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How to take better HDR photos with Hydra for iPhone

The iPhone has a great built-in camera. Unfortunately, the Camera app itself sometimes falls short. If you’ve ever taken a photo outside only to find the sky way too bright while everything else is way too dark, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Hydra for iPhone does a great job balancing tricky lighting situations. […]

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How to create cheap bullet-time effects using your iPhone and string

Swiss freeskier Nicolas Vuignier blew our minds with his incredible slinging iPhone contraption that creates killer bullet-time videos. Now he’s unleashing his creation called the Centriphone to the public and it’s surprisingly simple and super cheap to make. Vuignier detailed the making of the Centriphone in a new video that runs through the seven different […]

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Oops! Self-driving Google car may have caused its first accident

A Google self-driving car was involved in a collision with a public bus this month, and it could be the first time one of the company’s autonomous vehicles was to blame for an accident. Google is proud of the fact that since it started road testing its self-driving cars in 2012, none of them have caused an accident. They’ve […]

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8 alternative Uber logos that are better than the real deal

Given that Uber’s new brand and logo aren’t exactly winning any awards, Freelancer posted a contest for its designers to take a crack at giving the online taxi service a new look. The assignment was simply to submit your own idea of what Uber’s redesigned branding should look like. The site received 147 entries from […]

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Facebook’s Moments app quietly adds video, new upload settings

Getting photos from your friends can be a hassle, but Facebook’s Moments app lets you do just that with a private area where everyone can send their photos from events. Think of it as a private photo album that all of your friends are invited to. Videos are next, as Facebook’s Moments just got updated […]

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Assassin’s Creed, Art Authority, and other awesome apps of the week

The weekend’s halfway gone already, but if you fancy a lazy Sunday getting up to date with the very best apps available for your Apple device, Cult of Mac has your back. From great games to a superb email client or 100,000 artistic masterpieces at your fingertips, check out our picks below — spanning iPad, iPhone […]

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It’s easier to speak freely knowing your phone is secure [Deals]

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the last few years, it’s that our communications devices are not secure. Guardlock makes sure that at least you can make a phone call without feeling like the walls have ears. It’s peace of mind you can get a lifetime subscription to for  for just $99. Guardlock protects your […]

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Recent OS X security update breaks Ethernet for most Macs

Did your Mac’s Ethernet port mysteriously stop working recently? If so, you could have fallen afoul of a nasty bug that was introduced in a recent OS X security update. Here’s how to fix it. As pointed out on Reddit, a recent OS X security update called “031–51913 Incompatible Kernel Extension Configuration Data 3.28.1” blacklists […]

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Leaked iPhone SE screen assembly shows it’s missing one key feature

Earlier today, we heard some disappointing news: The 4-inch iPhone SE probably won’t come with 3D Touch, Apple’s new force-sensitive touchscreen technology. Now, a leaked screen assembly purported to be of the iPhone SE seems to confirm that report as being true. Bummer! The leaked iPhone SE assembly was first spotted by French site Nowhereelse.fr. […]

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Leaked iPhone SE screen assembly shows its missing one key feature

Earlier today, we heard some disappointing news: the 4-inch iPhone SE probably wouldn’t come with 3D Touch, Apple’s new force-sensitive touchscreen technology. Now, a new leaked screen assembly purported to be of the iPhone SE seems to confirm that report as being true. Bummer! The leaked iPhone SE assembly was first spotted by French site […]

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