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Pictar Pro Kickstarter looks to bring DSLR features, functionality to your iPhone or Android smartphone’s camera

In what might be one of the cooler Kickstarter campaigns out there, the Pictar Pro camera system essentially turns your iPhone or Android phone into a DSLR camera. The accessories add the weight, feel, and options that you find with a DSLR camera, the Pictar Pro allowing users to download the iOS or Android app, […]

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Google’s Call Screen feature highlights current iOS, Siri shortcomings for Apple

Sometimes you have to acknowledge a good idea, even if it’s from one of your competitors. This is the core point in an excellent article written by TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez, in which she points out that Google’s new Pixel 3 flagship Android smartphone is the first to introduce a new call screening feature that leverages […]

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Developer notes security flaw in WhatsApp that could allow smartphones to be crashed remotely, fix available in current version of the app

This is why it’s good to snag the updated version of just about everything. A security vulnerability in WhatsApp on iOS and Android could let an attacker crash your smartphone, or even hack into your device. Luckily, the flaw has already been patched.

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Mazda announces free CarPlay upgrades for qualifying vehicles

Mazda on Tuesday stated that as of September, customer with a 2018 Mazda6 sedan will be able to get a free dealer-installed upgrade to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto — as long as they paid for one of the right trims. The update will only be free to customer who paid for the Touring, Grand […]

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Review focuses on amazingly detailed, $100 iPhone X knock off

If there’s a cautionary tale, it’s this. Vice’s Jason Koebler and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai have written a full review of a $100 iPhone X knock off from China. The piece centers on how convincing the top-to-bottom, software-to-hardware bootleggery is. iOS is recreated down to the pixel as an Android skin and only the sluggish performance, on-screen […]