Jul 05
The 10-inch model of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is due to receive a slew of updates soon, including the TouchWiz interface, more preloaded apps, and better mobile printing.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
Jul 05
Google+ iOS app already submitted for Apple’s approval, employee says
Posted in: app, Apple, application, AppStore, Google, ios, ipad, iPhone, itunes, network, social networking, SocialNetworking, Today's Chili
Whereas Android users were able to get their hands on a Google+ app as soon as the social network launched, iOS users have thus far been left out in the cold, with nary a soul to “hang out” with. Fortunately for them, though, their arduous, week-long wait may be coming to an end, now that Google+ has applied for App Store citizenship. The confirmation came yesterday from Erica Joy, a Mountain View employee who shared the news on her Google+ profile. According to Joy, the app has already been submitted for approval, leaving it up to Apple’s council of elders to give the yea or nay. Joy didn’t specify the exact date on which Google applied for iOS entry (saying only that it happened prior to yesterday’s post), nor did she speculate as to when the app may be ratified. But unless it’s laced with political rhetoric or packing a dictionary, Google+ should sail through the approval process… maybe.
Google+ iOS app already submitted for Apple’s approval, employee says originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 05
The iPhone 4 could be one of many devices going on sale at Verizon, according to a blog that tracks the carrier. The Apple device reportedly would be priced at $150.99.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Jul 05
AT&T offering iPhone insurance
Posted in: Today's ChiliCarrier will cover theft, loss, and damage to the iPhone for a monthly fee of $4.99 and a deductible of $50 or $125 depending on the model.
Originally posted at News – Apple
Jul 05
PhotoForge 2, Possibly the Best iPad Photo Editing App Yet
Posted in: ipad, Photos, Software and Operating Systems, Tablets and E-Readers, Today's Chili
Photoforge 2 is my new favorite iPad editing app. Photo Charlie Sorrel
IPad-owning photographers should stop reading right now (well, not right now, or you won’t know what to do next) and go download PhotoForge 2, a rather splendid update to the already decent photo-editing app. Better still, if you already bought the iPhone version, the update is free — the app is now universal.
The biggest differences are in interface design. Once you load a photo from your camera roll, you see nothing but a row of six icons across the bottom of the screen. These access the different editing sections. Press one and up pops a row of big, finger-friendly icons for special effects, image tweaks and adjustments, metadata, cropping and history.
All of these are presented like the magnified Mac OS X dock: as you scroll through, the central icons grow bigger and labels show above them. And once all the icons have scrolled across, they wrap around and come back in as if they were on a wheel. This makes it quick to navigate.
Hit the button and you are taken to the relevant controls. Everything is a lot smoother than it was in the previous version.
Under the hood, a lot has changed. That speed is everywhere, and renders of effects happen almost immediately. You can also work in full-resolution, zooming 1:1 with a double tap, and things like the crop tool and curves dialog have been made easier to use with the fingers.
Biggest of all, though, is the addition of layers. And not just any layers. You can pick blending modes, adjust opacity and even add layer masks. Coupled with a stylus, this last makes a very powerful tool.
Finally, an iOS image editor wouldn’t be complete without retro-style film effects. While you get a lot of built-in effects, you can also opt for the $2 in-app purchase of Pop!Cam, a whole new set of FX which emulate films, add filters, simulate flash effects and even adds frames and grungy paper backgrounds. You can test many of these out before buying, too.
Right now, PhotoForge 2 is $2. If you haven’t already, go get it now. You’ll get $2 worth of entertainment out of it in the first ten minutes.
PhotoForge2 [iTunes]
See Also:
- Photogene 2.0 for iPad: A Desktop Photo Editor on a Tablet …
- FX Photo Studio for iPad: Amazing Filters, Amazing Facts
- Photoshop Crashes onto iPad
Jul 05
Google temporarily suspends Realtime search, thanks to expired Twitter deal
Posted in: business, deal, Google, search, Today's Chili, tweet, twitter, web
If you noticed a distinct lack of tweetage in your Google search results yesterday, you weren’t alone. Turns out, the company has temporarily suspended its Realtime search feature, as part of its ongoing Google+ launch. El Goog made the announcement, ironically enough, in the form of a tweet, explaining that it needs time to integrate Google+ within its social network-based search tool, but without offering a specific time frame. Mountain View later revealed further details with the following statement, provided to Search Engine Land:
Since October of 2009, we have had an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results through a special feed, and that agreement expired on July 2. While we will not have access to this special feed from Twitter, information on Twitter that’s publicly available to our crawlers will still be searchable and discoverable on Google.
Twitter offered a similarly curt explanation, saying that it would continue to provide tweet integration to companies like Microsoft and Yahoo, while adding that it still works with Google in “many other ways.” Google’s Social Search, meanwhile, continues to function, but has been stripped of all Twitter data. No word yet on whether the two sides have entered negotiations, but when they do, the fate of humanity will certainly be hanging in the balance.
Google temporarily suspends Realtime search, thanks to expired Twitter deal originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 05
Researchers find that the number of instances of cancer have remained relatively static between 1970 and 2008.
Originally posted at The Digital Home
Jul 05
Apple has put in an order for 15 million iPhone 5 units from Taiwanese supplier Pegatron, with an eye toward shipping the phones starting in September, according to DigiTimes.
Originally posted at News – Apple
Jul 05
Microsoft offers up ‘managed driving’ source code, gets back to location-based business
Posted in: Microsoft, Today's Chili, wifi, windows phone, WindowsPhone
WiFi-sniffing — all the major tech giant’s are doing it. But it’s for your own better-targeted, location-based good… they swear. It’s a familiar story that saw Google get served in France and the UK for its fleet of data-collecting Street View cars, and had Apple accidentally storing users’ geographic info unencrypted on their phones. Given the history, it’s not surprising to see Microsoft take the offensive by offering up source code from its own ‘managed driving’ program: the cars that collect WiFi, GPS and cell tower data. With the code out in the open, MS can easily side-step allegations of personal data-mining and continue its focus on improving local search services. The move is further evidence that the Ballmer-led company intends to take user privacy very seriously, having already stopped the tracking of individual Windows Phone handsets last May. Location aware devices are an inevitable part of our search-assisted lives, we just wish they all came with a giant opt-out button.
[Image credit via WinRumors]
Microsoft offers up ‘managed driving’ source code, gets back to location-based business originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Jul 05
You could buy this $6,800 Froyo phone, but if you do, I’ll never talk to you again
“Luxury” phones always seem to be filled with last year’s technology. It’s as if the makers think that either A) their rich customers are out of touch and easily bedazzled by fancy leather and gold trimming or B) that the tech really doesn’t matter because the phone will last forever, like a fine watch.
The trouble is that, while a Tag Heuer watch will indeed last you a lifetime and still perform its function perfectly, a phone will be all but useless in a few years’ time. Still, that won’t stop some idiots from dropping €4,700 ($6,800) on the Tag Heuer Link Smartphone.
Inside, you’ll find an 800×400 3.5-inch screen, a 5MP camera, the usual radios and Android 2.2 Froyo — an OS first announced in May 2010, all running in just 256MB RAM.
Outside, you’ll find all the ostentation money can buy. Calfskin, alligator skin, diamonds, titanium, gold. If it’s shiny or exotic, it’s in there. And lest you forget that Tag Heuer is a watch company, there’s even a watch-winder shaped knob on the side.
And it doesn’t stop there. The Link takes a style tip from 1980s stereo equipment, which was covered in meaningless, techy-sounding slogans. Etched into the steel patterns on the back you’ll find the legends “Avant-Garde Communication” and “Autolock System.” In ALL CAPS, naturally.
Should you wish to acquire this anachronistic toy, go explore the rather recursive Flash-based Web site. You won’t find the Link on there yet, but that kind of scarcity just makes it even more desirable, right? Right?
Tag Heuer phone product page [Tag Heuer via Uncrate]
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- New Vertu BlingPhone Revealed
- $15 MP3 Player Mimics, Outperforms Vertu Phone
- The Worst Diamond-Encrusted Gadgets Of All Time
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