Sunday
Jan052014

Apple reportedly purchases maker of burst photo app SnappyCam

Apple is rumoured to have bought company SnappyLabs, a one-man app maker of the discontinued SnappyCam app. Before it was taken down from the App Store, the app allows users to take full-quality burst mode photos. Perhaps Apple is looking to develop the burst mode photo capabilities of their devices with the new acquisition.

Source: MacRumors

Friday
Jan032014

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 12/28-1/3

Friday
Jan032014

MythBusters to test Star Wars scenes on upcoming special

Discovery Channel’s MythBusters is looking to debunk or confirm the plausibility of some famous scenes from the Star Wars saga for an upcoming special that will air in the US on January 4. The Verge reports that hosts Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Grant Imahara, Kari Byron, and Tory Belleci have chosen memorable scenes from the movie to replicate and be brought to life.

Friday
Jan032014

Digital music sales drop for the first time since opening of iTunes Store 

Looks like streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify are hitting digital music sales where it hurts. Billboard reports digital track sales have dropped 5.7 percent to 1.34 billion units for the first time in 2013 since iTunes Store opened 10 years before. Album sales also dropped 0.1 percent to 117.6 million. Streaming services that provide unlimited seem to entice listeners to subscribe to them instead of buying albums that cost roughly the same price.