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Flashback for iOS rewinds your still photos into HD movies

Mar26
by on March 26, 2014 at 11:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Updates

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You want to meld both photos and videos together into an exciting montage that signifies the essence of a memorable event—a wedding, a birthday, or just a nice day at the beach. Flashback, an iOS app that automatically shoots stills and HD video simultaneously, lets you combine those elements into a finished movie. Developer Bramber demoed Flashback 2, an updated version of its recently released iOS app, at Macworld/iWorld. The new version, which got a design overhaul as well as the ability to import existing photos into the app, is expected to appear on the app store shortly. You launch…

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‘Yelpulus Rift’ augmented augmented reality? Shut up and take my money.

Mar26
by on March 26, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

Yelp just took its Monocle augmented reality feature to the next level with this silly “Yelpulus Rift” parody video. It looks like this was made last year during a Hackathon and only now posted in order to have some fun with Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR. If you want to build this for yourself, it looks like all you’ll need is a couple iPads, a bike helmet, some duct tape, a desk lamp, and four cans of Coke. (h/t Slate)

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Wikimedia tests Hovercards feature to let readers preview articles without leaving the page

Mar26
by on March 26, 2014 at 10:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Wikimedia today added a new beta feature to its various wiki sites, including Wikipedia, called Hovercards. As its name suggests, the new option lets readers hover over a link to another article to see a short summary and a relevant image. And, as of today, the feature is live for testing as a Beta Feature on all Wikimedia wikis. The organization said it got the idea from its Navigation Popups (NavPopups) gadget used by many of its editors, and decided to bring it to casual readers. To try it out, you’ll have to login, click the “Beta” link at the…

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Now you can watch Sony’s Project Morpheus virtual reality GDC demo

Mar26
by on March 26, 2014 at 9:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Videos

Does the new Oculus Face deal have you down on virtual reality? Console yourself with the video from Sony’s Project Morpheus VR headset demo at GDC last week. When it arrives, Project Morpheus will sell as a companion accessory to the PlayStation 4. Sony has been working on it for three years and plans to equip it with 1080p HD and a 90-degree field of view. Oculus Rift, by comparison, has a 100-degree field of view.

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Twitter for Android and iOS get photo tagging for up to 10 people and ability to add up to 4 photos in a tweet

Mar26
by on March 26, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Twitter today announced two new mobile features for its Android and iOS apps: photo tagging and multiple photos in a tweet. You can download the new version now directly from Google Play and Apple’s App Store (the updates are rolling out gradually, so you’ll have to be patient). Twitter says both these features will display in embedded tweets. Clearly the company is very interested in boosting photo use on its social network. The first feature allows you to tag up to 10 people in a photo. Best of all, tagging doesn’t affect character count in the tweet: regardless of how…

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