Tag Archives: Software

Vine update brings support for front-facing camera, mentions

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Couple of key updates for the 1.1 version of Twitter’s pithy video app, Vine. First up is support for front-facing cameras, for those who can’t get enough short web videos of themselves. Tap the icon in the lower-left corner of the app and it will…


Yahoo’s Android app catches up with iOS version, gets Summly news boost

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Yahoo’s new app has arrived on Android, packing a similar features selection to the iOS iteration that launched last week. Alongside better search language algorithms, there’s the same Summly magic attempting to whittle longer news articles down t…


Linux kernel version 3.9 adds better support for Chromebooks, maybe even yours

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Linus Torvalds has pulled the big red lever marked Version 3.9, unleashing the latest Linux kernel onto the world and at the same time bringing some good news for Chromebook tinkerers. The update builds on the Chromebook Pixel tweak we saw back in…


Sony Action Cam update adds 1080p recording at 60fps, underwater mode

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Recording footage with Sony’s Action Cam at 1080p garnered video with just 30fps, but a new update for the rugged shooter has bumped that up to 60fps. Thanks to the freshly available upgrade, the camera has also been bestowed with a water mode pac…


Wikimedia Android and iOS app exits beta, aims for easy Wikipedia photo gathering

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Wikimedia Commons, which acts as Wikipedia’s media repository, has pushed its Android and iOS app out of the beta phase, giving photo collecting for the digital encyclopedia a workflow that isn’t chained to a browser. By registering an account onl…


The iTunes influence, part one: How Apple changed the face of the music marketplace

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“iTunes is a stepping stone along the way.” — Jim Griffin, OneHouse LLC On April 28th, the iTunes Store basked in a milestone 10th birthday. Two years before its 2003 launch (as the iTunes Music Store), Apple introduced the iTunes client as a des…


Google Now for iOS hands-on

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Google Now is, perhaps, one of the more compelling reasons to opt for an Android device over iOS. But, Mountain View is smart enough to realize that its big push to deliver information pre-emptively would be severely hampered if it was isolated to…


Google Now available on iOS devices starting today

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When it comes to major news, we didn’t expect to hear much from Google in the run-up to I/O, but clearly, the company just couldn’t wait that long. Google Now, a service that Android users have enjoyed for a year, just became available on iOS devi…


Evernote Food 2.0 for Android offers revamped UI, more ways to document your dietary obsessions

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It may seem difficult to believe, but iOS and Android users do share something in common: they both like to eat. But while Evernote Food for iOS has seen a couple of updates in recent months, its Android counterpart has been somewhat neglected. Th…


Refresh Roundup: week of April 22nd, 2013

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Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy f…