Apple shares some pro tips for shooting Portrait mode on iPhone 7 Plus

Update: Apple campus is over half complete hitting it 60% mark, Here is the latest Flyover.

A great article by Tom Mainelli over at Recode, discussing the state of the smartphone. From subsided to refurbished phones and how they relate in the larger scheme of things. A good read with great points.

Not too long ago Snapchat introduced their new video recording glasses (Spectacles). I nifty little product but I don't find myself running out to get them. With that said Snapchat is making a big move to get them in front of people by building pop-up vending machines that almost look like Minions to sell there "Snapchat Spectacles"

Are any of you guys interested or heading out to pick one up?

YouTube launched today their killer VR app for Daydream. I've yet to use it since it's limited to daydream support phones where the Pixel is currently the only one. Hopefully, we will see more support phone in the near future. 

Have you used Daydream, let us know your thoughts in the comments below?

GIF Brewery was one of my favorite macOS apps, it would let convert a movie into an animated GIF with lots of options. It wasn't the cheapest app in the world sitting at $4.99 but it was a great utility to have around.

Gfycat has recently acquired and renamed the app to "GIF Brewery by Gfycat" and is now offering it for free. Gfycat has been rapidly growing, it's short video platform has may video sharing tools which will now be integrated with the app.

*It looks as if GIF Brewery is evolving from an app to a service.*

Pinterest acquired Instapaper back in August and has just announced that it's old paid tier and special features are now free and open to everyone. Many still consider Instapaper to be the gold-standard of read it later apps. It’s a great way to keep track of articles you want to save for later or just read when offline. 

I've used Instapaper for some time and there is some great features built in for organization and research but find myself going back to Pocket allot more.

With Samsung bursting to flames, created a shortage of phone options. It was a perfect time for Google Pixel phone to launch. However, the Pixel is limited only to Verizon unless you buy the phone outright. T-Mobile has taken this opertiunity and ran with it. Offering a reimbursement of up to $325 if you bring your own Pixel phone to T-mobile. 

Google started rolling out Gigabit fiber as a proof of concept, Showing other internet service providers and customers that it can be done. Today google announced they will no longer be rolling out into any new cities.  

I would have jumped at the chance to get google fiber as I'm sure many small businesses have. I know people personally who have moved in order to get google fiber and would think others in cities scheduled for roll outs will be disappointed in this news.

Google is a large company with many branches when the thing they have always done well is knowing when to cut their losses and move on. I believe their true goal to disrupt the market and show the need and they have done that.

Apple has introduced a new Apple Music API, which allows developers to control Apple Music playback within their own apps. Developers can use the API to do things like queue up a new song, or create a new playlist with its own title and description.

This has been something dev's have been wanting for. Something needed to compete with say Spotify. I still feel Spotify has the edge when it comes to the API but it's a step in the right direction for Apple and can't wait to see what Dev's do with it.