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Samsung launches ‘iTest,’ a new web app for turning your iPhone into a Galaxy device

Samsung is increasing its efforts to win over iPhone customers. The smartphone maker has launched a new website called “iTest,” and it allows iPhone users to “get a little taste of Samsung” through a web application that simulates the Android experience. When you visit Samsung’s iTest website, you’ll be prompted to add the web application to your iPhone’s home screen. Once you do…
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How to Make a Digital Polaroid Camera for Cheap Thermal Instant Photos

In this article, I’m going to tell you the story of my latest camera creation: a digital Polaroid camera that combines a receipt printer with a Raspberry Pi. To build it I took an old Polaroid Minute Maker camera, stripped out its guts, and replaced the innards with a digital camera, an E Ink display, a receipt printer, and an SNES controller to operate the camera. If you like this project…
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Computer vision development platform CrowdAI raises $6.25M

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. CrowdAI, a computer vision development platform, today announced that it closed a $6.25 million series A financing round led by Threshold Ventures. The fundraising coincides with the launch of the startup’s new solution that allows customers to create AI that analyzes images and videos. The AI skills gap…
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How I Saved $15,000 When Buying Pro Camera Gear

It’s no secret that most photographers want the pro stuff. Indeed, perhaps your favorite YouTuber has a Canon R5 or the latest expensive L lens. Pro gear beats amateur gear in most areas, even if it’s 10 years older. I know people who shot global campaigns in 2018 on a…
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Tim Cook’s idea of voting on iPhones is ‘preposterous,’ says Ohio Secretary of State

Among the topics discussed in a recent NYT interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook was the idea of voting on iPhones. Cook argued that using smartphones to make voting easier and more convenient could help solve the problems of low voter turnout and voter suppression. But Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has responded by calling the idea “preposterous” … Business Insider reports: In the…
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