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Truefilm photo app for iPhone throws a variety of specialty edits into the mix

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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What developer Marvin Lee means when he says his new Truefilm photo editing app for iPhone is a “combination of AfterLight, Facetune and Over” is that its editing tools span — rather lightly in some cases — the key areas in which each of those apps individually excel. AfterLight (99 cents) is a general all-purpose editing app that covers basic photographic adjustments and throws in a batch of filters and photo frames for good measure. Facetune ($2.99) as its name implies, is more specialized and concentrates on improving skin tones and masking imperfections. Over ($1.99) is a typographic app that lets you create handsome, whimsical titles as well…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Truefilm photo app for iPhone throws a variety of specialty edits into the mix

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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What developer Marvin Lee means when he says his new Truefilm photo editing app for iPhone is a “combination of AfterLight, Facetune and Over” is that its editing tools span — rather lightly in some cases — the key areas in which each of those apps individually excel. AfterLight (99 cents) is a general all-purpose editing app that covers basic photographic adjustments and throws in a batch of filters and photo frames for good measure. Facetune ($2.99) as its name implies, is more specialized and concentrates on improving skin tones and masking imperfections. Over ($1.99) is a typographic app that lets you create handsome, whimsical titles as well…

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Get lost: How over reliance on digital maps could lead us mentally astray

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Investigations, Social Media

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As we navigate our way through the world, sometimes we just need to stop and Instagram the flowers. Be sure when you do, the path is on your turn by turn navigation. You wouldn’t want to have to read any unnecessary road signs. Make sure you tweet about missing your exit to your house though, since the GPS didn’t alert you quick enough to make the proper lane change. This is how many of us navigate through the world now, and it is so very dysfunctional. With every additional technology that assists in exploring the physical world around us, we are…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Get lost: How over reliance on digital maps could lead us mentally astray

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Investigations, Social Media

google map pin
As we navigate our way through the world, sometimes we just need to stop and Instagram the flowers. Be sure when you do, the path is on your turn by turn navigation. You wouldn’t want to have to read any unnecessary road signs. Make sure you tweet about missing your exit to your house though, since the GPS didn’t alert you quick enough to make the proper lane change. This is how many of us navigate through the world now, and it is so very dysfunctional. With every additional technology that assists in exploring the physical world around us, we are…

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Duolingo launches Test Center, a $20 alternative to standardized language exams

Jul23
by on July 23, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Duolingo today launched Test Center, its own English language certification exam that can be taken on the Web or an Android device. The fresh alternative to standardized language tests was first announced by Duolingo co-founder Luis von Ahn at our TNW Europe 2014 conference in Amsterdam. It gives learners the ability to take a 20-minute exam from the comfort of their own home, and it’s priced at just $20; a similar test in a bricks-and-mortar facility would cost over $200, Duolingo claims. Cheating is obviously a concern, so the company is using remote proctors to monitor each exam via a…

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