Jun 10
BBC launches standalone weather app on Android and iOS, includes hourly UK forecasts
Posted in: Today's Chili
“It’s raining.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile
Source: BBC Weather app (Google Play), (iTunes)
Jun 10
Talk to those high up at Mozilla and they’ll tell you that the platform war for third place is a waste of time; that Windows Phone and BlackBerry are as doomed as each other, because developers will never, ever be interested in the “five percent”. That’s not to say there isn’t room for a rebellious alternative, but the way Mozilla sees it, such an option has already been available since the beginning. It’s not another proprietary ecosystem, but something that spans all ecosystems: namely, the web itself, in all its open and hackable glory.
On the other hand, Johnathan Nightingale, VP of Firefox Engineering, acknowledges that most of his estimated 450 million users don’t care a jot for this type of sermonizing. All they want is a good browser, which means Nightingale is in a constant “fight” with Chrome and IE over market share and new features. With Firefox OS barely off the ground (and full of uncertainty), and with no iOS relationship to speak of either, it falls to Firefox for Windows, Mac and Android to wage this war, and if you read on you’ll discover why Nightingale thinks these browsers will win — even when they may appear to be losing.
Jun 10
Apple’s WWDC 2013 keynote to be streamed live on Apple TV (update: now on Apple’s Events page, too)
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A new channel has just popped up on Apple TV for its WWDC 2013 Keynote, meaning that a livestream of the big event will be available for viewing there — just like last time. The HD stream will kick off at 10AM Pacific time, and there’s a chance you’ll see it on Apple’s Events page as well, if history repeats itself. You can also catch past extravaganzas at either spot (see the More Coverage link), and naturally, we’ll have a full liveblog of our own — so there’s no chance you’ll miss any of the fun.
Update: The WWDC 2013 Keynote livestream link has now arrived to Apple’s Events page as well (at the source, below), though you’ll need to be on Safari 4 with OS X 10.6 or Safari on iOS 4.2 at a minimum to watch it.
Source: MacRumors, Apple Events
Jun 10
The pure version of Tizen 2.0 is far from finalized, yet there already seems to be an alternative skin designed to sit on top of it. While Intel’s chips are currently capable of powering the new open source OS, the chip company is reportedly working on its own overlaid UI, known as Obsidian. Ars Technica got its hands on two videos of it in action, featuring notably flat and square icons compared to the circular ones we’ve seen in the pure version. There’s a consistent bottom strip of three soft keys for calls, messaging and contacts, and a tilt action for icons and contacts when a notification in an app is received. According to Ars, Intel may also bring the aesthetic to Android, surprising as that may sound. You can get a detailed look at its present state at the source link, while we scratch our heads asking “really?” and “why?”
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Intel
Source: Ars Technica
Jun 10
Adobe Lightroom 5 has been officially released, replacing the free beta with a new, paid version. Available either as part of a Creative Cloud subscription or as a standalone app, Lightroom 5 offers a range of photo-editing tools for making quick changes to shots, including automatic landscape straightening and the ability to add in multiple
Jun 10
Apple’s “flat” iOS 7 refresh has been previewed, with reportedly eyes-on leaks tipping a more matte finish to the iconography along with the potential for two different color schemes. The new interface, apparently demonstrated in early beta form to 9to5Mac and then mocked-up to bypass Apple’s watermarking, uses the same slimline font as we’ve already
Jun 09
Adobe teased us with a Photoshop Lightroom 5 beta at the start of the spring, and it’s closing out the season by releasing the finished goods. Mac- and Windows-based shutterbugs can download the completed image management app today, either at no extra charge through a Creative Cloud subscription or $149 for a stand-alone version ($79 for an upgrade). Buyers get the same core updates no matter how much they spend, including an Advanced Healing Brush for removing objects and Smart Previews that let travelers leave their original files at home. Behance publishing is also part of the revision. When Lightroom is free to try for a month, it likely won’t hurt to grab a copy at the source link — especially if your photo collection is growing out of hand.
Filed under: Software
Source: Adobe, Richard Curtis’ Blog
Jun 09
This year’s big Apple developers conference has arrived, WWDC 2013, and SlashGear is now on the scene to bring the full top-to-bottom report to you, up close and personal. While the main entry point for Apple’s major keynote for this multi-day event will be accessible to you via SlashGear’s WWDC 2013 liveblog portal (starting at
Jun 09
Last year at around this time, it wasn’t exactly clear what Apple would be revealing inside iOS 6. It wasn’t exactly a secret, either. Here on the eve of WWDC 2013, Apple has created a bit of an information vacuum surrounding their next-generation mobile operating system. Here’s what we know: we know iOS 7 will
Jun 09
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile
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