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The UK could greenlight direct-to-phone satellite services this year

Engadget

If you live in a rural area of the UK, you may soon be able to use your phone for satellite calls, messages and other standard data use. In January, British telecom Vodafone made the world's first satellite video call using a standard mobile phone on a remote mountain in west Wales.

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How to Create Nonprofit Video Stories Using Your iPhone

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This year, 87% of online traffic is expected to be 100% video, Matt Carpenter, story architect at Beard & Bowler, said. But a video doesn’t need to be extremely polished and professional to get attention and make an impact. Here's how you can do it right from your phone.

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Nothing Phone 3a and 3a Pro review: Rising above the boring competition

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The Nothing Phone 2a was one of the most memorable smartphones of 2024. That new device, the Phone 3a Pro, has something you don't find on many midrange smartphones: a periscope telephoto camera. As for the 3a, its a great device on its own, and a smart alternative if you have even less to spend on a new phone.

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Moonvalley launches an AI video generator built for moviemaking

Fast Company Tech

A well-funded AI lab with a deep bench of research talent is releasing a powerful new model that generates high-definition video for the film and advertising industries. By contrast, Talukdar says, most other video generation models are trained on lower-quality 480p or 720p videoand even then, they often compress the data before encoding.

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5 Ways to Build a Digital Community that will Transform Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Post photos and videos of team members, events, program activities, and volunteers to give followers an inside look at the organization’s efforts. Cell phone photos and videos often perform better than professional-quality images because they feel more relatable. TikTok: Focus on short, engaging video content.

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iPhone 17 Pro, Max and Air: Everything we know about Apple's new phones

Engadget

Each new roster includes a base model, but over the years, Apple shakes up the variety of phones it offers. Jon Prosser at Front Page Tech dropped a video in January that points to how a redesigned Camera app might point to more drastic changes to come for the operating system in the upcoming iPhone line. What will iOS 19 be like?

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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Becky Brooks , Director of Communications at Animoto , an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond. Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” Consumers ranked video as their favorite form of content from brands.