Refinery29 launches news app on iOS

If you want to be an informed and well-rounded individual, Refinery29 just released a new app to help you stay in the know. Called This AM, the app will share eight new stories each day from various interests and topics to keep its young female market in the loop. There will be single-sentence roundups of the hottest stories that you can swipe upward to see. It’s like a more condensed Yahoo News Digest app. It’s available for free download on the Apple App Store.

Source: Refinery29 | Download: Apple App Store (Free)

New leak shows off the curved glass back of the Samsung Galaxy S7

Samsung is set to unveil its new flagship devices at the Mobile World Congress on February 21. Leaks of the device have been floating around for a while. The latest one shows off the curved glass back of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. It shows how the similar the new Galaxy devices will look when compared with its predecessor. But the frame does seem more rounded this time. It also sports a new heart rate monitor and what’s speculated to be a larger camera sensor. We just have a few more weeks to wait until the new Galaxy devices get released.

Source: Evan Blass (Twitter) | Via: Cult of Android

IDC: iPad Pro outsells entire Microsoft Surface line over the holidays

While Apple's iPad sales have been on a downswing for some time that hasn't stopped the iPad Pro from outselling Microsoft's entire Surface line over the holidays. "We believe Apple sold just over two million iPad Pros while Microsoft sold around 1.6 million Surface devices, a majority of which were Surface Pro and not the more affordable Surface 3," IDC research director Jean Philippe Bouchard said in a release. 

The iPad Pro is Apple's largest iPad at 12.9-inches, it features the most powerful A9X processor and has a built-in accessory port that can power Smart Keyboard accessories. The iPad Pro also accepts input from the Apple Pencil, which makes it a great device for artists, designers and businesses requiring accurate signatures input. 

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Sinusoid releases Sonocord 1.4 - An Audio Sonogram App for Birders

Birders rejoice! 

Sinusoid Pty Ltd today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of Sonocord version 1.4 for iOS. This is a feature update and bug fix release. First released in May 2014, Sonocord is finding application not only in the birding community, but in other areas where users need to display audio sonograms immediately after recording the audio.

Recently, experts such as Tom Stephenson have published detailed information on interpretation of bird songs and calls using audio sonograms as a graphical representation of the calls.

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