Netflix has been rolling out a neat little feature to its android app users called Screen Lock, which as you might have guessed, locks the screen UI elements when viewing content on the app. It can helpful to prevent accidental screen touches that can sometimes lead to fast forwarding unnecessarily, skipping to the next episode or deactivate/activate subtitles.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Watches will soon receive yet another functionality that will let users measure and track their blood pressure levels. The Samsung Health Monitor app will first launch on the Galaxy Watch Active 2, using its heart rate sensors to track the users blood pressure once its calibrated with a traditional cuff.
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It seems like every major company that has access to large amounts of public data is releasing COVID-19 related maps to track the spread of the virus. The latest to join the fray is Facebook as they partnered with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to release a symptom map of counties in the USA.
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Jabra’s Evolve series of headphones were highly popular among businesses and corporations for its feature rich design and support for integration in business applications like Teams. As its successor, Jabra has launched the Evolve2 series of headphones which consists of its flagship Evolve2 85, the Evolve2 65 and the corded Evolve2 45.
A significant amount of rumours of Apple’s upcoming products and information has been spotted on Twitter lately. Some of these products include 3rd generation AirPods, a new iPad Air with under-the-screen Touch ID, an ARM-based 12-inch MacBook, and an Apple game controller by 2021 and more.
Facebook has just launched a new dedicated app for Android that is aimed at rivalling popular game streaming services like Twitch and YouTube. The app is designed to curate and focus on streamers in the community, while also focusing on casual streams of games like “Words with Friends”.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in pretty significant changes in the way we live our daily lives. The importance of washing one’s hands regularly to reduce the risk of contracting the virus is very high. To help users, Samsung has released a new “Hand Wash” app for the Galaxy Watch that will prompt users to clean their hands.
Often when signing up for subscription in Android apps, user do not clearly know what they are signing up, leading to mistrust or an increased chance of feeling cheated. To improve the situation, Google is introducing a number of changes for developers to follow and ensure that the user will clearly understand the terms of the subscription service before singing up.
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The HP Create Ecosystem of products is designed with creators in mind, whether they are consumers, prosumers or professionals. As part of this ecosystem, HP has announced 3 laptops that include the two new ZBook laptops and a Envy 15 laptop with either Intel Xeon CPU’s or the updated 10th Intel Core CPU’s and all the way up to NVIDIA Quadro GPUs.
A future where the world is filled with IoT devices is not very far off and Qualcomm just brought us one step closer. With the launch of the Qualcomm 212 LTE IoT Modem, they have created the world’s most power efficient single-mode NB2 (NB-IoT) chipset that requires less than one micro-amp (1uA) of sleep current to function.
In March, Apple launched new iPad Pro models for 2020 with an updated processor, LiDAR sensor, keyboard and mouse support in iOS 13.4 and more. To complement this mouse support, Apple also announced that they developed a new Magic Keyboard with a built-in trackpad and now it will be available for purchase soon in India.
Gameloft, the developers of many popular mobile games, including the Asphalt series, N.O.V.A Legacy, Minion Rush, Sniper Fury, etc. is celebrating their 20th anniversary as a game developer. In celebration, they are releasing a new Gameloft Classics Android App that’s free and includes 30 iconic Gameloft games, some of which has never come to Android.
Analysing its data from Android’s Digital Wellbeing, Google has discovered an issue where parents found it difficult to discover apps for their kids that would help them grow as a child. To help these parents, Google has released a new badge called “Teacher approved” that assures a quality standard for kid-friendly apps on the Play Store.
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The Nokia 9 PureView is considered to be Nokia’s flagship and for 2020, nearly all flagships that have been released till now, feature high refresh rate displays. The Nokia 9.3, slated for release in Q4 2020, will apparently also follow the same trend and will likely feature a 120Hz screen, along with a 108MP camera.
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Recently, Google released a tool that could track the mobility trends of people in communities, regions and cities from the data it aggregated from Maps. The data is useful for local governments and health authorities to track the spread of the virus and now, Apple has come out with their own Mobility trends report that is based on the data it processed from Apple Maps.
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