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Hear any muted TV with Tunity. #Apps #TV #Tunity

Something that has happened to almost all of us at least once, has been sitting in the airport, bus terminal, bar or even at the gym doing nothing when something on the TV caught our attention.

There’s just one tiny little problem, most of TV’s are muted or with a really low volume, what makes impossible for us to hear… Until today!

Lets welcome Tunity

This app does something so simple but yet so useful that is incredible no one has done it before.

Following a similar path as Shazam, the app with give you the info you need about something in TV.

All you need to do is “scan” the program you want the audio from with your camera and the sound will be sent to your phone’s headphones for your hearing pleasure.

The only catch in here is the fact that only works with live broadcasting (like an urgent news, the Oscars or a live football match) and you need to use GPS to know where you are in order to give you the correct audio stream.

This means, the app will not work on every single channel, but at least that random but “important” things we wanted to listen for a moment will be available for us.

 

 

 

 

As of today, Tunity works with approx. 100 channels including ESPN, TBS and even TNT (so Oscars are an option) among others.

Right now the app is available on Android and iOS and only in the US but is aimed to reach other countries soon.

What do you think of this? Do you see yourself using this app at some point? Let us know in the comment section below or joint the twitter conversation.

 

Make awesome multi-angle videos with GroupClip. #iOS #iPhone #App

If you’re one of those who love to record your extreme tricks while doing sports or something similar, then you’ll love this app.

GroupClip is an iOS app the lets you add multiple angles to your videos, using nothing but your smartphone.

Having multiples shot during recording is usually result of a hard and exhausting work on various programs to make it work.

Things are different this time around with this curious innovation, all you need is your iPhone, the app, a Facebook account and another four (4) friends with their respective iPhones.

When you initialize the app it will ask you to log with a FB account, once that’s done you can invite the rest of the team to the same session to star recording at the same time.

The footage gets synchronized automatically on the cloud, from there, you can use the main user phone to start editing.

Also, the rest of the team can access and edit their own footage, so it’ll have a different perspective in every clip.

There are a bunch of templates to use in order to finish the editing part,  so as soon as you finish you can share you creation on Social Media with ease.

Just a quick drag and drop and you’re ready to go. No tons of programs, no uncountable hours to processes.

The app is currently only available on iOS with an Android version soon to come.

Would you give it a shot? What are you thoughts on this kind of apps? Let us know what you think in the comments below

 

 

Erase useless #WhatsApp #memes with Magic Cleaner By @VicenteA_George #Android

If you’re in college or school, or even at work you probably are in at least one Whatsapp group, that’s a good thing, as you can keep contact with classmate or colleagues.

That bad thing though is that in most cases those groups filled with junk images you precious storage, but now there’s a solution for that! Discover Magic Cleaner

 

Memes and funny pictures are really common in those groups, the problem is that even when WhatsApp has a separate system folder all those files end up in your photos library and what’s worse. Eating up your memory.

App’s own investigator, Professor Kleen, will take care of that for you.

How? Once you open the app, all you need to do is upload your photos to the server for a few seconds and there, using “deep learning” it will identify those junk files and delete them.

Once the analysis is done, you can check the files just in case there’s something selected that you want to keep.

Being somehow recent, the app can misinterpret some photos, but the more you use it, the better it gets.

Totally free in the app store all you need to do is give it a try, and you can do that HERE

But let us know! Do you suffer from infinite memes due to WhatsApp groups? What do you think of the app? Let us know in the comment section below.

#Youtube adds Spatial Audio on-demand to their 360° videos By @VicenteA_George #spatialaudio #Google

 

360° videos where added to YouTube last year as impulse for VR technology, with their very own Spotlight Stories and some other extras, the 360-degree live streaming will now be way more immersive thanks to the addition of Spatial Audio.

With Spatial audio build in, the streaming transform into an almost “live experience.

From the announcement we know that some of the artists performing this weekend at Coachella are going to have this almost “7.1 audio” capability.

But for your own enjoyment here’s a sample of what would it sound like:

YouTube has been working with companies like VideoStitch, Two Big Ears, ALLie, Vahana VR and Orah 4i to assure their software if totally compatible with the platform.

So, it will be available on more videos and locations to allow people from all around the globe to enjoy this.

The goal is no just entertainment, as the company also aims to make tours and travel-like experiences available, students can have a tour around the pyramids without leaving the classroom.

We’ve been having 360° videos for long, but now those videos are going to be way more useful for other things besides entertainment.

Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer of YouTube says:

What excites me most about 360-degree storytelling is that it lets us open up the world’s experiences to everyone. Students can now experience news events in the classroom as they unfold. Travelers can experience faraway sites and explorers can deep-sea dive, all without the physical constraints of the real world. And today’s kids dreaming of going to a basketball game or a concert can access those experiences firsthand, even if they’re far away from the court. What were once limited experiences are now available to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

In addition to this incredible feature, the usual live streaming video can now be made in 360 degrees.

Now user will be allowed to stream in high quality thanks to the new support fpr 1440p at 60fps resolution, leaving no room to complain about it.

User just need to have a compatible hardware and they are ready to roll.

What are your thoughts on VR? Do you think we are there yet? Which video you would to experience on 360° spatial audio form? Let us know in the comment section below

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Samsung to offer a Game Pack for #GalaxyS7 and #S7EDGE owners By @VicenteA_George #Samsung #Android

Not so long ago we brought to you our unboxing and impressions on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 EDGE

But if there’s something we have to accredit Samsung for is all the offers to giveaway when a new device launches, this time around things were a little different, as aside from internals and beautiful screens, Samsung decided to make an emphasis on their new Game Launcher by offering a bunch of “freemium” games to enjoy.

The Game Launcher is a neat feature that pretty much everyone is going to enjoy, no matter if you spend tons of hours playing or just a couple of minutes. For disabling notifications to record yourself while playing for YouTube, is a “must have” for sure.

This Game Pack Samsung is giving away with the new Galaxy range really is a sweet deal, even better they are easy to find.

You’ll need to check the Galaxy App Store and that’s all!

In there you’ll find the whole list of titles available with bonuses to download to your new flagship.

They extras you’ll get may vary from one app to another, example :

Badland (a personal recommendation as the game is beautiful and challenging) will just save you the multi-player mode, usually you need to pay or play lots of hours to have it, but in Gods of Rome the only thing you’ll get is a bag of gems to invest on what you think is best.

The pack contains 16 titles to choose from, all of each with their own extras.

But fear not! You won’t need to install each app or go through the whole app store finding them and reading why they offer.

If you want to have the entire list just go HERE

Have you had the chance to try the game launcher? Will you be getting one of these games?

Let us know in the comment section below, stay tuned

@vodafone_es announces #4GFI project for MWC16 By @VicenteA_George #4GFI #LTE #MWC16

It looks like yesterday when we were covering  CES2016 and then MCW2016 is just around the corner,

We are expecting to see a lot of things there, but if you thought OEMs were the only ones making announcements you were wrong, as Vodafone has just give us a glimpse on what’s to come with they new tech called 4GFI

Is a really normal thing to suffer connection loss when covering or attending these kind of events (Which is really funny if you ask me)

Thinking about it Vodafone has release today during a press conference their new project called 4GFI which will improve the connection on 2G and 3G phones using an updated 4G hotspot from your phone your house and even your car.

The 4GFI is an autonomous app the will be automatically turn on if just in optimal conditions, without the need of the user intervention or any kind of passwords, using Vodafone networks, so even if you use your phone as hotspot for your other devices or friends your date is going to be safe.

Image courtesy of ADSLZone

 

This will enhance other connection services, so this will be really useful if you or your friends have a 2G or 3G phone, the one with a 4G capable device will provide faster data transfer in 15x on 3G devices and 3000x on 2G ones.

Right here you can see an example on how it would work thanks to our friends at ADSLZone

All this advances and more will be showcase at MWC2016 next week, where we-ll see also Vodafone 5G project aiming to a 1Gbps.

Are you ready for all the incoming tech? What do you think about this 4GFI? Find it useful? Let us know in the comment section below

Source: ADSLZone (Spanish)

Chrooma Keyboard, an interactive and unique experience while typing By @VicenteA_George #Android #Keyboard

The Keyboard, one of the most used features of our devices and one of the most discussed topics between mid and high end user on the Android ecosystem.

One of the simplest but useful app in this segment is Chrooma

Chrooma is really simply and is almost like the stock Google Keyboard with some but great adds on.

With this app you’ll be able to customize lots of features on it, like color or even size (this one comes really handy for those with larger phones but no so large hands) and the best part is that packs the Swipe gesture feature that most of us love.

But where Chrooma stands out is the ability to have different colors depending on the app you are using with Palette Mode.

Is like having a virtual Razer keyboard, this one will change the color to match the app, like in the image above, so if your using FB Messenger it will turn blue.

Another cool feature is Night Mode, which will dim the colors as soon as it detects a light change.

So if you one os those people that love changing everything on your phone or want a theme to match  perfectly this is the app you’ve been looking for.

Is not free, but the price would not break your pocket so if you want to try it out go and get it here:

Chrooma Keyboard

If you do or you know it already, let us know what you think in the comment section below.

 

 

 

Apple has its own #VR headset now on the App Store By @VicenteA_George #iPhone #Apple

Every day more and more companies are joining the VR wagon, but some of the most promising ones like Oculus are too expensive, some others just go an choose the Google cardboard which is way cheaper.

But today we have just discovered that now Apple has its own VR headset, the View-Master Virtual Reality Starter pack (hope the name changes )

Putting the name aside, this is and actual step into the right direction from the fruit company.

This headset was created following the same principles as he Google cardboard, using your iPhone’s screen, you’ll get two split images that when seen through the cristal on the device will simulated the 3D impression on your brain.

Unlike the former, this model is made of plastic, but with a strong resembles of those little toys we use to have when kids, the ones that came with a reel of different images. It even comes with a lever to control your phone.

Well, actually is practically the same as this device works with the same kind of mechanism, the app to control everything on your phone is totally free on the store, but its just a sneak peak of the entire content, such as Space and NATGEO wildlife and destinations.

Something that we did see coming, was a way to charge more for something that should have come ready, in order to unlock the full VR experience, customers will have to buy a separate reel that will free the true power of the app.

And although the device is compatible with iPhone 5 and up running iOS 8.1 or later, there’s a warning saying iPhones 5 and 5c may have issues as the app is not totally optimized.

The View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack it in pre-order stage at $29.95

And you can have yours HERE

Stay tuned for more info

 

 

Word Flow keyboard is coming to iPhone By @VicenteA_George #Windows #iPhone #Keyboard

Windows fans all over the world has always been proud of the built-in keyboard of W8 and W8.1 as it broke a Guinness World Record for the fastest typing when it was launched.

But ever since Microsoft took over the Nokia Cell phone Division some of those key features of WP are starting to be ported to other platforms, one of the “most infamous moves” was when Cortana became available in other platforms even before being completely available on the WP ecosystem.

Well, this time is the same famous keyboard the one being ported, as accordingly to an e-mail sent to some Windows insiders, they want to have the app available on iOS and possibly on Android.

What does this mean to the WP ecosystem?

Well, it depends on you and if you see the glass half full or half empty.

The Word Flow keyboard resembles what third party apps like Swipe or SwiftKey can do on both operative systems, which is not a warm welcome.

The app is apparently being developed for iPhone 5s and above, although the real question is:

Would you use the WP Keyboard on your device if you already have some of the aforementioned apps?

What’s you opinion on Microsoft and multiple apps going outside of their “home”? Let us know in the comment section or tweet us using #techbuzzireland

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