Google is sending out a promo email to select users of older Google Home and Nest speakers to offer a discount of $25 USD on Nest Audio. The email, which went out this morning, encourages an “upgrade to Nest Audio” for better sound quality and marks down the original $99.99 price to $74.99.
This promotion comes from the Google Nest mailing list with the subject line, “[Name], elevate your…
Google Keep has not seen a major update in quite some time — outside of a new icon, though it is already a mature Workspace application. Google is working on a small feature that will let you customize the background of Keep notes.
Update 7/28: The ability to set…
Sigma to release new products on August 4
July 29, 2021
Mark your calendars, people. Sigma has published a YouTube Premiere placeholder video teasing the launch of new products on August 4, 2021.
No additional information is shared in the placeholder image, nor in the video’s description, but the plural ‘products’ suggests…
In addition to previewing the “Safety Section,” Google today issued the latest set of Play Policies. One upcoming change will see Google close inactive Play Store developer accounts “after 1 year of dormancy and additional factors.”
“Dormancy” includes developers that have never uploaded an app or accessed the Play Console in a year. Google won’t close developer accounts with…
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers want answers from the Army on its plan to outfit combat vehicles with protection systems capable of countering unmanned aircraft systems, according to the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee’s markup of the fiscal 2022 defense…
Nikon preparing to launch the first camera with GNSS instead of GPS, according to government filing
July 29, 2021
Reports out of Japan are suggesting future Nikon digital cameras may include GNSS instead of GPS. Nokishita tweeted an unreleased Nikon camera, registered as N2014, is poised to include GNSS in addition to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. If the reports come true, it’d be the…
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In a nice boost for local esports, HP‘s HyperX division said it will team up to provide Vindex’s Beyond Gaming Arenas with gaming peripherals.
Vindex has ambitious plans to roll out more than 500 local esports gaming centers across the U.S., and under the two-year agreement, HyperX will supply the experiential…
Smilegate invests $100M in That’s No Moon Entertainment with ex-Sony, Naughty Dog, and Activision devs
July 28, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
That’s No Moon Entertainment is a new triple-A game development studio with veterans who have attracted more than $100 million in investment from CrossFire creator Smilegate.
The team includes…
Nikon looks set to launch what is likely the first consumer camera to use GNSS instead of GPS. It would be a major upgrade in how geolocation coordinates are obtained for the metadata of photos.
The mention of GNSS was first spotted by Nokishita and reported by Nikon Rumors…
Canon R3 to Have 24MP Sensor, EXIF Data Reveals
July 28, 2021
As part of ongoing testing of the Canon EOS R3 at the Olympics, photographer Jeff Cable has uploaded many photos that he has taken with the camera and EXIF data remained. As a result, the resolution of the new camera has been revealed: 24-megapixels.
EXIF data isn’t visible when photos are downloaded and viewed through a program like Adobe Bridge, but the Chrome plugin EXIF Viewer Pro does…
