I always feel a little dirty when I look at leaked footage of any kind, but rarely so much as when I brought up Pornhub yesterday to check out a video featuring the hyped space exploration game No Man's Sky. I watched as some dude blasted some rocks with a laser while a porn star squeed with joy in an orbiting video ad. I had to go to Pornhub, as this corner of the web was the only place I'd been able to find the footage after it'd been yanked off of DailyMotion, YouTube, and almost every other video hosting site.

I always get a laugh out of these bizarre jaunts to Pornhub, but they're nothing new. Back when leaked videos for Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 4 first started making the rounds last year, Pornhub was the best place to find them. More recently, its users dabbled in political humor when one uploaded a video of the UK's Boris Johnson after the Brexit vote with the title, "Dumb British Blonde Fucks 15 Million People at Once." It's a bastion of open media in an era when so many other sites eagerly comply with copyright requests, much to the presumed horror of No Man's Sky's makers. When word of the leaked videos first got out a little over a week ahead of the game's official launch on August 9, poor Hello Games' founder Sean Murray sent out the followingtragic tweet: "We’ve spent years filling No Man’s Sky with surprises. You've spent years waiting. Please don't spoil it for yourself :("

Few games in this age of "let's play" videos and rampant leaks enjoy the heights of hype No Man's Sky has soared among over the last couple of years, and much of that hype springs from the mysteries surrounding it. Somehow, Hello Games managed to keep most of its secrets. Aside from some vague and artsy preview videos and carefully curated presentations, there's really been no clear idea about what goes on once you've landed on one of its (allegedly) 18 quintillion procedurally generated worlds.

That is, until Reddit user Daymeeuhn posted the videos on DailyMotion on Friday, after he supposedly managed to buy an advance copy on eBay for the low, low price of $1,250. The PornHub video shows 21 minutes of footage with awful resolution, and none of it's particularly exciting to watch (which may say something about the game). But soon after YouTube and other video site started taking down the videos other people were posting as mirrors, Daymeeuhn announced on Reddit that the whole thing was "quickly becoming a unpleasant experience for me" and that he felt bad that Sean didn't like it.

"There are more spoilers than you probably realize with this game," Daymeeuhn wrote in the post. "I'm only a couple hours in, barely touched a few planets, and already I've had many FUCK YEAH moments. On the one hand, I'd love to share those with you, but in the other hand, Sean is right... why not just wait and experience them firsthand? I dunno. The first videos I posted were perfect—they spoiled nothing and just showed a taste."

But if you really can't wait, the video's still up on Pornhub.

"The process of entering math on a computer is painful and I wanted to find a better way."

Electronic Industry Does Not Want Us To Know We Can Fix Our Gadgets

Self-Repair Manifesto

Time of Modular Gadgets Is Coming

New Versions Are Not As More Powerful As We Tend To Think

Permanent Replacement Harms Environment

Google made its MyGlass app for Google Glass available for Apple’s iOS on Tuesday — however, just minutes after going live, its App Store page mysteriously disappeared.

Great news iPhone fans, the iOS app is ready, but we need you to have this month’s Glass update first before it will work. We know we spilled the beans a bit too soon, but we’ll let you know when it’s available for download later this week.

Apple users who own the $1,500 wearable computing device have been asking for an iOS version of the MyGlass app for some time. Google’s long-awaited launch of a dedicated iOS app for Glass would have moved the device from a very expensive Bluetooth accessory for iOS users into a fully functioning smart device that lets iPhone users in on the complete functionality of Google Glass.

Yahoo’s new direction under Marissa Mayer is still coming together, but one thing they’ve unquestionably done right is the weather app for iPhone they debuted earlier this year. The iPad version has just been released, and it’s about as close to a native iPad weather app as you can get, given the similarity in design choices between Apple’s native iPhone weather app and that of Yahoo’s third-party version.
It feels at home on the iPad, but it also probably exceeds whatever Apple would’ve done, taking the two iPhone weather apps from either party as a point of reference. The app uses your device’s location to find imagery from Flickr to populate the background, and more often than not, those reflect actual current conditions on the ground. Then you can scroll up to get a detailed forecast, including hourly and daily predictions, details, wind speed, precipitation and maps, all of which is presented in a beautiful, cleverly animated but easy-to-read interface.
The app is simple enough in terms of how it works, but it does everything it needs to, and doesn’t clutter things up with too much else. It’s a perfect companion to the iPhone version, and comes as a universal update for the existing free app. Apple provides extremely limited weather information on the iPad, both in the “Today” tab on the new iOS 7 notifications screen, and in the Clock app, but these are limited essentially to current temps or the predicted high for the day. Yahoo’s offering is leaps and bounds better, completely free, and an actual visual treat thanks to the Flickr-sourced imagery.
I still wonder about some of Yahoo’s recent decisions, like a logo design that pretty much ushered Yahoo into the early 1990s, and mail outages that span impossible multiple-day gaps, but the Weather app has been a rock solid product reinvention for them, and the iPad version doesn’t do anything to debate that.

Sendly is a standalone app that lets almost anyone in the world send credit to their friends or loved ones that can be used to top up prepaid phones.
Obviously, this move makes sense for Rebtel’s existing customers who are predominantly using the app to talk to loved ones who are in a different country. Sending funds to distant loved ones goes hand-in-hand with that, especially as pay-as-you-go phone plans become more and more popular.
To use Sendly, all you need is the app and the recipient’s phone number. You can choose the amount you’re sending, and when the notification is received, the money automatically turns into phone credit.
Here’s what Sendly’s Mans Ullerstam had to say about the launch:

We know that the people who use our calling app the most are those with family and friends in other countries. With Sendly, we want to give millions of callers an easier and quicker way to provide their loved ones with credit to use on calls, texts and data. The ability to send mobile credit to prepaid phone users is another big step we’re taking as a leading communications platform that’s powering stronger connections between individuals, businesses, and mobile subscribers around the globe.

The app is free, and thanks to existing relationships between Rebtel and over 60 global mobile operators, fees taken by the company are lower than other, traditional forms of money transfer. According to CEO and founder Andreas Bernström, Rebtel’s fees are about 12% of the value of the transfer.
But even more interesting are the opportunities beyond topping up a phone. Rebtel sees huge potential for this type of technology to be turned into an API, allowing other app makers to implement money transfer within their apps.

Twitter Users Can Now Send, Receive Images in Direct Messages

Twitter users can now share and receive images in direct messages.
Twitter unveiled the new feature in an update to versions of its iOS and Android apps on Tuesday. Users who update the app can send and receive images through DM on both mobile and web versions of the service.
The new versions of Twitter include a few additional changes, including the ability to swipe between the "Home," "Discover" and "Activity" timelines within the app.
The new version of Twitter's iOS mobile app.
The update also put a Messages tab across the bottom navigation bar, making it easier to access Direct Messages from the home screen.
On the new version of the Android app, users can tap the star icon next to the Follow button on a profile page to set up notifications for that particular user. An Android-only feature, they can set up notifications for anybody on the platform, not just celebs or high-profile tweeters.
The new version of Twitter's Android mobile app allows users to set up notifications for specific people they follow.
The updated versions of the app are available now on iOS and Android.

Homeless 'Journeyman Hacker' Launches Eco-Friendly Mobile App

Leo Grand, by his own admission, didn't know the first thing about computer programming four months ago. The 37-year-old man was living on the streets of New York City in late August, when a complete stranger approached, offering a choice between two months of coding lessons and $100 in cash.
Grand opted for the lessons, and 3,621 lines of code later, he has released his first mobile app. The app — an environmentally conscious carpool organizer called "Trees for Cars" — went live on the App Store just after 12:00 a.m. ET Tuesday.

 We caught up with Grand and his teacher, 23-year-old programmer Patrick McConlogue, on the night Trees for Cars launched, and waited with the duo until after midnight in an otherwise empty New York City office.

The two began their lessons on Aug. 26. McConlogue provided Grand with a used Chromebook laptop and a few text books. The first two months consisted of outdoor lessons conducted on the city benches near Chelsea Piers, where Grand slept.
After the hour-long lessons, McConlogue would head off to work, while Grand continued to review and practice what he learned until his computer's battery died. Aided by one of his many friends in the area, Grand recharged the battery overnight at a nearby warehouse.
At the end of the two months, however, Grand and McConlogue realized it was going to take much more work to achieve their goal of launching a mobile app.
With the weather turning colder at the end of October, Grand and McConlogue received an unexpected bit of good fortune. Buoyed by an offer from McConlogue's boss, Princeton Review founder John Katzman, the duo moved their lessons into the New York City office of Katzman's new educational search engine company Noodle. Katzman allowed McConlogue to work with Grand on the app full time for the past five weeks.
"My boss deserves a...," McConlogue said, trailing off before finishing the thought: "I owe him big."
Though the project has earned them tens of thousands of supporters, Grand and McConlogue watched the app go live in the office where they had spent so much time working together. Instead of clinking champaign glasses and lighting celebratory cigars, they exchanged high fives and relieved looks surrounded by the energy drinks and empty pizza boxes that fueled them to the finish.
Grand said he has already began to research for the next iteration of his app, "Trees for Cars II." He also said he hopes to soon land a job as a computer programmer, though he has yet to submit any applications.
"My first application will be at Google," Grand said. It's right up the block."
Meanwhile, McConlogue is working to scale his mentorship program. He said more than 150 programmers around the world have signed up to spend an hour each day for two months teaching others how to code, though he hasn't yet figured out how to organize the effort.
"I have to figure out how to structure this," McConlogue said.
The duo did not have much time to enjoy their accomplishment. By 12:30 a.m., they left the office for a 1 a.m. TV interview. Their story has already been featured on NBC, CNN and a number of online news outlets.
Grand carried three bags full of his possessions out of the Noodle office to the interview. At the end of the night, he said he would still be sleeping on the street. But with his new app and his new skills, Grand said he was optimistic his fortunes would change before long.

Tech Giants Fight Surveillance and Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world.
Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Microsoft, Google and Apple, are joining forces to limit government surveillance. A new report shows the technology that police use to tap into mobile phones. A device called a Stingray can act as a cellphone tower and determine the location of a mobile phone. And if you’re not crazy about iOS 7, we have the new Tumblr for you.

Ask A Dev: Why Did Apple Decide to Offer a Budget iPhone?

Since September, Apple's iPhone event has sparked many questions about iOS mobile development.
In the latest video of our Ask a Dev series, iOS architect Kevin Harwood provides answers to those questions, including why Apple chose to sell its "budget" iPhone 5C. He also offers helpful resources for those starting to develop iOS apps.
The new Apple A7 system-on-a-chip found in every iPhone 5S is twice as fast as its A6 predecessor. The A7 also introduces twice the level of improvement on graphics performance, especially apparent in gaming, and it opens the door for apps to be made with faster and more powerful 64-bit chip architecture in the future.
When discussing Apple's decision to offer the iPhone 5C, Harwood says, "Apple's new strategy is going to be releasing a phone at that price point every year that's an updated newer model to continue the attack on the lower price range of smartphones."
Lastly, Harwood recommends his favorite tools for app development on iOS including, Apple's developer resource page and the video tutorials on Lynda.com. He also suggests investing in some Apress books for learning Objective-C programming and other coding syntax for the iOS platform.
Our developer experts are from Mutual Mobile, a leading development and design firm that builds mobile strategies for top companies such as Audi, Google and Citigroup. The team is eager to answer your questions about mobile, so ping us with your top queries on Twitter, using the hashtag #AskaDev. Don't forget to check out our Ask a Dev YouTube channel and subscribe.