50mm - Main Blog

Over on the main blog, I showed off the least expensive lens that Canon sells! This is an impressive lens for its price and crazily outperforms my other lenses! You can see the post with the blue button and watch the video test using the green button! 

Behance Series

I launched a new Behance series this week! The series is called "Adobe Accelerate" and the posts consist of an editing timelapse episode and a small overview of what I thought of the result! The idea is to have these posts be short but still fun! I am super excited about this series! You can check out episode 1 from this week with the deep blue button below.

The Future of Instagram - Medium Post!

Earlier in the week, I put out a Medium post about the recent Instagram controversy. Sadly, I find it fairly unlikely that the head will change their plans, but a lot of people are leaving Instagram. If you want to know exactly what happened, check out my post with the purple button below:

YouTube Channel!

Yes, I have a new YouTube Channel! Right now the content is just videos that I have already published, but in the future I hope to expand upon that and possibly do videos combining Adobe Accelerate episodes! If you are interested in the channel, you can see it with the red button below!

Photography News!

Now it is time to check out what happened this week in the photography & tech world!

- A MacOS public beta is out to test out new facetime features, safari redesign and more!

- Windows is likely releasing in October 2021 which is sooner than what was initially thought. It is certainly no coincidence that the computers in the event had the date as October 20th.

- Google is being sued for another privacy lawsuit. This time the lawsuit is for the Google Assistant. Yep, the same one that is listening to me right beside me! 😂

- Google lens had an update which tweaked the visuals of the app! #💗 Google Lens!

- The Google Pixel camera curse is continuing to spread, with Google left frantically searching for a solution to the issue. I have done some research, and it is like going down a rabbit hole, the issues are so hard to relate. It is widely believed that Sony has screwed up in the hardware.

- For the first time, Windows 11 Home edition will require a Microsoft account to sign up! 

- Firefox is likely making a Windows 11 App for the Microsoft Store!

- It is believed that TLC's new phone might have undercut Google in a few ways.

- ASUS released the list of Windows 11 compatible motherboards.

- Jeff Bezos stepped down from CEO of Amazon officially and now Andy Jassy is CEO.

- Apple may be bringing reverse wireless charging to iPhones.

- Google TV now works with 30 streaming services, with more available to sideload!

- Audacity was thought to have become spyware...

- The new owners of Audacity: Muse Group responded, denying the claims.

- We now have a full list of Windows 11 ready laptops! Check out if your laptop is compatible.

- Samsung and Qualcomm are continuing to work together despite rumours of a switch.

- OnePlus Phones now have 3-4  years of support!

- A Vivo patent showed a drone selfie camera? what?!!

- Samsung Unpacked set for August 11 maybe?

- Rumours show that the next iPhone will be iPhone 13 despite rumours of a 12s.

- Google indoor live view is available in Japan!

- New Windows 10 build to launch despite the upcoming Windows 11 launch.

- Nokia may be releasing their first 5g phone!

- There is a new Zhiyuan gimbal with touchscreen!

- OnePlus may be launching their first tablet! Let's hope it isn't running Android.

- Android One phones have a new reboot animation! It will show battery percentages.

- July security update releasing for Google Pixels after a delay from the holiday! It is an off month so there are no new features, just a ton of bug fixes.

- Samsung July update is coming for select Galaxy phones

- The pixel 5a arrived at fcc, launching soon maybe!

- Qualcomm released a smartphone?! Yeah, the chip manufacturer

- Google Meet just got features from Duo... Google, you are really confusing us!

Thank you so much for reading today's newsletter! I will be back next week with more! Have a fantastic week! 

-Digital Wonders & Smiles