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io9Turn your iPhone into a Super 8 camera — and learn secrets of J.J. Abrams’ new movie
A new app lets you turn your iPhone (or other i-device) into an old-school Super 8 camera. And it’s chock full of hints for J.J. Abrams new movie Super 8. It’s part tie-in app, part viral marketing, part movie-making tool. We got the inside scoop on the Super 8 app from David Baronoff, creative executive … Continued
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Soon You’ll Be Sharing Buckets of Megabytes With Your Mom
Data plans for phones are looking more and more like voice plans—unlimited plans replaced by setups where you pay for every byte. So it makes sense they’ll go the same route as voice minutes: Family plans. Verizon’s dropping its unlimited plans this summer. Presumably, current customers with unlimited data plans will be grandfathered in, like … Continued
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Tech NewsVideo From Many iPhones, Beamed Over Wi-Fi, Can Be Shot By the CollabraCam App
CollabraCam links video from multiple iPhones and feeds them into another iPhone that controls live, multi-cam editing. Utilizing an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network [It requires a wireless LAN, but not an internet connection] to get all the phones networked, the idea behind CollabraCam is that minimal—if any at all—post-production is necessary. However, if your backyard wrestling … Continued
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Tech NewsWatch a Man Trapped Inside Three Moving iPhone Screens
This is amazing. Ronen Verbit put together a short film that plays back across three iPhone screens. The craziest part is that the iPhones have to be choreographed to show the entire story. So clever. For example, a ball picked up requires a stacked line up to show its vertical movement, whereas a ball thrown … Continued
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This Week’s Best Apps
In this week’s app roundup: Netflix, droided; Instant Messages, beautified; data caps, eliminated; Super 8 Cameras, re-introduced; music, sent to space; Photoshop, appified; trending topics, explained; Pictures, tagged and much, much more. The week’s best iPhone apps Onavo: If you use a capped data plan, you might have to seriously consider using Onavo. It compresses … Continued
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Leaked: iPhone 5 Case Shows Edge-to-Edge Screen, Displaced Camera Flash
A site that’s made a name for itself as a leaker of legitimate Apple prototypes and near-complete devices has done it again, leaking an iPhone 5 case that shows a bigger screen and a different flash location. The leak, which appears to be a mock-up wrapped around a mocked-up iPhone “5,” arrives courtesy alibaba.com, and … Continued
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LTE-Free “Backup Plan” iPhone 4S Could Land This September
If and when an iPhone update arrives this year, it may do so with a small suffix and some new carrier friends. Mainly, you can expect an “iPhone 4S” in September, with support for Sprint and T-Mobile. The details, as they are wont to be, are scant and come from an analyst’s recent research note. … Continued
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The Bridge IIIP Swirls Your iPhone With Your Home Theater
So you’ve got a ton of your favorite music on your iPhone, but no AirPlay speakers. You want to lie back on the couch and enjoy some Keri Hilson. I feel you. The Bridge IIIP makes your iPhone A/V family. It’s really just a fancy $130 dock, yes. But it’ll let you control your music … Continued
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Did the Last iOS Update Break Wi-Fi?
iPad users who remember the device’s prior problems with wireless connectivity might be extra-startled by this one—many on Apple’s discussion boards are claiming the issue’s back after the last OS update. Weak signals. No signals. Wavering signals. The bevy of complaints varies slightly from user to user, but all are saying their iPad and iPhone … Continued
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Reviews
Third Rail Mobility System: Slim Power. Kinda.
Fact: My iPhone 4 has crummy battery life. Fact 2: The iPhone 4 does not have a removable battery. Fact 3: Sucks. The Third Rail aims to fix this: It’s a slim case that lets you tack extra batteries on. PLUSSES The “mobility system” is a case and an extra 1,250 milliamp battery, which’ll juice … Continued
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Tech NewsAl Franken Rips Apple before Congress
Although Apple’s fixed the location tracking problem, their Q&A explanation of the issue was defensive and baffling. Yesterday, before a Senate hearing on privacy and location tracking, Apple showed that they’re still talking out of both sides of their EULA. The questioning, lead mostly by Sen. Al Franken, reached its peak at this point, wherein … Continued
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Some Gadgets Age Better Than Other Gadgets
The Japanese have a term for the pleasing decay of objects: “Wabi-sabi.” How many gadgets and other products have you held onto, because you like how they’ve worn down? Converse; holey jeans; your Casio watch…even your silver Game Boy from long ago, that looks so beautifully battered after years of being tossed in a backpack? … Continued
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Tech NewsTake iPhone Photos, Get Paid
That’s what Gigwalk promises at least, providing you the chance to make some money for snapping some street shots with your phone if you’re in the right place. It’s simple: you sign up, enter your PayPal info, and look on the map to pick up a nearby “gig.” TechCrunch uses Gigwalk’s client TomTom as an … Continued
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Geoloqi Makes Constant Location Tracking Awesome Instead of Creepy
Your iPhone knowing your every move without your knowledge and without function: bad thing. Your phone knowing your every move so that you can share it with friends, receive geotagged reminders, and keep track of travels: very, very cool. https://kotaku.com/ispy-conspiracy-your-iphone-is-secretly-tracking-every-5793925 Geoloqi, which desperately needs a better looking app icon, crams almost every conceivable location service … Continued
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The Seamless, Automagical Future of Software Updates
OS X Lion is coming to the Mac App Store, ushering in a new era of digital distribution for their desktop operating system. And rumors are flying that iOS devices will soon receive over-the-air updates. If we had to smash these two pieces of information together and speculate about the future a little bit, we’d … Continued
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Reviews
KEE Desk Phone Dock: Hang Up
A handsome, sturdy phone on your desk is undeniably cool. You can slam it down in rage! And having an old fashioned, weighty telephone against your face just feels good. KEE wants to lend this sensibility to your iPhone—and it fails. Plusses The KEE Desk Phone Dock looks terrific. The KEE feels terrific. The brushed … Continued
By Sam Biddle