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News: Google Assembles Marvel's Surviving Avengers & Other AR Sticker Packs for All Pixel Devices via Playground Update
Owners of Google Pixel devices now have a plethora of imaginary friends to play with thanks to the Playground augmented reality app.
Gadget Hacks' Wish List: Features We Want in Android N
Whatever you want to call it for now—Android Nutella, Android Nougat, or Android 7.0—the upcoming "N" release of Android will surely bring in tons of new features and functionality. We know it will be named after a dessert, and we know that Google uses an alphabetical naming system, so something starting with "N" is next in line after Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
How To: Upgrading to iOS 6? Try It Out Now Before the Official Release Date
Apple announced earlier this week that the official release date for iOS 6 will be September 19, but why wait when you can get it now? The Gold Master developer version was made available on Wednesday, and it's the same file as the final version that's going to be released to users on the 19th. Anyone can download it, so if you want to avoid being part of the frenzy on Wednesday when everyone else is trying to get it too, it may not be a bad idea to get a head start. A quick note: If you inst...
News: Tesla Files Patent for AR Manufacturing Tool, Elon Musk Talks Factory Innovation, Weed, & SEC Fine on '60 Minutes'
New documents reveal that electric car company Tesla has filed a surprising new patent that has nothing to do with batteries or autonomous driving and everything to do with augmented reality.
News: North Focals 2.0 to Arrive in 2020, First Generation Sales Halted
While Apple, Facebook, and Snapchat are still working on their first-generation AR wearables, startup North is already preparing to bring its second-generation smartglasses to the world in 2020.
How To: Stay Updated on All the Latest News for Your Samsung Galaxy S4 with Drippler
Written news was first delivered by an elaborate courier service used by the Pharaohs nearly 4,500 years ago. About 2,300 years later, Romans would post public announcements via bulletins carved in metal or stone. Fast forward 1,600 years to the first monthly handwritten gazette published in Venice, the forefather of modern newspapers, which didn't become commonplace until the early 17th century.
How To: Shop the App Store on the Apple iPhone 3G
Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place. This video tutorial straight from Apple will teach you how to shop the App Store on the Apple iPhone 3G. The iPhone redefines what a mobile phone can do.
NR50: Next Reality's 50 People to Watch: Timoni West
If you're a developer in the augmented and mixed reality space, there's a high probability that you're intimately familiar with the 3D application and game engine Unity. In May, at VisionSummit 2017, Microsoft announced that 91% of all HoloLens applications have been made with the software. But there's a section of Unity that you may not be familiar with, which has become very important to augmented, mixed, and virtual reality (known collectively as XR, for "extended reality") — Unity Labs.
News: Apple Just Released iOS 12.2 Public Beta 5, Includes Minor UI Changes
Public beta testers are in for a treat today. While Apple is extremely inconsistent with the release schedules for the developer and public betas, the company has once again released both versions of iOS 12.2 beta 5 today, March 11. If you're a public tester, you now get to experience all of iOS 12.2's new additions for yourself, instead of needing to read about them for up to 24 hours in advance.
News: Magic Leap & Three UK Power 5G Augmented Reality Fashion Show at London Fashion Week
While AT&T is gradually showing off the powers of its 5G technology in the US via the Magic Leap One, another major wireless company is doing the same in the UK using the world of fashion.
News: Apple Launches Reality Converter to Prepare 3D Objects for Reality Composer
After introducing and launching Reality Composer alongside iOS 13 and ARKit 3 last year, Apple is making it easier for developers to create apps with it.
How To: Make sure your Apple iPhone 3G is actually turned off
When the screen is dark, your iPhone is still checking e-mail. Watch this electronics video tutorial to learn how to really turn off your iPhone. This will help conserve the battery, and this how-to video will give you tips on how to make sure your iPhone is really off. This video is perfect for new iPhone owners.
How To: Manage sync settings on a Google Android smartphone
Want to change the way your Android phone synchronizes with your Facebook, Twitter and email accounts? This brief video tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started tweaking your own synch settings, take a look.
How To: Upload Videos to Multiple Video Sites Like YouTube, Facebook, & Dailymotion at Once Using Vid Octopus
Are you tired of uploading videos to different sites separately? It's really time consuming and difficult. Finally, there is a way to upload and distribute your videos to YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion, and many more video-hosting websites in one go. No need to upload to every site separately and one by one.
Instagram 101: Increase Audience Engagement on Your Instagram Posts with This One Simple @Mention Hack
So, according to Sprout Social, mentioning an Instagram handle in the caption of your posts increases audience engagement by up to 56 percent. If true, that's pretty impressive.
News: First Footage of Magic Leap's Music App with Sigur Rós Revealed
On Monday morning, secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap revealed a collaboration with Icelandic music group Sigur Rós. But the story detailing the app didn't reveal anything more than a still image of the interactive Tónandi app, leaving most of us to use to our imaginations in terms of visualizing how it worked.
How To: Upload photos to Photobucket for Myspace
Uploading photos to Photobucket and embedding an image onto your Myspace profile.
How To: Change the white flash screen on your iPhone
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to change the white flash screen on the iPhone/iPod Touch when taking a screen shot. Users will need to have their device jailbroken. Begin by opening Cydia. Search for "SBFlasher" and install it. Then download the file from the video description and save it. Go to SCiPhone and chose a picture that you want. Save to your desktop as SBScreenShotBG.png. Next, drag and drop your picture into the SpringBoard.app folder, located in the folder you downloade...
News: iPhone X Ships Vulnerable to Wi-Fi Hacking — Patch Available Now
Apple shipped their first batch of iPhone X's with an outdated and unpatched version of iOS. Be sure to check for updates and install iOS 11.1 first thing after you open your new iPhone or it'll be susceptible to the KRACK vulnerability for wireless connectivity.
News: Everything You Need to Know About the New Samsung Galaxy S5
The Samsung Galaxy S5 was just officially announced at Mobile World Congress. The new flagship device will be available worldwide beginning April 11, 2014, including all major U.S. and international carriers. With over 200 million Galaxy devices sold to date, the S5 doesn't stray too far from the trend, at least not aesthetically. We've still got a high-grade plastic shell with perforated back covers, and four color choices at launch. Our highlights of the release event are as follows.
News: Vuzix Smartglasses Factory Reveal Gives Another Glimpse of Next-Gen AR Wearable
Away from the hype around Facebook's smartglasses, the high-end fascination with the Microsoft HoloLens, and the unending rumors about Apple's AR wearable is the small but powerful darling of the enterprise AR world—Vuzix.
Themeboard: Designer Themes for Your iPhone Packed into One Keyboard
Third-party keyboard support, introduced earlier this year by Apple with iOS 8, was initially pretty awesome. I loved playing around with all of the different options available in the iOS App Store, including SwiftKey, TouchPal, GIF Keyboard, and Swype.
How To: Create a BlackBerry Internet service email account
Learn how to create a new BlackBerry Internet service email account on a BlackBerry device running version 5 of the BlackBerry OS. This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're the proud owner of a BlackBerry smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to be well served by this video guide. For detailed information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Block others from viewing personal info on Facebook
This video tutorial from ChaminadeENN shows how to set your Facebook account to private mode. First what you need to do is to sign in to your Facebook account.
How To: Use the ShapeWriter swipe to text phone application
In this clip, learn all about the ShapeWriter and how it works. You can follow along with this demonstration and get started texting faster than ever before. Never take your fingers off the screen with this fun, useful writing app.
News: Google Expands AR Effects in Duo to Video Calling for iPhone & Android in Time for Mother's Day
Over the past few months, Google has prioritized the development of its video communications products as the demand for social distancing solutions continues to increase in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
How To: Embed lights into a colorful brooch with LilyPad
Get started with the LilyPad Arduino! It's a sewable microcontroller that lets you embed lights, sounds, sensors, and much more into your wearables, perfect for clothing and accessories. In this Make Magazine intermediate, soft circuit, video tutorial, you'll see how to sew up this little colorful brooch using a LilyPad tri-color LED and three small potentiometers for a customizable color wardrobe embellishment. Get the details.
How To: Will Installing OS X Mountain Lion Break My Apps?
Mountain Lion is here, and at such a reasonable price point, there doesn't seem to be many reasons why you wouldn't upgrade. That is, unless your apps aren't compatible. Just like a major OS upgrade, developers are having to adjust to Mountain Lion, and not every transition has been smooth. Before you jump into that Mountain Lion upgrade, take a moment to check that all of your apps are ready for the move.
News: Capital One Introduces AR Features to Ease the Car-Buying Experience
If you're playing word association with the terms "augmented reality" and "automobiles," your first thoughts probably center on navigation displays in cars or virtual models of exotic vehicles.
News: The Best Cyber Monday Deals on iOS Apps & Games for Your iPhone
Who likes to buy apps? The answer is no one, of course. Unfortunately, as in life, the best apps and games don't come free. That's why it makes sense to wait until those apps go on sale before handing over your hard-earned cash. And what better day to find discounts in the iOS App Store than Cyber Monday?
How To: Get and play Guitar Hero on your iTouch or iPhone
The video shows how to play Guitar Hero on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Guitar Hero is a free download from iTunes. Open the application named Tap Tap Revenge and choose a category of music you want to play. As the ball comes towards you, tap on the screen. Tap on where it says "tap here." This application is one of the best sellers in iTunes store so try it.
How To: Capitalize your letters when texting with Swype
When using Swype to send faster than life text messages on your mobile phone, you may need to capitalize something once in a while. Luckily, it is just as quick to add proper caps to your messages as it is to type out a super speedy text.
News: Scope AR Brings Live, Interactive AR Video Support to Caterpillar Customers
Customer service just got a lot more interesting. Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar just announced official availability of what they're calling the CAT LIVESHARE solution to customer support, which builds augmented reality capabilities into the platform.
How To: Use a free proxy service to view blocked websites when at school
In this how-to from Household Hacker, we learn of a number of free proxy services that make getting around your school's Internet filter software a breeze. For all of the details, and to start accessing and using all of your favorite websites when at school, watch this video guide.
How To: Jailbreak your T-Mobile G1 cell phone
Jailbreaking isn't just for Apple devices anymore! You can jailbreak your G1 phone as well, which will give you access to third party apps outside the regular market store. After you've connected your phone to your computer, download the software, and you'll have a freshly jailbroken G1 phone! Make sure you have everything backed up before doing the jailbreak.
News: Walmart Shoppers Can Now Use Their Smartphones to Become Marvel's Black Panther via Augmented Reality
Marvel and Walmart are looking to capitalize on the uber-successful Black Panther film with a mobile augmented reality app designed to push the franchise's merchandise.
News: Pokémon GO Will Be So Much Better with a Mixed Reality Headset
Pokémon GO has had an incredible impact on gamers in a way we've never seen before, but you can only do so much in augmented reality on a smartphone. It's clear we're headed for more immersive experiences, but the Amsterdam-based development studio Capitola VR already created a proof-of-concept version of the game that works on the Microsoft HoloLens.
How To: Make an End on a Coaxial TV Cable Wire
This video will show you two different ways on how to make an end on a coaxial cable TV wire. We will show you how to use a tool that makes it very easy to strip the coax cable to expose the metal and bare wire so that you can adapt the end on, and how to also use just a razor blade to accomplish this.
How To: Force Stop Apps on Your Galaxy After the Android 10 Update
When an app is acting buggy, you head to its App Info page in Settings and hit the "Force Stop" button. And since all software has bugs, this is quite the handy feature. But now that Samsung's Settings app got a makeover with the Android 10 and One UI 2 update, you might have trouble finding this option.
How To: Use the Samsung Fascinate's built-in camera to take pictures and shoot video
In this clip, you'll learn how to use the Fascinate's built-in camera to take pictures and video. Whether you're a proud owner of the Samsung Fascinate Google Android smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.