Friday
Dec092011

Apps & Launches: Citytv streaming app hits iPhone and iPod Touch


It seems that iPhone and iPod Touch users are starting to get versions of streaming video apps that were originally on the iPad. The recent release of the BBC iPlayer for the iPhone and iPod Touch and now Citytv offers Canadians access to live programming on their iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

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Thursday
Dec082011

Review: Freehands Powerstretch 5 Finger tech gloves

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The biggest gripe many have with multi-touch enabled capacitive touchscreens in smartphones and tablets is that they're useless when one is wearing gloves. Using these devices in the cold isn't fun specially when one has to take off their gloves to work their phone or tablet. Freehands Powerstretch gloves changes all this and does so in style.

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Thursday
Dec082011

Twitter gets a redesign

The video above shows what Twitter's new redesign and features are going to look like.

Twitter will debu three new buttons at the top of the page — these are  Home, @Connect and #Discover. @Connect shows who has mentioned you and suggests some accounts you might want to follow. #Discover shows what’s trending.

The big difference on the homepage with the new design is that tweets appear on the right side. The design is more balanced and easier on the eyes.

Thursday
Dec082011

Review: Sony NEX-7 Digital Camera

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Sony's NEX 7 ($ 1200) is easily the epitome of how far mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras have gone. This is a prosumer-oriented compact APS-C sensor camera that has a 24 megapixel sensor and 2.4M dot OLED electronic viewfinder into its magnesium alloy body and yet still finds room for a pop-up flash and Alpha hot shoe. We spent some time with a pre-production model (the NEX-7 is slated for an early 2012 release, pending production ramp up in flood-stricken Thailand). Here are our impressions of what Popular Photography magazine has chosen as Camera of the Year.

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