Facebook's acquisition will enhance its Snapchat-like filters

Facebook has snapped up a facial recognition startup to help it win the war it waged against Snapchat. The social network has acquired FacioMetrics, a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff that developed a few face detection apps, including on…

Athentech Perfect Eyes and Perfect Skin review: Click your way to perfect portraits

While smartphone shutterbugs are content applying faux analog looks to images prior to sharing on social networks, traditional photographers specializing in portraits or beauty shots demand a subtler approach. For example, an otherwise great shot…

Next Year's Dual-Camera iPhones Will Have Dual Optical Image Stabilization

While the iPhone 7 Plus has a dual-lens camera, only the wide-angle lens supports optical image stabilization. However, that could change next year. In a research note obtained by MacRumors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo maintains his bel…

Privacy-Enabled Web Browser 'Firefox Focus' Launches on App Store With Automatic Ad Blocking

Mozilla today launched a new app called "Firefox Focus," which automatically blocks advertisements as well as online trackers. The company said that due to the new app's removal of heavy ads and tracking software by other companies, "web pages may r…

Curb your enthusiasm, 'India's smartphones are changing the world' fans

First 30-million smartmobe quarter ever just happened, but feature phones still sell more India has just recorded its first-ever 30-million-smartphones-shipped quarter, according to abacus-shuffling firm IDC.…

PoisonTap fools your PC into thinking the whole internet lives in an rPi

DHCP has to be trusted, so this isn't trivial to block How do you get a sniff of a locked computer? Tell it you're its gateway to the entire Internet IPv4 routing space.…

OnePlus stopt met verkoop van OnePlus 3

Smartphonefabrikant OnePlus stopt met de verkoop van de OnePlus 3. Dinsdag presenteerde het merk een iets snellere en iets duurdere variant, de OnePlus 3T. Aanvankelijk was het onduidelijk of de voorganger in het assortiment zou blijven.

How to install an app in macOS Sierra that’s not signed by a developer

Howard Robertson can’t get a piece of software he uses to run in macOS Sierra: The guys who make the program are not recognized developers for Mac. However, I have used this app for years (it’s required for work). How can I install it with the …

Rumored 5.8" OLED iPhone Said to Have 5.1-5.2" Physical Footprint

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued a new research note to clarify conflicting rumors about Apple releasing a 5-inch or 5.8-inch iPhone with an OLED display next year. Kuo said Apple will indeed launch an all-new iPhone with a 5.8-in…

Supply constraints said to plague Apple’s plans to switch to OLED with next year’s iPhone

One long-running rumor for next year’s iPhone is the adoption of OLED screen panels. While the Apple Watch and the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar use OLED technology, the iPhone has stuck with traditional LCD panels. A new report from Bloomberg, however, …

This Short Stop-Motion Clay Animation Is Fantastically Fluid

I’ve always thought that one of the appeals of stop-motion claymation was the imperfections in the animation, how things never quite moved as fluidly as real life. After watching this short from Guldies, I now realize that it’s because no one is a m…

Supply Constraints Forcing Apple to Use OLED Displays Only on the iPhone 8 Plus

At this point, it is all but given that Apple is considering using OLED displays on the next-generation iPhone 8. Multiple reports have suggested that the company will be using the OLED display on the larger 5.5-inch Plus model of the phone, which…

Apple working to integrate Augmented Reality capabilities into iPhone’s Camera app

Apple has a team of people working on integrating augmented reality functionality...

Long-distance Asian internet hookups are now faster then ever

We're talking about the new Facebook-funded APG submarine cable. Not that If you fancy a long-distance Asian internet hookups now available, we have good news: the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine cable has been completed and brings 100Gbps of c…

Long-distance Asian internet hookups are now faster then ever

We're talking about the new Facebook-funded APG submarine cable. Not that If you fancy a long-distance Asian internet hookups now available, we have good news: the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine cable has been completed and brings 100Gbps of c…

Searching for 'Fatty Kim the Third' banned on Chinese social media

Fatty who? That's North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un to the rest of us If you're in China today and feel like doing something futile, try searching for “Fatty Kim the Third” or the Chinese equivalent "Jin San Pang" - Google translate says that'…

National Express coaches are getting on-board entertainment

Long-haul flights have offered seat-back TVs to distract weary passengers for some time, and it's looking like it won't be too long before every transport option has its own form of on-board entertainment. Following the arrival of Virgin Tr…

Trump advisor takes issue with Silicon Valley's Asian CEOs

Before President-elect Donald Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon was headed to the White House, he was running "platform for the alt-right" website Breitbart News. Aside from overseeing the publication of anti-Semitic and misogynistic …

Russian Authorities Order Internet Providers to Block LinkedIn Website

Russia's communications regulator has blocked public access to LinkedIn after an earlier court ruling found the social networking firm to have violated data storage laws (via Reuters). LinkedIn, which has over 6 million registered users in Russia…

Heads up: Apple is smart to pursue augmented reality

Over the last few years, development of and interest in the virtual reality arena has truly begun heating up, but the same can’t yet be said for its close cousin, augmented reality. The most prominent product in the category to date was the much-…

Mac Automation Product Manager Sal Soghoian leaves Apple