Samsung's 14-megapixel WB250 point-and-shoot now posts directly to Evernote

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/samsungs-wb250-evernote/

The WB250 Smart camera, Samsung's $179 WiFi-enabled point-and-shoot, just scored a major sharing boost. The pocketable cam can now boot images directly to Evernote. After downloading a software update, WB250 owners will be able to sync their images with the service seamlessly -- shots can then appear on connected smartphones, computers and tablets simultaneously. Users will also be able to tap into a 3-month Evernote Premium trial, bringing a 1GB monthly upload allowance and additional sharing options. Update your software to get started.

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iPhone Users Gravitate To Facebook, Share Parenting And Family Content Most Often

Source: https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome

Social media users are three times more likely to share content via their iPhone versus their desktop computer, and 1.5-times more likely to share on their iPhone versus all other mobile devices, according to a ShareThis study published July 22. 

Facebook is the leading social platform among the iPhone user base, accounting for 66% of total sharing on iPhones, according to the study, by ShareThis Chief Scientist Dr. Yan Qu.

Qu analyzed 1.2 billion signals on the mobile Web, across 2.4 million sites wordlwide in the ShareThis network. 

Twitter represents 15.8% of all content shared by iPhone users, followed by Pinterest with 14.2%. 

What type of content is shared most on Facebook by iPhone users? 

ShareThis created a classification scheme to gauge what themes were most popular. For example, a post containing baby pictures would fall under the "Family & Parenting" category.

It just so happens, the Family & Parenting category accounts for 20% of all content shared, the most of any category, followed by Arts & Entertainment (13%). Other categories represented less than 10% of all content shared: Health, Technology, Government, Fitness, Food & Drink, Fashion & Beauty, and Home & Garden. 

Download the charts and data in Excel. 

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Canon's New Tiny Video Camera Is For Filming Yourself Doing...Whatever

Source: http://gizmodo.com/canons-new-tiny-video-camera-is-for-filming-yourself-d-972995919

Canon's new Vixia Mini is a Wi-Fi enabled camcorder designed to help you document your everyday life in more detail than ordinary folk ever thought possible. No other people required.

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Phone to Chromecast app streams pics and video, but can't be released yet

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/phone-to-chromecast-video-pictures/

Google's $35 Chromecast fared well in our review, but something that could make it even more useful is the ability to stream pictures and video from mobile devices. Users have been able to work around that on PCs by entering info for locally stored files into the Chrome address bar, and now ClockworkMod developer Koushik Dutta is showing off a solution for mobile that closes the gap with AirPlay. Demonstrated in the video after the break, his Phone to Chromecast app can fling pictures or videos stored on the phone directly to the dongle -- apparently thanks to web server software he'd already created for Android. There's no specific word on the codecs or resolutions tested, but he reports videos work at full framerate "like magic." The only bad news? The preview SDK terms mean he can't distribute the APK without written permission from Google, so this demo is as close as we're getting for now.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Mobile, Google

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Marvell flaunts its Armada 1500-mini CPU powering Chromecast, lists codecs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/marvell-flaunts-its-aramada-1500-mini-cpu-powering-chromecast/

Ever since Google TV made the move from Intel to ARM processors, Marvell has been there with its Armada 1500 CPU, providing decoding, power management and wireless support. As recent FCC documents showed, that arrangement hasn't changed, and Marvell has just formally introduced its Armada 1500-mini processor at the heart of Chromecast. The scaled-down chip provides it (and other USB-powered devices) with 1080p decoding along with features like DRM support and access to TV-centric applications like YouTube and Netflix. Marvell also filled us in on what kind of video decoding the hardware is capable of: it supports most H.264 profiles, MPEG2/4, WMV9, VP6/8, DivX-HD and most digital audio formats (see the PR for a complete list). The high-profile Google connection aside, Marvell also said the chip will work great for other laptop, smartphone and Smart TV streaming applications. On top of that, Mountain View wants to get Chromecast tech natively into Smart TVs and other devices through its Google Cast SDK -- no doubt putting Marvell on the ground floor.

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