We can’t share the Texas-sized tacos and barbecues we had in Austin at SXSW, but we can help with one additional sensory thanks to music discovery apps like SoundHound and Shazam. We covered plenty of digital-meets-social happenings while in Austin, but given that this is also a great music scene, we couldn’t resist turning to sound-searching apps to discover a bit more about the tunes we’re hearing around SXSW. Want to listen in? Check out some of what we’ve been listening in on here at the festival.
3. Cheryl Tweedy – Lily Allen
4. Next to Me – Emeli Sandé
6. The Walk – Mayer Hawthorne
7. I Follow Rivers – Lykke Li
8. Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Featuring Ray Dalton)
9. Houdini – Foster The People
Outdoor security cameras are not always practical if you live in an apartment or rental. Drilling into an exterior wall may be off-limits, while pointing a regular indoor camera through a window can create another problem once reflections start showing up after dark.
Baseus is trying to solve both issues with the new PrimeSentinel W1, a $69.99 security camera designed specifically to monitor the outdoors through glass. It mounts directly to a window without drilling and uses a 4K Starlight sensor with an F1.0 aperture for full-color monitoring during the day and at night.
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