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OnePlus ‘One’ smartphone will ship with a 13MP Sony Exmor IMX214 rear-facing camera

Mar17
by on March 17, 2014 at 8:52 pm
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OnePlus today confirmed that its upcoming ‘One’ smartphone will be fitted with a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera. One Plus founder and chief executive Pete Lau, formerly an executive at Oppo, confirmed his company would be using the Sony Exmor IMX214 CMOS sensor. In a forum post, he explained the rationale behind this particular component: “After going through almost every single manufacturer and the latest models in the market, we felt that Sony offered the best wide-aperture sensors out there. We were confident that with the proper set of lenses and software optimization, our camera would take beautiful pictures in any situation.”…

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Facebook announces beta program for its Messenger Android app, promises multiple updates per week

Mar17
by on March 17, 2014 at 8:18 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Mobile, Social Media

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Facebook today introduced the Facebook Messenger for Android beta program, which offers the latest versions of the app before the general release. It’s an opt-in program meant only for those interested in helping test the latest and greatest features. The beta program is open to all Android users. Facebook is asking that participants use the app as they normally would, but also submit a report when they encounter an issue or notice stability problems. To participate, here’s what you need to do: Join the Facebook Messenger for Android Beta Testers Google Group. Allow beta downloads by clicking “Become a Tester”…

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Office Lens lets you scan documents and whiteboards with your Windows Phone directly into OneNote

Mar17
by on March 17, 2014 at 6:55 pm
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As part of the slew of OneNote announcements, Microsoft today also launched Office Lens for Windows Phone, which essentially puts a portable scanner in your pocket that sends everything you take a picture of directly to OneNote. You can download the new app now directly from the Windows Phone Store. To get a better idea of how it works, Microsoft lists a few example scenarios: Capture pictures of whiteboards and share your meeting notes with co-workers. Make digital copies of your printed documents, business cards or posters. The text will be automatically recognized (using OCR) so you can search and…

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Facebook teams up with TED to bring exclusive posts, photos, and presentations from the conference to Paper

Mar17
by on March 17, 2014 at 6:27 pm
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Facebook today teamed up with TED to bring exclusive content to the Ideas section of Facebook Paper. The collaboration will run for the duration of the TED 2014 conference in Vancouver (March 17 to March 21) and will feature exclusive content (posts, photos, and presentations from TED fellows) coming out of the event. This is the first time Facebook is working with a third-party to bring exclusive content into Paper. Until now, the Ideas section of Paper included daily articles on a specific idea, event, or personality (past topics included International Women’s Day, the State of the Union address, and…

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WhatsApp reiterates Facebook purchase will not affect user privacy; company ‘values and beliefs will not change’

Mar17
by on March 17, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

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Almost a month after announcing Facebook’s plan to acquire it, WhatsApp today published a blog post titled “Setting the record straight” in which co-founder and CEO Jan Koum attempts to address concerns about how the transaction will impact the popular messaging app. Koum starts off by thanking everyone who covered the news, but quickly moves to discuss the “inaccurate and careless information circulating about what our future partnership would mean for WhatsApp users’ data and privacy.” Koum explains that private communication is personally important to him since he grew up in the USSR during the 1980s, where his family couldn’t…

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