Lightroom for iPad and iPhone are now totally free, no desktop app or subscription needed
One thing Adobe didn’t make clear in its recent flurry of produce announcements is that its Lightroom for iPad and iPhone apps are now available for anyone to use, free of charge. Both apps have always been free to download, but were time-limited free trials unless you had a desktop license or Creative Cloud subscription – and as TNW noticed, that’s no longer the case.
“We’re seeing a lot of people come in first on Lightroom mobile, so now we’re allowing people to use it locally on their local assets, their local photos and videos on their phone and tablet for as long as they like,” Tom Hogarty, Adobe’s director of product management for digital imaging told TNW …
Both apps were updated a few days ago, and clearly Adobe is hoping that people get sufficiently hooked on the mobile version to then lay out the bucks for the desktop app or a Creative Cloud subscription.
Lightroom for iPad and Lightroom for iPhone are free (and now unlimited) downloads from iTunes.
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iPhone 6s with TSMC chip shown to run cooler, offer better battery performance than Samsung A9 processor models [Videos]
We’ve heard and read a lot about Apple going with two different manufacturers for the A9 chip in its iPhone 6s. Some models ship with a processor made by TSMC while others come with a Samsung-made component. While you’d expect that Apple would ensure both are built to offer comparable performance, it appears that may not be the case. It’s already been revealed by Chipworks that the Sammy model is 10% smaller, but if a couple of videos recently published are anything to go by, you might be better off with a TSMC model…
Well-known tech YouTubers, Austin Evans and Jonathan Morrison both uploaded videos showing how they tested the TSMC and Samsung models against each other and ended up with the same conclusion: You’ll get better battery life from the TSMC model.
Jonathan Morrison ran a number of tests with both phones starting at 100% to see which drained the fastest. After shooting 4K video for an extended period of time, exporting the resulting 10 minute video in iMovie and running a couple of benchmark tests, the TSMC model had 62% battery left. The model using Samsung’s chip finished with 55%.
While 7% difference may not seem like much, running those same tests again with the same results would leave you with 24% on one, and just 10% on the other. In real world use, that could mean the difference between having battery life left at the end of the day, and not having any.
Austin took a slightly different approach to battery testing, by running the Geekbench 3 battery test with both screens set to the same brightness to see how long it would take each phone to hit 50% battery. The TSMC model lasted a full 50 minutes longer than the Samsung model, it also ran at a much cooler temperature.
Geekbench is typically much heavier on the processor than normal use, so Austin also played the same 1-hour long video on both phones to see how they compared with real-world video streaming. Here, the difference was just 1%. The TSMC model used 14% battery, while the Samsung model used 15%.
After watching both videos, and seeing the tests used, I think it’s safe to say that — for the average consumer — it won’t matter too much which model you end up with. After all, you can’t know which chip is inside your iPhone until after you’ve bought it, and the typical real-world tests showed minimal difference. However, if you’re someone who likes to push your iPhone to the limits; recording 4K video or playing graphically intense games, you may want to hope you get the TSMC version, because when the chips are pushed hard, the Samsung one doesn’t cope as well.
If you want to find out which chip your device has, you can download a free app called Lirum on the App Store which can tell you.
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: A9 processor, battery life, chipgate, iPhone 6s, processor, Samsung, TSMC
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Bowers & Wilkins debuts Zeppelin Wireless, adding Bluetooth and power to iconic Apple speaker
Bowers & Wilkins, maker of the iconic Zeppelin speaker and its AirPlay sequel Zeppelin Air, today announced an upgraded model with even more horsepower and features: Zeppelin Wireless ($700). The original $600 Zeppelin redefined “high-end iPod speakers” at a time when Bose and Klipsch had established a $300 to $400 price ceiling, successfully upping the ante in both sound quality and industrial design.
Zeppelin Wireless retains B&W’s classic elongated football shape and five-speaker concept, but now relies entirely on wireless streaming for audio, boasting Bluetooth aptX, AirPlay, and Spotify Connect support. Backed by 150 Watts of amplifier power, a new twice-as-powerful digital signal processor upsamples all inputs to 24-bit/192kHz resolution, promising to deliver greater accuracy, lower noise, and enhanced dynamic range through an audiophile-quality DAC. The speakers and enclosure have been upgraded, as well…
On the speaker side, Zeppelin Wireless now features an upgraded 6″ subwoofer similar to the company’s high-end model A7, but with “an ultra long-throw voice coil” and reduced vibration to deliver deep, accurate bass even at high volume levels. B&W also includes two 25mm double-dome tweeters and fixed suspension transducer (FST) midrange drivers, all housed within a newly reinforced, vibration-free cabinet made with fiberglass ribs and a 50% thicker front fascia than the earlier Zeppelins.
Removed from this model is the Zeppelin’s and Zeppelin Air’s iPod/iPhone dock, leaving Zeppelin Wireless with a purely black fabric front apart from a small B&W logo on the plastic base. Controls have been simplified, and now consist of three buttons nestled on the top surface.
Zeppelin Wireless is available online today, and will hit retail stores on October 15. The AirPlay and dock-based Zeppelin Air is available as a factory-recertified model for $400, while the boxier A7 still sells for $800.
Filed under: iOS Devices, Mac Tagged: AirPlay speaker, B&W, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Speaker, Bowers & Wilkins, speaker, Spotify, Zeppelin, Zeppelin Wireless
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Apple’s Jony Ive talks memories of Steve Jobs at Vanity Fair Summit
As expected, Apple’s Chief Design Officer Jony Ive today took the stage at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Ive shared the stage with famed director, writer, and producer J.J. Abrams. During his time on stage, the Apple executive spent a decent amount of time discussing the life of the late Steve Jobs, who passed away four years ago this week.
Regarding the time when Jobs passed away, Ive remarked that he “was faced with this wall of grief.” Perhaps as a slight jab at recent films that have portrayed Jobs in a negative light, Ive also noted that he remembers the characteristics of the former Apple CEO that were “essentially him,” not the harsher nature with which he is often associated. Ive remarked that he does not remember Jobs the way he “is being frequently and popularly portrayed at the moment.”
Ive also noted of Jobs’s drive to make something perfect. “Steve Jobs never worked with a feeling of entitlement,” he explained. Jobs’s goal in reality was “heartwarmingly simple,” Ive said:
“What’s remained is almost unremarkable, but what’s remained is his very simple focus on trying to make something beautiful and great. And it really was simple. There wasn’t a grand plan of winning, or a very complicated agenda. That simplicity seemed almost childlike in its purity. And it’s true.”
Furthermore, Ive noted of Jobs’s love for the product design portion of development, explaining that during the design phase, Jobs was happier than he had ever been before:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so happy, as I saw him—this very simple kind of joy—when he would realize, “This is actually working out. This could be great.” It was just the simplicity of that.
Aside from talking about Steve Jobs, Ive noted of a couple of other design philosophies he believes in. “The best ideas come from the tentative suggestion,” Ive explained. “We’re capable of discerning far more than we are capable of articulating.”
I was talking to a friend of Steve’s and a friend of mine earlier in the week, on the day that marked the fourth anniversary of his death. What struck me, four years ago, is that I was faced with this wall of grief. A lot of messy—a whole series of multiple feelings. In thinking of him then, there was this incredible complexity of all his attributes. What has been very surprising, is that over the four years that have passed, so much of that noise, and so many of his attributes, they’ve ended up essentially receding. And what’s left is . . . just him.
Quite honestly, what’s remained, I never would have predicted four years ago. What’s remained is almost unremarkable, but what’s remained is his very simple focus on trying to make something beautiful and great. And it really was simple. There wasn’t a grand plan of winning, or a very complicated agenda. That simplicity seemed almost childlike in its purity. And it’s true.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so happy, as I saw him—this very simple kind of joy—when he would realize, “This is actually working out. This could be great.” It was just the simplicity of that.
That stands in such contrast, obviously, to how he’s being frequently and popularly portrayed at the moment. The lack of agenda.
He certainly had a sense of a civic responsibility to make something good, as a way of somehow making a contribution to humanity, and to culture.
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Adobe teases 12 future features for its apps including Monument Mode, Project Faces, more
At its 2015 MAX program, Adobe showed off 12 new projects that are part of its “Sneaks” program. Essentially, Sneaks are ideas and features that the company is working on behind the scenes that could eventually make their way into Creative Cloud products. Adobe notes that the deciding factor in whether or not these features make it into products is whether or not users “make some noise” for these previews…
First off is a new feature called Monument Mode. This feature uses a new algorithm to distinguish moving objects from fixed ones and allows the user to click on the moving objects to remove them for good. A video demo of this feature can be seen below:
Project Dollhouse is a new feature Adobe is developing that makes it incredibly easy to add more perspective to drawings. Simply take a picture of an object and Project Dollhouse will allow for the image to be traced with lines and transformed into a drawing with perspective.
Next is Project Faces, a way to easily and quickly create custom fonts. The feature allows users to customize every aspect of the font including the curvature, the serifs, and other qualities. The demo was performed on an iPad and can be seen below:
Other demoed features include 3D Portraits, a feature that makes it easier to turn photographs into usable and printable 3D Images, and Louper, a feature that “rethinks image searching” and makes it faster and more efficient to find what a user is looking for. DeepFont is a feature in the Sneaks program that is a smart font recognition system.
Project Maestro is a potential feature that makes it easier to getting started in motion graphics. The feature allows users to use “simple and natural” touch to build movement right on tablets. Live Data Grids aims to replace the “Lorem ipsum” text that has graced projects for eternity with new, live, real data and examples. Audio Retargeting is a feature that makes it easier to make audio soundtracks match the tempo and rhythm to the scene and mood of the film. Finally, Extract Shading aims to allow designers to extract shading from one image and use it in another.
Adobe says that videos of all of these potential features will be uploaded over the coming days.
Filed under: Tech Industry Tagged: Adobe, iPad, preview, sneaks, video
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Happy Hour Podcast 035 | iPhone 6s and 6s Plus opinions and reviews
Apple’s plans to release a new 21.5 4K iMac have been revealed and Microsoft has launched its attack against the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. Along with that we get into our thoughts about Apple’s iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in somewhat of a review discussion after using the devices for almost a couple of weeks. Big thanks to Bushel for sponsoring this week’s episode. To find out what awesome cloud-based mobile device management can do for you, check out http://ift.tt/1j95I0c.
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- iPhone 6s vs iPhone 6s Plus: Dual unboxing + impressions [Video]
- iPhone 6s Plus: Living with Live Photos
- Microsoft challenges Apple w/ Surface Pro 4 iPad Pro competitor, Surface Book laptop aimed at MacBook Pro, more
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Amazon reportedly interested in developing live TV service, approached CBS & NBCUniversal
Amazon is reportedly interested in building a live TV service of sorts as Bloomberg reports the company has approached NBCUniversal and CBS to gauge an interest in providing content.
The report didn’t expand on exactly what type of live TV service Amazon might be interested in, but a live component would add to Amazon’s existing on-demand video services that it offers across devices through web and mobile apps. Bloomberg points out that “Amazon’s recent agreement to acquire Elemental Technologies gives the company a platform to deliver live TV over the Web,” but beyond that we don’t know exactly what the company has planned.
The news comes just before Apple is set to launch its revamped TV experience with its fourth-generation Apple TV hardware this month. In addition to beefier internals for the new hardware, Apple is for the first time opening up the device’s app ecosystem with an iOS-like App Store that all developers can submit apps to. The new hardware, however, will launch without Apple’s much rumored TV streaming subscription service that we detailed earlier this year. That service is reportedly delayed into sometime next year.
It’s unclear if Amazon’s TV plans might be related to its decision earlier this month to stop selling Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast. Amazon cited lack of support for Amazon’s Prime Video service in that decision. Amazon has the opportunity to build an app for the new Apple TV and support Chromecast through its mobile apps, but will it take that route as it looks into expanding its TV service to compete with upcoming competitors from Apple and others?
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Synology shows off Apple Watch apps, its first router & new hardware for upcoming DSM 6.0 OS
Today Synology is announcing a number of updates to its popular network-attached storage products including its first Apple Watch app, a new version of its DiskStation Manager web-based operating system, and new hardware including the company’s first router product.
I first got turned on to Synology NAS products a couple years back when I reviewed the company’s release of its DiskStation Manager (DSM) version 5 software, and I’ve been a diehard user ever since. My review walked through how I used the company’s hardware and software to build my own cloud services and stopped relying on Apple, Google and others for storing and accessing my files, photos, videos, audio, backups and more. iOS apps let you access and stream all of your content stored in DiskStation to all of your devices like iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.
Today marks the release of version 6.0 (beta) of DiskStation Manager, but also some big news for iOS users with the announcement of the company’s first Apple Watch app for accessing your files from your smartwatch. As demoed in the video below, the company is planning updates to its DS note and DS audio iOS apps to make accessing your notes and audio files stored on DiskStations available on Apple Watch.
On Apple Watch, DS note will let users take notes using voice input and view notes already stored in the app, while the DS audio app will act as a remote for the iOS app by allowing control of playlists and playback from your wrist.
As for other changes to the DSM operating system with version 6, home users will find a redesigned Video Station, while business users will find a redesigned MailPlus app, a new SpreadSheet app, and improvements to content search, Note station, and more.
And lastly, for new hardware, Synology is announcing its first router product, the Synology Router RT1900ac with a companion iOS app called DS Router and the DS716+ NAS Server with 4K Video Transcoding, both arriving early 2016 in the US and Canada (this month in select other countries).
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Fantastical 2.5 adds Split View & Slide Over, 3D Touch, watchOS 2 app + complication, more
Fantastical 2.5 is out now with new multitasking features for iOS 9 on iPad, a 3D Touch app icon on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, a native Apple Watch app on watchOS 2 with its own watch face complication, and much more. Both the iPad and iPhone plus Apple Watch updates are available for free for current Fantastical 2 customers. The new versions come just two weeks after Split View in Fantastical hit the Mac with OS X El Capitan. See the new features in action below:
Fantastical 2.5 for iPad is a big deal for Air 2, mini 4, and soon Pro owners with full support for Split View on iOS 9. This lets you share your iPad screen with Fantastical and other supported apps in both landscape and portrait orientation. Fantastical adapts to each size with an optimized layout, shifting between an iPhone-like column version to a nearly full width complete version and every step in between.
Fantastical is rather information dense on the iPad, so it’s impressive to see the app shift into special versions when sharing the screen with other Split View apps. Older iPads will still appreciate Slide Over support in Fantastical 2.5, which lets you pull Fantastical atop the full-screen app you’re in for fast referencing and quick uses.
Other iOS 9 improvements for Fantastical 2.5 for iPad include iOS 9 keyboard shortcuts accessed by holding the Command key on Bluetooth keyboards, an improved week view design, a ‘tap and hold’ shortcut for opening addresses in Maps, and several fixes.
Over on the 6s and 6s Plus, Fantastical 2.5 for iPhone has been updated to support 3D Touch from the Home screen (top image). Deep pressing the Fantastical icon will reveal either three or four options. New Event for composing either a calendar or reminder entry, Show Reminders for viewing either your items or lists based on your organization preferences, Search for looking up an entry, and optionally a shortcut to your currently scheduled event based on the time.
Fantastical 2.5 for iPhone offers an improved design for week view in landscape plus the same ‘tap and hold’ location lookup shortcut for Maps as seen on iPad and other iOS 9 improvements.
Included for free in the iPhone update is a watchOS 2 version of Fantastical 2.5 for Apple Watch. The new native version of the calendar and Reminders app is snappier to navigate, quicker to launch, and includes a pleasant tap and tone for alerts now. Force Touch within the app to reveal a newly added ‘Go to…’ option for drilling into a specific date by using the Digital Crown. And from the watch face, Fantastical is now an option for replacing the stock calendar complication.
Fantastical’s watch face complication works best for me personally in larger widget spots like the center of the Modular face or below on the Utility face. Other slots are limited and don’t allow for much context or content. Where color is supported, Fantastical’s complication makes uses of calendar colors you’ve set to denote which label is applied like Work or Home depending on what you have set up.
Because Fantastical features full support for the same iCloud-based Reminders that you can use it the Reminders app, this complication also delivers on bringing Reminders to the watch face. This is especially useful as Apple hasn’t tried to bring Reminders to Apple Watch beyond alerts sent from the iPhone. I use Reminders as frequently as I schedule calendar appointments so having a single complication that presents both is great. watchOS 2’s new Time Travel feature for viewing past and upcoming status changes by scrolling the Digital Crown is also supported.
And finally, there’s the pleasantness of Fantastical’s complication when you have no more upcoming appointments or Reminders. Rather than borrowing the stock calendar’s NO MORE EVENTS label from Utility, Fantastical offers up a friendly “Enjoy your day!” message. What’s not to love there?
Fantastical 2.5 for iPad is a free update for Fantastical 2 users and $9.99 for new customers. Fantastical 2.5 for iPhone and Apple Watch is also a free update for Fantastical 2 users and $4.99 for new customers. Both are recommended if you need a better way to create and sort through calendar and reminder entries.
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