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  • Selfies from the sky made simple by Yuneec Breeze

    The Yuneec Breeze perfect for people who want a camera drone for aerial photos and video, but have almost no interest in actually piloting a drone. Genry o Dean With little more than some taps on your phone’s screen, you can put the Breeze in the air and have it perform a handful of automated…

  • AirSelfie, a pocket-sized camera drone, launches on Kickstarter

    AirSelfie, a pocket-sized camera drone, launches on Kickstarter

    What is AirSelfie? AirSelfie is the world’s smallest portable flying camera. Who said selfies were confined to sticks? With this groundbreaking device, you’ll be able to snap aerial photos directly from your phone. Sky’s the limit. AirSelfie is a registered trademark and all its components are protected by filed and granted patents.   How it works Take…

  • DJI adds an offline mode to its drones for clients with ‘sensitive operations’

    DJI adds an offline mode to its drones for clients with ‘sensitive operations’

    DJI is working on a “local data mode” for its apps that prevents any data from being sent to or received from the internet. The feature will be welcomed by many, but it’s hard not to attribute the timing and urgency of the announcement to the recent ban of DJI gear by the U.S. Army…

  • DJI Mavic Pro review

    DJI Mavic Pro review

    Design of drone Having flown drones from the Phantom range extensively, I’d considered them to be impressively compact and lightweight for their capabilities – but the Mavic Pro is in a whole different league when it comes to portability. When the postman delivered the box to my house I thought there’d been some mistake –…

  • DJI drones to gain privacy mode after US Army ban

    DJI drones to gain privacy mode after US Army ban

    [wpsm_box type=”info” float=”none” text_align=”left”] The world’s best-selling drone-maker is adding a privacy mode to its aircraft to prevent flight data being shared to the internet. [/wpsm_box]

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