National Geographic Photographs Scotland With an iPhone 5s

National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson left his Nikon behind to capture the aura of the Scottish Highlands with an iPhone 5s.


With intense use (I’ve made about 4,000 pictures in the last four days) I’ve discovered that the iPhone 5S is a very capable camera. The color and exposures are amazingly good, the HDR exposure feature does a stunningly good job in touch situations, the panorama feature is nothing short of amazing—seeing a panorama sweeping across the screen in real time is just intoxicating. Best of all it shoots square pictures natively, a real plus for me since I wanted to shoot for Instagram posting.
More at iHash.eu

Call of Duty: Strike Team is Optimized for the iPhone 5s, Survival Mode Maps Now Unlocked

Call of Duty: Strike Team has been updated to take advantage of the more powerful iPhone 5s and unlock Survival Mode maps for all players.


Call of Duty: Strike Team delivers an all-new, first-person and third-person Call of Duty experience built from the ground up for mobile and tablet devices. Fully customize your squad’s loadouts and abilities before leading them into combat in diverse gameplay environments. Call of Duty: Strike Team features the revolutionary ability to dynamically switch from run-and-gun first-person view to reconnaissance and coordinated squad attacks in third-person view.
More at iHash.eu

Facebook Said to be Preparing Major Updates to Its iOS Apps

Facebook is reportedly preparing major updates to its iOS apps that will bring Graph Search and a redesigned Messenger application.


Graph Search aims to help users find people, photos, places, and interests using data from their social network. It was unveiled in January and more information about it can be found here. Graph Search will reportedly be incorporated into the app's main search bar.
More at iHash.eu

Apple giving away Temple Run Oz for free via Apple Store app

As part if its on-going promotion of offering free iTunes content via its Apple Store app, Apple is offering the Temple Run: Oz game via the app for free. The game isnormally a $0.99 download via the App Store. The promotion runs until November 15, 2013.


Disney and Imangi Studios present Temple Run: Oz – a brand-new endless runner inspired by Temple Run 2 and the film Oz the Great and Powerful. Play as Oz and outrun the shrieking flying baboons as you turn, jump and slide your way across the land. Begin your exhilarating adventure now and see how far you can run!
More at iHash.eu

Nest Labs Unveils Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Detector

Nest Labs has unveiled the Nest Protect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide detector that speaks to you, telling you where the danger is and what the problem is. Before it sounds a piercing alarm, Nest Protect gives you a friendly Heads-Up warning that you can silence with a wave of your hand – no more swinging towels or brooms to try to quiet a false alarm. It integrates with your mobile devices and even messages you if the batteries run low, avoiding that all-too-familiar midnight low-battery chirp.

“With our first product, the Nest Learning Thermostat, we set out to help people reduce home energy use,” said Tony Fadell, Nest founder and chief executive officer. “Now, we’re turning our attention to something that’s also important: keeping families safe in their homes. We’ve all experienced the smoke alarm going off while we’re cooking or searched for the source of that incessant low-battery chirp in the middle of the night. Every time a smoke alarm cries wolf, we trust it a little less, and then – in a moment of frustration – we rip the batteries out to stop the beeping. And that leaves us and our families at risk.”

More at iHash.eu