5 apps for exploring a new city like a local

There are some things everybody knows about New Yorkers. They pay exorbitant rents, they worship pizza and they never hang out in Times Square.

But venturing beyond Times Square can be intimidating for weary travelers with limited time and a lot of curiosity.

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For those looking to dive into the local scene, we test drove recommendation apps to see just how good the locals’ picks were. Here are five apps that offer a well-curated look at the restaurants, activities and bars that tourists may not have heard …

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5 apps for exploring a new city like a local

Tech Tip: Moving Music Between iPads

There are several ways to transfer your old tablet’s music files to a new model.

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Tech Tip: Moving Music Between iPads

Marshmallow update will reach some Sony Xperia Z3, Z4 Tablet and Z5 owners from March 7

Waiting for an Android software update, it’s fair to say, is not the most enjoyable of pastimes. The last we heard, scarcely one percent of the total Android-using populous had been furnished with the latest Marshmallow update. Sony Xperia handset owners have been waiting patiently for some news, and Sony’s British arm has mustered some promising info via social media. Of course, Twitter-based updates from company reps can be — and often are — very much off the mark. But if recent utterances from Sony Mobile GB’s Twitter feed are to be heeded, the Xperia Z5, Z4 Tablet and Z3+ look set … – Source

Marshmallow update will reach some Sony Xperia Z3, Z4 Tablet and Z5 owners from March 7

Sony unveils new IMX318 22.5MP sensor: could this be the camera for the Xperia Z6?

Sony has just taken the wraps off its brand new camera sensor for smartphones – the Sony IMX318 – and it comes with two hugely impressive new features: lightning fast auto-focus and 3-axis video stabilization, a first, according to Sony.
Sony says the new sensor takes just 0.03 seconds to auto-focus and its stabilization is unmatched, but to fully comprehend the meaning behind these two numbers, you should simply watch these two short illustration videos.
Hybrid auto-focus

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Sony unveils new IMX318 22.5MP sensor: could this be the camera for the Xperia Z6?

Sing karaoke on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for Mardi Gras

Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia is a fabulous thing in itself, but here’s a way to add just that little more glitter.

It’s called the Mardi Gras Climb, run by BridgeClimb from Feb. 25 to Mar. 9 to help celebrate Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the city’s biggest LGBTQI event.

See also: Facebook’s LGBT Mardi Gras float revealed in first photographs

On the way to the top, you’ll get the usual commentary from your tour leader that details the history of the bridge, which for the first time is set to retro tunes. Yep, you can ascend to vertigo-inducing heights while singing the chorus of Europe’s “The Final Countdown.” …

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Sing karaoke on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for Mardi Gras

Chat App Company Tango, Valued At Over $1 Billion, Makes More Layoffs

Messaging app Tango has made further layoffs as new CEO Eric Setton continues to orchestrate changes in a bid to transform the struggling company’s fortunes. Read More

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Chat App Company Tango, Valued At Over $1 Billion, Makes More Layoffs

iPhone 7 concept renders show what it might look like without a headphone jack

As we know by now, the Apple iPhone 7 will almost certainly be ditching the industry standard 3.5 mm headphone jack in favor or Lightning connected headphones and wireless headphones (not to mention adapters that you’ll have to pay for.) Now, we can get a better idea of what that might look like with a new concept render of the iPhone 7.
Now, obviously there’s no reason to believe that the rest of the concept render will look anything like the real iPhone 7, but it is very interesting to see a device with no headphone jack. The concept is by Arthur Reis, and there is a video … – Source

iPhone 7 concept renders show what it might look like without a headphone jack

New Humble Mobile Bundle Offers All The Kemco JRPG Action You Can Handle

Humble Bundle stopped doing its bi-weekly mobile bundle a while back and moved to a more sporadic “whenever we feel like it” schedule. Well, they apparently feel like it today. There’s a bundle of six Kemco JRPGs on sale right now, with more on the way.

This works the same as some of the past bundles, but different from the standard rules. You can pay $1 or more and get access to the basic tier of three games—Alphadia, Journey to Kreisia, and Revenant Saga.

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New Humble Mobile Bundle Offers All The Kemco JRPG Action You Can Handle

Multicast, Big Phones And The Appification Of The Web And TV

Last year was another groundbreaking period of the mobile revolution. Overall app usage grew by 58 percent, driven largely by personalization, media and productivity apps. What’s interesting is the majority of this growth came from existing users, providing that mobile addicts –users that launch apps more than 60 times a day– are here to stay. Read More

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Multicast, Big Phones And The Appification Of The Web And TV

Arielle Zuckerberg On Her First Six Months In VC At KPCB

Following TC’s article last November reporting on Arielle Zuckerberg’s entrance into the world of venture with Kleiner Perkins, we thought it would be fascinating to check in with her to see how her first 6 months in venture has been. Read More

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Arielle Zuckerberg On Her First Six Months In VC At KPCB

Play along on music's biggest night with our 2016 Grammys Bingo cards

It’s finally Grammy day, when singers take home armloads of Golden gramophones (especially if their names are Taylor Swift or Kendrick Lamar). And you at home? Well, you usually don’t win anything.

That’s why we’ve created Grammy Bingo.

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You know the rules: The first person to get five in a row, horizontal, vertical or diagonal, wins. The free space is Beyoncé, because without her, we all lose.

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Play along on music's biggest night with our 2016 Grammys Bingo cards