Ever get a tattoo or piercing that you've later regretted? Well, whatever you did has absolutely nothing on a 37-year-old comic book fan from Venezuela who has radically reconstructed his face to look like the Red Skull, a Marvel super villain best known as Captain America's arch-nemesis.
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Dying Light review: An imperfect zombie parkour adventure
Dying Light is the last zombie game that I ever need to play.
Of course, the chances of it actually being the last zombie game I play are slim to none, but I don’t think any other development studio is going to be able to create as cohesive of a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested wasteland as Techland has in Dying Light .
Posted in 2015 at 08:15PM, February 05
First Impressions of Photos for OS X: 'Vast Improvement' Over iPhoto
The Wall Street Journal describes Photo for OS X as a significant improvement for users in the Apple ecosystem, adding that the app is less confusing to use than iPhoto thanks to an improved iCloud-based approach. It also found Photos for OS X to have snappier performance than iPhoto based on the Apple-provided demo notebook.
"If you choose to turn it on, all of your Apple devices feed all their full-resolution photos into iCloud, making them all available over the Internet to the Photos apps on all your Apple devices. [...] You can see the advantage to all this when you edit photos. With iCloud, any change you make on one device will show up moments later everywhere else."
Wired was also impressed with Photos for OS X, describing the software as a "vast improvement" over iPhoto and praising its new built-in photo editing tools. It believes that, while some professionals might opt for Adobe Lightroom and other tools, Photos for OS X is an ideal photo management and editing solution for most Mac users.
"Advanced users, particularly those operating on 5K iMacs or Mac Pros, may be happier eventually switching to Adobe Lightroom—though most of them probably have done so already. But for most of us, particularly recent Mac converts and people who may not fancy themselves serious photographers, Photos is a welcomely humble way to approach image editing."
Even further praise of Photos for OS X was provided by Re/code , which described the software as a "huge improvement" over iPhoto with easy-to-use editing tools and seamless iCloud syncing. Its hands-on impressions found Photos for OS X to be lacking some advanced editing tools found in Aperture, however, noting that some users might opt for professional software.
"While Photos offers some advanced settings like white balance and level, it lacks some of the professional-level tools found in Aperture. For example, it doesn’t have brushable or curve adjustments and doesn’t support splitting and merging libraries. And you can’t add custom metadata fields in the app."
The Verge went hands on with Photos for OS X and walked away impressed, noting that it handles large photo libraries much better alongside more powerful photo editing, sharing and syncing options. As with other publications, it found Photos for OS X to be more suitable for beginners than professionals.
"iPhoto was never one of Apple’s most beloved products. Every year, it seemed slower and less connected to the phone — the place where most photos are taken. Photos for OS X does a lot of things right, but mostly it’s just fast and tightly integrated with your other devices. It feels like a big step forward, even if feels overdue."
Yahoo Tech claims that much of Photos for OS X will be a familiar experience for most Mac users, noting that power users will be impressed with the several photo parameters that can be adjusted. The review finds that Photos for OS X gives up some iPhoto features, however, including flags, star ratings, events, round-trip editing in other apps and sorting albums by keyword, title and rating. Many professional options from Aperture are also missing.
"If you’re happy with iPhoto and Aperture now, you should feel no hurry to switch over when Photos comes out this spring (as part of the free Yosemite 10.10.3 update), unless you want that iCloud Photo Library feature. Which would be understandable. [...] Someday, yes, there will be some OS X version that can’t run today’s iPhoto and Aperture at all. But that’s years away. In those years, Apple has plenty of time to bring Photos’ feature list up to code, and you can freely keep using iPhoto and/or Aperture and Photos, side-by-side on the same Mac."
Overall, Photos for OS X appears to be a significant improvement for users migrating from iPhoto, but a step down in functionality for those coming from Aperture. A number of other publications have shared first impressions and hands-on reviews, including CNET , Engadget , Macworld , Mashable and SlashGear . Photos for OS X will be available as a public beta soon ahead of a Spring launch as a free update on OS X Yosemite.
Posted in 2015 at 07:50PM, February 05
New rumor will have every Android vendor breathing sighs of relief
Any Android vendor planning to release a flagship phone in the coming months can breathe a little easier. G for Games points us to a new post on Weibo from a well known Chinese analyst who goes by the name of Old Yao who claims that Qualcomm has fixed the overheating issues that have reportedly been plaguing its Snapdragon 810 processor for months.
Posted in 2015 at 07:25PM, February 05
Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite Beta to Developers With Mac Photos App
The new is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store and should be available in the Mac Dev Center soon.
Recent rumors questioned the removal of mentions of the Photos app for Mac from Apple's website, suggesting it might be delayed, but today's beta release indicates that it is still on track for an early 2015 launch.
Posted in 2015 at 06:07PM, February 05
Video: This amazing app lets you control your Mac with Kinect-like gestures
Available as a free download in the Mac App Store, ControlAir is a brand new OS X app that will let you control media on your OS X computer like never before. It uses the Mac’s camera to interpret a variety of gestures that can trigger certain actions inside a variety of apps.
Posted in 2015 at 05:50PM, February 05
SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS Updated With Emoji, Flow Typing on iPad [iOS Blog]
We've built emoji right into SwiftKey Keyboard so you can now express yourself when words don't quite cut it. Just as it learns the words and phrases that matter to you, SwiftKey also learns and predicts which emoji you use most often so you can spend less time looking for that perfect smiley (or slice of pizza -- whatever you're into).
Using a lot of emoji in text will cause emoji to pop up more frequently in the text prediction box, making it easier to insert fun characters into text.
Today's update also includes SwiftKey Flow for the iPad, a feature that was previously limited to the iPhone. With SwiftKey Flow, it's possible to type faster via swiping on the screen. Finally, there are also 11 new languages available in SwiftKey, including Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hinglish, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, and Turkish.
SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
Posted in 2015 at 05:30PM, February 05
SAVE $28 IF YOU HURRY! 9 awesome paid iPhone apps that are all free downloads right now
Yesterday's list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale was our biggest list of the week, but that doesn't mean the fun is over. We've got plenty more nifty paid iOS apps on sale for you today — nine apps in total. These sales could end at any time, of course, so be sure to hurry up and download anything you see that looks appealing. And also, a few good apps from yesterday's list are still free, so if you rush you can grab those as well.
Posted in 2015 at 04:10PM, February 05
VIDEO: I filmed my father using Samsung's Gear VR and can't stop laughing
Have you ever just wanted to test a new gadget or phone on an unsuspecting member of your family? I was so impressed with Samsung's new Gear VR virtual reality headset that I brought it over to my parents' house for them to try. While both my mother and father were equally blown away, my mother acted like a normal person throughout the demo.
My father did not, and so I filmed it to share with the world.
Posted in 2015 at 03:45PM, February 05
FiftyThree Makes All Drawing Tools in 'Paper' iPad App Free of Charge [iOS Blog]
The app is free to download, but users who wanted a more in-depth editing and drawing suite had to pay up to $3.99 for the entire "essential tools" package (originally priced at $7.99) to get access to the best of the bunch. The new 2.3.1 update now brings all of these options to every Paper user, allowing them to draw, sketch, outline, write, and color at no additional charge.
ALL TOOLS NOW FREE
Freedom to draw, sketch, outline, write and color is here! All the original tools, including the Mixer, are now completely free. It's our way of saying "thank you" to our inspiring community of creators. Enjoy the full expressive power of Paper, and share what you create on Mix!
FiftyThree sells a popular companion stylus called Pencil, which Apple recently began stocking in its retail locations. The Pencil, available in Graphite, Walnut, and now Gold, can also be purchased directly from FiftyThree's official website in prices ranging from $49.95 to $59.95.
Paper can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
Posted in 2015 at 03:37PM, February 05
Insane man undergoes massive surgery to make himself look like Marvel super villain Red Skull