If photography on the go is your thing, you can be picky with a myriad of photography-focused software vying for your attention on the App Store. FX Photo Studio from MacPhun, the creators of Silent Movie Director, a video editing app I recently reviewed, has caught my attention recently. Now, I mostly use awesome Camera+, Photo fx and Instagram to capture and edit images so I approached FX Photo Studio with a skeptical eye....
LifeProof has become a household name in the iPhone accessory world since debuting its first ultra-protective case in 2011. The company has continued improving its waterproof cases with each new version of the iPhone. With the iPhone 5, LifeProof introduced its Nüüd series, which offers protection from water, snow, dirt, and shock while still exposing the display. We took a look at it last summer, noting that its an excellent choice for the adventurous iPhone user, albeit a bit bulky....
In addition to Apple’s newly released USB-C to Lightning Cable, which allows for faster iPad Pro charging, Apple also released a new Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter. This new $39.00 adapter is geared towards allowing users to easily transfer photos and videos from digital cameras to the iPad Pro. But it’s no secret that this adapter has other talents, such as being able to power USB microphones for applications like podcasting, song recording, and voiceovers....
The new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer reveals Kylo Ren fighting with Rey on the wreckage of the second Death Star as violent waves crash around them. But Kylo and Rey’s fight sequence seems like an echo of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s duel in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, which could hint at a possible inversion of the fiery duel on Mustafar. Rey’s fight with Kylo Ren in the rain was first revealed in the Vanity Fair spread on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....
After several rumors, Apple finally introduced last month a completely redesigned new iMac that is not only thinner but also comes in multiple colors reminiscent of those of the original iMac G3. And for those who love colors, a new rumor claims that Apple is working on a new MacBook expected to be available in multiple colors, just like the new 2021 iMac. Leaker Jon Prosser said in a video on his YouTube channel that Apple has been testing prototypes of a new MacBook model in more colors, including a blue one....
Despite USB 3.0’s growing popularity with consumers, Thunderbolt remains a viable alternative for professional users, particularly video makers willing to pay a premium for guaranteed high speeds. Over the past year, several Thunderbolt 2 hubs have come to market — boxes with one Thunderbolt 2 connection to a computer, one for a Thunderbolt accessory, and multiple ports to connect USB, audio, video, and Ethernet accessories. The idea: keep all of your gear hooked up to the hub, then use a single cable to connect it all to your Mac....
The iPad edition of Microsoft Office has been a long-time coming. This was, it now seems clear, no accident: Microsoft wanted to attempt to boost sales of its ill-fated Surface tablet by pointing to the lack of Office software on the iPad. Now that the company has accepted the inevitable, that most people would rather have Office on their iPad than buy a Surface, the question is: was it worth the wait … ?...
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker contains a fascinating moment that subverts the monster cliche that has existed throughout the franchise — for the better. Director J.J. Abrams’ sequel not only concludes the 42-year, nine-movie Skywalker saga, but it also provided the answers to the origin of Rey (Daisy Ridley): the scavenger’s ability to wield the Force is because she’s the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid)....
The Archie Comics universe continues to expand. Following the success of Riverdale, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa adapted The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for Netflix. His next project is Katy Keene which chronicles the lives of Archie Comics characters Josie McCoy, an aspiring singer-songwriter, and fashion designer Katy Keene as they pursue their dreams in New York City. Josie may not be the last of the Riverdale characters to get their own spin-off....
With so many docks on the market, ElevationLab makes the seemingly bold claim that its new ElevationDock 4 is “the best dock for iPhone.” However, it didn’t take me very long with the product to realize that the company isn’t exaggerating; it is hands down the best iPhone dock I’ve ever used. Here’s why… ElevationLab has been making great Apple accessories since 2011, and no doubt gained a big boost in popularity when Apple Stores started selling its NightStand for Apple Watch in 2015....
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGvBySddOD8] Having remarked that I don’t generally favor hiding iDevices in cases, I find myself reviewing the second iPad case in a week … There’s no shortage of Bluetooth keyboards available for the iPad Air, and we previously did a roundup of some of the early contenders from Logitech, Belkin and ZAGG. However, only the ZAGG offered a backlit keyboard for use in the dark, so when Kensington joined the fray, I decided to give it a try … While typing in the dark might seem like rather a niche activity, I do quite often use my iPad in minicabs late at night when I’m feeling too lazy (or have partaken of too much fermented grape juice) to cycle the two miles home from the station....
Lume Cube, the high-powered portable photography light, is now available in an exclusive kit at Apple Stores country-wide. The Lume Cube Creative Lighting Kit includes a number of accessories with the compact flash to refine the photography experience. The team at Lume Cube had recently reached out to us asking if we’d like to take a look at what the small cube could do. As I’ve been getting more and more into mobile photography, a portable lighting system piqued my interest....
Battery cases are bulky. The new MagicMount PowerBank from Scosche gives you all of the same benefits— a portable battery pack attached to your iPhone for extra battery life— but does so in a form factor that aims to be more convenient than a battery case. With the MagicMount, the battery magnetically attaches to your device using a very slim MagicPlate, so you can quickly remove it when no longer needed....
Despite his insistence that he hates dragons and magic in the latest episode of Rick and Morty, there is ample evidence that Rick Sanchez loves the fantasy genre. Indeed, this latest episode comes hot on the heels of the latest in a line of crossovers between the show and Dungeons and Dragons, which confirmed Rick’s status as an original gamer. The plot of Rick and Morty season 4, episode 4, “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty”, saw Rick having to make good on his promise to get Morty a pet dragon in exchange for his continued help with Rick’s experiments....
I have to admit that I was unsure of how I’d feel about Ring Fit Adventure ahead of my hands-on time with it. To me it seemed like the game was aimed at a more casual audience, which is fine, but I never really got into Wii Fit or any of those initatives in the past. After strapping a Joy-Con to my left leg and grabbing hold of the Ring-Con, I was propelled into an environment that Nintendo designed to encourage rather than simply exhaust....
Rob Zombie’s remakes of the Halloween movies remain controversial outliers in the franchise, but Halloween II raises more red flags than its predecessor, so Zombie shot multiple endings for the film. Halloween II goes especially off the rails for a Rob Zombie film, let alone a Halloween installment. The film is unabashedly a Rob Zombie picture, for both better and worse. Here, he found his own twisted slant on the Michael Myers and Laurie Strode sibling angle....
The news is part of a larger shift underway in the quick-serve sector, driven in part by the demand for contactless service and in part by a tight labor market and rising wages toward automation. Just this week, in a similar move, Jamba announced it was strengthening its collaboration with Blendid, which makes a juice robot. White Castle first trialed Miso’s original Flippy robot in a Chicago-area location in 2020....
The Roku Channel on the Web To start watching, launch your browser and head to therokuchannel.com and sign in with your existing Roku account if you have one, or create a new account. The interface is barebones, but you’ll have access to its catalog of movies, TV shows, and live news. You aren’t going to get the latest blockbuster movies and hit TV shows, but you will have unlimited access to award-winning classic comedies, dramas, thrillers, and more....
You can’t get much sketchier than a Chinese Economic Daily report cited by DigiTimes, but the former is citing supply chain sources in claiming that Apple plans to release the iWatch in the third quarter of this year, and that the company expects to ship 65M units this year. The original story says that suppliers have been asked to meet an August delivery date. The iWatch will be manufactured by Quanta Computer, while Taiwan-based chip design house Richtek has also entered the supply chain....
Keeping track of your own chargers can be enough of a task but when you throw a family into the mix, there’s bound to be issues like borrowing stealing each others’ cables, not enough chargers where and when you need them, and more. Enter ElevationLab’s Family Charger that can power up to five devices at once with one robust integrated cable. Read on for our full review of this fantastic MFi family (or business) charging solution that offers power for Lightning, USB-C, and microUSB devices....
