Facebook adds HD video uploading support for Android
Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 11:18PM 
Sometimes Facebook doesn’t announce changes and updates they make to its apps, including this latest addition to its Android app. The social media app now lets Android users upload HD videos to their accounts. The new option shows up in the settings for most Android users. But it isn’t available to all users yet. Some of the other new video-related features include picture-in-picture video, having specific resolution options for uploading (from 720p to 360p), and the ability to download clips for offline viewing.
Source: Android Authority
Looks like the Apple AirPods won’t be ready for the holidays
Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8:07PM 
The release of the Apple AirPods doesn’t look like it’ll happen in the near future. A recent Wall Street Journal report claims issues with how the wireless earpieces receive wireless signals via Bluetooth. But Apple blogger John Gruber disputes this claim and says the prototype AirPods he got were working fine and he questions the veracity of the WSJ’s report saying the delay was caused by faulty wireless technology. Gruber speculates the delays could be due to a manufacturing issue at scale.
This isn’t the first time the AirPods’s release has been delayed. It was initially supposed to be released back in October but was pushed back without a clear reason from Apple. Now, if you were expecting to gift or be gifted a pair this Christmas, you’ll have to wait a bit more.
Source: VentureBeat
Review: 808
Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 8:57AM By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Apple Music subscribers got a treat this week when 808, a documentary on the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine, was made available on the service (viewable via iTunes). The Roland 808 started as a tool to accompany organ players but in the hands of early rap and dance music producers it became the sound responsible for launching myriad music movements during the past 30 years.
The documentary is narrated by Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe and features interviews with musical luminaries iike Afrikaa Bambataa (whose Planet Rock served as the blueprint for just what could be achieved with this tool turned instrument), The Beasti Boys, Rick Rubin, Fatboy Slim, New Order and a host of many others whose use of the 808 defined their careers, hit songs and various followers.