Adobe Project Aero, Project Gemini drawing app, Premiere Rush CC video editing app introduced; Photoshop for iPad coming in 2019

At the Adobe Max, the company has previewed Photoshop CC on iPad, Project Aero, a tool that enables creators to design AR experiences, and Project Gemini which is a drawing app. It has also introduced Premiere Rush CC, the first all-in-one, easy-to-use video editing app for social media creators. The Photoshop CC on iPad will let users open and edit native PSD files using Photoshop’s industry-standard image-editing tools and will feature the familiar Photoshop layers panel. Thanks to cross-platform support coming to iPad in 2019, users will be able to start their work on an iPad and continue with Photoshop CC on the desktop via Creative Cloud. Adobe also previewed Project Aero which is a new cross-device AR authoring tool that enables creators to design augmented reality experiences. Project Aero is the first AR app built for designers and artists and was initially showcased at the Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference earlier this year. Project Aero enables optimal delivery of AR experiences. Project Gemini is a new app designed to accelerate drawing and painting workflows across devices. It is coming first to iPad in 2019 and combines raster, vector, and new dynamic brushes into a single app experience built for drawing. Project Gemini enables ...

Snapchat introduces new cat Lenses

Snapchat has introduced the new Snapchat lens that is designed to recognize and decorate cat and human faces alike. Owing to the popularity of cat-themed memes and Snapchatters internet to snap their cats, the company is bringing this fun new filter.  These special Lenses will appear alongside other face Lenses in the Lens carousel and be designated by a paw print on the Lens icon. It will have an on-screen tip that will prompt you to grab your furry friend. From there, the Lens should quickly apply matching or complementary Lenses to your faces. These cat Lenses will appear in the carousel from time to time, beginning each day this weekend. Examples include Lenses that transform you and your cat into an angel or a devil, watermelon heads, and more. Snapchat says that over 70 million users play with Lenses in the Snapchat camera each day. They average 3 minutes of play time each, which adds up to 500 years of daily play time on the app daily.

Honor 8X with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 710, up to 6GB RAM, AI dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 14999

Huawei's Honor brand just launched the Honor 8X, successor of the Honor 7X in India, as it had promised.  It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display with a 4.25mm narrow chin and 91% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, has a 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition that can identify up to 500 scenes, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has a 16-megapixel front camera with 4-in-1 pixel binning technology, face unlock and AI beautify. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back, comes with dedicated dual SIM and microSD card slots and packs a 3750mAh battery. Honor 8X specifications 6.5-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display, 85% NTSC color gamut Octa-Core Kirin 710 12nm (4 x 2.2GHz Cortex-A73 +4 x 1.7GHz Cortex-A53) with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 6GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 400GB with microSD Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2 Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD) 20MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, 2MP secondary camera, 480 fps slow-mo recording 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture ...

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 with bezel-less display, slide-out design, support for 5G to be announced on October 25

Xiaomi has finally announced that the Mi MIX 3, the company's flagship smartphone in the MIX series will be introduced at an event in Beijing on October 25th. Xiaomi President Lin Bin already posted a photo of the smartphone, revealing the slide-out design. The phone will likely include 3D face unlock that was introduced in the Mi 8, large FHD+ AMOLED display with screen-to-body ratio of over 90%,  Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB, and similar AI dual rear cameras as the Mi 8. It is not clear if the phone will feature an in-display fingerprint sensor, but there might be a special edition with the feature, like the  Mi 8 Explorer Edition. The company already hinted at the 5G support for the phone when it posted photo revealing the Mi MIX 3 using various bands for the 5G connectivity. Now the company has confirmed that it will be the first commercial smartphone with 5G connectivity. It also said that it is more than just a sliding full screen. The company has also hinted at support for up to 10GB RAM. We will know more details when the phone gets certified by TENAA in the coming weeks. Source 1, 2

Periscope update brings the ability to set thumbnails, edit titles, set custom start points; introduces new Chat Moderators

Periscope has rolled out an update that would allow broadcasters to select moderators for the comments in their broadcasts before they go live. These moderators can keep an eye on the comments in your broadcast and mute people on your behalf.  When a moderator mutes someone in your audience during live, they will not be able to chat for the remainder of the broadcast. Users can only assign moderators from Periscope. At the end of your broadcast, you can see a list of the viewers that your moderators muted, and choose to block them from joining future broadcasts. To add moderators, select “Comment Moderation” from your Periscope profile. Furthermore, the company is also releasing new tools for iOS and Android including a thumbnail where you can select a thumbnail that shows off the best part of your broadcast. It is also bringing the ability to remove typos and make your broadcast’s title perfect. Lastly, you can also set a custom start point so that replay viewers start watching at the perfect part. Source 1, 2

Microsoft to disable TLS 1.0, 1.1 for Edge and Internet Explorer in first-half of 2020

Microsoft has announced it will be disabling 'Transport Layer Security' (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 by default in supported versions of Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 in the first half of 2020. This change is in line with announcements from Apple, Google, and Mozilla to supports more performant, secure connections. January 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of TLS 1.0 that encrypts and authenticates secure connections across the web. The successor versions of TLS have grown more advanced, culminating with the publication of TLS 1.3, which is currently in development for a future version of Microsoft Edge. The company says that moving to newer versions helps ensure a more secure Web for everyone. Additionally, it expects the IETF to formally deprecate TLS 1.0 and 1.1 later this year, at which point protocol vulnerabilities in these versions will no longer be addressed by the IETF. The newer versions enable more modern cryptography and are broadly supported across modern browsers. The company says that most sites should not be impacted by this change and is allowing the small portion of remaining sites sufficient time to upgrade to a newer version. Source

Winamp media player for Android, iOS, and desktop to get revived in 2019

Winamp which was the go-to music player around the turn of the century has been silent since 2013 but it looks like the company is making its way for a grand entry with a major update planned for 2019. The Parent company Radionomy is planning to reboot the service as an all-in-one app with the ability to play podcasts, playlists, streaming radio stations.  The company is planning to a major makeover for Android, iOS and the desktop version in 2019. The company will be rolling out a free update bringing the version number to V5.8 later this week. This is the first major update since V5.666 in 2013. However, this update doesn't bring much to the table and most likely will remain the same as it ever was back then. The fully revamped version of the app V6 will bring new design and the mobile apps will accompany. Saboundjian who is the CEO of Radionomy, the company that bought Winamp said that everybody believes that Winamp is dead, that it doesn't work on it anymore, but that's not the case. However, he declined to comment on which services would be part of the new Winamp or how the app would plug into Spotify playlists, your Google Music library, Podcasts ...

Microsoft to bring dictation feature to Office web apps

Microsoft rolled out the dictation feature in the Word desktop app earlier this year and it is making its way to the web version of the office. The dictation feature to word and OneNote online will be available in the coming weeks. The company says that it will work on any browser.  The dictation feature simply helps you type with your voice and this feature will be coming to PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook in 2019.  The company is also adding real-time translation inside its reader to Word, OneNote, and Outlook online, as well as OneNote for iPad, Mac, and Windows 10. It works in translating full pages, words, or sentences into another language. This new capability will support Read Aloud, Syllables, Parts of Speech and Picture Dictionary. The full page and word translations will start rolling out later this year and sentence translations will be available later. Immersive Reader is coming to Office Lens on Android. Once students and teachers take a photo of a book page or worksheet, they can send it to Immersive Reader, which uses optical character recognition (OCR) on the image. This allows the user to turn the image into accessible text content and use Read Aloud, Voice Speed, Text Spacing, Font Size, and Forward/Backwards. Now, students ...

Samsung introduces Exynos Auto and ISOCELL automobile chips

Samsung Electronics has announced two new automotive solution brands; Samsung Exynos Auto and Samsung ISOCELL Auto to bring application processor and image sensor technology solutions to the road. Based on the qualities of the Exynos mobile processors, Exynos Auto meets industry requirements for harsher environments, allowing automotive manufacturers to develop applications such as infotainment, advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and telematics. Samsung says that the processors provided by Exynos Auto are sorted into three sub-categories; Exynos Auto V series for advanced in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems; Exynos Auto A series for ADAS; and Exynos Auto T series for telematics solutions. The Samsung Exynos Auto is built on a cutting-edge fabrication process that features advanced CPU, G, U and an LTE modem to enable the next level of in-vehicle infotainment. Exynos Auto will support up to four Full HD displays. The new automotive lineup will help bring the power of sight to cars, thanks to its leading ISOCELL image sensors. The sensors provide greater visibility of the road and surroundings even in a low-light environment while enabling more precise identification of objects. This allows, for example, vehicles to perceive road conditions or potential hazards even when driving through tunnels or other high-contrast environments. It comes with wide dynamic range (WDR) of ...

Palm Phone with 3.3-inch HD display, water-resistant body, Android 8.1 announced

After rumors, Palm, a California company that purchased the rights to the Palm brand from TCL, today launched the Palm Phone with a 3.3-inch HD screen, aluminum chassis, Gorilla Glass protection on the front and back and a water and dust-resistant body with IP68 ratings. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), is powered by Snapdragon 435 with 3GB of RAM, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with flash and an 8-megapixel camera on the front. It comes with an embedded SIM card and an 800mAh battery. The phone has a custom UI without a home screen, instead it shows all the on-board apps. The gesture pad at the bottom of the screen can be accessed by swiping up, can be used to search for apps based on scrawling the first letter of the app, and shortcuts to the phone, messages, camera, and music apps. The Life Mode puts the phone to sleep when you turn off the screen, preventing calls and notification. It also has Google Assistant and works with custom, voice-activated shortcuts. It weighs just 62.5 grams Palm Phone specifications 3.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, 445 PPI 1.4GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 processor with Adreno 505 GPU 3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, expandable memory up to ...