Lensbaby now ships Composer Pro with Edge 80

Likening it to things that are made to go together—like peanut butter and jelly—the Lensbaby Composer Pro can now be bought together with the Edge 80 Optic. As seen in the video above, it gives you a multitude of camera effects that can work for shooting portraits, miniature images, landscapes, and a lot more. It is available for both Canon and Nikon cameras. You can find out more information here.

iTunes Festival features Juno-nominated Canadian act Bahamas

Juno-nominated Bahamas is the only Canadian act to play this year's iTunes Festival. Raised in Barrie, Ontario, Bahamas takes the stage at The Roundhouse in London -- opening for Jack Johnson. "Thrilled and honoured to be part of this year's iTunes Festival!" - Bahamas

Now in its seventh year, the Festival is renowned for attracting the biggest names in music with 30 nights of FREE concerts. Artists still to perform include: Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry. Hit jump to see how you can watch all the iTunes Festival performances for free.

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Sony wants to see your worst smartphone pics for a chance to win its QX camera attachment

Sony has a potentially game-changing product line with its QX10 and QX100 camera lenses, which strap on to your smartphone and allow for higher-resolution, more detailed images while using the smartphone as a viewfinder. Sony wants to see your worst smartphone pics for a chance to win the sweet QX10 camera lens. Simply head on to this page and upload your crappiest photo and required information to enter.

Google Maps for Android update includes sponsored hotel results, improved navigation

A quick update of Google Maps for Android features improved navigation with better traffic and route information and improves monetization capabilities of the app by tweaking hotel search results by including sponsored rate and booking links. A new side menu has also been called “Tips and Tricks” that opens up to the Maps help page on your gadget’s browser.