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Artisto for Android, iOS Offers Artistic Video Filters; Beats Prisma to the Punch

Photo-filter app Prisma made its presence felt round the world last month and has given way to a host of other filter apps that are aiming to mimic the app’s success. Prisma also announced last month that it was working on a video-filter feature. However, there is

Taylor Swift ends social media silence by posting a video of her cat, of course

Just two weeks ago, Taylor Swift was under fire on social media. The events between Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Swift unfolded quickly as Kim shared the conversation between Kanye and Taylor over the song “Famous.” If you’ll remember, in that song Kanye claimed to have made

Huawei’s Honor Note 8 packs a huge 6.6-inch screen

Honor might be a Huawei sub-brand, but it’s definitely taking the spotlight today. It’s introducing the Honor Note 8, an upper-mid-range behemoth meant to take on the likes of Xiaomi’s Mi Max. Its focal point is undoubtedly its 6.6-inch, 2,560 x 1,440 screen — it’s both larger

You can cut this display with scissors

Want a display that can take any shape? You might not need a factory to cut it for you in the future — you may only need a pair of scissors and a steady hand. Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science has developed a flexible, organic/metal hybrid

Pokemon Go players risk all for their monsters

Walk into a minefield, enter a military base or simply cross the road without looking: fans of Pokemon Go are prepared to do whatever it takes to capture the likes of Pikachu and its friends. A virtual hunt that has taken players worldwide by storm, the game

How to Turn Your Employees into Brand Advocates

On an average, the employees of any company have 10x the connections of the brand’s official social channels. If companies are able to generate a certain amount of visibility through the social channels they own, it’s safe to say that that visibility could be exponentially increased through the addition of their employees’

6 Simple Tools to Create Images for Social Media

We all love visual content. Without it, we wouldn’t have platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat, which encourage users to share images and short, informative videos. For marketers, regardless of which social media platforms your business is present on, it’s important to be aware of this trend

Review: The best new features coming from Apple, Google

New features promised for smartphones, tablets and watches could improve how we interact with technology. Although it’s too soon to tell how well these will work in practice, here’s a look at what I’m looking forward to most this fall. ___ MULTITASKING ON IPADS I like to

Twitter will livestream the ‘Suicide Squad’ NYC premiere

After livestreaming the Democratic National Convention, Wimbledon andMLB and NHL games, Twitter is diving into the entertainment space with a stream of the Suicide Squad red carpet premiere in NYC. It’ll kick off at 6 PM tonight from the Beacon Theater, Variety reports,and the stream itself will

Facebook and Twitter try to attract YouTube stars with ad money

Ask a YouTube star why they don’t share videos directly to Facebook or Twitter and they’ll probably tell you that there’s no money in it — they make far more from YouTube ads and sponsored clips. The social networks are doing something about that, though. Bloomberg understands