Mario Aguilar

Apple Is Killing Aperture, Its Once Great Photo Editing Software

Aperture long ago lost to Adobe Lightroom, and today, The Loop is reporting that Apple is ceasing development of its professional photo editing suite, and putting it out to pasture. Say goodbye to that familiar 50mm lens icon. At WWDC, Apple introduced a number of new features that would be coming to its Photos application,…

Project Tango Hands-On: Computer Vision Is So Much Cooler Than You Think

Google’s Project Tango tablet can see in 3D, but I didn’t really understand why I, human person, would actually care about the technology beyond an abstract appreciation of the ideas behind it. Until I strapped one to my face, with an Oculus Rift-like head mask. Until I strapped the mask on, I never believed that…

Android TV Hands-On: This Is How Smart TVs Won’t Be So Darn Dumb

For years, Google’s been trying to plow its way onto your TV with flawed hardware, and today, it shifted its approach to a new OS called Android TV. It’s the very simple way that Google is going to make your TV smart. Finally. https://gizmodo.com/androidtv-googles-bajillionth-attempt-to-take-over-you-1595951410 The built-in “smart” features that come with TVs have always been…

At a wearble computing talk at Google I/O we learned that Android Wear notifications that pop up on your wristables will be available to Google Glass this Fall. It’s an obvious evolution that’ll sync notifications to all your devices.

LG G Watch Hands-On: A Smartwatch That Feels Like a Watch

Months after it was first announced, you’ll finally be able to pre-order LG’s Android Wear-powered G Watch for $229 this afternoon, and today, I had the chance to handle the hardware for the first time. And, for the first time, I saw a true smartwatch that actually works like a watch. The G Watch’s rectangular…

This Spotify Tool Makes a Playlist From Your Favorite Band’s Last Show

Going to concerts is fun no matter what, but it’s a million times more fun if you know all the songs. Sadly, sometimes if you only know a cut or two, it can be hard to brush up on an artist’s whole catalog before the show. Spotify’s new Set Listener tool is here to help.…

ABC News Hits Apple TV With Live Streams and Exclusive Content

Today, ABC News is getting a standalone app for Apple TV. All of the content will be free to everybody. The new app lets you watch live streams as well as archived programming and even some exclusive content. The overall look fits within the standard Apple TV template interface, but the company says that it’s…

Soundhawk’s Smart Listening System Aims to Make Hearing Aids Cool

Here’s how hearing aids work today: Oh you can’t hear well? Stick this ugly thing inside your earhole. But in the view of a new company called Soundhawk, that’s all wrong. Better hearing can be cool. Soundhawk’s new Smart Listening System wants to change the way we experience hearing devices, and hopefully, open them up…

Dolby’s Crazy Atmos Surround Sound Comes to Your Living Room (Update)

More than two years ago, Dolby trotted out Atmos, the most advanced surround sound system in history. It’s been used to bring explosions and battles to deafening life in everything from Gravity to The Hobbit. It’s available in hundreds of theaters and now Dolby plans to bring Atmos to your house. The system supports up…

All 169 Game of Thrones season 4 deaths in one bloody supercut

People are constantly getting murdered on Game of Thrones. The whole show is just people trying to kill each other. Here’s every on-screen death in season 4. It’s bloody disturbing. Warning: Spoilers (DUH) Usually, the death sequences on GoT are suspenseful and shocking, but personally, I find the soundtrack by The Underscore Orkestra on this…

Colbert Eviscerates Yo For Being Useless and Dumb

In just a few short days, Yo has climbed to the top of the app charts, accumulating some 50,000 foolish users who send the same dumb salutation back and forth to each other. Stephen Colbert asks the right question in this hilarious clip: “Y?” I’ll admit that Yo has its charm. It’s kinda funny! But…

Guy wearing Mentos suit drops into Diet Coke tank and explodes

Dropping a single Mentos mint into a bottle of Diet Coke causes a massive explosion of sticky soda. So what happens when a brave guy wearing a suit entirely covered in what looks like thousand Mentos mints gets dropped into a vat of Diet Coke? Kaboom. Mentos and Diet Coke is the oldest trick in…

How Amazon’s Fire Phone Cameras Know Where Your Face Is Even at Night

The Amazon Fire Phone’s Dynamic Perspective—the famed “3D effect”—works almost as if by magic. As you look at the phone and move it around, the Fire Phone watches you back, and changes what you see. It’s not voodoo, though. It’s crazy camera tech. Here’s a closer look at how it works, even in the dark.…

Fire Phone’s Dynamic Perspective: A 3D Effect That Follows Your Face

Amongst the new Fire Phone’s most rumored and anticipated features is a “3d effect,” which Amazon calls “Dynamic Perspective.” It changes follows your face as you tilt the phone in different ways, altering the image in front of you. The potential is pretty exciting. What does it do? Before explaining how the actual technology works,…

Fire Phone Is Getting Amazon’s Awesome 24-7 Video Tech Support

Like Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets, the new Fire Phone will get Amazon’s 24-7 video tech support, Mayday. The service works over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G, and connects you with a representative in under 15 seconds, according to CEO Jeff Bezos. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-building-24-7-365-video-tech-support-into-kindle-1381717261

​Amazon’s 3D Smartphone: Everything We Think We Know

Today, Amazon will announce a mysterious new device, and we’re pretty darn sure it’s going to be the crazy 3D smartphone that’s been rumored for over a year. Here’s what the rumor mill suggests is coming our way soon. What will it be called? Probably the Kindle Phone. Maybe a Kindle Fire Phone. After the…

Google’s About to Ruin YouTube by Squeezing Indie Labels

It’s official: Google is about to ruin YouTube. A company exec told the Financial Times it will start blocking videos from record labels that refuse to sign licensing deals for its forthcoming premium service, YouTube Music Pass. This is the dumbest thing Google could do, and it threatens the very heart of what has always…

P.F. Chang’s Is Using Stone-Age Credit Card Tech So It Can’t Be Hacked

Restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro got hacked recently, compromising thousands of credit cards. Oopsies. But business doesn’t stop just because you got hacked, so in the short term the company is resorting to some old-school tech so that it can keep taking plastic. Earlier this week, Brian Krebs reported that thousands of credit cards…

Samsung Galaxy Tab S: A Shining Screen On a Whole New Body (Update: Hands-On)

Samsung’s Galaxy Android phones have been a terrific success—its Galaxy tablets, not so much. Meet the Galaxy Tab S, Samsung’s crack at making a tablet as great—and as appealing—as the Galaxy S5. The new Tab S replaces last year’s Tab 4 and comes in 10.5 inch and 8.4 inch models with Super AMOLED displays, both…

Amazon Prime, the Best Deal in Tech, Just Keeps Getting Better

For years we’ve been saying that an Amazon Prime subscription is simply the best deal in tech. You get so darn much for your money that you’d be crazy not subscribe. And in the few months since we last said it, Prime has only become a better deal, thanks to new services like today’s unveiling…