Lomography’s New Petzval Lens

Old is new with Lomography’s upcoming Petzval lens, a 19th century lens redesigned for 21st century photographers. Raising $1.3 million dollars through Kickstarter in only 30 days (the goal was $100,000) Lomography promises to deliver an uber slick lens for the retro photography enthusiast.

AT&T Offers iPad Air This November 1st Also

AT&T Offers iPad Air This November 1st AlsoThe dust must have settled already when it comes to the iPad Air’s release as well as its smaller brother, the iPad mini which will be equipped with a Retina display. We have already heard announcements from Sprint and T-Mobile concerning their carrying of the new iPad Air, with the latter offering free data under certain plans, too. Well, it is now AT&T’s turn to step up to the plate with the announcement that they too, will offer the iPad Air with Wi-Fi + Cellular this coming November 1, and the iPad mini with Retina display with Wi-Fi + Cellular will hit their stores later in the same month.

Ralph de la Vega, president & CEO, AT&T Mobility, shared, “Each year, more of our customers want iPad to connect to our mobile internet. We offer the nation’s fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network, and are giving our customers the most flexible plans to connect to that network.”

We sure hope that Vega’s right about network reliability, as I am quite sure that there are always some blind spots in certain areas, no matter how good a provider is. Well, back to the topic at hand – data plans for these new iPads will include AT&T Mobile Share, where you are able to add a tablet to a sharable bucket of data for $10 monthly, settle for pay-per-use plans which range from a 250MB day pass for $5 to a 30-day, 5GB pass for $50. [Press Release]

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    Report: U.S., Pakistan Agreement On Drones Revealed In Secret Memos

    Despite repeatedly denouncing the CIA’s drone campaign, top officials in Pakistan’s government have for years secretly endorsed the program and routinely received classified briefings on strikes and casualty counts, according to top-secret CIA documents and Pakistani diplomatic memos obtained by The Washington Post.

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    Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD Arriving To PlayStation Store This January 14th

    Good news for all of your Assassin’s Creed fans! If you are patient enough to wait until January 14th, 2014, without doing anything silly that might just cut short your life or injure your fingers and thumbs, then you will be able to enjoy Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD on the PS3 on that date, via the PlayStation Store, of course.

    The whole idea of Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD was pretty simple – the development team simply wanted to improve upon what they set out to do on the Vita, adapting both gameplay and missions to be the most fun and enjoyable they could be. This means every individual mission has been reworked so that its pacing is improved, in addition to offering more challenge to the player.

    The background story of Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD has been set in New Orleans between 1765 and 1780, which happens to be the period between the end of the French and Indian War, right up to the middle of the American Revolution. Aveline, a female Assassin of mixed French and African heritage, would be the protagonist here, as she was brought up in a world of privilege and contrasts, resulting in her being a strong-willed woman and an avid opponent of slavery.

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    Samsung Digital Villages Initiative Brings Solar Power To South African Communities

    Samsung Digital Villages Initiative Brings Solar Power To South African CommunitiesSamsung Electronics is not all about profit, as they too, have a sense of corporate social responsibility, which is why they have decided to roll out their very first Digital Villages initiative in the continent of South Africa. This initiative’s mission is to integrate African communities’ hospitals, schools, lighting systems and energy infrastructure using solar power. The entire project will deliver comprehensive support to improve health standards, bolster education opportunities and increase the potential for people to lead economically independent lives.

    There are several key components in the Digital Village to make it work, where the resulting synergy would be a community benefitting from of health, education and employment aspects. For instance, the Solar Powered Tele-Medical Center is highly mobile, and yet it comes with video conference facilities so that patients who are treated in remote regions can hook up with general hospitals in cities, allowing diagnosis and prescription advice to be shared in real-time.

    As for the Solar Powered Health Center, it happens to be a center on wheels, coming in the form of a large truck which delivers provides medical services to local residents in a Digital Village as well as other nearby areas. It will be well equipped with the relevant tools required for the treatment of eye, ear and dental complications, in addition to a state-of-the-art blood analysis machine for on-the-spot diagnosis. Oh, what would David Livingstone do if he had such equipment during his time!

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    James Holmes, Colo. Shooting Suspect, Had Batman Mask: Cops

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. — CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The defendant in the Colorado movie theater shooting had the day of the attack marked “with a unique symbol” on a calendar, a Batman mask and a violent drawing in his apartment, according to testimony Wednesday.

    The discoveries were revealed during a pretrial hearing on whether evidence seized from the apartment after the shooting can be introduced at James Holmes’ trial.

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    Nexus 10 Press Render Spotted (Rumor)

    Nexus 10 Press Render Spotted (Rumor)What you see above is an alleged press render of the upcoming Nexus 10 tablet that is set to be revealed in due time. This will be the 2013 model, and as Samsung is the current manufacturer for the existing Nexus 10, whispers have been thrown back and forth that Asus will take up the mantle of rolling out Nexus 10 2013 tablets, which does not come across as surprising considering how the company is already the one behind the high tech Google Nexus 7 (2013) tablet.

    Will this actually be Google’s way of “hitting back” at Apple, considering they have just introduced the new iPad Air as well as iPad mini with Retina display? Who knows? We will just have to wait and see. In July this year, there was already talk concerning a revamped Nexus 10 model that will run on a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor to keep up with the times, rather than the dual-core Samsung Exynos option that powers the existing model. Also, do expect the 2560 x 1600 resolution display to remain, with Android 4.4 KitKat being seen as the new operating system option to arrive alongside.

    Assuming what you see above is the real deal, do you like the overall design, or do you wish that it would make a radical departure from the current generation?

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    Carlos Beltran Robbed David Ortiz Of A Grand Slam But Ended Up In The Hospital With A Rib Injury (GIF)

    In just his second inning of World Series play, Carlos Beltran made exactly the sort of spectacular play that is fast making him an October legend. Unfortunately, it sent him to the hospital.

    With the Red Sox threatening to end the competitive portion of Game 1 of the 2013 World Series early, Beltran reached over the wall in right-center field to rob David Ortiz of a grand slam in the second inning. Boston already held a 4-0 lead when Ortiz drove a four-seam fastball from Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright deep into right-center field toward the home bullpen. Not far from the spot where Detroit Tigers right fielder Torii Hunter tumbled over that same wall attempting to rob Ortiz of a grand slam in Game 2 of the ALCS, Beltran managed to snag the ball before it touched down beyond the chest-high barrier.

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    Plants vs. Zombies 2 shambles its way to Android devices worldwide

    After brief test runs in Australia and New Zealand, EA and PopCap have released Plants vs. Zombies 2 for Android users worldwide. The new version is virtually identical to the iOS game released this summer, letting players fend off the undead hordes on both phones and tablets. The biggest change …

    Jamie Dornan Will Play Christian Grey In ’50 Shades Of Grey’

    Jamie Dornan is your new Christian Grey.

    Variety reports that the 31-year-old actor, who currently stars on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time,” will take over for Charlie Hunnam in the buzzy role.

    Dornan was among the actors shortlisted for the part after Hunnam bowed out almost two weeks ago, with some reports labeling him the frontrunner. Others speculated that “True Blood” star Alexander Skarsgard was the top choice, while Theo James (“Golden Boy,” “Divergent”), Christian Cooke (U.K.’s “Where the Heart Is,” “Magic City”) and Scott Eastwood (“Chicago Fire”) almost emerged as contenders.

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