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Dr. Dre’s new Beats 1 radio show ‘The Pharmacy’ debuts tomorrow

Jul03
by on July 3, 2015 at 11:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Dr. Dre is making his presence felt on Apple Music. In addition to allowing the service to stream his album ‘The Chronic’, the good doctor will also have a twice-monthly show on Beats 1 called “The Pharmacy.” The Pharmacy will make its debut tomorrow evening at 3PM PST, and air every other Saturday in the same time slot. While the show may be new, Dr. Dre is no stranger to Beats. He helped launch the streaming service, and became an Apple employee when the company purchased Beats for $3 billion last year. While the show promises to focus on “west…

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Taking pictures in low light with your phone: 13 tips for shooting like a pro

Jul03
by on July 3, 2015 at 10:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, evergreen, Insider


With July 4th coming up, you’ll want to make sure you can eke the best out of your phone’s camera for those nighttime fireworks. Though phones vary in quality and features significantly, there are still some general tricks – both technical and common sense – you can pick up on to maximize image quality in low light. Technical primer: Understanding exposure Before we begin, you should understand the two main variables affect exposure (how bright the image appears) on your phone: shutter speed and ISO. The shutter controls how long light hits the sensor. The longer the shutter is open,…

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5 tips on using Google Play’s new store listing experiments to double page conversion

Jul03
by on July 3, 2015 at 9:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, hack, Insider, page conversion

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At EverythingMe we’ve been using Google Play Store Listing Experiments for the past six months. It had a dramatic and immediate effect on our numbers. It doubled our Google Play page conversion and had direct impact on our daily organic growth. We tried to compress six months and tens of experiments in multiple locales into five tips we thought you might find useful. For Android developers, Google Play is the largest (and in most cases the only) source of organic installs. A tool that can double your page conversion is pivotal and if “Set my first Google Play Store Listing experiment” isn’t…

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Meet the #Creedmunity: How one guy’s joke about the new Rocky movie fooled lazy journalists

Jul03
by on July 3, 2015 at 8:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Change.org, Creed, fans, forums, hoaxes, Rocky, Scott Stapp, Shareables

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If you call your publication Fact, you’re really leaving yourself open to gags when you fail to check basic facts. Say, for instance, when you stumble upon a campaign, purporting to be led by fans of defunct Christian rock band Creed, angered that the upcoming Rocky spinoff ‘Creed’ is cluttering up the Web. Filmmaker Nick Robinson set up the elaborate joke on Change.org with a petition called “Change the name of the movie Creed.” It begins: The movie ‘Creed’ about the son of Rocky Balboa’s deceased trainer’s son [sic], is making it difficult, if not impossible, for the still-vital online Creed fanbase to exchange…

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OnePlus is giving away cardboard VR headsets in advance of OnePlus 2 launch

Jul03
by on July 3, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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We already knew OnePlus was launching its second handset, the OnePlus 2, with a virtual reality angle. In an effort to get more eyes on the new device at launch, OnePlus is giving away cardboard VR viewers. The only catch — you have to pay shipping and handling for the cardboard viewer, which is $5. That’s better than the $20 (or more) some cardboard VR viewers cost, though. While OnePlus’ viewer is pretty standard as far as cardboard VR headsets go, the company is bullish about its compact, sturdy build. It also has a coating to prevent oils in your skin…

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