drag2share: Compact 'Stubilizer' could smooth out your GoPro footage

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/04/stubilizer-go-pro-steadicam/

Though GoPro cameras excel at capturing your insane escapades, the resulting shaky footage is not what we'd call production-ready. Now an inventor named Stuart Smith is looking to smooth things out with his self-named Stubilizer, a kind of mini-Steadicam designed for the GoPro's mount. Thanks to the small size, you can attach it almost anywhere you'd normally put a GoPro -- like on a helmet or vehicle, for instance. Despite the size, it seems to excel at drastically improving shaky video (shown after the break) even when you're running. Smith has launched three versions on Kickstarter, the Solo, Duo and Pro, which run £149, £199 and £299 (about $250, $340 and $500), respectively. All three use gyroscopes and motors to steady footage, with the Solo helping roll only, the Duo adding the pitch axis and the Pro stabilizing all three: pitch, roll and yaw. If you're interested in pledging, you can hit the source -- just keep in mind the extra risk to your neck with such helmet-attached devices.

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drag2share: When to Buy Your Plane Ticket, Based on Data from Four Million Trips

Source: http://lifehacker.com/when-to-buy-your-plane-ticket-based-on-data-from-four-1536163030

When you're booking a flight, you don't want to buy too far in advance—and be the guy who lost out on a price drop; nor do you want to book too late—and pay hundreds more for the convenience. When's the best time to buy? CheapAir crunched the numbers from over four million tickets bought last year to offer some advice.

Those four million tickets add up to a database of 1.3 billion air fares. What they found, at least for domestic airfares, is there's a "prime booking window" of between 29 and 104 days in advance when the average fare is at its lowest (so, roughly a month to three months before the flight). Taken altogether, 54 days in advance is the best time to buy, based on this data.

As you can see from the chart above, the cost of waiting up to 13 days in advance is enormous.

These real-world findings back up one economist's calculation of the cheapest time to book a flight , eight weeks.

CheapAir notes, however, that the exact 54 days in advance number isn't very important. Prices for each trip will rise and fall volatilely depending on the market and when you're flying. As a rule of thumb, you should still keep checking fares frequently and grab a good deal when you see one.

When should you buy your airline ticket? Here's what our data has to say | CheapAir

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drag2share: Cryptocat Creates Private, Encrypted Chatrooms on the iPhone

Source: http://lifehacker.com/cryptocat-creates-private-encrypted-chatrooms-on-the-i-1536166850

iPhone: Cryptocat is one of the easiest to use encrypted chat clients out there, and today it's available on the iPhone so you can keep your conversations private on the go.

Cryptocat for the iPhone works pretty much the same as the desktop counterparts. The process to use Cryptocat is pretty simple: create a private chatroom with a unique name (use something strange and unique if you don't want random people dropping in), share that name with your friend over another form of communication like text message, then they'll create a one-time use username and enter the chat room. From there, you can chat away about whatever you want, and Cryptocat won't save any of it after you exit the app. All the text sent in Cryptocat is encrypted and you can peek at how it works on the Cryptocat blog. Cryptocat works between devices too, so you can chat with people on desktop, in their browser, or in the iPhone app. I had a few random crashes in the app selecting information about usernames, but overall the experience is similar to the desktop versions.

Cryptocat (Free) | iTunes App Store

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Article: F-Secure: Android accounted for 97% of all mobile malware in 2013, but only 0.1% of those were on Google Play

Back in 2012, Android accounted for 79 percent of all mobile malware. Last year, that number has ballooned even further to 97 percent. Both those data points come from security firm F-Secure, which today released its 40-page Threat Report for the second half of 2013. Here is how bad the situation...

http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/03/04/f-secure-android-accounted-97-mobile-malware-2013-0-1-google-play/

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Article: F-Secure: Android accounted for 97% of all mobile malware in 2013, but only 0.1% of those were on Google Play

Back in 2012, Android accounted for 79 percent of all mobile malware. Last year, that number has ballooned even further to 97 percent. Both those data points come from security firm F-Secure, which today released its 40-page Threat Report for the second half of 2013. Here is how bad the situation...

http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/03/04/f-secure-android-accounted-97-mobile-malware-2013-0-1-google-play/

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