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How To Take Photos Like Robert Frank

October 14, 2020
Robert Frank was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker whose 1958 book titled The Americans has been heralded as perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century. In this 16-minute video, photographer Frederik Trovatten shows you how to mimic Frank’s style. Frank initially ventured out into the 1950s American landscape with optimism, but that was quickly quashed as he…
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Snap uses iPhone 12 Pro’s lidar sensor for AR imagery

October 14, 2020
Snap has launched a new version of its augmented reality studio that allows users to create cool AR effects on Apple’s newest iPhone 12 Pro smartphones, thanks to lidar sensors. The social chat company said the lidar-powered Snap Lenses will usher in a new generation of…
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Prototype Smartphone from Vivo Has a Removable Pop-up Camera

October 14, 2020
Chinese electronics manufacturer Vivo has won a Red Dot Award for its prototype design of a smartphone with a pop-up and removable camera unit. Called the IFEA, the company designed the smartphone in an attempt to glean benefits from separating the camera from the mobile phone. According to the description on their Red Dot Award, the IFEA is designed to equip smartphones with a detachable front…
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How to choose between all the new iPhone 12 models

October 14, 2020
There are a lot more iPhones than there used to be these days. Picking a phone used to be simple: Apple would offer just a single new iPhone model, where all you had to do was choose a color and storage size. This year, Apple has launched four new phones: the iPhone 12, 12…
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Spotify rolls out iOS 14 home screen widgets to everyone

October 14, 2020
Spotify has rolled out an update to its iOS app today with support for home screen widgets. This comes after Spotify beta tested iOS 14 home screen widgets with a handful of beta users last week. Read on for instructions on how to find the new Spotify widgets. Spotify’s…
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The US Navy’s cost estimate for its new frigate won’t hold water, analyst predicts

October 14, 2020
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy’s cost estimate for its new Constellation-class frigate will end up being about 40 percent short of the final cost per ship, the Congressional Budget Office predicted Tuesday. Eric Labs, the widely respected CBO analyst who produces assessments of Navy programs for lawmakers, calculated the cost of the ship would be about $1.2 billion per hull. The Navy’s…
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The iPhone 12 Pro Max could be Apple’s biggest camera jump in years

October 14, 2020
Apple has announced its iPhone 12 lineup, and as ever, the phones’ camera systems were the focus of much of the company’s presentation. This year, though, there’s more to differentiate each model than ever before. The iPhone range is getting improvements across the board, but Apple appears to be reserving the biggest advances for its biggest phone. The 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max has some…
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