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To tote up extra optical interest to a picture , try using a fuzz filter to simulate move . Even though your matter is stationary in the photograph , the viewer ’s genius will go through the movement , which adds an component of hullabaloo . In fact , this proficiency is a bully way to call on a snapshot into something more artistic . jubilantly , Photoshop and Photoshop Elements make the operation a piece of patty ( you may do it in Pixelmator , too ) ....

Apple keeps whittling down the act of fittingness tracker in its retail stores as it makes way for theApple Watch . The latest victims are Jawbone ’s Up24 fitness ring and Nike ’s Fuelband , which have disappeared from Apple Store ledge in several major citiesaccording to Re / code . Apple has also move out a wrist - worn fondness rate monitor from Mio , but continues to sell Jawbone ’s clip - on Up Move fitness tracker ....

Select text like a Pro Here ’s a dandy trick that allow you tap Alt+W ( selection - W on some keybaords ) to choose the current word of honor under the text pointer , and Alt+P to select the current paragraph . Open TextEdit , click New Document , and click Format > Make Plain Text . Then glue the following : { “ ~w ” = selectWord : ;...

Playing with the new MacBook on Monday , I kept have flashback to 2008.Remember the first - gen MacBook Air?It captured imaginations the instant Steve Jobs pulled it from a plain manila paper gasbag on stage . Just like this new MacBook , the original MacBook Air ’s shape - factor was middling harebrained for its time . Just like it did with the new MacBook , Apple had to make some moderately big sacrifices to get the melodic phrase that small ....

Facetune is a fixture on the App Store ’s top 20 paid apps lean , currently sitting at No . 11 . It has grand of rave inspection , because it does something that a mass of people want , which is to fix insecurity . The app smooth out your skin , removes mar , whitens teeth , applies makeup , fills in bald spots , and generally makes you look like a Glamour Shots version of yourself ....

On Tuesday , Google launched a consecrate calendar app for the iPhone — one of the last miss pieces of Google ’s apps entourage for iOS . AndGoogle Calendar for iPhonedoesn’t disappoint : It ’s a gorgeous calendar app that mines your Gmail account to automatically add together events . It joins a drawn-out leaning of well - designed , highly operable Google apps on Io that perform as well or better than Apple ’s default options ....

Apple will reportedly include “ Force Touch ” technology in the next iPhone after introducing the pressure - sensitive panels in the Apple Watch andthe new MacBook . Force Touch lets users execute different actions depend on how severely they press on the screen . On the Watch , for instance , a firm press brings up more options in apps like Messages and Calendar . On the new MacBook , crusade hard on the trackpad performs actions that used to require a two - finger tap , such as pay off a Wikipedia definition when choose a word of honor ....

You canrent a tuxedofor your prom . You canRent the Runwayfor a fancy dress to fall apart to your unspoilt supporter ’s wedding . And thanks toLumoid , soon you ’ll be able torent an Apple Watch . No , not the gold one . We recently spell about appliance rental site Lumoidas a source for trying out gadgets like theJawbone UP24activity tracker orGoogle Glass — you’re able to range Lumoid ’s clothing in batch of five and see which fits your actual lifestyle the safe , rather than just infer based on what you’re able to glean from product websites and reviews ....

Our Verdict Come back when both sentinel have been release for a full verdict . Even though the smartwatch game start middling easy , as time goes by it seems like every man and his crony are get out smartwatches for both Android and iOS . Pebble , who successfully funded their original smartwatch onKickstarterback in May 2012 hasheaded backto the platform to get financial backing for the next generation Pebble metre ( and Pebble Time Steel ) ....

Monday ’s Apple case gave masses who keep abreast Apple newsworthiness wad to talk about . But for Mac user , the biggest news likely has to do with all the waysthe new MacBookdiverges from what we ’ve been used to over the retiring few years . No MagSafe , Thunderbolt , or standard USB port , all substitute by a singleUSB - Cport — that ’s big intelligence , doubtlessly ....

We may never see a Multi - Touch Mac . What seemed inevitable back in 2010 is no close to realisation than it was then — OS X and iOS may share certain design cues and UX elements , but they ’re as far apart as the’ve always been . Nothing about the Yosemite redesign suggests touch is being see in the slightest , and if anything , OS go 10....

The Apple Watch is almost here . So this week ’s roundup of accessories include a few novel radiocarpal joint - base items that you wo n’t want to inhabit without . Plus , the usual speakers , battery , and more . The $ 45Twist World Travel Adapteris “ an radical - portable universal adaptor ” with four USB ports , designed to punch into rampart socket in 150 body politic around the world : You ’ll be able to charge your iPhone and iPad almost anywhere you prefer to travel ....

Perhaps we should have read it as an omen that the MagSafe 2 arranger for elder , original MagSafe connexion was listed as discontinued on the Apple Store in the U.S. and Canada last week . It’sback in stockthis week , but MagSafe ’s time to come in new Mac laptops is changeable with the revelation of thesingle - port MacBook . With just a USB - C connection for index , data , and exhibit , MagSafe may be on its mode to sing with the choir invisible ....