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This is really quite unbelievable, and in fact I was trying to disprove it on snopes.com. Cult of Mac has published an article of iPad artist Kyle Lambert who fingerpainted using his iPad and has created art of Morgan Freeman that is so realistic it looks like a photograph. Using handwriting apps to take notes and not having the writing look very good, I have no idea how this artist has done this with his iPad. Even as I watched the video below, watching him lay it out step by step, I still have no idea how he did this. It appeared he was using very broad strokes, at least in the beginning. It resembled a fingerpainting then. But by the time it finishes, it looks so much like a…

Holiday gift-giving is certainly a lot different than it used to be. There are no more board games, dolls, and trucks on kids' holiday wish lists. What's being asked for is electronics. But are parents giving in to the youngsters' demands? The answer is yes. More than half of the parents hitting the stores are answering their kids' pleas, stocking their shopping carts with technology gifts. However, they aren’t totally giving in. They are still trying to exert some type of control, worried about the content in the apps their kids are using and wanting them to be guided towards education at least in some manner. PBS KIDS released the answers to a survey covering technology gifts for children. Fiftyfour percent, more than half, of all parents are planning on…

Getaway Time is running out for a former race car driver’s wife. To save her, he is ordered by the kidnapper to steal a custom Ford Shelby Mustang Super Snake. If he doesn’t follow the directions precisely, he is told his wife will die. An unwitting young woman tries to steal the car from him at gunpoint, then gets taken along for the ride at the kidnapper’s insistence. Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, and Rebecca Budig costar. FIVE FACTS: 1. Filmmaker Courtney Solomon explains that the film is not a remake of the Steve McQueen classic The Getaway, but it and Bullitt were definitely used as inspirations for the film. 2.130 cars were destroyed in the making of the film, and CG was not used at all as far…

For many yearsp you didn’t even need to look at the latest statistics concerning the amount of revenue generated by developers of apps for the iOS platform compared to their counterparts working on Android apps. The money made by those working on apps for the Cupertino firm's platform just so drastically outstripped anything that one could hope for as an Android developer. Why? Well, iOS was so much more established and powered the most gamechanging devices. Plus, Apple has always seemed to have a better model for gleaning profits from apps — for both themselves and the app developers. As with the actual iDevices, people have long been used to shelling out cold, hard cash for iOS apps because they know that they're getting premium quality for their premium cash.…

The streaming music service Rdio has tapped Anthony Bay - a former digital media executive at Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. - as its new chief executive. This ends a search that began in June when the company's former CEO, Drew Larner, said he would step down after a replacement was found. Larner will become vice chairman and strategic advisor to Rdio’s board of directors. Rdio, the San Francisco company founded by Skype co-creator Janus Friis and launched in 2010, has been trying to compete in a crowded industry that includes larger competitors such as Spotifyand Pandora. To do so, Rdio, which charges a subscription for its on-demand service, has introduced new offerings, including free mobile access to its revamped music stations. Terrestrial radio giant Cumulus Media Inc.…

As any card-carrying Apple devotee knows, advertising wars are not limited to back biting politicians, eager to tear down opponents no matter what the massive cost. Indeed, the tech world takes part in these creative confrontations that appear on the small screen for all to be swayed, some done in a subliminal way and some completely blatant. Remember the Apple versus PC series seen on the tube starting in 2006? You know, the ads in which hipster Justin Long played a bright and shiny Mac, typically opposite John Hodgeman, an older man who played the stodgy PC? The perfect stand-ins to represent each man's individual product, these two took center stage in the “Get a Mac” series that typically relied very little on production value. In fact, just about all…

iOS #01 - Clumsy Ninja By NaturalMotion Category: Games Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - Skee Ball Arcade By Scopely - Top Free Apps and Games LLC Category: Games Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Quizllp: The biggest trivia game in the world! By Plain Vanilla Corp Category: Games Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04 - Snapchat BySnapchat, Inc. Category: Photo & Video Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad 2, iPad (3rd gen), iPad (4th gen), iPad mini, iPod touch (4th gen), and…

Britney Jean Britney Spears For her first studio album away from Jive Records, Britney Spears has been working hard and refers to her efforts as “the most personal record”from her catalog. She cowrote every track, seemingly taking control of her career that once seemed to be in everyone’s control but hers. Her sister Jamie Lynn, as well as T.I. and will.i.am are guest vocalists on the album. Britney Jean includes the singles “Work Bitch” and “Perfume.” FIVE FACTS: 11. Executive producer will.i.am described working with Spears as being different, saying they “had these juicy sessions where [they had] been bonding, building the trust and comfort.” 2. Spears’favorite track on Britney Jean is the ballad “Perfume.” 3. Much of what Spears wrote about on the album involved her breakup with fiance…

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In the future, Apple devices may be able to detect and recognize users' faces, letting them unlock and even control some features on their gadgets with just their mug. The Cupertino tech company was granted a patent Tuesday for "personal computing device control using face detection and recognition" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent details a system and method that would allow Apple devices to detect users’ faces. The patent says Apple devices would be able to recognize if the users standing in front of the gadgets are “authorized.” If they are, users could then control some aspects of their gadgets with just their faces. The recognition technology could be used to allow users to unlock their gadgets. If the gadget recognizes an authorized user, it could…

iOS #01-Heads Up! By Warner Bros. Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - Hatch By Impending Category: Games/ Price: $1.99 Requires iOS 6.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Minecraft - Pocket Edition ByMojang Category: Games / Price: $6.99 Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04 - Backflip Madness By Gamesoul Studio Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Requires iOS 5.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #05 - Duck Dynasty®: Battle of the Beards By A&E…

An increasing number of professionals on the go rely on their mobile devices, tablets and smartphones as necessary and vital tools to conduct business. Recognizing this trend, renowned air charter industry innovator Paramount Business Jets revised its website last year to better accommodate use on these devices - and, in the time since, the company has noticed some interesting developments. “We’ve seen a steady increase in the number of people accessing www.paramountbusinessjets.com from mobile devices," said PBJ Technology Advisor Neeraj Kamdar. "Today, mobile devices consistently generate between 30 and 35 percent of our total page hits for a given week." Another fascinating aspect involves the types of mobile devices used by customers. Internal analytics show that, of all mobile devices accessing www.paramountbusinessjets.com, 76% are running Apple's operating system, with a…

Apple has bought Topsy Labs in a deal that will provide the iPhone maker with more insights about the chatter on Twitter. Topsy pores through the stream of conversations occurring on Twitter to identify trends and people influencing public opinion. The San Francisco startup also runs a free search engine that boasts an index of every tweet posted since 2006, a resource that's not publicly available on Twitter's own online messaging service. Apple Inc. spokeswoman Kristin Huguet confirmed the Topsy acquisition Monday without elaborating on the Cupertino, California, company's plans for the Twitter analytic tools. The acquisition price wasn't disclosed. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," Huguet said. Getting a better grasp on the hottest topics on…