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Lenovo have launched Yoga Book tablet with Android, in dark grey and gold versions.

The Lenovo Yoga Book with Android is powered by 2.4GHz quad-core Intel Atom x5-Z8550 Processor processor and comes with 4GB of RAM. The tablet has 64GB of internal storage upgradeable to 128GB with a microSD card. The tablet has a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The tablet comes with a 10.10-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1200 pixels by 1920 pixels. The tablet also features Wacom passive EMR stylus and ball point pens

The Lenovo Yoga Book Android runs Android 6.0 (Nougat update expected) and is powered by a 8500mAh non removable battery. It measures 256.00 x 170.80 x 9.60 (height x width x thickness) and weighs 690.00 grams.

The Lenovo Yoga Book Android comes in two versions one with a single SIM (GSM) tablet that accepts a Nano-SIM and for some markets a non-GSM version. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.

More info:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/lenovo-yoga-book-review

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/lenovo-yoga-book-android

Canon has launched the EOS M5 a 24MP mirrorless camera with a Dual Pixel APS-C sensor.

The EOS M5 is a DSLR-like camera with a centrally mounted electronic viewfinder and tilting rear touchscreen.

The Canon EOS M5 is on sale, with a price of £1,049 body only, or £1149 with the compact EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM zoom.
Specifications:
24MP Dual Pixel APS-C CMOS Sensor
2.36M-dot OLED electronic viewfinder
1.62M-dot tilting rear touchscreen
Digic 7 processor
Electronic video stabilization combines with in-lens IS to give 5-axis IS
7 fps continuous shooting (9 fps with focus and exposure locked)
Wi-Fi with always-connected Bluetooth

More features and review: http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/what-digital-camera/canon-eos-m5-7-things-you-need-to-know-98987

The Canon iP8750 is an A3+ (12.99 X 19.02 inch) printer with 6 single inks including a grey ink cartridge and Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud Print and Wireless PictBridge support.

The Pixma iP8750 has a higher resolution than the Pro-100, delivering photos at up to 9,600 x 2,400dpi, with a droplet size of only 1pl, compared to the Pro-100’s 3pl. The dye-based inks (C, M, Y, GY and BK) produce quality colour photos while the pigment black ink (PBK) is used to create documents with crisp, sharp text. Genuine Canon inks feature the ChromaLife100+ system, producing photo-lab quality photos that can also last a lifetime.

Printing info: http://www.printernet.co.uk/blog/how-to-print-the-best-quality-photos-on-your-inkjet-printer-437/

More info: http://www.canon.co.uk/printers/inkjet/pixma/pixma_ip8750/

Around 13,000 scans of images taken by Apollo astronauts on moon missions between 1961 and 1972 from NASA’s archives have been put online on flickr.

There are currently around 8,500 images in the gallery but Kipp Teague of Project Apollo Archive hopes to have all 13,000 shots by the end of this week.

“The Project Apollo Archive serves as an online reference source and repository of digital images pertaining to the historic manned lunar landing program. The Archive was created by Kipp Teague in February 1999 as a companion web site to his “Contact Light” personal retrospective on Project Apollo. The Archive is also companion to Eric Jones’ comprehensive Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.”

Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/page1

ZACH HONIG writing on engadget has posted a Sony Cyber-shot RX10 review.

“Aesthetically, the RX10 is similar to a digital SLR in nearly every way. There’s a pronounced grip, a top-mounted monochrome LCD, a pop-up flash, a hot shoe (in this case, Sony’s Multi Interface Shoe), dedicated mode and exposure-compensation dials, an XGA OLED viewfinder, a 3-inch 1.23M-dot LCD that tilts up 84 degrees and down 43 degrees and a relatively large SLR-like lens up front. Internally, however, the RX10 is akin to its smaller counterparts, the RX1 and RX100 Mark II. In fact, the 10 features the same 20.2-megapixel 1-inch BSI CMOS sensor as that latter model, which, while still quite large, is smaller than the APS-C and 35mm chips in conventional DSLRs. It also includes Sony’s powerful new BIONZ X processor, which can also be found in the Alpha 7 and 7R, along with Sony’s recently announced A5000.”

Read more: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/05/sony-rx10-review/

Google announced that’s it’s now possible for you to build your own Street View experiences. Using a new feature in Views community, you can easily connect your photo spheres to create 360º virtual tours of the places you love, then share them with the world on Google Maps.

To get started, just create photo spheres using your Android phone or a DSLR and then share them on Views. Next, select the photo spheres from your profile and use our new tool to connect them together (as seen in the example above). Once your photo spheres are connected and published, people can navigate between them on Google Maps, just like they can in Street View. Please visit help center to learn more about connecting photo spheres.

And, just like with Street View, you can embed our interactive viewer on your own website or build applications with it using the Google Maps API.

The BBC today announced it will launch five new subscription-free HD channels on Tuesday 10 December.

The new channels: BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Viewers will also be able to catch-up on HD programmes from these channels on BBC iPlayer.

The channels will be launching in time for Christmas, so viewers will be able to access more of their favourite festive treats in the highest quality from the comfort of their sofas or on-the-go via BBC iPlayer. So whether it’s Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education on BBC Three HD, the New Year’s Day concert from Vienna on BBC Four HD, breaking news and a chance to look back at 2013 on BBC News HD, A Christmas Carol on CBeebies HD or a Dumping Ground Special on CBBC HD, all the family can enjoy more of the BBC programmes they love in HD.

More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/new-hd-channels.html

You can now download your Gmail and Calendar data in the MBOX format for backing up or moving to another service.

You can choose to download your entire inbox or narrow it down to particular labels — the same goes for calendars; pick which ones you’d like or select them all. And if you want a thorough documentation of your history across Google products, you can also download an archive file that includes your data across Calendar, Drive, Gmail, Google+ and YouTube.

The ability to download your Gmail messages will be rolled out over the next month while Calendar data is available to download for everyone today.

More info: http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/download-copy-of-your-gmail-and-google.html

Google has announced an updated look for Docs, Sheets & Slides.

Each editor’s product icon displayed in the header, which doubles as a quick link back to all your files in Drive. Next, you’ll see that the header is more streamlined and compact, helping you to focus on what matters most—your content.

More info: http://googledrive.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/content-color-updated-look-for-docs.html

All the screenshots you take can automatically be saved straight to your Dropbox. And on top of that, Dropbox will also create a link to your screenshot and copy it to your clipboard — so your picture’s instantly good to share. Whether you’re capturing screenshots of websites, favorite dog videos, or video calls with your buddy in São Paulo, now Dropbox can help keep your computer a little more organized.

Foe Apple Mac users, today’s update also includes an importer that copies your photos from iPhoto directly to your Dropbox.

Merging the creative power of a premium compact camera with the convenience and connectivity of today’s smartphones, Sony today introduced two “lens-style” QX series cameras that bring new levels of fun and creativity to the mobile photography experience.

The innovative Cyber-shot® DSC-QX100 and DSC-QX10 models utilize Wi-Fi® connectivity to instantly transform a connected smartphone into a versatile, powerful photographic tool, allowing it to shoot high-quality images and HD videos to rival a premium compact camera. It’s an entirely new and different way for consumers to capture and share memories with friends and family.

With a distinct lens-style shape, the new cameras utilize the latest version of Sony’s PlayMemories Mobile™ application (available for iOS™ and Android™ devices, version 3.1 or higher required) to connect wirelessly to a smartphone, converting the bright, large LCD screen of the phone into a real-time viewfinder with the ability to release the shutter, start/stop movie recordings, and adjust common photographic settings like shooting mode, zoom, Auto Focus area and more. For added convenience, the app can be activated using NFC one-touch with compatible devices. Once pictures are taken, they are saved directly on both the phone and the camera*, and can be shared instantly via social media or other common mobile applications.

“With the new QX series cameras, we are making it easier for the ever-growing population of ‘mobile photographers’ to capture far superior, higher-quality content without sacrificing the convenience and accessibility of their existing mobile network or the familiar ‘phone-style’ shooting experience that they’ve grown accustomed to,” said Patrick Huang, director of the Cyber-shot business at Sony. “We feel that these new products represent not only an evolution for the digital camera business, but a revolution in terms of redefining how cameras and smartphones can cooperatively flourish in today’s market.”

The new compact, ultra-portable cameras can be attached to a connected phone with a supplied mechanically adjustable adapter, or can be held separately in hand or even mounted to a tripod while still maintaining all functionality and connectivity with the smartphone. They can also be operated as completely independent cameras if desired, as both the DSCQX100 and DSC-QX10 cameras have a shutter release, memory card slot and come with a rechargeable battery.

Premium, Large-Sensor QX100 Camera

The Cyber-shot DSC-QX100 camera features a premium, high-quality 1.0 inch, 20.2 MP Exmor® RCMOS sensor. Identical to the sensor found in the acclaimed Cyber-shot RX100 II camera, it allows for exceptionally detailed, ultra-low noise images in all types of lighting conditions, including dimly lit indoor and night scenes.

The sensor is paired with a fast, wide-aperture Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar T* lens with 3.6x optical zoom and a powerful BIONZ® image processor, ensuring beautifully natural, detail-packed still images and HD videos. As an extra refinement, the DSC-QX100 sports a dedicated control ring for camera-like adjustment of manual focus and zoom. Several different shooting modes can be selected while using the camera including Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto, which automatically recognizes 33 different shooting conditions and adjusts camera settings to suit.

High-Zoom Cyber-shot QX10 model

Boasting a powerful 18.2 effective megapixel Exmor RCMOS sensor and versatile 10x optical zoom Sony G Lens, the Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 camera allows mobile photographers to bring distant subjects closer without sacrificing image quality or resolution, a common problem in smartphones. It’s also extremely portable and lightweight – weighing less than 4 oz and measuring about 2.5″X2.5″x1.3″, it’s a great tool for travel photography. Additionally, the camera has built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization to combat camera shake, keeping handheld pictures and videos steady and blur-free. It has Program Auto, Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto modes to choose from, and will be available in two different colors – black and white.

Pricing and Availability

The new Cyber-shot DSC-QX100 and DSC-QX10 lens-style cameras will available later this month for about $500 and $250, respectively. The cameras and a range of compatible accessories including a soft carry case and dedicated camera case attachment for Sony Mobile phones like the Xperia™ Z can be purchased at Sony retail stores (www.store.sony.com) and other authorized dealers nationwide.

Please visit www.blog.sony.com for a full video preview of the new Sony Cyber-shot QX Series cameras and follow #SonyCamera on Twitter for the latest camera news.

Review: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/18/sony-qx10-review/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi