Google Camera App Brings Lens Blur Background Defocus To Any KitKat Android Devices

IMG_0105 Google has a new standalone camera app available in the Google Play app store, and it can be installed on any smartphones or tablets running KitKat 4.4 or higher. The new app will also be rolling out to other devices in the future according to Google, so that might expand beyond just KitKat to those on other versions of Android. The app offers a 100 percent viewfinder to show you exactly what… Read More

LG G3 detailed with 1440p display in Gold

The LG G3 has been tipped and detailed by several anonymous sources. It’s time for the Tyrant King to return, this time to one of the last major manufacturers to … Continue reading

Google Camera app released: separating all Android software

In its continued quest to separate out each app from its operating system master, Google has released Google Camera for Android. Much like Motorola released the Motorola Camera app for … Continue reading

Frontback Android app released: surprise, you have a front-camera

Did you know that you have a camera on the front of your smartphone? The folks behind the app Frontback know you do, and they’re aiming to bring the app … Continue reading

Glass sales cease but Google quiet on how many sold

Google has ceased sales of Glass, bringing its one day invitation-free event to a close with news that all its spare spots in the Explorer Program are filled, but staying … Continue reading

Google Project Tango teardown exposes 3D camera secrets

Google’s Project Tango 3D mapping phones are in short supply – only around 200 out in the wild for developers to try – but that hasn’t stopped a teardown on … Continue reading

Google’s Environment Sensing Project Tango Gets A Teardown

project-tango-teardown Google’s Project Tango prototype smartphone is armed with four cameras to allow it to take stock of its environment and record and use 3D depth-sensing info, and it’s basically just a bunch of cameras and sensor glommed onto a fairly impressive Android smartphone with a quad-core processor and 2GBs of RAM to crunch all that environment data. iFixit got to tear it down and have a look… Read More

Project Tango Teardown: Google’s Crazy Camera System (Oh, And a Phone)

Project Tango Teardown: Google's Crazy Camera System (Oh, And a Phone)

Google’s Project Tango isn’t coming to stores near you any time soon. You wouldn’t even know what to do with it if it did. Still, the folks at iFixit got their hands on one and tore it apart. What’s inside? Mostly a ton of crazy cameras, with a phone almost as an afterthought.

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Google’s Modular Ara Smartphone To Launch For The Public In January 2015

project-ara Google has been showing off its Project Ara modular smartphone in a lot more detail over the past few days, likely because it’s also hosting a developer conference for the device this week. Ara uses interchangeable modules to deliver a smartphone that can be whatever a user wants it to be, complete with first- and third-party components including sensors, cameras, radio antennas and more.… Read More

Google’s Modular Ara Phones Will Go on Sale January 2015

Google's Modular Ara Phones Will Go on Sale January 2015

Google has gone into more detail about its Project Ara modular mobile system, using a specific developers conference for the hardware format to update us on its plans for self-assembling our dream phones out of various components.

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