Being anonymous online is very difficult in the current Internet landscape that’s filled with companies and government agencies looking to either keep tabs on your Internet habits, or to monitor all your communications — but there are ways to be completely anonymous online, a new Wired report reveals.
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Instagram and other similar photo-sharing apps are great because they allow just about anyone to quickly and easily add beautiful filters to their photos that dramatically enhance their look. As sleek as all these photos now are, however, they’re starting to all look the same. As such, unique photo editors that pop up from time to time are becoming increasingly important because they provide some differentiation between your photos and the images shared by everyone else in your various timelines.
Now, one such app — TapnSlice — has been made available for free for a limited time.
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As the previous console generation stretched into its eighth year, game sales had nearly slowed to a halt. It took the release of the PS4 and Xbox One to begin the recovery process, but May 2014 represents the first period in six months that software sales haven’t seen a decline. In fact, total video game sales were up 52% from May 2013, owing to both a 95% growth in hardware sales and the release of Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8.
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Apple is expected to launch not one but two completely redesigned iPhone models in 2014. According to a number of solid reports, the first will be a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model and the second will be an even larger iPhone with a 5.5-inch display. In 2013, Apple smashed its earlier records by selling a staggering 9 million new iPhone handsets through their first weekend of availability alone. And that was with a relatively minor “S” upgrade leading the way — imagine how much damage Apple can do with two brand new iPhone models.
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The Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality plan has been controversial to say the least and now a newly unveiled piece of legislation aims to stop it dead in its tracks. Per The Washington Post, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) this week unveiled a new bill that would specifically instruct the FCC to use every power at its disposal to stop Internet service providers from setting up Internet “fast lanes” that would let them charge content providers more money for preferential treatment on their networks.
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Amazon is about to unveil its first own-brand smartphone. Perhaps you’ve read about it. Maybe you’ve even seen it. And if you’ve done either, the odds are good whatever you’ve read or seen originated right here on BGR. We have reported a number of exclusive details surrounding the first Amazon phone, and we also gave the world its first look at the device. With Amazon seemingly set to unveil the phone during a press conference on Wednesday, now is the perfect time to take a look at all of the exclusive details we have reported over the past two months.
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The iPhone 6 leak bonanza continues, as two more dummy iPhone 6 units have been photographed in the wild. Unlike previous leaks, which mostly showed the silver or gold versions of the handset, these new high-resolution images show the space gray version of the iPhone 6 next to a competing Android device and existing iPhone models.
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Tweens, teens and hip parents around the world, rejoice! Unicode, the consortium responsible for ensuring that text in software is consistent across the globe, has released a new version of its standard. Unicode 7.0 adds a total of 2,834 new characters including pictographic symbols, geometric symbols, arrows and Wingdings. Also included among them are 240 brand new emoji for your texting pleasure.
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While Google is paying only $500 million for satellite imaging company Skybox Imaging, the purchase may be a lot more valuable for Google’s future because it’ll help the Search giant gather even more data, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the publication, by 2016 Skybox will be able to take high-resolution images of the Earth two times a day, all with just six satellites. By 2018, the company’s 24 satellites will be able to capture real-time videos from space, and record images three times a day.
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After launching on iPad last year, Parallels Access is now available on iPhone and on Android smartphone and tablets, allowing users to remotely access their computers easier than ever, no matter whether they’re Macs or PCs. In addition to supporting more mobile devices, including Android-based ones, Parallels has also introduced a new Parallels Access for Business app that will allow companies “centrally assign, manage and secure remote access to their computers.”
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