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Lytro’s Illum update transforms its light field camera into a VR content creator

Jul09
by on July 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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Lytro has released a massive update to its Illum light-field camera — a combination firmware and desktop upgrade that positions the camera as a content creator for virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard. Light field cameras capture different data and offer photographers the ability to focus, change perspective and aperture, and view in 3D after a photo is shot. The Illum is designed to offer new creative opportunities for storytelling and capturing moments. The camera’s updates feature full living picture playback on camera, native editing in Adobe Photoshop and even faster processing of light field images during…

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Tired of Reddit drama? Disqus now you lets create your own forum

Jul09
by on July 9, 2015 at 11:41 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Comments, Disqus, Forum

Disqus forums
Disqus is known for its hosted comments service, but the company has been hard at work building a community forum of its own for chatting about all sorts of things. And now, you can create your own channel to discuss whatever you’re interested in. User channels are moderated by creators who want to manage their own little communities. You can start, edit and close discussions, moderate comments, blacklist users, and invite your most active members to new chats. Creating a channel on Disqus These channels are hosted on Disqus’ site, which is growing into a hub for discussing everything from movies…

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WhatsApp on the Web now lets you manage your chats, contacts and groups

Jul09
by on July 9, 2015 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

WhatsApp Material Design
WhatsApp on the Web has been updated to include a few new features that allow you to have more control over your chats and group conversations that take place in a Web browser. First launched in January, the Web interface lets you carry out WhatsApp chats via a desktop or laptop but always approached things in a pretty cut-back, simplistic way. Now, there are a few more options you can select in the browser version, like editing your profile photo and status message, and a few small UI tweaks. The settings icon now also provides access to options like deleting…

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SayWhat is Urban Dictionary meets Vine for slang

Jul09
by on July 9, 2015 at 8:30 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

SayWhat
It’s not easy keeping up with every new term in the lexicon of today’s youth — I felt old just writing that — but thankfully, there’s a new app to help you make sense of all the slang you hear on the streets and on the Web — with videos. SayWhat for Android and iOS lets you look up what a word means in 10-second videos which are contributed by its community. You can either search for a term or browse through the feed of recently uploaded definitions. Create your own definitions for terms, look up terms you don’t know…

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SayWhat is Urban Dictionary meets Vine for slang

Jul09
by on July 9, 2015 at 8:30 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

SayWhat
It’s not easy keeping up with every new term in the lexicon of today’s youth — I felt old just writing that — but thankfully, there’s a new app to help you make sense of all the slang you hear on the streets and on the Web — with videos. SayWhat for Android and iOS lets you look up what a word means in 10-second videos which are contributed by its community. You can either search for a term or browse through the feed of recently uploaded definitions. Create your own definitions for terms, look up terms you don’t know…

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