Is AT&T already testing the Galaxy S5?
According to @evleaks, which is one of the most reliable sources around, AT&T has already begun to test the Samsung Galaxy S5 in its labs. We know the Galaxy S4 was unveiled in March of this year and later available in April. So it is unlikely to hear anything “official” about the S5 until February. Now we all know that rumors are rumors, but what do you think?
Are you holding out for the “Next Best Thing”? Let us know below!
Source: Phone Arena
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Google’s charity donation app comes to iOS for the holidays
It’s the season of giving, and this year, iOS users will be entitled to share the love with Google’s One Today app. Each day, users will be shown the details of a different non-profit and encouraged to make a $1 donation. It’s a nominal amount, but the company’s hoping people would challenge their friends to match their pledges through social media. Note that Google still takes 1.9 percent per $10 to cover credit card charges, but the company swears it gives the rest of the amount to charities. For now, the project remains US-only, so those outside of the country will have to resort to other methods to help out those in need.
Filed under: Misc, Mobile, Google
Via: Benjamin Cole
Source: Twelve Days of Giving, iTunes
PPL Connect makes physical phones virtual, is now available via open beta to Android users
Your phone is a prisoner. No, it’s not chained to a particular cell, but it is confined to whatever handset your SIM is stuffed into. PPL Connect wants to free your phone from that confinement through the powers of cellular virtualization. And today, if you have an Android phone, the company can do just that with the launch of its eponymous app and open beta. In case you missed our earlier coverage of PPL Connect, let us give you a quick refresher on its technology. By creating a PPL Connect account and linking it with your phone number via an Android app, you gain access to your contact list, text messages and phone calls from any device with an internet connection — letting you both make and take calls and send and receive texts straight from the browser. And the best part? Because it’s fully virtualized, your phone doesn’t even need to be turned on for you to use it remotely.
Before you go signing up for the open beta, however, there are a few more things you should know. Since we last saw PPL Connect, it redesigned its web interface to be responsive to work on any screen size. During that redesign, the team decided to optimize it to work in Chrome due to that browser’s use of WebRTC technology and its cross-device compatibility. Support for Firefox and Safari are also in the pipeline and are slated to be supported early next year, but for now you’ve gotta stick with Google’s browser.
Also, for folks with privacy concerns: yes, PPL Connect holds all of your contacts and communications info on its servers, but co-founders Denzil D’sa and Jenviev Azzolin assure us that they absolutely prioritize their users security and privacy. “We believe that your data is your data,” says Azzolin, which is why one of the first features built into the platform was a one-click means to delete your account. Plus, the whole point of the company is to provide a better, more flexible phone service for us all, and to do that it needs to build and maintain credibility with users. D’sa and Azzolin made clear that they see user privacy as key to achieving its goals.
So, if you’re willing to take them at their word and you’re over the tyranny of physical phones, head on down to the source — the PPL Connect bandwagon’s still got plenty of seats available.
Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Software, Mobile
Source: Google Play
UK adult content filters inadvertently block online education and medical resources
We’ve all fallen victim to the pedantic e-mail filter that denies the existence of Scunthorpe and refuses to let you order Shiitake Mushrooms, but the situation just got a whole lot worse in the UK. The country’s new nationwide adult content filter has been found to restrict access not just to smut, but also to online educational, medical and emergency resources. The list of “offending” sites runs from BishUK, a site to teach young people about relationships, all the way through to several women’s crisis centers being blocked. In response to questions from the BBC, networks like BT and TalkTalk have pledged to make the necessary changes — although some have questioned if it’s right that ISPs have this much say in what parts of the internet are safe or not.
Filed under: Internet
Source: BBC News
Drivable 500,000 piece Lego car runs on compressed air, insanity (video)
If you’re still stuck on that Lego Mindstorm EV3 project, then you might have a tiny inkling of how the folks from the Super Awesome Micro Project feel. They’ve just pieced together a car with 500,000 of the plastic blocks that can actually hit the road, thanks to four radial engines with 256 pistons that run on compressed air. It was designed and built by 20-year-old Romanian Lego savant Raul Oaida in 20 months after he and a partner raised “tens of thousands” of dollars from Aussie backers. It’ll only cruise at 12-17 mph hour (since it’s built of freaking Lego), but as shown in the video after the break, you probably wouldn’t want to go any faster — especially given the seats.
Filed under: Misc, Transportation
Via: CNET
Source: SAMP
LG’s webOS Smart TV tipped to arrive at CES
Remember when LG bought the festering remains of the once proud webOS project from HP with the plan to add it to Smart TVs? Nearly a year later and it looks as if the company is ready to show off the results. According to ZDNet Korea, company officials told investors that next fortnight’s CES is where the platform will launch. At the same event, LG chiefs also said that it would throw its weight behind Palm’s Enyo open-source JavaScript development framework in the hope of encouraging third parties to craft software for the new system. You never know, maybe Jon Rubinstein’s big project could get a happy ending after all.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Software, HD, LG
Via: The Verge
Source: ZDNet Korea (Translated)
Apple’s new Mac Pro now on sale, will ship by December 30th
After months of waiting, Apple’s new Mac Pro is now available to order through its online store. Coming just a day after the company announced the availability of the trashcan-shaped desktop, the quad-core and six-core models start at $3,000 and $4,000 respectively. Should you order today, Apple says it’ll ship your new Mac Pro by December 30th. That base model will get you a 3.7GHz quad-core Xeon CPU, 12GB DRAM, two AMD FirePro D300 GPUs, and a 256GB SSD. However, if you max out every setting, you’re looking at around $10,000 — and that’s without a mouse or a keyboard.
Source: Apple Mac Pro
Big update for Final Cut Pro brings improved support for 4K and the new Mac Pro
As Apple’s finally put its redesigned Mac Pro up for sale, the company’s also seen fit to update editing software Final Cut Pro. Version 10.1 optimizes “rendering and playback” for the new Mac, but for users of other “select Mac computers,” the most significant change will likely be the addition of 4K monitoring over Thunderbolt 2 and HDMI, meaning the program now fully supports 4K — you can upload straight to YouTube in that resolution, too. It also revises how clips are organized using libraries, and generally adds a heap of workflow and behind-the-scenes improvements that could finally appease those who weren’t impressed by Pro X when it launched.
Final Cut companion wares Compressor and Motion have been updated, too, and both are now also able to share content in 4K. Compressor boasts a new look and broader encoding support, while Motion has been optimized for the new Mac Pro and its dual AMD GPUs. As the version notes for all three updates are too numerous to squeeze in here, we recommend checking out the individual changelogs at the source links below.
Filed under: Software, HD, Apple
Via: 9to5Mac (1), 9to5Mac (2)
Source: Mac App Store (Final Cut Pro), (Compressor), (Motion)
Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X with 2013 Mac Pro Compatibility, 4K Content [Mac Blog]
Alongside the start of online orders for the redesigned Mac Pro, Apple has released a major update for Final Cut Pro X. The program now supports optimized playback and rendering utilizing the dual AMD FirePro graphics chips found in the new Mac Pro, along with support for video monitoring at resolutions up to 4K via Thunderbolt 2 and HDMI on select Mac computers. The update also includes 4K-optimized content, and a host of other additions and performance enhancements.
What’s New in Final Cut Pro X version 10.1
Final Cut Pro X version 10.1 adds the following features:
– Optimized playback and rendering using dual GPUs in the new Mac Pro
– Video monitoring up to 4K via Thunderbolt 2 and HDMI on select Mac computers
– 4K content including titles, transitions, and generators
– Libraries allow you to gather multiple events and projects within a single bundle
– Easily open and close individual libraries to load just the material you need
– Option to import camera media to locations inside or outside of a library
– Automatically back up libraries to a user-specified drive or network location
– Project Snapshots let you quickly capture the project state for fast versioning
– Audio fade handles on individual audio channels in the timeline
– Add precise retime speeds by entering them numerically in the timeline
– Non-rippling retime option
– One step Replace and retime
– Custom project frame sizes
– Through edits displayed on all clip types
– Join Through Edit command removes bladed cuts to clips in the timeline
– Detach audio with Multicam clips in the timeline to manipulate audio and video separately
– Make video- or audio-only edits into the timeline with Multicam Clips as sources
– Blade and move audio in J- and L-cuts
– Ability to roll audio with J- and L-cut splits open
– Option to hide the Event browser to gain more screen space for viewing
– Native support for .MTS and .MT2S files from AVCHD cameras
– Used media indicators on source clips
– Improved performance with large projects
– Improved performance when modifying or adding keywords to many clips at once
– Easily move, copy, and paste multiple keyframes
– Option for the linear animation with Ken Burns effect
– Improved image stabilization with InertiaCam and Tripod mode
– Import photos from iOS devices
– Proxy and playback quality controls accessible in Viewer menu
– Support for portrait/landscape metadata in still images
– Effects parameters, fonts, and text size included in XML metadata
– Improved support for growing media and edit while ingest
– API for custom Share operations using third-party software
– FxPlug 3 with custom plug-in interfaces and dual-GPU support
– Share directly to YouTube at 4K resolution
Final Cut Pro X is available in the Mac App Store for $299.99. The 10.1 update is free for current customers. [Direct Link]
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British Airways is first European airline to allow electronics use during takeoff and landing
Following the wave of US airlines that changed policy after the FAA reassessed the rules, British Airways is letting passengers keep their electronic devices switched on for the entirety of their flight. According to the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, there’s still no text and no calls allowed, and Brits will still be ordered to put wireless devices into flight mode, although the changes (which start today) apparently don’t include laptops. “The easing of restrictions will provide an average of 30 minutes additional personal screen time,” according to BA’s flight training manager, Captain Ian Pringle — enough time for half an episode of The Great British Bake Off, then. And expect more airlines to follow suit: the European Aviation Safety Agency announced earlier this month that airlines are able to introduce such changes, subject to their own assessments.
Filed under: Transportation
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