The excellent wildlife photographer, Paul Nicklens, normally posts incredibly scenes and tales from around the world. His latest posts have generally featured whales, penguins, and polar bears. (more…)
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RIP Yongning Wu. China daredevil dies in his last attempt
Yongning Wu, the famous rooftopping daredevil from China who attracted 50,000 followers on Weibo has fallen to his death during his last stunt. (more…)
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Vernee is lying about the camera in Vernee Mix 2
As of now, it looks like Vernee has blatantly lied about the camera in Vernee Mix 2. According to their marketing, the sensor is IMX258, but according to apps which detect camera driver and according to data pulled through root, the camera sensor is not IMX258, (more…)
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Oukitel Mix 2 is the new bezel-less in the game
Oukitel is now joining the bezelless crowd with the Oukitel Mix 2. This area is getting crowded rather quickly and now includes the likes of Doogee Mix, Doogee Mix 2, Bluboo S1, Elephone S8, Vernee Mix 2, Xiaomi Mi Mix, and Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. (more…)
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Google Camera HDR+ coming to all 3rd party camera apps
HDR+ magic will now be made available to all 3rd-party developers who use Google’s Camera2 API. That means any app, from 360 Camera for example, to Chinese stock camera apps. (more…)
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MediaTek stepping back from the flagship market
MediaTek has made incredible strides, coming up from being not known at all and only used in the cheapest of Chinese brand phones to being used in name brand mobiles from Lenovo to Samsung to Sony. (more…)
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Ultimate newbie root Vernee Mix 2 TWRP
Root TWRP Helio P25 MTK6797CD and Helio P20 MTK6797CH Vernee Mix 2 TWRP download and Vernee Mix 2 root
This guide will help you install TWRP and root MT6757 and MT6797CH / MT6757CD Vernee Mix 2, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the MTK6757 Helio P25 Vernee Mix 2. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds.
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Android wins 3rd out of 5700 in portrait photo contest
In a contest of over 5,700 pictures from 2,423 photographers worldwide, a portrait of the android Erica has won third place.
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Xiaomi to stop updates for 6 legacy models
Xiaomi has long provided excellent software update support for their phones, putting even some of the big brands to shame. (more…)
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Google Pixel 2 combines EIS OIS and machine learning to produce incredible video stabilization
The majority of phones out there use electronic image stabilization (EIS) for video. This includes cameras which have hardware optical image stabilization (OIS). Google’s Pixel 2 takes things to a new level by combining EIS with OIS to produce incredible handheld stabilized video. (more…)
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Amazon to produce Lord of the Rings TV series, following in Netflix Marvel footsteps
Amazon.com Inc has purchased the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings. This may be Amazon’s most expensive move in history and is being made to entice viewers to Amazon’s Prime streaming and shopping service. Beyond the massive expenditure required to purchase the rights, the cost to produce the series is expected to be hugely expensive.
