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YouTube Improves Captions With New Formats, Languages, And More
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Captions on YouTube videos can’t be all that exciting. It’s been around since 2006. But apparently caption functionality has been widely extended, according to a blog post by YouTube. The video sharing platform that takes up half the work day for most of us has introduced new languages to YouTube’s...
With Stronger Parental Controls, Amazon Tells Mobile Developers They Can Offer Pricier In-App Purchases
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Amazon is now letting developers charge higher prices for in-app purchases thanks to new parental controls it just strengthened. The company sent out an e-mail to developers today that said: “With our parental controls functionality now updated, in-app items over $20 may now be submitted via the developer portal.” Developers...
With Stronger Parental Controls, Amazon Tells Mobile Developers They Can Offer Pricier In-App Purchases
Fujifilm M-Mount Adapter brings Leica lenses to the X-Pro1
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It's not the cheapest, and it's not the first, but if you've been holding out on picking up an M-Mount adapter for your X-Pro1 with the hope that Fujifilm with launch a Leica-friendly accessory of its own, your patience does appear to have paid off. The camera maker just...
SCREENSHOTS: Here's Your First Look At iOS 6 For The iPhone (AAPL)
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Apple released a beta version of iOS 6, its new operating system for iPhones and iPads, to developers today. And we got to test it out! iOS 6 won't be available to the public until later this fall, so this is will be your only preview until then. Keep reading...
Say good-bye to your address book, Evernote’s contact app Hello is better
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Every phone has a contact list, but how useful are they? According to Evernote chief executive officer Phil Libin, not very helpful at all. His answer to the standard address book is Evernote Hello, a photo-based contact app which organizes contacts “visually, chronologically and contextually.“ The app got some major updates today to help...
Search In Cursive: Google Now Lets You Hand-Write Search Queries On Phones And Tablets
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Google just added a new feature to its mobile search page that lets you hand-write search queries without having to use your phone’s or tablet’s keyboard. Once enabled, you simply start writing on your screen and Google will translate your scribbles into a search query. The new feature will work...
Lenovo releases Android 4.0 update for US ThinkPad Tablets
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After the international rollout began last month, Lenovo is pushing Android 4.0 out to US owners of its ThinkPad Tablet. The update brings with it all the benefits of Ice Cream Sandwich, including a refined user interface, NFC-based sharing with Android Beam, Face Unlock, and access to new and...
Google Play Music app update brings tweaks to Now Playing, Recent, playlists and widget
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Ever since introducing the Google Music app in beta last year its developers have been hard at work trimming away the rougher edges and that's never been more evident than in the new 4.3.606 version now available for download. While Google Play Music's overall look hasn't shifted significantly, the...
Google includes Jelly Bean easter egg in Android 4.1: yes, it's cute (video)
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In Gingerbread, those tapping repeatedly on the version number with Android's "Settings" menu were greeted with a picture of "zombie art" by Jack Larson. In Honeycomb, a bee found its buzz. In Ice Cream Sandwich, we saw an image of the Android robot dressed up in an Ice Cream...
Video: New iPad in Vietnam
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An unauthorized preview, three days before Apple-sanctioned sales begin Side by side: iPad 2 and new iPad Despite Apple's (AAPL) best efforts to keep a lid on the thing, a pair of Vietnamese bloggers managed to get their hands on a new iPad and post a 4-minute unboxing video on...
Steam adds remote game downloads (hands-on)
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With the latest version of Valve's Steam beta client, users can now initiate game downloads and installations remotely from any device. Like Xbox Live and Google Play, the new feature allows users to browse the service's catalog from a web browser and initiate downloads for new or existing purchases...
Google Chrome searches redirecting to blank.html, but there's a fix
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There's no word yet on what exactly is causing it, but various Google Chrome users are reporting that searches from the omnibox / address bar that go nowhere. While the instant results appear properly, once the user hits enter they're sent to a blank.html page that's just that, blank....
Here's Every Hidden Feature in iOS 6 Apple Didn't Tell You About (AAPL)
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Maps, the Siri update, and Passbook seemed to steal the show when Apple introduced its next mobile operating system, iOS 6. But there are hundreds of other improvements in the update. Since we've been playing around with iOS 6 this week, we figured we'd show you all the cool stuff...
EFF labels Apple products “beautiful crystal prisons”, calls for a mobile bill of rights
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Apple’s control over its iOS and Mac OS ecosystems has repeatedly called into question in times past but a new report from privacy advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has put the spotlight on the company yet again, calling for the company to relax its right grip on its products...
Windows Phone 8 shown running on 64GB Vertu with integrated SkyDrive storage?
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Following the leak of several alleged Windows Phone 8 screenshots earlier this week, additional images appear to have surfaced. Chinese site wpxap has posted a number of photos of what it says is a Vertu device running Windows Phone 8. The photos show a device with 64GB of storage,...
Apple rumored to offer Baidu search to Chinese iPhone users
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Apple is reportedly lining up Baidu to join the search engines available on iOS devices when the sixth iteration of the operating system is detailed next week. Baidu serves around 80 percent of queries in the country and the move will serve Cupertino's twin goals of placing Google at...
Plex Android app updated with remote control from mobile devices, new transcoding
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While it was exciting to hear that XBMC is making its way to Android, the Plex media center has been on the platform since last year and was recently updated with a few new features. Version 2.2.0.5 of the $5 app adds the ability to accept remote control commands...
Android Design guidelines updated with best practices for settings and navigation
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Back at CES, Matias Duarte (Google's director of Android user experience) announced official Android design guidelines to help developers give their apps a look and feel consistent with the OS. It's a very comprehensive guide, but Google's just added more detail to it today, specifically around how developers should...
HTC EVO 4G LTE firmware update begins rollout today, exterminates the bugs
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Sprint's EVO 4G LTE has seen all sorts of setbacks and obstacles since its official announcement -- a customs roadblock and the lack of a live LTE network, most notably. Regardless, it's the flagship of choice on the Hesse-led carrier's lineup and, as any subscriber that's opted in for...
500px iPad app update removes all trace of NSFW photos, founder cites family-friendly values
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Tonight, 500px released an update to its popular iPad photo gallery app that contains a number of performance improvements and bug fixes. There's one particular note in the changelog that caught our eye, though: in version 1.4.1 of the 500px app, all traces of NSFW photographs have been completely...
Google Play Music debuts labs features with desktop notifications, HTML5 audio
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Google launched a major rebranding of its online media and app stores last month, and now the company is updating the recently-renamed Google Play Music with its own set of experimental features. Tucked away behind a new "music labs" settings menu are options for desktop notifications, an HTML5 audio...
PlayStation Store comes to the Sony Xperia S, 14 PS One titles available
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We weren't best pleased with the Xperia S' lack of gaming options in our review, especially for a flagship PlayStation Certified device. Thankfully, Sony has gone some way to rectifying the error by making the PlayStation Store available on the new phone, as well as its Japanese equivalent the...
HTC to beat Apple patent predicament with custom Android builds
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HTC is in a tough spot as two of its new flagship smartphones — smartphones it desperately needs to make available in the United States as it attempts to mount a comeback — are currently held up in Customs due to a patent spat with Apple. The Taiwan-based vendor issued a...
Google Wallet suspends prepaid payment cards to prevent "painfully easy" attack
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Google Wallet will temporarily stop provisioning prepaid credit cards to prevent the exploitation of a recently discovered vulnerability which allows crooks to siphon funds out of devices that are lost or stolen. Google disabled the prepaid capability on February 10, a day after The Smartphone Champ blog exposed what...
Apple Updates Apple TV to Version 5.0.1
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Apple has released a new update for the generation 2 and 3 Apple TV models. The update allows movies and TV show previews from the iTunes Store to be vied in HD and fixes a few other minor issues. Apple TV Software Update 5.0.1 iTunes previews - Previews for...
The @facebook E-Mail Switch: Another Nudge Toward a Facebook Communications System
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For the past two years, Facebook has moved slowly but surely into new territories. The company’s expansion into e-mail and Messages clearly showed the social giant’s lofty ambitions: To upset our existing communications systems and replace them with its own. It’s been slow going (I can’t say I’ve seen any...
Google rolls out bugfix updates to Google Maps, Shopper, and Chrome for Android
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Back in April Google VP Sundar Pichai said that the company was hoping to move Chrome for Android out of beta "in a matter of weeks." While it hasn't arrived yet, Google is moving the ball forward with a new stability update for the mobile browser, with Google Shopper...
HTC Sensation 4G gets Android 4.0 on May 16th, Amaze 4G update available 'in the coming weeks'
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We've heard that T-Mobile's HTC Sensation 4G would get an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich "very soon," and now the carrier has announced that the software update will start rolling out on May 16th. Unsurprisingly, it'll be a skinned version, with Sense 3.6 on board rather than the new...
Japanese language support next in line for Siri?
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It looks like Japanese could be the next language to work with Siri, if the voice recognition software itself is to be believed. Try it for yourself — ask her what languages she speaks, and you'll get the answer shown above. So far Siri has only been able to...
How To Master All That Free iCloud Storage Apple Gives You (AAPL)
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iCloud may not be the perfect solution for keeping all your iDevices backed up and in sync, but compared to Apple's last attempt, MobileMe, it's a godsend. Plus, it's free this time around. Even if you don't want to use iCloud to back up your contacts, emails, etc., it's...
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