If you’re paying for a Creative Cloud subscription, Adobe’s Lightroom mobile comes in handy for make some photo edits on the go. In order to speed up that creative process a bit, the latest iOS update delivers the ability to copy edits from one photo…
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Recommended Reading: The life of a professional dumpster diver
Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you’ll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read. The Pro Dumpster Diver Wh…
Google hopes Yelp-like perks will get you to review more local spots
It’s pretty easy to find local restaurants using Google Maps, but figuring out if they’re any good or not? Most folks turn to Yelp or TripAdvisor, which have larger, more hardcore user communities. But Google has just done a makeover on its City Expe…
The first Ubuntu phone arrives next week, but there’s a catch
It’s been a long time coming, but finally Canonical is ready to release its first Ubuntu phone. After teaming up with Meizu and BQ almost a year ago, we’re getting a (sort of) new handset from the latter; it’s actually a repurposed version of its Aqu…
Monitoring Julian Assange has cost the UK government up to £10 million
It’s easy to forget that Julian Assange is still cooped up inside London’s Ecuadorian embassy. The WikiLeaks founder entered the building back in June 2012 to escape extradition and ever since, Metropolitan Police officers have been stationed outside…
Paper drops in-app purchases to encourage you to buy a Pencil
Paper, the sketching app that was born from the ashes of Microsoft’s Courier project, has become a must-have for all would-be artists. If there was one annoyance, however, it’s that you could only use one brush and a limited color set, which you coul…
Apple is driving camera-equipped minivans around California
Apple technology doesn’t normally venture on to the open road outside of CarPlay, but the company is clearly ready to hit the street with something new. Claycord, CBS and others have spotted unmarked, Apple-registered minivans driving around Californ…
Sonos and Blue Note Records team up for a limited edition Play:1
Sonos released its $199 Play:1 speaker well over a year ago, and in that time, the company has been keen on improving the software experience for its audio gadgets. Tweaking that Controller app isn’t all it was working on, though, and it turns out, a…
Twitter’s ads are headed to other apps
Well, that didn’t take long. A few weeks after reports circulated about Twitter placing ads outside of its app, the 140-character social network officially announced its plans to do just that. Today, the company outed the “first partnerships to syndi…
Eero thinks its tiny box can fix all your WiFi issues
While many of the devices we use every day depend on WiFi — everything from our smartphones to our TVs — most home WiFi networks are still woefully slow compared to their wired alternatives. Enter Eero, a small San Francisco startup that aims to br…
The 10 most-tweeted commercials from Super Bowl XLIX
It was a great night for Rob Gronkowski and the New England Patriots, but it wasn’t so good for our friend Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks. It also was a great night for brands trying to hold your attention for seconds with ads to get you talk…
‘Bayonetta’ is now a stupidly difficult 8-bit browser game
Nintendo essentially saved Bayonetta 2 from cancellation, which pleased many Wii U fans given it became one of the best-reviewed games of 2014. However, if you’re one of the people that hasn’t plumped for Nintendo’s latest home console, you can still…
This is a slow-mo look at how a DSLR’s shutter works
It’s always cool learning how stuff works. Case in point: cameras. More specifically, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) pictograph boxes. The chaps over at YouTube channel The Slow Mo Guys have taken their trademark ultra-high-speed camerawork and, w…
Pocket ghost detector may be as hard to find as its targets
Let’s get this out of the way: ghost detection is based on junk science. It’s trying to prove something that’s unprovable almost by definition, using theories that have little connection to the real world. But if you are going to chase phantoms, you …
Your BMW just downloaded a security patch
Have a BMW, Mini or Rolls Royce with the ConnectedDrive feature parked in your driveway? Maybe all three? Well, it turns out there was a bug that allowed ne’er-do-wells to manipulate it — entirely wirelessly. According to Reuters, by simulating a fa…