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Sony a5100 Review: A Great Mirrorless Camera for Beginners

[Tom’s Guide] Sony’s a5100 is a scaled down version of the already petite Alpha a6000 mirrorless camera (see review). It packs some of Sony’s best tech: not only a large sensor, but also Sony’s superfast phase-detection autofocus technology and powerful … Continue reading

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Obama’s Net Neutrality Statement: What it Really Means

[Tom’s Guide] After years of general statements encouraging net neutrality — the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all Internet traffic equally — President Barack Obama today (Nov. 10) came out definitively in favor of the cause, in … Continue reading

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After HBO & Showtime, Will AMC Go Online a la Carte?

[Tom’s Guide] Two down, one to go? Today, CBS announced that its premium-content channel Showtime will offer an online-only subscription service in 2015 — just as we predicted after HBO announced upcoming HBO à la carte three weeks ago. With … Continue reading

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iPhone 6 Camera Quirks – and How to Fix Them

[Tom’s Guide] No gadget is perfect, and the iPhone 6 camera needs a little handholding for best results. In certain situations, the iPhone 6 camera can suffer from three (fixable) glitches: poor white balance, low contrast and discolored skin tones. … Continue reading

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Selfies Go Legit: From HTC Desire Eye to DSLRs

[Tom’s Guide] Fast forward to the selfie. The poorly framed, self-indulgent Facebook and dating-site photo is growing into one of the main picture types we take. Google’s Sundar Pichai said, at Google I/O this year, that we take 93 million … Continue reading

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The iPhone 6 Camera Has a Big Problem: iOS 8

[Tom’s Guide] Since the iPhone 4, Apple has taken a leadership role in developing innovative phone cameras. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus introduce new advances for Apple, including fast “focus-pixel” autofocus and optical image stabilization (in the iPhone 6 … Continue reading

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New Fixed-lens Cameras Challenge DSLRs and Mirrorless

[Tom’s Guide] Panasonic is selling a new high-end, mirrorless camera, the LX100, with a large, 12.8-megapixel sensor, its latest image processor, a metal body and even the ability to shoot ultra HD (aka 4K) video, all for $899. That price … Continue reading

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New Amazon Show Transparent Highlights Online TV Quirkiness

[Tom’s Guide] A remake of popular 1980s British drama House of Cards is one thing. But a bisexual view of life in a women’s prison (Orange is the New Black) and now the story of 70-year-old man becoming a woman … Continue reading

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Wireless Video Streaming: The Miracast & WiDi Disaster

[Tom’s Guide] Surveys continually show that we watch TV while holding other gadgets like smartphones and laptops. So it’s appealing to beam a cool video or photo we’ve found on them directly to the big screen. Staff writer Marshall Honorof … Continue reading

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Aereo Debacle Shows Congress Clueless About Net Video

[Tom’s Guide] On June 25, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of TV broadcasters that had sued Aereo for acting like a cable company without paying the licensing fees that cable companies are required to pay. But when Aereo offered … Continue reading

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