Archive for October 2013
Camera Zoom Extreme - High Quality Photos - iOS app
Camera Zoom Extreme would be just another fairly redundant camera app if not for a couple of very useful features included by the developers. Even with those features, it doesn't do a lot to make it more useful than the standard app that comes with every iPhone; but it is free -- and for those that need those added features, it works quite well.
When you open the app, you'll be given a very short overview of how it works. The app is free and there is an upgrade to include a 30x digital zoom, but you'll never feel like it's necessary to enjoy the basic features that come with the app as is. From here you can start taking photos. The interface is easy to use with everything on screen including a nice flash button at the top that toggles the flash on and off quickly. There is also a zoom monitor to show you exactly how much you've zoomed in at any point, and our favorite feature -- the level bars so you can see if the image is squared up in the camera lens.
If you want a camera app that is fast to use and has a decent zoom function and a very useful level bar so your photos stay level, then the free version of Camera Zoom Extreme is a good download. It doesn't do much more that other free apps or the built-in iOS camera already don't, but it is effective for what it promises and the upgrade is not necessary for most features.
Publisher's Description From iTunes
SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE
FREE!!!
BUY NOW BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP!
Easily extremely zoom your camera, take a picture and share it!
Now you can easily super-zoom (This version is limited to 3x zoom, you can use 30x zoom only on Full Version) using your iDevice. Just reverse-pinch/pinch to zoom in or out, use the special buttons, easily take a great photo of the zoomed picture and share it with friends and even on Instagram.
This is the best zoom camera app you'll ever use, See screenshots and try it out!
Features of this version:
- Easily zoom from 1x to 3x using pinch or special buttons
- Works fully on every iDevice camera: Use it as zoom camera or as a zoom-mirror
- easily take a photo of the zoomed picture
- Slick and easy to use design, See screenshots.
- You can also use the built-in flashlight
- Share your photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SMS, email etc. directly and easily from the app itself!
- Universal app, Works perfectly on iPod,iPhone and iPad!
On FULL version you can also zoom to 30x magnification!
ATTENTION - PHOTOS PERMISSION : If you accidentally didn't granted permission to access your photos please go to your settings app -> privacy -> photos -> then find the app name and grant access to photos.
If you have any issues with this app please contact us from the app store link. That's the only way we can contact you to solve it out. Leaving an issue as a review doesn't help us solve it.
FREE!!!
BUY NOW BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP!
Easily extremely zoom your camera, take a picture and share it!
Now you can easily super-zoom (This version is limited to 3x zoom, you can use 30x zoom only on Full Version) using your iDevice. Just reverse-pinch/pinch to zoom in or out, use the special buttons, easily take a great photo of the zoomed picture and share it with friends and even on Instagram.
This is the best zoom camera app you'll ever use, See screenshots and try it out!
Features of this version:
- Easily zoom from 1x to 3x using pinch or special buttons
- Works fully on every iDevice camera: Use it as zoom camera or as a zoom-mirror
- easily take a photo of the zoomed picture
- Slick and easy to use design, See screenshots.
- You can also use the built-in flashlight
- Share your photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SMS, email etc. directly and easily from the app itself!
- Universal app, Works perfectly on iPod,iPhone and iPad!
On FULL version you can also zoom to 30x magnification!
ATTENTION - PHOTOS PERMISSION : If you accidentally didn't granted permission to access your photos please go to your settings app -> privacy -> photos -> then find the app name and grant access to photos.
If you have any issues with this app please contact us from the app store link. That's the only way we can contact you to solve it out. Leaving an issue as a review doesn't help us solve it.
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Run Windows 8.1 For Free For 90 Days
For Windows 8 users, the decision to upgrade to 8.1 is virtually a no brainer. The new version offers a host of benefits and improvements over its predecessor. And it's free. So, there's little reason not to upgrade. Windows 8 users can easily download and install the Windows 8.1 update through the Windows store.
But those of you running previous versions of Windows would have to shell out $120 for Windows 8.1 or $200 for Windows 8.1 Pro. Instead, you can install the Enterprise evaluation edition first to see if 8.1 is worth your hard-earned money. Here's how:
- Choose a PC on which you wish to install the Windows 8.1 evaluation software.
- Tip : You can use a spare PC, create a dual-boot setup on your existing PC, or configure a virtual machine.
- Whichever drive you choose, make sure you have at least 30GB worth of free space for the OS and whatever apps you want to install.
- After you've chosen a home for Windows 8.1, go to Microsoft's TechNet Evaluation Center Web site to download the Windows8.1 ISO file.
- At the drop-down window to select a version, pick either the 32-bit or 64-bit edition and then click the button to Get Started Now.
- To download the file, you'll need to set up a Microsoft account if you don't already have one. You'll also need to fill out a profile with some basic information. Microsoft then prompts you to install an Akamai Net-session Interface utility in order to download the ISO file. After you've installed the Akamai utility, click on the green Downloading files button to download the ISO. The ISO file is around 3.7GB, so the download will take awhile. meanwhile you can have a cup of coffee :).
- Now you have the ISO file you can now BURN it in DVD or make a bootable pendrive with tool like RUFUS or want to have a tool which can do both try POWERISO.
- After bootup, you'll see the initial Windows 8.1 setup screen. Confirm the settings and click Next. At the second setup screen, click Install now. At the License terms screen, click on the check box for I accept the license terms and then click Next. At the screen asking which type of installation you want, select the second option for Custom: Install Windows only (advanced). At the screen asking where you want to install Windows, select the partition you wish to use to store the OS. Click Next. The installation kicks off.
Following the installation, you're deposited at the Personalization screen where you choose a background style, PC name, and other settings for Windows. After the Personalization process, you finally arrive at the familiar Start screen.
And that's it. You now have 90 days to live with your new OS.
The Windows 8.1 Enterprise evaluation edition is a full working version. It has all of the features of Windows 8.1 Pro and then some. The Enterprise edition is aimed at IT administrators, developers, and other tech professionals. But anyone can run it before deciding if Windows 8.1 is worth a permanent commitment.
VLC 2.1 "Rincewind" New Feature & Review
Whats New
With a new audio core, hardware decoding and encoding, port to mobile platforms, preparation for Ultra-HD video and a special care to support more formats, 2.1 is a major upgrade for VLC.
Rincewind has a new rendering pipeline for audio, with better efficiency, volume and device management, to improve VLC audio support.
It supports many new devices inputs, formats, metadata and improves most of the current ones, preparing for the next-gen codecs.
Rincewind fixes around a thousand bugs, in more than 7000 commits from 140 volunteers.
Review
Version 2.1 "Rincewind" is out for Mac and Windows both, but I tested the Windows version only. VLC 2.1 is somewhat better with video than previous iterations, especially WMV and FLV files. I still saw the occasional undrawn frames (which could exist for up to 5 seconds in previous versions) when seeking, but they weren't as common as they had been, and they disappeared more quickly. Loading times seemed faster as well.
VLC is also great for playing audio and supports everything, including surround up to 7.1 channels. Well, almost everything. It didn't play my ancient VQF file, but I've yet to find the player that can. VideoLan rewrote VLC 2.1's audio core, and I'd love to say I could hear a difference...but I couldn't. It was darn good already and the new core makes it perfect :).
VLC is my default player for audio when I'm on a system with DTS or Dolby augmentation. But it has no psychoacoustic FX such as Trubass or iTunes Sound Enhancer, so when the sound requires it, I switch to Window Media Player. I'm addicted to that sort of stuff when I'm listening for pleasure as opposed to checking a mix. The compression, equalizer, and Spatializer available in VLC cut too much volume at default settings and are too complicated for most users.
A lot of what's changed in VLC is support for hardware decoding on Mac and Android systems, as well as being ported to later versions of the latter. But there's also down-mixing from 6.1 to 5.1 or stereo in the FLAC codec, as well as better AVI and MKV recording. There's a new subtitles menu on the main page for quicker access and the volume display now only goes to 125% (formerly 200%, which is still the actual maximum volume), but those are the only cosmetic changes I could spot. There's also vague but intriguing mention of "preparation for Ultra-HD video," which won't affect most of us—have you turned up any 4K video lately?—but could be important in the future.
Those are only a few highlights.There is more to it.
Features
AUDIO
- Rewritten audio core, allowing better volume and device management.
- Rewrite of the audio modules, to adapt to the new core.
- Correct support for multi-channel layouts in all formats: 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1
- New audio outputs for Windows Vista, Android, iOS, OpenBSD and OSSv4.
- New remapping, gain, stereo widening, downmixing effects.
- Higher samplerate, precision, live configuration in the core.
- Numerous new audio metadata format supported.
VIDEO
- Port the OpenGL output to OpenGL ES.
- Support color conversion shaders in glsl on Android and iOS.
- New outputs for OpenMax IL on mobile and Decklink Blackmagic.
- New video outputs for iOS using OpenGL ES2.
- Support for deinterlacing for higher bit depth and XYZ colorspace.
- New anaglyph filter for side-by-side 3D.
- 4K-ready :)
CODECS
- Add hardware decoding for OS X using VDADecoder.
- Add hardware decoding for Android using MediaCodec.
- Add hardware decoding for GNU/Linux using VDPAU.
- Add hardware encoding for Windows using Intel QuickSyncVideo.
- Support for G2M4, MSS1, MSS2, TSCC2, CDXL, Ut, VBLE video codecs.
- Support for Ulead DV audio, Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless audio.
- Support for SCTE-27 and complete EIA-608 subtitles.
FORMATS
- Support for fragmented MP4, Wave/RF64 files.
- Extended metadata tags and cover art support in Ogg, AVI, MP4 and MKV.
- Support FLAC, Atrac, ADPCM, DV Type 1, 12bits DV audio in AVI.
- Extended support for AVI, MKV and MJPEG streams.
- Better recording of AVI and MKV format.
- Audio fingerprinting using AcoustID.
INPUT AND DEVICES
- Support for screen input on OSX Lion and later.
- Support for Microsoft Smooth Streaming, developed by Viotech.net
- New RTMP input module, using libavformat!
- Support for VNC/rfb and Remote Desktop view-only modes.
- Important improvements on Blu-Ray, Dash, v4l2 and HTTP inputs.
- New AVFoundation OS X and shm framebuffer inputs.
FOR ANIME FANS
- New 6.1 downmixer to 5.1 and Stereo from MKV/Flac 6.1.
- Correct YUV->RGB color matrix in the OpenGL shaders.
- Improved MKV support for seeking, and resiliancy.
- Editions support in MKV.
- Better subtitles and metadata support from MKV.
- Various ASS subtitles improvements.
FOR MOBILE
- Port to Android, from 2.1 to 4.3, on ARMv6, ARMv7, x86 and MIPS.
- New port to iOS, from iOS 5 to 7, on all iPads and iPhones after 3GS.
- Partial port to WinRT, for Windows 8, 8.1 and WP8.
- OpenGL ES optimized outputs.
- Improvements of OpenMAX IL decoders, encoders and renderers.
- New audio, video outputs and interfaces for mobiles.
FOR DEVELOPERS
- libVLC and most modules are now LGPLv2.1+.
- libVLC media framework can now be used in all types of applications.
- libVLC SDK packages now exists, in addition to more examples.
- Improved libVLC API, for better control.
- VLC's web plugins now support windowless mode, for smoother integration with HTML elements.
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Why your PC should have a SSD - Solid State Drive
For those who do not already have a Solid State Drive installed do not worry. Here is all you shall need to know or maybe your on the fence about SSD, not sure if it is worth it? Lay your fears to rest right here
A Solid State Drive by name is a drive that can hold data when there is no power but also has no mechanical moving parts. It uses interfaces which are purely electronic but it still uses the same I/O as normal hard drives so no worries about compatibility.The lack of moving and mechanical parts means more physical stability and faster access to the data stored hence they tend to be more expensive per GB.
How will an SSD improve my gaming?
In terms of multiplayer games e.g. Starcraft 2, League of Legends and shooters like Battlefield 3 will load any files stored on your computer slightly faster like maps for example and so much quicker than a standard HDD, the rest after that is up to your internet connection.Single player games get a clear bonus when using an SSD with fast access to the information needed to render what you want to see. So for example your playing The Witcher 2 which has high graphical demand, now you may be asking what has an SSD got to do with graphics? Well if the information that the graphics need, in order to know what to process is received faster then you get a better and smoother experience the rest of course is taken care of by your graphics card.
What about these HDD SSD combination hybrids I keep hearing about?
There are drives coming to market from manufacturers like Seagate for example, who are providing a combination with traditional HDD containing an SSD. At the moment these drives tend to have a smaller amount of SSD storage. This will change soon enough with more space and abilities added to the SSD.These drives are more HDD than SSD the latter portion is giving the drive quicker access to the information stored in the main storage. An advantage is it also manages to retain data after power has gone down for example a power cut on rebooting you would not be likely to lose anything. In summary it is an advanced HDD with quicker access to data than other claimed to be fast HDDs.
There isn’t much storage on SSDs though?
With SSDs like they are at the moment they easily have enough room for an OS (Operating System) and some applications depending on the size of both those items collectively. Another way you should look at an SSD purchase is not as a storage upgrade but as a performance upgrade, the performance boost you get will make up for lack of storage.
What about price?
This depends on the size, make and type of SSD you choose. Ranging from £40 - £600 there are a number of factors involved in this the first of course is SATA II and SATA III does your board support SATA III? If so we would recommend you start here. From there most of the lower priced SSDs available have a lower read/write speed than more expensive drives.
My rig is older and I can't afford to upgrade to a new rig right now what about me?
This depends on the age and type of hardware you are currently using. Some rigs as old as 2005 can be greatly improved in terms of performance by the installation of an SSD. Check what your rig can handle before you purchase or seek some advice from us.
What other advantages can an SSD give me?
There is a significant advantage especially for laptops because an SSD will typically consume less energy. Along side this there is little to no sound involved with SSDs because of their lack of moving parts, so if a whirring hard drive bothers you then an SSD is a must.Any downsides?
As with any tech these days everything has a lifespan, with SSDs due to their high performance in comparison to HDDs their lifespan tends to be shorter. On the flip side of this most people are now replacing their rigs every 2-3 years to keep up with new developments in the industry.Tag :
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