A new story says that Nokia is reportedly "exploring" the idea of selling off its HERE maps division.
The company may decide to ditch the maps business in part to concentrate its time on its wireless network division. HERE Maps is already getting some interest from other companies and private-equity firms, according to Bloomberg's unnamed sources.
A very talented kite enthusiast at the Huntington Beach Pier had some fun playing tag with a kid. Read the rest
Last week I shared 24 Powerful Images With Complementary Colors, ones that are opposite on the color wheel.
So it’s time for another opposite, images which use only one color. Yes that could mean black and white, but monochrome just means one color so it could be green, blue, red, anything. Have a look at the composition and light in these images. See what makes them work.
The post 25 Magnificent Monochrome Images by Darlene Hildebrandt appeared first on Digital Photography School.
Many hyperlapse videos focus on landmarks and touristy stuff, but Maxime Gaudet's Paris in 3 Minutes blends day-to-day real-time footage with gorgeous timelapse throughout the city. Read the rest
All you need to know about using the camera on your Android in one place.
For many people, the camera is one of the deciding factors when buying a new phone. Some phones have better cameras than others, but chances are the Android you have now (as well as the next one you buy) is capable of taking very nice pictures, once you learn a bit about how it works and ways to tweak the performance.
We have a full Android Photography hub filled with great articles about pictures and taking them with your Android, but we also wanted to group the best tips and tricks to get the most out of your camera in one place. You've found that place.
Have a look through this great set of tips — from beginner to expert — and get on the path to taking better pictures with your Android.
Sure, the Apple Watch is just around the corner, but that's not going to stop Google from continuing work on getting Android Wear to work with iOS.
It's been rumored and reported for a while now that Google was working to get Android Wear to be properly compatible with the iPhone, and it appears that they're rapidly approaching the point of actually seeing a release.
Android users can now enjoy unlimited ad-free access to Amazon Prime Music Stations.
Amazon has made Prime Stations, part of the Prime Music platform, available for Android users. Members of Amazon Prime will now be able to get unlimited access to Prime Stations, which offers an ad-free internet radio.
The Google Cultural Institute offers an impressive online library of art from museums from all over the world. While the project’s website has long featured the ability to use Street View to browse museums, all of the actual art, including statues, was only represented through high-resolution photographs. Starting today, however, Google will also feature almost 300 3D scans of objects… Read More
The UK is to see its first new electricity transmission tower design in nearly a century, reports the BBC.
The new design abandons the traditional "Mutant Eiffel Tower" style in favor of a sleek "T" shape.
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Music streaming service 8tracks just signed a few licensing deals with independent music labels to make playlist creation much easier. As a reminder, 8tracks true advantage lies in its community — the service is all about creating playlists and sharing them so that you can find the perfect music depending on your favorite genres and current mood. “Historically, DJs on 8tracks have… Read More
Microsoft and Dropbox are expanding their already close partnership today with the reveal of a new integration which will now allow consumers to edit their Microsoft Office files, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents, in Dropbox using Office Online via the web. Previously, many of these edits would have taken place using Microsoft Office’s desktop applications –… Read More
In a move no one really asked for, Lionsgate Entertainment, the studio behind such franchises as The Hunger Games and the Divergent series, wants to double down on its content for geeks. Deadline reports that the film company has inked a deal with Comic-Con International to create a subscription streaming service catering strictly to the convention's fan base.
"The fan base for the kind of films and television series showcased at Comic-Con has grown exponentially," Lionsgate exec Jim Packer told Deadline, "and a subscription video-on-demand service is the ideal platform to capture the magic excitement of the Comic-Con experience year-round as well as the perfect vehicle for Comic-Con fans to discover new content."
A day before the series drops in its entirety on Netflix, the platform has finally given us our first look at Daredevil's signature red costume. This nifty motion poster takes us through the three stages of Matt Murdock, from sober law-office appropriate threads, to interim place-holder crime-busting training gear, to the fully-fledged scarlet hornhead. You might consider it a spoiler, so don't press play if you don't want to see it quite yet...
The real journey to becoming a hero starts here. #Daredevil #Spoiler https://t.co/sjSEgpEn2Z
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) April 9, 2015
All publicity so far had shown the big DD in the black outfit familiar to readers of Frank Miller's graphic novel The Man Without Fear. The red, we were lead to believe, would constitute an end-of-season reveal, just as it only appears in the final pages of Miller's origin story. This surprise early unveiling is probably a sensible and understandable branding move on Netflix's part, but it does also feel slightly like a loss of nerve.
Whatever, what we seem to have - and we're still not being shown it from head to toe - is a harder and more moulded looking armoured affair than Ben Affleck's leather version from a decade ago. Does it look practical for Hell's Kitchen rooftop billy-club acrobatics? Give us your thoughts.
Daredevil, the first of an interconnected series of Netflix shows that will also include Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and team-up The Defenders, stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson, Ayelet Zurer, Bob Gunton and Scott Glenn. Steven S. DeKnight is the showrunner, and all ten episodes, as we said, debut on Netflix from tomorrow.
Professional network LinkedIn is getting into the professional skills education market in a big way: The social company purchased Lynda.com, the online learning company founded in 1995 by technical skill instructional book author Lynda Weinman and co-founder Bruce Heavin. Lynda.com has long been the go-to resource for online learning on subjects like Photoshop, basic HTML, CSS, management… Read More
If you liked the camera on last year's LG G3, you're going to love what's in the G4, the company says.
Continuing its trend of showing off features before actually showing off the phone, LG has given us a little more detail into the camera system on its 2015 flagship smartphone, the LG G4.
The G4 will have a 16-megapixel rear camera with an f/1.8 aperture — just a smidge wider than that of the already impressive Samsung Galaxy S6 — meaning it'll help you take better pictures in darker environments. How much darker? LG says the camera on the G4, developed by the LG Innotek sister company, will let in nearly double the amount of light of the LG G3, which impressed us in its own right.
Confirming reports from last fall, YouTube announced today its plans for an ad-free, subscription-based service by way of an email sent out to YouTube Partners. The email details the forthcoming option, which will offer consumers the choice to pay for an “ads-free” version of YouTube for a monthly fee. The additional monetization option requires partners to agree to updated terms… Read More
Twitter has announced a change to its mobile apps today that will see the "Discover" and "Activity" pages replaced with a single trends page — now nestled in the search menu.
Google is again making it even easier to see an overview of your upcoming appointments with the return of the monthly view to the Google Calendar app.
In an update that will be rolling out over the next few days, Google will bring back the month view back to the Google Calendar app. Back in February Google made a bunch of changes and improvements to Google Calendar, and they have received a lot of feedback.
Welcome to the roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Play Store or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so.
Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here.
Today's roundup is presented by SeatGeek Event Tickets.
Read More40 New And Notable (And 1 WTF) Android Apps And Live Wallpapers From The Last 2 Weeks (3/24/15 - 4/7/15) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
If you’ve got a stinky pair of shoes, a custom made cat litter deodorizer will suck up all the moisture and help neutralize the odor.
Your shoes get smelly because the moisture in your shoes allows odor-causing bacteria to thrive. The HouseholdHacker YouTube channel demonstrates, among other methods, how you can combat the stench of your favorite sneakers with some products you might be able to find at home. Sometimes you need to go with tough stuff like rubbing alcohol, but if it’s not too intense you can create a simple deodorizer. Pour a little cat litter—silica-based if you have it—into an old stocking or sock and wrap it up. Stuff one into each shoe and it will dry them up while adding a nice little cover scent. Just make sure there aren’t any holes in the stockings or socks. Nobody wants a bunch of tiny rocks in their shoes.
10 Ways to Stop Shoe Odor! | YouTube
We all have different criteria for what we think deserves our money. If your goal is to save any money at all, however, one rule can always help: if it’s going to end up in a junk drawer or closet, just don’t buy it.
This advice is on par with “Don’t go to bed angry” in terms of easy to say, hard to do. Most of us have a pile of junk that we’re hanging on to “just in case.” Or worse, we’ll buy something on the off chance we need it some day. The “nice to haves” don’t just cost money, though. They cost space. They cost time. The more crap you have, the more expensive your life as a whole is. As personal finance blog Life Optimization explains:
To me, minimalism is the philosophy of owning what you use on a regular basis and not much else. In a consumerist society where we’re constantly bombarded with advertisements to buy stuff we don’t need, we’ve become people who end up becoming overburdened by these very possessions. You may get a temporary moment of happiness every time you buy something, but the feeling soon goes away.
What counts as “using” an item can vary, of course. Buying things you like to help your home feel cozy, or luxury purchases that make you more satisfied with your life can be okay in moderation. But buying bread maker because some day you might want to make bread only wastes money, takes up closet space, and makes you annoyed with your past self when it comes time to move.
$500K net worth: How minimalism and investing helped me get there | Life Optimization via Rockstar Finance
Photo by Dave Matos.
The Apple Watch is an extraordinarily small and personal device. It is designed to participate in nearly every moment of your day, but almost never directly interact with anyone else. It knows when you're wearing it. You can talk to it. You can poke it — and it can poke back.
Every so often, the Apple Watch thinks about your heartbeat.
But the Apple Watch is also an enormous device. It's the first entirely new Apple product in five years, and the first Apple product developed after the death of Steve Jobs. It's full of new hardware, new software, and entirely new ideas about how the worlds of fashion and technology should intersect.
It's also the first smartwatch that might legitimately become a mainstream product, even as competitors...
