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Adobe’s Creative Cloud not your thing? Photoshop and Premiere Elements 12 have just arrived to please your subscription-averse (and beginner-level) nature. The latest version of the outfit’s photo suite features Content-Aware Move for shifting objects within a photo and having the resulting gaps filled in, the ability to correct flash reflections in animals’ eyes and 64-bit support for Macs. Elements Mobile Albums are new to this release as well, and they let users view, edit and share photos on mobile devices through the firm’s Revel solution. Premiere Elements boasts motion tracking to move graphics, text and effects with objects, upwards of 250 sound effects and more than 50 soundtracks that rearrange themselves to fit the length of footage. Both the video and photo editing packages sport Auto Smart Tone, which learns a user’s editing preferences and serves them up in a one-click option.

While both programs have picked up a healthy share of upgrades, the pricing model remains unchanged. Mac and Windows versions are now available online from Adobe for $100, or $150 when purchased in a bundle. Upgrades are set at $80 for each, or $120 when the pair are snapped up together. As for boxed copies of the software, they’ll be available soon form brick-and-mortar shops and online retailers.

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Word that hails right from the mouth of an official source is what most of us would like to hear when it comes to the unveiling or release of a particular device or update. Case in point, Jason Mackenzie, President of HTC America, tweeted that the HTC One will finally be on the receiving end of the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update before September comes to a close. Not only that, those who happen to have the HTC One Developer Edition sitting pretty in their pockets will also be receiving the last of the Jelly Bean builds from this week onward. We do wonder whether the rumored HTC One with an octa-core processor will arrive with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean in tow assuming that rumor turns out to be true.

As for those of you out there who happen to own the HTC Droid DNA, the outlook is not all that optimistic, since the HTC Droid DNA will only be on the receiving end of Sense 5.0 alongside an update to Android 4.2.2, which means there is no Android 4.3 Jelly Bean in sight. Ah well, at least Sense 5 will offer BlinkFeed to keep the other features on the smartphone company. Something is better than nothing, right?

HTC One To Receive Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update This Week original content from Ubergizmo.

When it comes to the major mobile carriers in the US, most of the smartphone and tablet news revolves around them, but once in a while, you get one of the smaller players in the market such as Republic Wireless making waves. Case in point, Republic Wireless was recently reported to put the Moto X from Motorola on offer for $299 sans a contract, which is a pretty sweet deal when you think about it. This time around, we have another device that is rumored to make its way to Republic Wireless soon, namely the Motorola DVX.

Just in case you are wondering what Republic Wireless is all about, they are a low-priced hybrid carrier that will offer a combination of VoIP and network coverage from Sprint. This particular carrier will charge its subscribers $5 a month for a Wi-Fi only option, while it will cost you $25 monthly for a talk, text and 3G data package, and for those who want the whole works, a $40 monthly fee is levied for a talk, text and 4G data plan. The Motorola DVX is widely believed to be a low cost version of the Moto X, where it will feature swappable, colored backplates that allows those who want to personalize their handset to a certain extent to do so.

Republic Wireless To Offer Motorola DVX (Rumor) original content from Ubergizmo.

Apple is refunding people who bought the second half of Breaking Bad’s Season 5 on iTunes with $22.99 of iTunes credit. Season 5 of Breaking Bad was split into two parts which meant people had to pay twice for what was nominally the same season which caused people to grumble. Not anymore! [9to5Mac]

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Samsung’s offering up spoilers at what we can expect from future Galaxy smartphones — already. They will likely feature ISOCELL, the company’s new CMOS imaging sensor. It adds “advanced pixel technology” that polices the absorption of electrons for improved color fidelity, even when lighting isn’t ideal. The new sensor will head to new “premium” smartphones and tablets, with mass production scheduled to start in Q4 2013. Samsung’s ISOCELL tech improves on current BSI (back-side illuminated) sensors by adding a “physical barrier between neighboring pixel”. The science behind it means that more photons can be collected and that’s what will improve image quality. This between-pixel crosstalk is apparently reduced by 30 percent, and increases the dynamic range of photos by up to 30 percent — as you’ll note from the washed-out petal tips in the sample above.

Samsung explains that “market pressure” has meant it had to increase camera resolution and image quality, without increasing the size of the camera unit. This meant that pixels had to shrink, “while improving their performance at the same time”. Interestingly, this sensor is specifically for 8-megapixel units, which could mean a drop down from the 13-megapixel camera seen in the Galaxy S 4. A full camera unit housing ISOCELL would also take up less space inside devices compared to previous imaging sensors, with a reduced height that sounds like it could be ideal for the company’s future high-powered, even thinner smartphones.

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Source: Samsung Tomorrow