New YouTube Capture Lets Your Record and Post Videos Instantly

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5969154/new-youtube-capture-lets-your-record-and-post-videos-instantly

Want to quickly record a moment and share it with everyone? YouTube's brand new Capture app lets you take video and share it instantly where ever you want.

Open it up and it's ready to take a movie right away. It also reminds you to turn your phone horizontally, so you don't have the iPhone's annoying vertical video effect. Once you've Captured your video, you can edit for length, add background music, and make little tweaks like color correction and stabilization. It's only for iOS right now, but Google says an Android version is coming. So next time you want to embarrass your friends at a late night karaoke session, here you go. [App Store via YouTube Blog]

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Amped Wireless announces a new range of 802.11ac high-powered WiFi routers

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/17/amped-802-11-ac-range/

For those not in the know, the forthcoming 802.11ac standard is so fast that it makes Speedy Gonzales look like, well, Regular Gonzales. Amped Wireless is launching a flotilla of new WiFi units capable of taking advantage of that additional power that'll cover your house in the company's trademark 10,000 square feet of wireless internet. The RTA 15 is the company's latest flagship dual-band router, the REA 20 range extender will double your wireless footprint and the ACA 1 connects to your laptop's USB 3.0 port, helping you stay connected in areas of weak signal. The trio will be available at the start of 2013, so we'll probably get our first peek at the new gear at CES.

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Foxconn reportedly manufacturing Amazon smartphone

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/17/foxconn-reportedly-manufacturing-amazon-smartphone/

Rumors about an Amazon smartphone heated up this summer, and the latest whispers -- from Taiwan Economic News -- say the e-retailer is turning to Foxconn to construct its handset. Amazon is said to have put in a five-million-unit order with the Chinese company, which we've already seen mentioned as the potential manufacturer for this device. The report also says the phone will launch in the second or third quarter of 2013, with a price somewhere in the $100-to-$200 range. Stay tuned, as more rumors are sure to come.

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Amazon

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Via: SlashGear

Source: Taiwan Economic News

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Bunnie Huang building an open, ARM-based laptop, might even sell you one if you ask nicely

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/17/bunnie-huang-is-building-a-laptop/

How do you follow-up creating Chumby, exposing illicit microSD card production and building an open-source radiation detector? If you answered "go to Disneyland," then you aren't Andrew "Bunnie" Huang -- who is now designing and building his very own laptop. Powered by an ARM Cortex A9 and running Linux, the hardware is NDA-free and as open as he can make it, with documents already online for you to study. He's expecting to finish validation and testing in the next few months, and may even offer a few for sale on Kickstarter -- although he does warn that it won't come cheap, so if you're looking for a machine to noodle around on, just get an EeePC.

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Via: Boing Boing

Source: Bunnie Huang

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Create Your Own Lytro-Style Changeable Focus Photos with the SLR You Already Have

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5968678/create-your-own-lytro+style-changeable-focus-photos-with-the-slr-you-already-have

Cameras like the Lytro are great because they let you snap photos and then adjust the depth-of-field and focus after the photo's already been taken. It does this by collecting all of the focus data it needs at the time the photo is taken, which is great, but Lytro cameras are close to $400. If you already have an SLR you love, there's a way to get the same effect right now without buying anything extra, thanks to the folks at Chaos Collective.

The trick is to use your SLR to take video of the space you want to capture, slowly changing the focus on your camera as you go. This way your camera collects the same data the Lytro does, just over time. The Lytro works because it actually takes tons of images at once thanks to its micro-lens array, and each of those images includes different focus and DOF data, so you can refocus the image whenever you want, long after you've taken the photo.

Chaos Collective notes that the best cameras for the job here SLRs and lenses with wide apertures, and walks you through the process of collecting your video and uploading it to their tool at the link below. You'll probably need a tripod, but aside from that, if you have the camera already you're good to go, and the process takes just a few seconds—much better than dropping $400 on a shiny new camera. Hit the link below to try the tool out, and see examples of the kinds of images we're talking about.

Camera HACK: DOF-Changeable Photos with an SLR | Chaos Collective via TechCrunch

Photo by Lai Ryanne.

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