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Paddle announces first non-Apple payment alternative for iOS users

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Revenue platform Paddle has announced that it is offering the first alternative payment for Apple users that is not the in-house payment software. After the recent Apple vs Epic court ruling, Apple can no longer prohibit this kind of software from being offered by apps. Paddle’s…
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Panasonic Launches the L-Mount BS1H Full-Frame Box Camera

Panasonic has announced a new “box-style” Lumix mirrorless camera called the DC-BS1H. Similar in form-factor to the Micro Four Thirds BGH1, the BS1H packs a much larger 24-megapixel full-frame sensor. Just like the BGH1 featured similar specifications to the GH5S, the…
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Actress Says Paparazzi ‘Weaponize’ Copyright, Refuses to Pay for Photos

Actress Lisa Rinna has found herself in legal trouble after posting paparazzi images of herself on her Instagram account without compensating the photographer. The representing agency has now filed a lawsuit but the star is not willing to pay up. “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star and television personality Rinna told The Los Angeles Times that she has always seen the relationship…
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Astrophotographer Creates 3D Views of His Space Photos

Photographs of space are usually flat, telling viewers nothing about the relative distances of stars and galaxies seen in the frame. Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio has decided to change that by creating amazing 3D conversions from his 2D photos. “As an artist…
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Standalone Apple TV+ app launches on 2016 and 2017 LG smart TVs

Apple has been rolling out the Apple TV app to many different platforms, including smart TVs, games consoles, and third-party streaming devices like the Amazon Fire Stick or Roku streaming sticks. In a slight twist, the company is also distributing a ‘Apple TV+’ app for…
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WhatsApp for iOS starts rolling out end-to-end encrypted backups for beta testers

Almost a month since Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced WhatsApp would receive end-to-end encrypted backups, it looks like the feature is finally rolling out for some beta testers. As reported by always reliable WABetaInfo, version 2.21.200.14 of WhatsApp released end-to-end encrypted backups for specific beta testers. With that, these users will already take advantage of protecting…
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DxO’s PureRaw 1.5 Update Fixes Seven Common RAW File Problems

DxO has announced the version 1.5 update of the AI-powered RAW processor software PureRAW. The company says the update uses “smart technology” to fix the seven problems that affect all RAW files: demosaicing, denoising, moiré, distortion, chromatic aberrations, unwanted vignetting, and a lack of sharpness. The company says this update — which is free for existing users of DxO PureRAW —…
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