Wednesday
Mar022016

Adobe adds full resolution output with Lightroom iOS

Adobe’s Lightroom app for iPhone and iPad get a significant update. The app now supports full-resolution export but this option only works for images captured with an iOS device or if it was imported at that resolution. And if you use one Adobe account, images can be synced across devices. For iPhone users, the 3D Touch feature now works in the Camera Roll browser. You can just press and hold to preview a photo at a larger size. There’s also the usual performance improvements and bug fixes, including one that triggered crashes of the app.

Source: Apple Insider | Download: Apple App Store (Free) - iPhone + iPad

Wednesday
Mar022016

Google Trends shows Americans want to move to Canada following Trump win

This tends to happen during the American election season. When a controversial candidate wins, Americans start to look for ways to move to Canada. Google Trends have tweeted and pointed out that following Super Tuesday and Trump’s win in seven states against other Republican candidates, the search engine has had the highest search for “Move to Canada” queries in the company’s history. The numbers have nearly doubled since George W. Bush was re-elected. The other data Google Trends was able to cull include Trump being the top search query for all seven states among the Republican politicians.

On the Democrat’s side, Hillary Clinton beat out Bernie Sanders to take out the seven states. But in terms of searches, Sanders and Clinton were pretty close except for Vermont where Sanders was more popular. If you’ve been following the U.S. Elections, you can see more interesting data from Google here.

Source: SlashGear

Wednesday
Mar022016

2017 Maserati Levante is the latest entry in the luxury SUV market

Luxury SUVs are all the rage these days with the likes of the Porsche Cayenne and the upcoming Tesla Model X considered some of the most desirable vehicles in this upper crust of the segment. Maserati's new Levante SUV is theier first entrée into the SUV market, the largest luxury auto segment in the world.

The Levante brings some Italian flair and luxury with a good measure of power, performance and handling. Revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, the Levante features comes to market with either of a pair of 3.0-liter twin-turbo gasoline-fed V-6 engines, offering 350 or 430 horsepower. The landmark feature is “Q4” intelligent all-wheel drive and an 8-speed automatic transmission, both specially calibrated for the new SUV.

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Tuesday
Mar012016

Facebook denounces detention of its exec in Brazil, calls it an ‘extreme and disproportionate measure’

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Facebook isn’t happy with how a Brazilian court handled a case dealing with its messaging service, WhatsApp. The company finds its Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan arrested because the company supposedly failed to cooperate with judicial orders related to a secretive drug-trafficking investigation. Facebook, or WhatsApp more specifically, was demanded by a court to provide data to aid in the investigation. The arrest was issued after a fine of 1 million reais (about $340,000 CAD) was issued to compel Facebook to help. However, it might be difficult to obtain that data. According to Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist with the American Civil Liberties Union, WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption technology in 2014 that prevents them from monitoring messages that travel across its network.

Dzodan is currently held in Sao Paulo state for questioning. The arrest comes in the time when social media, Internet, and tech companies are facing mounting pressure from governments to help them spy on their users and filter content. According to an emailed statement from the company, “Facebook has always been and will be available to address any questions Brazilian authorities may have.”

Source: Reuters (1) + Reuters (2)