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Panasonic HC-WX970 , HC-VX870 4K UHD Camcorders Launched in India This year, manufacturers seem to be scramming to add 4K video recording capabilities to their new camcorders. Announced at CES in January for the first time, Panasonic India on Tuesday launched two camcorders with 4K Ultra HD video recording capability - HC-WX970 and HC-VX870. The cameras are available at Rs. 84,990 and Rs. 74,990 respectively. The HC-WX970 and the HC-VX870 are carbon copies of each other except for one hardware addition on the flagship HC-WX970 variant; it has an integrated camera attached to the flip screen which can be used to capture picture-in-picture videos/images using Twin Camera modes. That said, the feature is also available on the HC-VX870 using a smartphone that can be connected using the built-in Wi-Fi. Other video recording modes includes slow motion 1080p video capture at 120fps and 240fps (interpolated). Both the cameras use a 1/2.3-inch back-illuminated (BSI)...

The Company Behind RealPlayer Wants to Turn Your Photos Into Home Movies Whether you’re old enough to remember Super 8 movies or you obsessively record your life 24/7 with an iPhone 6 , you know that taking the pictures is the easy part. The hard part is getting them into a format where they’re easy to share. Most of the time, they never leave the device you used to capture them.  RealNetworks — yes, the guys behind the Rhapsody music service and RealPlayer video software — have a quick-and-easy solution for this conundrum: the RealTimes app, which is available in free and paid versions. Every picture tells a story RealTimes can take the photos and videos stored on your iPhone , Android handset, or Windows PC and instantly create montages on the fly, complete with Instagram-like filters, transition effects, and music. (The Mac OS X version was still in beta at publication time.) RealTimes automatically ignores duplicate or blurry photos and zero...

Apple Outs 15-inch MacBook Pro With Force Touch, $1,999 iMac With Retina 5K The 2014 15-inch MacBook Pro is getting component upgrades. (Sarah Tew/CNET) Apple has quietly refreshed its Mac lineup with a new 15-inch MacBook Pro and a cheaper version of its high-end iMac with Retina 5K display. The company on Tuesday released a revamped version of its 15-inch MacBook Pro that features the new Force Touch trackpad, replacing the traditional clickable trackpad with a static one that uses haptic feedback to simulate a click. In addition, it unveiled a $1,999 version of its iMac with Retina 5K display and lowered the price of its current model by $200 to $2,299. All the new models are available on Apple’s website. Last year’s iMac with Retina 5K display. CNET) The Force Touch trackpad is the latest feature making its way through Apple’s MacBook line, which started with the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the new, svelte MacBook. With the 15-inch MacBook Pro getting the usu...

Apple Maps is finally getting public transportation directions (Flickr / Michael Trapp)  Apple will update its Maps app in iOS 9 to feature public transit directions. Apple is set to update its Maps app with public transit directions in the new version of iOS 9, which is expected to be announced at its WWDC event in early June.  Apple Maps had a rocky start when it completely replaced Google Maps in iOS 6 back in 2012. It was so bad that Tim Cook  posted an apology  on the Apple website because it was giving people the wrong directions, which sometimes ended in dangerous situations.  Since then, Apple Maps has improved to be as trustworthy as Google Maps, but still lacking public transit directions. That has given city-slicking iPhone owners little reason to use Apple Maps for the last three years. There was a glimmer of hope last year as Apple announced it would integrate public transportation directions into its Maps app in iOS 8, but...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Out of the Phone is the first publisher to focus on mobile photography exclusively A new anthology highlights 100 of the best Instagram pictures of 2014 Founder Pierre Le Govic aims to showcase both amateur and professional photographers http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/141210113941-out-of-the-phone-flett-horizontal-gallery.jpg (CNN)  -- Gone are the days of the grainy camera phone images with the resolution of a poor imitation Monet. Today's smartphone cameras are so advanced that mobile photography is becoming an art form in its own right, turning photo-sharing apps like Instagram into portable galleries for amateur photographers, and professionals like street style photographer  Tommy Ton  and chief official White House photographer  Pete Souza . "You have the dark room in your pocket," says Pierre Le Govic, the Paris-based founder of  Out of the Phone , the world's first publishing house dedicated t...

New leaks reveal Gionee Elife S8’s 23MP camera could produce 100MP images Gionee recently unveiled its new flagship Elife E7 smartphone in India after launching it at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. While the company associated with manufacturing slim phones has not gone public with its plans ahead in the smartphone segment, new leaks show a purported Elife E8 device which could potentially be a successor to the E7 but boast of more powerful features. According to the latest images spotted on GizmoChina, the Elife E8 sports a metal frame and has physical buttons on the right. The volume rocker is located above the power/lock button and a physical camera shutter button sits right below them. The Gionee Elife S8 is expected to have a 23 megapixel rear camera that will be able to produce 100 megapixel images. Earlier rumours have pointed to the Elife S8’s rear camera being 23 megapixel which will be able to produce a 100 megapixel photo, Android Headline...

A fingerprint sensor is available in Samsung's Galaxy S6. IPHONE 6 AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.IN Google's next update to its Android operating system could come with a new security feature: full support for fingerprint sensors. At the Google I/O conference next week, Google will unveil native fingerprint authentication support in its expected Android M operating system, BuzzFeed News is reporting, citing people who claim to have knowledge of its plans. If that's true, it would suggest that Google will launch an application programming interface (API) for fingerprint-sensing to developers, so they can incorporate fingerprint authentication into their apps. The idea of Google actually launching native fingerprint support, however, is predicated on the company launching Android M. The company has yet to confirm it will announce that next version of its operating system for mobile devices, the expected follow-on to Android Lollipop, which Google released in ...

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Review AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.IN Review based on production Canon EOS 5D Mark III with firmware v1.1.2 In 1987 Canon unveiled the EOS 650 to the world. It was the Japanese manufacturer's first 35mm autofocus SLR and the start of the EOS system. With its fully-electronic lens mount, in-lens aperture and focus motors, and reliance on electronic button and dial operation, Canon's EOS system established a blueprint that all successive camera systems have followed. Now, 25 years later, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III is the latest model in the line. Up until now, the 5D series has been a dynasty of slightly unlikely revolutionaries. The  original EOS 5D  of 2005 was the first 'affordable' full frame SLR, and the camera that cemented the 24x36mm sensor as the format of choice for many professional applications at a time when many were questioning its continued relevance. The  5D Mark II  was the first SLR capable of recording f...