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Zap Aliens With An 'iPhone Gun'

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | May 10, 2012 02:04 PM
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appBlaster turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a real-world first-person-shooter gaming device. The plastic gun is one of a series of similar smartphone toys being offered by Apptoyz. Coming soon: a helicopter, fishing rod, and driving console. Read More >>

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Samsung Galaxy Note: A Phone And Tablet In One

| David Chernicoff, BYTE | May 01, 2012 12:00 PM
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The Galaxy Note from Samsung, available in the U.S. only from AT&T, breaks new ground. It's not just a large phone with a big, beautiful screen like the Droid Razr. It adds a stylus that makes annotation and new application types possible. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
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Turn Your Kindle Fire Into A 'Real' Tablet

| Rick Lehrbaum, BYTE | April 23, 2012 06:30 PM
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If you root the Kindle Fire and put a real Android operating system and real Android apps on it, can you turn this neutered e-reader from Amazon into an Android tablet you can be proud of? The answer is yes, sort of. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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Google Awarded Patent For Advertising Based On Environmental Factors

| Jacob Lopez, BYTE | March 23, 2012 08:40 PM
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Google's newly awarded patent describes a process for listening to background noise, conversations, video, weather, and other environmental factors in order to serve targeted advertising. Read More >>

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Image Processing Tech Makes Magic Manipulations

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 22, 2012 12:14 PM
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"Random access JPEG" technology from Scalado lets camera users remove foreground objects, and create high-quality panoramas and 3-D images. Scalado doesn't make digital cameras--they just make digital cameras better. Read More >>

Category: Photography
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iPhoto For iOS Is A Bargain At $4.99

| Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | March 14, 2012 01:38 PM
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If you enjoy photography, iPhoto for iOS could be the best $4.99 you've ever spent on an iPhone or iPad app. Read More >>

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Nivio Brings Microsoft Office To iPad

| Max Cherney, BYTE | March 13, 2012 12:17 PM
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Nivio's cloud apps let you use Microsoft Office and more in any HTML5-compliant Web browser, including the one on your iPad. Read More >>

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iPad 3 Rumors: What Did We Get Right?

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 07, 2012 05:20 PM
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Correction: Most of our predictions about the iPad 3 were spot-on, but our Jacob Lopez was a bit off in a one spot. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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Apple's 'New iPad' Is Here: What's New?

| Jacob Lopez, BYTE | March 07, 2012 04:08 PM
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It's official: Apple has announced the "new iPad" and is taking orders. Jacob Lopez shares all the highlights from the Wednesday event, including Apple's latest TV. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
How-To

How To Get Clean Cuts With Multiple Video Codecs

| Max Cherney, BYTE | March 01, 2012 08:00 AM
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Video from multiple codecs can clash when edited together. Here's how to avoid that problem. Read More >>

Category: Video Tech
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Upload Video To Multiple Hosts With OneLoad

| Max Cherney, BYTE | February 28, 2012 12:00 PM
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Handy new service saves you the trouble of posting video on multiple online providers. Read More >>

Category: Video Tech
How-To

How To Get Color Right In Your Video

| Max Cherney, BYTE | February 09, 2012 07:00 PM
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Getting colors in video to look right is tricky. You will do better if you white balance the shot before you begin. Read More >>

Category: Video Tech
Reviews

$99 Android Tablet: Better Than Entire 2011 Crop

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | January 23, 2012 05:11 PM
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There have been cheap Android tablets for a while. The NOVO7 hints at a lot of quality to come. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
How-To

How To Make A Textbook With Apple's iBooks Author

| Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | January 20, 2012 05:48 PM
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Apple's free iBooks Author is an easy way to get started in electronic textbook publishing. Just know there's a middleman standing between you and your adoring public: Apple. Read more about Apple's tricky software license agreement, which as InformationWeek's Thomas Claburn points out, puts severe restrictions on authors' rights. BYTE's Chris Spera has his own opinion about Apple's moves in the textbook market. Read More >>

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CES 2012: The Coolest Stuff

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | January 18, 2012 09:49 AM
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Here are 6 products or technologies that really stood out for me at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read More >>

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