Sony announces new flagship 4K and HD Action Cams

Sony Electronics announced three brand new products that push their imaging capabilities to the next level.

The FDR-X3000R 4K and HDR-AS300R Full HD Action Cams are Sony’s first-ever POV cameras to feature the innovative Balanced Optical SteadyShot (B.O.SS) image stabilization technology. Being the flagship feature of both devices, B.O.SS is an advanced form of image stabilization. Internally, the lens and sensor work together to compensate for shaking, which allows the footage captured to be smooth and stable, even in 4K. To learn more about these Action Cams read the full release here.

Along with the new POV Action Cams, Sony added a new lens to the family, with the 18-110mm Super 35mm / APS-C lens with power zoom capability (model: SELP18110G). This lens uses Smooth Motion Optics (SMO) allowing users to minimize unwanted focus and image shifts while focusing or zooming. To learn more about the lens read the full release here.

Google Photos shares Motion Stills features to iOS app

After releasing Motion Stills for iOS a few months ago, Google integrates some of its features in the Photos app. Motion Stills allowed you to create GIF-like moving images that had frozen backgrounds. Photos can now edit these Live Photos for you to make them more stable. After that, the app will let you keep the file as a video clip in your camera roll.

Google Photos on iOS also gets a new organizational features like being able to sort photos in albums chronologically and select thumbnails for the faces of your friends in People. The new features are set to head to Android and web versions of Google Photos as well.

Source: Engadget

Microsoft rumoured to be launching Surface PC in late October

While this is still all up in the air and speculation at the moment, Microsoft will supposedly unveil a Surface All-in-One alongside new Windows 10 devices from partner manufacturers. But what’s caught our interest is this AIO that’s being called Cardinal. Past rumours surrounding the device claim it’ll come with three different screen options: a 21-inch Full HD display, 24-inch 4K display, and 27-inch 4K display. Some are speculating it could be a consumer version of the Surface Hub using Perspective Pixel screen technology. What fueled the speculation further was Microsoft applied for a patent for an all-in-one modular PC back in 2015. But Microsoft is keeping tight lipped at the moment and won’t acknowledge that the event is happening. We are keeping our eyes peeled for any updates.

Source: CNET

‘Pathfinder Adventures’ comes to Android and iOS smartphones

Tabletop adventure game Pathfinder Adventures finally makes its way to smartphones. The Obsidian Entertainment creation was first made available to iOS and Android tablets back in April. In case you didn’t know, the game is an adaptation of the award-winning card game from Paizo Inc. Pathfinder Adventures follows a freemium model, where it’ll let you pay for adventure packs to add more content to the game. You play with cards in set encounters as you go through the story. And if you’re logged into an account, you can access information from your existing games.

Source: Venture Beat