Instagram allows users to alter their photos using a variety of easy to use filters, but how do they work? Right now, the internet is flooding with pictures and videos of people posing with their assigned Disney or Marvel characters. The addition of Instagram’s character filters has many wondering just how they work. Complex computer algorithms construct the backbone to these filters, running on the same computer science that goes into facial recognition and motion tracking software....

If you ask Apple how many podcast shows there are out there, the official answer is “more than 2 million.” You’d find the same answer at Podcast Index, which actually puts it at closer to 2.5M shows. But a media company specializing in audio content says these numbers are misleading. The reason? The total includes what Amplifi Media calls “one and done” shows – a lot of them … By this, they mean podcast shows that only ever had a single episode – which amounts to more than a quarter of all podcast shows listed....

The ability to create Home screen folders on the Apple TV is one of the biggest new features to appear in the recent tvOS 9.2 update. On previous versions of tvOS, apps couldn’t be organized in folders, which made for a cumbersome experience for those with lots of apps. If you’re an iOS user, then using folders on the Apple TV will be a largely familiar experience. In this post, we’ll show you how to create folders, move apps in and out of folders, rename folders, and more....

As I noted in Part 1 of How-To: Decode Apple’s Tech Specs pages before buying a new Mac, Apple has designed the Mac purchasing process to be easy: pick a model, pick the good, better, or best configuration, hand over your cash, and enjoy your computer. Since most people get confused by tech specs — bullet points filled with numbers and acronyms — Apple downplays them in its marketing materials, leaving customers to sort through the details and figure out what most of them mean....

Apple knew it had something special to share with the world when it released iPhoto in 2002: in addition to printing 20″ by 30″ poster-sized photos, the original iPhoto’s “most stunning feature” (according to Apple) was a page layout tool that quickly turned digital photo collections into printed hardcover books. These were Apple’s acknowledgements that tangible photos still had value in a digital era, and it subsequently added calendars, greeting cards, softcover books, and letterpress cards to iPhoto....

One of the benefits of a portable device like an Android smartphone is that you don’t need to carry around a standalone camera for functions like the photo and video shoots anymore; your Android smartphone, no matter how low-end, now has one. Cameras on smartphones have come a long way from when the first smartphone was launched, and we now have high-end devices from Apple, Samsung, Huawei, and others that can be (and have been) used to shoot full movies....

Crave offers exclusive content like web series movies that were released recently. You can also watch other OTT platforms like Lionsgate, Paramount +, Warner Media, etc., as an add-on subscription module. Since it is officially launched on these platforms, you can install it from their official brand’s app store. Here we know how to install and activate them on PS4, PS5 and Xbox with step by step guide. Carve is increasing its userbase by launching the dedicated application on various platforms, and now it’s time for the gaming consoles....

Discord has become the go-to app for gamers as it provides them a platform to live stream their gameplay and interact with their teammates simultaneously. While using the gameplay server, you might have observed that many users on Discord, especially the popular ones, have their names in different colors. This is a feature provided by Discord to make the distinction between servers. You can also modify the color of your server name....

For developers and app testers, booting into safe mode is pretty common as they keep testing new apps and services. If you also want to boot into safe mode, then you can easily do so by following this quick guide on How to boot Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus into safe mode. Today we will guide you on how to boot Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus into safe mode. Booting into safe mode is important if you only want to run the system apps on your device....

Log in to your Outlook.com account, click on Settings (wheel icon), type language in the search box and click Language and region. Click the down arrow and select your language. In my example, I chose Deutsch (German) and clicked Save. You will need to refresh your browser for the changes to take effect. As you can see in my example, everything has been flipped into my chosen language. It’s quite simple now with the new search feature in settings....

There’s another virtual assistant you can call using your iPhone. Starting today, you can say “Hey Spotify,” with the Spotify app opened, to start playing a song, an album, or even a playlist. As you can see, there’s nothing much to do with the “Hey Spotify” feature apart from asking for things inside the app. Because the feature is only starting to roll out, not every user will be able to find it, but here’s where it should be:...

The HEY email client had its iOS app updated today with a long-awaited feature for iPad users. Version 1.1.3 of the HEY app for iOS now has multi-window support on iPadOS, allowing users to view two different screens of the app at the same time. Back in October, the HEY app was updated with support for iOS 14, which brought home screen widgets and an option to make it the default email client on the iPhone and iPad....

As smartphones advance, so do the onboard cameras. And this means that the file sizes of your images are growing. It’s a good thing we have services like Google’s unlimited photo storage apps. Or do we? Tap or click here to read about the changes Google is making and what you can do to save your photos. As fun as it is to take pics of every meal you eat, your phone has a limit....

You might think everyone uses the function keys on a laptop keyboard, but they really don’t. You might think everyone opens their phone camera in the same way, but you really would be surprised. And then there’s Microsoft Teams. This is something I use regularly and think of in the same way I think of my TV. I switch it on. It works. Then I switch it off. During the meeting, I talk when required, switch my camera off when I need to scratch my nose or smooth my eyebrows, and think of it like any other video call....

Though there were plenty of issues that plagued Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the character Jar Jar Binks became the punching bag for longtime fans upset with the way George Lucas started the Skywalker family saga. The reaction to the clumsy Gungan (intended to be the prequel trilogy’s comic relief) was so overwhelming negative, Lucas was left with little choice but to reduce Jar Jar’s role in the final two films, giving him the smallest of cameos in Revenge of the Sith....

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Tumblr is a social media platform that is used by users to share stuff like art, gifs, memes, and all the entertainment content. Tumblr is not a mainstream platform but is really popular among the meme community and entertainment community. Unlike other social media, Tumblr has all kinds of content, including NSFW. NSFW or Not Safe For Work is rated as 18+ content and is widely available on Tumblr. At the beginning of Tumblr, all type of content was available for all the users, but as it got popular, it started getting users of all age groups....

Apple has made a small, but helpful, change in the way that iOS 8.3 can make phone calls via Siri. With the launch of iOS 8.0 last fall, Apple added a feature to Siri that allows users to activate the service hands-free by saying the phrase “Hey Siri” if the phone is plugged into power. However, if a user asked Siri to make a phone call via the “Hey Siri” hands-free command, the call would strangely not automatically transfer to speakerphone....

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That’s where Auri comes in. It’s a work in progress and can read your favorite RSS feeds to you from your smartphone or tablet. It can even be controlled with your voice. The latter feature is pretty limited at the moment, but I’m sure it will be extended in the future. There’s other apps that will read you websites and news feeds, but Auri is unique in that if provides you with great sounding natural voices that you can change....