Google launches three new photography apps for testing experimental technology

Sunday, December 17, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Google today is launching a trio of new photo apps – a part of new series of what it has dubbed photography “appsperiments.” (Get it? Ha ha.)  The apps, some of which are available on both the iOS App Store and Google Play, give Google a way to...

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Google’s research team releases two new experimental photo apps for iOS

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

Inspired by the success of Motion Stills, Google is releasing more photography apps built on experimental technology. Today, Google is launching two new “appsperimentals” for iOS that take advantage of recent phone and computer vision advancements. “Photography appsperiments” are “usable and useful mobile photography experiences built on experimental technology.” Motion Stills,...

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Apple Shazam: Why Apple is buying the music app?

Monday, December 11, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

Scan your eyes over Apple's just-published list of the year's most popular iPhone apps, and there's one notable omission: Shazam. In fact, it's been a while since the song-identifying software squeezed its way into the iOS App Store's top 10. So, why has Apple confirmed it is "combining" its...

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Google Maps will soon tell you when it’s time to get off your train or bus

Monday, December 11, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

Google is about to launch a small but useful update to Google Maps that will give you live guidance and interactive real-time notifications during your journey. The idea here is to give you real-time updates while you are on your transit journey. These updates will appear in the Google Maps...

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Google Maps for Android adds ‘Motorcycle Mode’ in India, cuts time off of car routes

Wednesday, December 06, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Methods of transportation often change depending on where you live, and in India, motorcycles are quite prevalent. Now, Google is adding a “Motorcycle Mode” to Maps for Android to assist those users. Motorcycles have the ability to drive through places where a car typically wouldn’t be able to fit, so...

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Instagram updating profiles with new Stories features, Archive and Highlights

Wednesday, December 06, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

Instagram today announced two new features and both of them have to do with the Stories. Stories are small video clips that stick around for 24 hours and then disappear to the aether. With the latest update though, you can store those memories forever. The first new Stories feature is called...

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Fake WhatsApp fools Android users

Monday, November 06, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

The real WhatsApp messenger has been downloaded more than a billion times from the Play Store A fake version of the WhatsApp messenger app was downloaded more than a million times from the Google Play Store before it was removed. The app, "Update WhatsApp Messenger", appeared to have...

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China Blocks WhatsApp, Broadening Online Censorship

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

SHANGHAI — China has largely blocked the WhatsApp messaging app, the latest move by Beijing to step up surveillance ahead of a big Communist Party gathering next month. The disabling in mainland China of the Facebook-owned app is a setback for the social media giant, whose chief executive,...

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Clicking Addresses Numbers in Gmail Launches the Appropriate App

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category :

In Android Oreo, highlighting an address, email, or phone number will pop up a suggestion bar to open the appropriate corresponding app on your device. This feature uses machine learning and of course requires an OS update, but in the meantime Gmail and Inbox are being updated with a similar time-saving...

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Saturday, September 16, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Snapchat just launched a brand new feature with a little help from Avicii! The camera app is now allowing users to do some pretty cool things with their bitmoji, by bringing the custom avatar to life through 3D world lenses. Users simply click the rear-facing Snapchat camera, tap to place...

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AI-powered filter app Prisma wants to sell its tech to other companies

Monday, August 21, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : , ,

Prisma, the Russian company best known for its AI-powered photo filters, is shifting to B2B. The company won’t retire its popular app, but says in the future, it will focus on selling machine vision tools to other tech firms. “We see big opportunities in deep learning and communication,”...

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Try out New Google Allo for Web

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Google Allo is now supported on the web, letting you carry on chats as you type away on your laptop or desktop without having to pick up your phone (a hassle, we know). Web support for Allo was teased months ago, and now Google has made good on its...

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Instagram begins organizing comments into threads

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Instagram comments will now be organized into threads, just as they are on parent company Facebook. Starting today, replying to a comment on Instagram will begin a new thread, which should make conversations easy to follow. The feature will roll out globally on Android and iOS “in the coming...

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Facebook announces News Feed interface changes with new camera features

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Facebook today has announced a host of updates for both mobile and desktop users. Most notably, the company is making changes to how users go about navigating the News Feed on desktop and mobile, while the Camera functionality is also gaining a handful of new features. First off,...

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MIT Researchers designed an AI that coud detect food ingredients from photos

Monday, August 14, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Food doesn't always come with an ingredients label, but sometimes — when you've got an allergy, for instance, or if you're dying to make a restaurant dish at home — it sure would come in handy. MIT and QCRI researchers are trying to make that a possibility with...

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This App Can Retouch Your Photos Before You Even Take Them

Friday, August 04, 2017 Unknown 0 Comments Category : ,

Getty The best camera you have is the camera you have on you, and more often than not that's probably your phone. A new machine learning system from MIT wants to help make phone pictures easier to take and better looking. It does this by automatically retouching any...

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