Flippr Gives You Access to Widgets on All Screens – APP OF THE WEEK
For you widgetheads out there, try out Flippr: a way to access any of your widgets while you’re in other apps. This post is going to be more of a video post, because it’s a simple app that utilizes that floating tool that other apps have used, and all you have to do touch and swipe to the right to access your widgets in an overlay while in other apps. It works fairly well if you are so inclined to access your widgets while in other apps, so check out my video review below to see it in action. The Play Store Link will be provided below for both the free version and the paid version. Let us know if you tried it out.
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Sony Alpha 5100 is the smallest APS-C camera with a built-in flash
If you’ve been holding out on purchasing an Alpha 6000 because you don’t need an electronic viewfinder, Sony’s got a mirrorless camera just for you. Internally, the Alpha 5100, which replaces the NEX-5T, is nearly identical to its pricier counterpart, with a 24.3-megapixel sensor and a BIONZ X processor. You also get a 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 power-zoom lens, bundled with the camera for $700 ($550 for the body only), and the same hybrid focusing system, letting you acquire a subject in as little as 0.07 seconds. It excludes an EVF, but the A5100 does have a 921k-dot display (with touch functionality this time) that flips forward 180 degrees for self-portraits. There’s also built-in WiFi, XAVC S video capture and a top sensitivity of ISO 25,600. It ships next month in black and white.
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Surprise! Even North Koreans download porn
Yes, the internet does exist in North Korea — it’s just that most users are trapped within the country’s virtual confines, unable to access most websites outside their ISP’s walled garden. According to BitTorrent monitor ScanEye, though, some do get to bypass the country’s security and end up downloading various TV shows, as well as (to nobody’s surprise) American and Japanese porn. Aside from the inevitable pornography, the 178 downloads traced from North Korea include Top Gear, Britain’s Biggest Hoarders, HBO documentary Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden, and even games like Angry Birds and Far Cry 3. All these activities were traced from a single neighborhood in Pyongyang (NK’s capital), where you can find the headquarters of the country’s mobile network provider.
Because the country’s citizens aren’t free to do many, many things, and internet connections there are usually very slow, one can’t help but wonder: who downloaded all these, and how did they do it? It’s likely impossible to be 100 percent certain whether these downloads, some from as far back as February 2012, really did originate from the country. For all we know, there could be another explanation for those IPs. It could also just be a fearless foreigner desperate for his dose of car and human porn… or the Supreme Leader himself, looking for something to do on weekends.
[Image credit: jurgenfr/Getty]
Filed under: Internet
Source: The Telegraph
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Good ol’ Goophone: The Goophone N4 looks awfully like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Goophone is well known in the smartphone industry for one thing: making imitations of flagship devices. We’ve seen them do it for the HTC One M8, we’ve seen them do it for the iPhone 5C, and now, they’re going to be doing the same for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with the Goophone N4 (see image above). This of course is despite the fact the Note 4 has yet to be formally announced, but Goophone has made it a habit to make the phones just based on rumours and leaked photos, sometimes even releasing their imitation before the phone it was based on is released.
The difference between these imitations and the real deal is of course what’s on the inside. While the specifications of the Note 4 are likely to be bleeding edge, the Goophone N4′s are going to be less so: a MediaTek octacore 1.7GHz processor will be accompanied by 3GB RAM, 16GB storage and will be behind a 5.7-inch 1080p IPS LCD. It will allegedly be running Android 4.4 though Goophone says it won’t be taking preorders for the device till September 15th, after the Note 4′s official announcement at IFA 2014. No word on how much the Goophone N4 will cost, but it’s certain to be much less than the N4; as always though, you get what you pay for.
What do you think about the Goophone N4 and this whole imitation business? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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How would you change Lenovo’s Yoga 11?
Back in the old days, Yoga was all about sitting quietly wearing earth tones, so when Lenovo announced a range of transforming laptops, we were delighted. While the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 was a revelation, the, um, Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 was a significantly more underwhelming proposition. That’s because it was running Windows RT, Microsoft’s poorly-handled attempt to beat Android tablets with an operating system that looked like Windows, but couldn’t run any Windows software. When Dana “The Laptop Lady” Wollman reviewed it, her opinion could be summed up with this single quote: “what good is a Windows laptop without the ability to run legacy x86 apps?” So, what about you, gentle folk of Engadget? Did you buy one? Has the experience improved to the point where you don’t miss your legacy software? Why not share all on our product forum or write a review of your own?
Filed under: Laptops, Microsoft, Lenovo
Source: Engadget Product Forums, Engadget Product Database
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Make your Android awesome with Drippler [App of the Day]
Looking to change your phone up and make the best if it? Learn everything you need to know with Drippler. Upon first launch, Drippler learns what phone your using and what version of Android it is running and gathers articles that are important and useful to you and your specific phone. I was very surprised… Read more »
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Twitter tries sharing your favorite tweets with others
Have you recently noticed people commenting on your Twitter favorites, even when you didn’t (intentionally) share them with the rest of the world? You’re not alone. The social network has started putting your favorites and following activity in your followers’ timelines, whether or not you’re mentioned — if you really like an article, others may know right away. It’s not clear whether this is an experiment or a permanent feature, and we’ve reached out to Twitter for the full scoop.
The exact motives for the decision aren’t apparent so far, although Twitter has been taking many steps to keep people engaged with its service and generate that all-important ad revenue. Showing more than just updates and retweets could help bashful members strike up conversations. However, early feedback suggests that the company might have overstepped its bounds. Besides populating Twitter feeds with content that people didn’t ask for, the move also appears to play fast and loose with privacy. Many use favorites for bookmarks and other personal reasons; they may not want to share links or clever quotes with their followers, which is what the retweet button is for. While the feature only periodically kicks in and may help you discover new content or people, there’s no doubt that it irks at least some users.
Filed under: Internet
Source: The Next Web
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Rumoured LG G Watch 2 is a “serious game changer”, coming at IFA 2014
I’m not sure what to make of this news, but here it is anyway. The Korea Times is reporting that LG is likely poised to announce a new wearable at IFA 2014, what they are calling the LG G Watch 2. This comes not even 2 months after the original LG G Watch was announced and released alongside the Android Wear wearable operating system. The device is allegedly a “serious game changer”, one which LG has been working on since Android Wear’s announcement and has targeted September for release.
What changes might come in the G Watch 2 aren’t immediately clear from the report, but it does say that the screen will be an OLED display, differing from the IPS LCD of the original G Watch. Interestingly, The Korea Times claims the G Watch 2 might not even make a public appearance as “LG Electronics is being approached by a lot of authoritative watchmakers for strategic collaboration”, which implies LG may be looking for a suitor to help them design the outside of the G Watch 2. Whatever the case, IFA 2014 is right around the corner so we’ll see if any of these rumours are true.
What do you think about the news about a LG G Watch 2? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: The Korea Times via Phone Arena
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Spies used YouTube videos and Microsoft log-ins to take over devices
Watching silly YouTube videos and checking your Microsoft Live account might sound harmless enough — too harmless, in fact, to lead to a security breach. But, thing is, they’re not as safe as you think: if a law enforcement agency or your government wanted to keep tabs on your actions, they could’ve easily used those activities to inject malware into your system. According to a paper published by Morgan Marquis-Boire at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, spies used to be able to piggyback on unencrypted YouTube streams and Microsoft Live log-ins by intercepting traffic and using that to open a window into your life. Yes, that means being able to see your emails, bank accounts, IMs and many other things you’d rather keep to yourself. Thankfully, Microsoft and Google have already encrypted those connections, Marquise-Boire writes on The Intercept, to prevent anyone from exploiting them. Mountain View has even started encouraging other websites to encrypt their connections with the promise of a better ranking in its search results.
The study names Hacking Team and FinFisher as two of the companies that sell law enforcement agencies “network-injection” technologies like this for around $1 million dollars. In fact, Italian company Hacking Team is known for developing software to spy on people’s emails, phone calls and the like specifically for sale to law enforcement in countries not blacklisted by NATO. It’s unclear whether the company actively transacts with the US government, but it doesn’t even matter — Marquise-Boire says the country’s (as well as the UK’s, Russia’s, Israel’s and China’s) intelligence agency already has a similar system of its own.
You can read the full paper at The Citizen Lab if you wish to delve into the technology behind network-injection systems… or you can just watch a cute cat vid now that it’s ostensibly safe to do so.
Filed under: Internet
Via: The Verge
Source: The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, The Intercept
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Moto 360 smartwatch listed at BestBuy
Motorola’s long-awaited smartwatch seems to be close to release. Motorola announced their press event will take place at IFA on September 4th by teasing Moto G, Moto X and Moto 360 along what seems to be some sort of bluetooth headset or something. Surprisingly, Moto 360 has been listed at BestBuy today. The biggest surprise… Read more »
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