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Travelwide: a large-format film camera offering image splendor in a compact body

Apr22
by on April 22, 2014 at 1:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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It may be low-tech, but it sure is cool. Photographers seeking the visual opulence of large format images, can now look forward to the Travelwide 4×5 Camera, a point and shoot-style film camera that promises pinpoint detail and huge tonal range. It will be available this summer. This lightweight, portable camera body, the product of a Kickstarter campaign by Wanderlust Cameras, has a high-impact unibody construction, but weighs in at a mere 9.7 ounces (275 grams). It’s small, though not super-compact, at 6.3×3.9×5 inches. It ships with a pinwide pinhole, focusing screen, metal sport viewfinder, and lens attachment tool. It also features a…

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GitHub investigation finds no harassment, but president resigns due to ‘errors of judgment’

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 8:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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GitHub announced today the resignation of President, co-founder, and former CEO  Tom Preston-Werner following an investigation related to accusations of gender-based and sexual harassment from a former engineer. The firm noted that it found no evidence of “sexual or gender-based harassment or retaliation, or of a sexist or hostile work environment,” but it did find “evidence of mistakes and errors of judgment.” Preston-Werner has resigned in light of those errors. Preston-Werner published a blog post today explaining his departure and his plans to move into the field of immersive computing/virtual reality. In keeping with the GitHub statement, he did admit…

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5 tips to optimize your new Twitter profile layout

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Twitter is currently rolling out a profile redesign to all users, a redesign that puts an even greater emphasis on the great Twitter content that you share and one that provides some bonus opportunities to make a branding splash. Visual content will get a big boost. Top tweets will get a bump. And we’ll all be scrambling to find out what works best on this extreme makeover of our Twitter homes. While you wait your turn to find your way around your new profile, you might be interested to plan ahead. We collected some Twitter tips from past stories, some…

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Google Hangouts for Android updated with merged conversations, simplified contact list, and homescreen widget

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, Mobile

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Google today updated its Hangouts for Android app with a trio of new features. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play. If you’re not seeing the update yet, that’s likely because it’s a gradual rollout. Google engineer Mike Dodd says the new version will be available “this week” and the Android account on Google+ says “over the next few days” so you should get it soon enough. While the changelog for version 2.1 isn’t on the Play store just yet, Dodd has shared it on Google+: Merged conversations: SMS and Hangout conversations with the same recipient…

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Apple touts its environmental responsibility with new website and video campaign

Apr21
by on April 21, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Apple today released a video highlighting the importance it places on environmental responsibility to go along with a new website detailing the Earth-friendly steps it has taken in its own business. The video, titled “Better,” describes Apple’s efforts to “leave the world better than we found it” through both its products and the impact it has on the environment. Apple CEO Tim Cook narrated in the video: Better can’t be better if it doesn’t consider everything: our products, our values and an even stronger commitment to the environment for the future, to use greener materials, less packaging, to do everything we…

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