Paris In Motion: A Tour de Force of Various Timelapse Techniques Set in the City of Light

 

Check out this way-cool timelapse video by Mayeul Akpovi. Set in Paris, Mayeul used a number of interesting techniques to add an incredible range of motion to a timelapse video. Add in a variety of twilight and dusk scenes, and the city comes to life in a way that I haven’t seen before. This video reminds me of one of our most popular posts of all time, “Can Anyone Figure Out How This Timelapse Was Filmed?” Let us know how you think Mayeul did it!

Asus Padfone Gets Software Update

Asus’s new Padfone went on sale in the US recently, and now Asus has released a new firmware update for the device, the update takes the software to version 9.2.1.22 and adds Android 4.0.4 to the device.

As well as the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update, the firmware update also brings a range of bug fixes and new features to the Asus Padfone, you can see full details of what is include below.

    System upgrade to Android 4.0.4
    Elevate system stability and optimize the operating performance
    Optimize Dynamic Display Switch (DDS) performance
    Optimize power consumption
    Optimize Camera performance and quality
    Message / Email edit function improvement
        Group Edit
        Email update frequency, “peak time” and “Off peak time” setting feature added.
    Optimize Input method
    SD card support to 64GB
    Super Note function added
        Reset the password
        Hand Writing Recognition Speed
    Device tracking and data protection support.
        Register and Setting of Device Tracker (http://devicetracker.asus.com/select_lang.action)

Source Android Police

Apple unveils Safari 6: goes well with your new Mountain Lion (update: Windows version absent)

Apple’s web browser has joined its latest OS, and joins the dots on a raft of new features that we’ve been promised for a while. These include iCloud tabs and a new tab view — both Mountain Lion only — alongside a new smart search and unified search (with support for Chinese search giant Baidu) and address bar. If your older OS is missing out on those iCloud tabs, there’s some other good news, Reading Lists will now work without being online — which all sounds very in-flight friendly. There’s also a Do Not Track option to cover your internet tracks, but for all the minute detail on some new developer additions, we’d advise hitting the source below.

Update 1: We’re not spotting a Windows release yet — and nor can we see whether it will work on Snow Leopard. Let us know in the comments if you manage to grab the latest iteration. For anyone on Lion, the update will be available from the Mac App Store.

Update 2: The latest version may not arrive on Windows — with all references to the old version now gone from Apple’s site. As 9to5Mac notes, nightly WebKit builds are still out there if you have a sudden pang for Safari. We’ve reached out to Apple to confirm.

Apple Developer, 9to5Mac

Apple OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 review

A lot has changed since early 2001. We’ve got a new president approaching the end of his first term, the US has embarked on two major wars and the words “Lady Gaga” have become much more than just gibberish. Some things, however, don’t change. In nearly each of these intervening years, Apple has issued a major update to its desktop operating system, OS X. This time last year, the company issued OS 10.7 Lion, a king-of-the-jungle moniker many thought would mark the end of Apple’s big cat naming scheme and, by extension, the OS X lineage. In February, however, the old operating system showed she still had some life left in her, when the next edition was revealed, arriving over the summer and called Mountain Lion.

Based on the name alone, you’d think 10.8 would be a modest improvement over its predecessor — not unlike the baby step between Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6). But Apple insists that this latest build is more than just a seasonal refresh — in all, it boasts more than 200 new features. Some are major, including things like a new Notification Center, AirPlay Mirroring and a desktop version of Messages. Others, such as full-screen mode for Notes… not so much. What seems to unite the vast majority of the 200 features, however, is a nod to iOS. So, how easily can Mac users justify that $20 download? Follow along after the break, as we put those 200 features to the test.