Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Article: China cracks down on web anonymity with new regulations

Rule requires internet users to register their real names before uploading videos The Chinese government this week passed a new rule requiring all internet users to use their real names when uploading videos to the web, as part of an attempt to crack down on online dissent. As Reuters reports, th...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/21/5330126/china-requires-web-users-to-use-real-names-uploading-videos

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Monday, January 20, 2014

VLC gets one-touch playback controls and a fresh new interface on iOS 7

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/vlc-gets-an-ios-7-native-interface-with-multi-touch-gestures/

VLC for iOS 7

VLC for iOS just got a much-needed coat of fresh paint. The media player's version 2.2 update has introduced an iOS 7-native interface with its own set of multi-touch playback gestures: you can tap with two fingers to pause a video, and swipes control the brightness, playback position and volume. This is more than just a skin-deep upgrade, though. VLC is now more cloud-savvy with support for Dropbox streaming, HTTP Live Streaming and downloads from Google Drive. The new app handles both lock screen privacy and TV show organization more elegantly than its predecessor, and it plays clips encoded in the more advanced HEVC (H.265) and VP9 formats. All told, there are plenty of reasons for video lovers to swing by the App Store for the upgrade.

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Source: App Store, VideoLAN

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drag2share: Tadaa SLR Let's You Focus Later

source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/vip/~3/H78cAaACSfs/this-weeks-top-downloads-1504034652

Tadaa SLR Shoots Now, Focuses Later for Lytro-Like Photos

This Week's Top Downloads

iPhone: Lytro's shoot-now-focus-later feature is pretty cool and if you want something like that on your iPhone, then Tadaa SLR is what you need. It's essentially a blur-and-bokeh filter app, but the interface makes it almost foolproof.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 hits the FCC with Verizon's LTE bands in tow

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/18/samsung-galaxy-note-pro-12-2-fcc-verizon-lte/

We've yet to hear more details about the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2's launch this quarter, but a recent FCC filing at least reveals that it might head to Verizon. According to the documents, a particular variant that goes by model number SM-P905V supports Big Red's LTE (4 and 13) bands. Since the 2014 refresh of the 10.1 Note Pro has also passed through the agency with Verizon LTE, the carrier might offer both sizes when the tablets hit the market. Based on the info we got from the gigantic tablet's CES debut, it'll have a WiFi version for those who have no need for mobile internet. Folks set on buying one with long-term evolution speeds, however, may want to cross their fingers for the behemoth to hit their preferred carriers.

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Via: Phone Arena

Source: FCC

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Google's Chrome remote desktop app will come to iOS as well as Android

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/17/googles-chromoting-app-coming%20to-ios-as-well-as-android/

The desktop versions of Chrome make it easy to access remote PCs (and Chromebooks) linked together by your Google account, but this feature hasn't yet made the trek across to Chrome's mobile manifestations. We know that an official Android "Chromoting" app (an early build of which is shown in the screenshot above) has been in the works for a while, and now there's evidence it'll come to iOS too. Radio chatter between Chromium developers reveals that the iOS version is still at an "unpolished" design stage, but it also suggests that a good few devs have it on their to-do lists -- and although we have very little detail about how the final Chromoting app will work, these folks must believe that it'll do something different (or better, or easier) than the hoards of existing alternatives.

[Image courtesy of Chrome Story]

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Via: 9to5mac

Source: Chromium

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