Samsung gets caught misrepresenting photo shot with DSLR as a Galaxy-shot photo

This is as embarrassing as it is dissapointing. Samsung has apparently allowed a photo taken by photographer using a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera as a portrait mode photo purportedly taken by a Galaxy A8 smartphone.

The discovery was made by Dundja Dudjic, a Serbian photographer, when her stock photo (which was a self-portrait of the photographer) was purchased and licensed for commercial use. Doing a reverse image search, Dudjic found it was Samsung Malaysia that used her image on their website. Samsung is pretending it was shot on Samsung smartphone and promoting a DSLR-like 'portrait mode'. This is not only shameful and dishonest, it brings a lot of skepticism on images used in smartphone-related ad and marketing materials.

After Samsung got busted for image fakery, a disclosure has quietly appeared on the page under the photos stating the images are simulated. 

Amazon Prime's award-winning 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' returns for season 2

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won all the awards from the Golden Globes to the Emmys and beyond while putting Amazon Prime Video squarely on the map as a producer of compelling comedy and drama. Season 2 of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel brings back the talented and funny Rachel Brosnahan as the newly-divorved Jewish mom who is also a grounbreaking stand-up comic in New York. 

Judging from the trailer, we're getting a more polished season 2 with higher production value and hopefully great writing and situational comedy with a great mix of drama and romance. The full season is available on Amazon Prime Video.

Microsoft turning to Chromium for next system browser as Edge fails to gain traction

Microsoft had high hopes for its Edge browser which was built for speed, touch, and keyboard functionality as well as modern standards. Sadly Edge had a lot of issues and since its inception in 2015, failed to gather momentum as browsers like Chrome and Firefox proved to be better options on Windows 10.

Microsoft is reportedly building a replacement for Edge but this time it will use Chromium, the underpinning technology of Google's Chrome, as the engine that runs it browser. This is no surprise as the mobile Edge browsers on iOS and Android use browser technology from those platforms. Personally, I liked Microsoft Edge and loved it's ability to make things easier to read by stripping images and formatting. I just didn't like how it was so flaky with blogging software and web-based CMS solutions. Here's hoping Microsoft can get back in the browser game. 

Source: Windows Central

Google Play releases the Best of 2018

Google has released the most popular apps and content on their platform. For the first time ever, they’ve added a new “Fan Favorite” category, giving customers the chance to vote for their favorite game, app and movie of the year. And the votes are in! “PUBG MOBILE,” “YouTube TV” and “Avengers: Infinity War” have been crowned as the first-ever Fan Favorites. Hit jump for the full listing.

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