Google+ Photos will Halloweenify uploads with spooky or fun looks

With Halloween coming up on Friday, Google wants to make sure you have a way to show some holiday spirit online. Through Google+ Photos, you can Halloweenify your photographs. There are options for “spooky” or “fun” looks. The image above is a sample of what Google can do with the Halloweenify feature. With group photos, it can add the effect to a maximum of four people.

Here is how you can do it:

1. Go to photos.google.com


2. Select a look


3. Select your photo and upload it

Simple enough, right? Now go Halloweenify every selfie you have!

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Motorola Droid Turbo, in pictures

Earlier today Motorola took the veil off the Droid Turbo, a beastly handset with bleeding-edge specs and a killer battery that puts it in a league of its own when compared with most other flagship devices of 2014.

Our very own Kevin Nether had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the handset today, and while the video showcasing his first hands-on impressions of the device won’t be heading our way until a little bit later tonight, in the meantime he was gracious enough to bring us a pretty massive gallery of device’s of one of Motorola’s most powerful handsets to date.

While the first set of images mostly showcase the outer aesthetics of the handset (which will arrive in your choice of black or red), here’s a few images that give you a better look at the software and display:

For more details on the Motorola Droid Turbo, be sure to check out our original announcement post. What do you think of the Droid Turbo, impressed or not?

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You can now use your Google Play balance to pay for subscriptions to Music All Access and Newsstand

It’s a small change on paper, but one that could make a world of difference for those stock piling Play Store credit using Google Opinion Rewards. In an update to Google’s support page titled “Google Play balance uses and restrictions,” it seems Google has added the ability to use Google Play credit when paying for subscriptions to Google Play Music All Access, or Google Play Newsstand. And well — that’s pretty much the long and short of it.

The Play credit is being restricted to just those two subscriptions for now and for anyone currently hanging onto Google Play Music All Access’ special introductory rate ($8), you should be able to cancel and reactivate again using your Google Play balance for the same lower rate. We’ve seen reports of this working out fine for many a folks, as long as they renewed before their service month had expired.

While we’re not entirely sure when this change was made, it’s nice to see Google providing additional payment options. We know what’s going on our Christmas wishlist (hint: Google Play giftcards).

[Google Play Support]

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Google files trademark application for “ARA”

A new trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office was filed by Google to get protection for the ARA name for their forthcoming modular smartphone. Project ARA is Google’s project to produce a smartphone that has hot-swappable components that plug into a frame. This would allow users to upgrade certain components or add new features without having to purchase a whole new phone. We anticipate Google having a fully functional prototype available at the Ara Developer Conference coming up in December. This will be followed by an expected market launch in 2015.

The application for trademark protection is a strong indication that ARA is the name that Google will use to market the device when it is made available for the general public.

source: USPTO

via: phoneArena

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Security expert finds vulnerability in Samsung’s Find My Mobile service

Samsung’s Find My Mobile service has come under fire by NIST and security researcher Mohamed Baset regarding an exploit that allows attackers to remotely lock, ring or wipe Samsung devices. Baset points to a vulnerability in Samsung’s service that doesn’t validate the lock code information it receives, allowing an attacker to flood the device with network traffic and do their bidding. No word from Samsung on a patch, but for now we recommend disabling the service until they address the security issue.

Source: Engadget

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