Do fingerprint smudges on a phone’s camera affect the quality of your pictures? Short answer: yes. Long answer: not always, at least not in ways you’d notice. But you should still keep your phone and camera clean. An iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy and Moto walk into a photo test I conducted a very unscientific test using …
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Fuchsia, the mysterious new operating system under development at Google, is starting to take shape and has acquired a user interface. The new UI, dubbed Armadillo, features a card-based design for managing multiple apps, according to a profile by Ars Technica. The new interface, first spotted by Hotfixit.net, allows cards to be dragged around and used in a split-screen format. …
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Want to read it later? That web page, I mean? Chrome for Android just made the option a lot easier. Google‘s mobile browser added offline reading last year, but a new update expands the capability with a couple handy features. For starters, you can now long-tap any link, then choose Download link from the pop-up menu that appears. Enlarge Image …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa, can anyone dethrone the Echo? 1:33 Is Amazon making room for a new Echo? The internet retailer on Sunday began offering the smart speaker for $150 in the US, a price cut of $30 from its previous price. The discount, presented as a Mother’s Day gift idea, is available on both black and white models …
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So, the Galaxy S8 is leading the pack right now as far as Android phones go. While the Google Pixel carried that torch for quite awhile after its release, the flames have died out a bit. As the folks at Google gear up to launch the sequel to their flagship phone, we’ve got some recommendations about what they should add. …
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Cable movie channel Epix has announced that the latest version of its smartphone app will let users “cast” Epix to their smart TV, Roku box or other device Epix’s app already supports Google‘s own Chromecast system, but now adds tech from startup Vizbee to “connect to any connected TV device and cast content effortlessly from any authenticated mobile device.” Epix …
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Now playing: Watch this: 8 ways to repurpose your old phone 2:10 It’s hard to believe, but smartphones as we know them have been around for nearly a decade. And chances are good you’ve upgraded at least once during that time, if not many times. Usually, that upgrade leaves you with your old phone and a question: What should I …
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It’s a phishing scheme that even multifactor authentication and changing your password won’t fix. On Wednesday, a massive Google Docs phishing attack spread across Gmail, hijacking people’s accounts and spamming itself to the victims’ contact lists. Google quickly shut down the attack, which affected about 0.1 percent of Gmail’s users. Even at that low number, with roughly 1 billion Gmail …
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YouTube is diving into more original shows — but these you won’t have to pay for. At an event in New York, Google’s video service unveiled a slate of TV-like series for the free, ad-supported side of its site, stocking the lineup with traditional TV, movie and music superstars as well as digital celebs that rose to prominence on YouTube …
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The Google Home smart speaker will soon have another competitor, and it’s produced with the help of Google itself. The Google AIY Projects Kit will enable Raspberry Pi enthusiasts to build their own version of Google Home. The kit is part of Issue 57 of the £5.99 MagPi magazine which includes a working speaker driver and other parts which the …
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