOS Apps: Picture perfect
Once there was voicemail; now there’s video mail. Skype, the grandaddy of VoIP apps, now allows users to record up-to-3-minute video messages and send those messages to other Skype users. If you’re not a paid subscriber to Skype and only use the free service, you can send up to 25 […] Read the original post…
Developer Affairs: The agony and ecstasy of app stores
Back in the day, what mattered when picking a smartphone – be it a Nokia N-something, an aging Palm Treo, a BlackBerry with proper answer and end buttons, or a stylus-driven Windows Mobile brick – was the quality of the built-in applications. The features of the email program or the […] Read the original post…
Developer Affairs: The agony and ecstasy of app stores – Talk Mobile
Back in the day, what mattered when picking a smartphone – be it a Nokia N-something, an aging Palm Treo, a BlackBerry with proper answer and end buttons, or a stylus-driven Windows Mobile brick – was the quality of the built-in applications. The features of the email program or […] Read the original post by…