Daily Archives: November 6, 2015

BlackBerry starts shipping Priv, offering free accessories as a thank you gesture

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If you’ve pre-ordered a BlackBerry Priv directly from the company, you’ll be glad to know that the device has started shipping – if not already, you’ll be receiving an email from the company notifying the same.

This means that you’ll be receiving your unit shortly, although BlackBerry hasn’t shared a specific timeline. In the email, the company also said that customers will also be getting free accessories as a thank you gesture.

“As a thank you for buying from ShopBlackBerry, you will receive a complimentary PRIV slide-out hard shell case and a premium in-vehicle charger. Once your PRIV has been shipped, you will receive an email detailing how to redeem these accessories,” BlackBerry said.

If you aren’t already aware, the Android-powered Priv is already available for purchase in the US from…

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Snappy package: soportado en Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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Snappy Package

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) soportará paquetes Snappy. Cnanonical ha investigado durante mucho tiempo acerca de los nuevos paquetes Snappy para implementarlos en su sistema operativo de escritorio. Finalmente, los desarrolladores lo implementarán en Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, la versión de soporte extendido que sucederá a la actual versión 15 de la famosa distribución Linux. Así Ubuntu dejará de depender del sistema DEB actual.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS también vendrá con Unity 7, la nueva versión del entorno de escritorio que integrará la distribución hasta que Canonical logre disponer de una versión estable de Unity 8, el esperado escritorio que supondrá un gran salto de prestaciones y posiblemente venga con la ansiada convergencia. Esto unido a los paquetes Snappy supondrán un gran cambio como no lo ha habido en los últimos lanzamientos de la distro.

Canonical no solo quiere los paquetes Snappy para su distribución para dispositivos móviles, también los quiere en su distribución de escritorio. Esto significa un gran cambio en la gestión de paquetería tradicional, con un sistema más moderno con gran cantidad de mejoras con respecto a los DEBs, aunque necesitarán tiempo para asentarse y hacerse hueco hasta que consigan vencer a la tradición.

Will Cooke, el líder del proyecto de Ubuntu lo hizo publico durante una discusión sobre Unity 7 en una cumbre online de Ubuntu, informando de que trabajan para traer los paquetes Snappy con Unity 7. Pero Unity 8 será el escritorio que finalmente se construya entorno a este tipo de paquetes para que los use de forma predeterminada, haciendo que se puedan ejecutar apps tanto en el sistema de escritorio como en la versión de Ubuntu para dispositivos móviles, por tanto un gran paso para la convergencia.

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BlackBerry Priv to arrive on Verizon soon, carrier confirms

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BlackBerry Priv is now available for purchase in the US, although among carriers, only AT&T is currently selling it. However, for those on Verizon waiting for the handset, here is some good news: the carrier has confirmed that it will be carrying the device “soon.”

PRIV™ by BlackBerry. The first-ever BlackBerry powered by Android. Coming soon. https://t.co/xsZRn0ukN0 http://pic.twitter.com/QkZts5de11— Verizon News (@VerizonNews) November 6, 2015

The confirmation came in the form of a tweet (shown above) sent out by the company’s @VerizonNews Twitter account. Interested users can now also sign up for updates related to the Verizon variant on the carrier’s website (head to the Source link at the bottom).

This comes just a week after a BlackBerry Priv was spotted online running on Verizon’s network, although nothing could be deduced at that time as it was just a random…

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The Expresser App Is Transforming Texting, Turning Memes Into A New Breed Of Emojis

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If you’re under the age of 35, battling with an even moderate addiction to your mobile device, it’s safe to assume you’ve indulged in emoji’s. Tapping these tiny symbols empowers people to express their sincere, and sometimes layered, emotions without uttering a word or sharing any body language. Regardless of your tone, sense of humor, or typical style of texting, there’s an icon for everybody. For a text-driven generation fueled by quick and casual communication, emoji’s offer a fun alternative to small talk, or in-the-moment messages. Yet, with the rapid emergence of viral memes, as video’s like Drake’s “Hotline Bling” and “Why You Always Lying” perfectly personify, there’s space for a mobile app that merges the best of both worlds. The Expresser Keyboard App has managed to do just that.

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Ask Ethan #113: Would A Scientist Bet Their Life On A Theory?

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One of the most important things any expert hoping to communicate their passion and knowledge for their field with the rest of humanity must do is interact with a varied audience. Sometimes, that variety can cause problems for a portion of the audience themselves. As part of the questions and suggestions you can submit for our Ask Ethan series, we have this relatable inquiry from Chris Shaw, who asks:

If someone asked you and you had to answer your true feelings would you say that the universe expanding from a hot dense state is fact beyond theory? If you had to bet your life on it, what would you say?

There are a whole lot of important nuances to this issue, so let’s start with the specific one you brought up: the Big Bang.

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Google buys Fly Labs to integrate video editing tech into Google Photos

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Google has added another company to its list of acquisitions.

Fly Labs has officially been acquired by Google. The company revealed the news on its website today, saying that it’ll be joining the Google Photos team in Mountain View.

We’re excited to continue on our mission by joining Google and the Google Photos team in Mountain View, California. Google Photos is a home for your life’s memories, powered by Google’s machine learning and computer vision technology. It’s a perfect match for what we built at Fly Labs, and we’re looking forward to folding our technology into Google Photos. We’ll be pouring the same passion into Google Photos that we poured into Clips, Fly, Tempo and Crop on the Fly.

Fly Labs made four video editing apps for iOS that let you do things like edit, add transitions, speed up or slow down video, and more. Thanks to the Google acquisition, all of Fly Labs’ apps and their in-app purchases are now free, and they’ll stay that way for the next 3 months. After that time, they’ll be pulled from the App Store. Fly Labs notes that their apps won’t receive any further updates.

So yeah, it sounds like Google Photos is going to gain some sort of video editing capabilities. Exactly how Google will build Fly Labs’ tools into Google Photos remains to be seen, but it’s exciting to hear that Google is beefing up one of its best new products.

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