Tuesday
Oct072014

Facebook tipped to be working on anonymous mobile app

Facebook has been getting flak for its real name policy and they seem to have a different solution for it: create a different anonymous app. The New York Times reports that the company is working on an app that will let users interact with each other anonymously. And the purported app is coming pretty soon. It will reportedly let users register under multiple identities and discuss topics you wouldn’t normally talk about when you use your real name.

Source: The New York Times | Via: The Next Web

Tuesday
Oct072014

Plastc's mighty morphin' payment card uses e-Ink, becomes all your cards

Offering an interesting take on simplifying mobile payments, Plastc's card can take the form of any credit or debit card and uses an e-Ink display to show the necessary information. Aiming to simplify payments, the card will use programmable NFC and RFID to enable payment and verification.

Aiming to be the only card you carry, you load virtually any other card into Plastc via the companion Plastc Wallet app and a low-energy Bluetooth connection the card can also imitate utility cards, such as RFID-based building access cards. This smart card needs to be recharged once a week using a wireless charging dock. This Apple Pay competitor can be ordered at plastc.com for $155, with shipping timed for next summer.

Source: Appleinsider

Tuesday
Oct072014

Microsoft brings you clearer GIFs with Blink photo app on Windows Phone

Microsoft wants to make sure the GIFs you make look better with the new update for its Blink app. The burst mode camera app is helping improve the image quality of creating GIFs with a series of still photos. The new algorithm is said to reduce the “noise” in images.

“Blink automatically analyzes the motion in the scene. Where the motion can be stabilized the algorithm effectively performs a very long exposure by merging the entire Blink sequence, where the motion can’t be stabilized the sequence is left untouched. One way to think of this is optical image stabilization on a region by region basis,” Microsoft said in a blog post.

Source: The Next Web | Download: Windows Phone Store (Free)

Tuesday
Oct072014

Want a OnePlus One invite? We have three more to give

Interested Canadian Reviewer readers who want an invite to purchase the OnePlus One 64GB Sandstone Black (costing US $349.00 plus import taxes) model only, need to post a comment below with an email address, we will pick three winners by tomorrow and they have around 5 days to purchase the device if they so desire. One of this year's most interesting smartphones, the OnePlus One is available only through an invitation system and while stock has been limited since April when the device launched, it has proven to be an amazing device in every way. We hope to pick three winners soon.