Lytro's first pro movie camera is designed for visual effects magic

Lytro's first pro movie camera is designed for visual effects magicWhile there are plenty of advanced digital movie cameras, most of them aren't really designed for the modern realities of movie making, where computer-generated effects are seemingly ubiquitous.

Game changer. It's the new Panavision.

Apple grows to 7.4% of worldwide PC market as Windows continues to cede share to the Mac

Apple grows to 7.4% of worldwide PC market as Windows continues to cede share to the MacApple continued to grow overall Mac marketshare during the March quarter as most leading Windows PC makers suffered significant setbacks, according to the latest research data from Gartner and IDC.

One day, all this will be yours!

Ex-EPA scientist publishes Wyoming fracking study that agency abandoned | Ars Technica

Ex-EPA scientist publishes Wyoming fracking study that agency abandoned | Ars TechnicaControversy ensued, and the EPA withdrew from the investigation before the report was ever finalized, giving the state of Wyoming control.

HOW THE EPA LINKED “FRACKING” TO CONTAMINATED WELL WATER
An investigation by the US Environmental Protection Agency at a site in … One of the EPA scientists leading the investigation, Dominic DiGiulio, subsequently took a job at Stanford University. Along with Stanford colleague Rob Jackson, DiGiulio has tabulated all the EPA data that was sitting in scientific limbo—DiGiulio even went as far as using a Freedom of Information Act request to access EPA data from a couple of water samples that weren’t published.

All that data now has a home in the form of a paper published in Environmental Science & Technology. The end result? The researchers stand by the EPA team’s original conclusions.

It's that ostrich head-in-the-sand thing, literally.

Facebook doubles down on live streaming with new features for groups, events, and interactivity

Facebook doubles down on live streaming with new features for groups, events, and interactivityIt seems as if the revolution will be streamed, as social networking behemoth Facebook has chosen to drastically expand its live streaming features to make streams more interactive, easier to share, and more discoverable.

I stream, you stream, we all stream for live stream.

Review: iOS flash drive makes sharing data simple

Review: iOS flash drive makes sharing data simple: "We’ve all been using flash drives on our Macs for ages, ever since Apple dropped the disk drives from its computer lineup.

iPhones and iPads don’t have a USB port, so it’s hard to use the same external thumb drives on the go.

The new Xtra Drive from Naztech is the best of both worlds, providing a single microSD card-based solution that has both a USB and a Lightning connector that will let me back up and transfer files from my iOS device to any computer."

Simplicity. Obvious. Why did it take so long?

New teardown reveals iPhone SE contains display identical to iPhone 5s, larger battery

New teardown reveals iPhone SE contains display identical to iPhone 5s, larger batteryAccording to the report, Apple appears to be using more off-the-shelf components than expected in its 4-inch form factor revamp. In particular, iFixit installed an iPhone 5s display into iPhone SE, finding the older model panel fits and functions perfectly in Apple's new device. Also interchangeable with iPhone 5s are the iPhone SE's loudspeaker, SIM card tray and vibration motor.

The whole scoop and nothing but the scoop, so help me gawd.

Xamarin for Everyone | Xamarin Blog

Xamarin for Everyone | Xamarin BlogVisual Studio now includes Xamarin As of today, we are including Xamarin in Visual Studio at no extra cost.

Microsoft continues to understand developer needs better than anyone.

9.7-inch iPad Pro review: What makes something “Pro” anyway? | Ars Technica

9.7-inch iPad Pro review: What makes something “Pro” anyway? | Ars TechnicaIf you’re Apple, how do you decide what constitutes a “Pro” device? Is it in the specs? Usually Pro products are faster and offer more storage and RAM than their non-Pro counterparts. Is it something special about the hardware and software?

You tell me.

Cult of Android - Can Samsung's new Galaxy S7 convert a hardcore iPhone fan? | Cult of Android

Cult of Android - Can Samsung's new Galaxy S7 convert a hardcore iPhone fan? | Cult of Android "To change this, I set myself the challenge of using Android and the S7 for a week as my primary smartphone. Check out the video down below to see how it worked out."

Personally, I think it takes 6 months of daily use to really make a transition to Android. That's my experience with dual use of Nexus7 and iPad.