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26 Feb 17:11

These are the top-25 mobile photos from Flickr in 2014

by archieflickr

At the Flickr office, one of our most fun recurring debates is whether photos on mobile devices will ever approach the quality of those taken with dedicated cameras. Because we recently gathered the top photos taken overall at Flickr in 2014, I thought it would be interesting to see what we’d find if we looked into the top mobile photos uploaded over the same period.

So…WOW. We were really impressed. The quality and diversity of images far exceeded our expectations. Some were taken with brand-new top-of-the-line smartphones, others with devices that were a few years old. Some were processed, others uploaded as-is. All were beautiful.

Most importantly, they show that all of us have the gear we need to take great photos.

Uploaded by Alexandr Tikki. Tikki’s striking photo received more faves than any other taken with a mobile device. iPhone 5s.

Uploaded by Luca Reano. Nokia Lumia 820.

Uploaded by Samim Hasan. This was taken with a smartphone not known for its camera, the HTC Desire X. The color is outstanding.

Uploaded by Telmo Filho. iPhone 4s.

Uploaded by Pablo Fernández. This photo, which was taken with an iPhone 4s, shows what is possible even with a slightly older smartphone.

Uploaded by Luigi Ales. Taken with his Nokia Lumia 1020, it was initially hard to believe this was not a DSLR shot.

Uploaded by Betina Plate. iPhone 4s.

Uploaded by Alexandr Tikki, his second in this series. iPhone 4s.

Uploaded by William Huggins Higgins. Captured with a Samsung Note 3.

Uploaded by Jeff Knobloch. Taken after a morning run with a friend, this is the sort of opportunistic photo that can only be taken with the smartphone in your pocket. Samsung Galaxy S4.

Uploaded by ~tnymo~. iPhone 6.

Uploaded by Johan Bengtsson. Samsung Galaxy S4

Uploaded by Tam. iPhone 5s.

Uploaded by Richard Smith. iPhone 5.

Uploaded by Pixelmania. “sunsets & surfers. something you can always find in san diego.”

Kolob Canyon in Zion NP 20140920_151733i

Uploaded by Norm Erikson. Samsung Galaxy Light.

Uploaded by Maria Tritaki. iPhone 4s.

Uploaded by Chris Suefert. This beautiful capture of the Aurora Borealis from Cape Cod demonstrates the low-light performance of his iPhone 5.

Uploaded by Luigi Ales. Ale’s Lumia 1020 again exhibiting incredible detail.

Uploaded by Rodger Sharp. Taken with an iPhone 6 Plus.

Uploaded by Christophe Cymbalisty. Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini.

Uploaded by Near the Lighthouse. iPhone 5.

Uploaded by Xiomara Martinez. Samsung Galaxy S5.

Uploaded by Kiljano. iPhone 5.

Uploaded by Jessica Dyer. Dyer attached Olloclip 21x macro lens to her iPhone 5 to capture this image.

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26 Feb 08:39

andrew.berg

by researchinstitute

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26 Feb 03:27

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25 Feb 21:43

I'm Not Wordy™

by speero

via http://imnotwordy.com/

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25 Feb 21:34

Here's what we know about Magic Leap so far

by Mariella Moon

Cooper Griggs
hmmmmm

Google made a big splash when it threw its support behind Magic Leap with a $542 million investment last year. Immediately people began wondering what exactly Mountain View was so excited about that it was willing to drop half a billion dollars as pu...

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25 Feb 18:21

by The Awkward Yeti

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via David Pelaez

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25 Feb 18:15

by Ryan Selvy

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25 Feb 18:15

Yahoo's security boss faces down NSA director over crypto ban

by Cory Doctorow

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During Monday's Cybersecurity for a New America conference in DC, Yahoo's Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos stood up and had an intense verbal showdown with NSA director Mike Rogers about the NSA's plan to ban working crypto, in which the nation's top spook fumfuhed and fumbled to explain how this idea isn't totally insane.

Alex Stamos (AS): “Thank you, Admiral. My name is Alex Stamos, I’m the CISO for Yahoo!. … So it sounds like you agree with Director Comey that we should be building defects into the encryption in our products so that the US government can decrypt…

Mike Rogers (MR): That would be your characterization. [laughing]

AS: No, I think Bruce Schneier and Ed Felton and all of the best public cryptographers in the world would agree that you can’t really build backdoors in crypto. That it’s like drilling a hole in the windshield.

MR: I’ve got a lot of world-class cryptographers at the National Security Agency.

AS: I’ve talked to some of those folks and some of them agree too, but…

MR: Oh, we agree that we don’t accept each other's premise. [laughing]

AS: We’ll agree to disagree on that. So, if we’re going to build defects/backdoors or golden master keys for the US government, do you believe we should do so — we have about 1.3 billion users around the world — should we do for the Chinese government, the Russian government, the Saudi Arabian government, the Israeli government, the French government? Which of those countries should we give backdoors to?

MR: So, I’m not gonna… I mean, the way you framed the question isn’t designed to elicit a response.

AS: Well, do you believe we should build backdoors for other countries?

MR: My position is — hey look, I think that we’re lying that this isn’t technically feasible. Now, it needs to be done within a framework. I’m the first to acknowledge that. You don’t want the FBI and you don’t want the NSA unilaterally deciding, so, what are we going to access and what are we not going to access? That shouldn’t be for us. I just believe that this is achievable. We’ll have to work our way through it. And I’m the first to acknowledge there are international implications. I think we can work our way through this.

AS: So you do believe then, that we should build those for other countries if they pass laws?

MR: I think we can work our way through this.

AS: I’m sure the Chinese and Russians are going to have the same opinion.

MR: I said I think we can work through this.

AS: Okay, nice to meet you. Thanks.

Yahoo exec goes mano a mano with NSA director over crypto backdoors [Dan Goodin/Ars Technica]

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25 Feb 18:05

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25 Feb 18:05

RSS and the Open Web

Cooper Griggs
This is an old post, but I wanted to know if anyone else noticed that they raised the annual fee for <500 feeds by $5. Anyone?

RSS and the Open Web:

theoldreader:

This post is not about the day to day operations of The Old Reader or anything of that nature. It’s about how our team came to get involved with RSS and how we see the future of this application and technology that we value so highly.

As a long time user of RSS and Google Reader, I’ve…

I’ve been using TOR since Google Reader’s demise and it’s one tool I don’t ever want to give up.

25 Feb 18:05

Studio Daniel Libesk

Studio Daniel Libeskind, Beyond The Wall.

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25 Feb 18:03

(photo by bigfootamp)

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25 Feb 17:53

A Countryside Sliding Glass House Designed by dRMM

by Kate Sierzputowski

outside
Photos © Alex de Rijke / GIF by Gasoline Station

Appearing as an oversized red barn, architecture and design studio dRMM‘s Sliding House has a much more complex facade than its doppleganger’s A-frame design. The project encompasses three separate buildings (house, garage, and guest annex), and was built with the intention for the owners to grow food, entertain, and enjoy the landscape from the structure. Each segment of the Suffolk, England property is connected by a 20 ton, motor-driven enclosure which slides up and down the buildings to create constantly changing coverage for the home, and exposes open-air living areas.

An escape from static architecture, the house gives its inhabitants endless options for living comfortably and freely during each season. There is even the option to extend the roofing system beyond its current length to cover a swimming pool if the owners want to add one down the line.

The innovative residential project was completed in 2009, and was the 2009 winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects East Award, and winner of “Best New-Build” and “Home of the Year” at the 2009 Grand Designs Awards. (via The Gasoline Station, Design Milk)

night
Photos © Alex de Rijke / GIF by Gasoline Station

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Photos © Alex de Rijke / GIF by Gasoline Station

© Ross Russell and Sally Morris, www.therussellhouse.org
Photo © Alex de Rijke

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25 Feb 17:51

Suitcase with e-scooter can help you make it to your flight on time

by Mariella Moon

If you saw our old backpack with an electronic scooter post and thought, "That would be so much better if it were a suitcase," then your prayers have been answered. What's pictured above is a legit suitcase-and-e-scooter-in-one that can run up to 12....

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25 Feb 17:49

Mind-controlled drones promise a future of hands-free flying

by Jon Fingas

Cooper Griggs
a la Matrix

There have been tentative steps into thought-controlled drones in the past, but Tekever and a team of European researchers just kicked things up a notch. They've successfully tested Brainflight, a project that uses your mental activity (detected thro...

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25 Feb 17:48

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25 Feb 17:48

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25 Feb 05:23

Streak the sky #sunset #losangeles #marvista #california (at...

Streak the sky
#sunset #losangeles #marvista #california (at Mar Vista, Los Angeles)

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25 Feb 05:23

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25 Feb 05:22

INSPIRATIONS !!!

by takao11sep

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25 Feb 05:22

I need a guide: barry underwood

by turn

via http://ineedaguide.blogspot.it/2013/09/barry-underwood.html

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25 Feb 05:22

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25 Feb 05:21

Comic for 2015.02.24

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25 Feb 05:02

Russia will keep its pieces of the International Space Station in orbit

by Jon Fingas

The International Space Station isn't expected to maintain funding past 2024, but that doesn't mean that everything will come crashing down when the money runs out. Russia's Federal Space Agency has decided that it will keep its station modules in or...