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Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-36795950064813101582016-12-26T04:42:00.000-08:002016-12-26T04:42:16.109-08:00Cyanogen failed to kill Android, now it is shuttering its services and OS as part of a pivot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s been a rocky few months for <a href="https://cyngn.com/" target="_blank">Cyanogen</a>,
the ambitious startup that aimed to build a better version of Android
than Google. It has laid off staff, let go of its CEO and parted
ways with another co-founder — now it is shutting down its services and
nightly software builds on December 31.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The news was announced in <a href="https://cyngn.com/blog/cyanogen-services-shutting-down" target="_blank">a brief blog post</a> released late on Friday:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As part of the ongoing consolidation of Cyanogen, all
services and Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued no
later than 12/31/16. The open source project and source code will remain
available for anyone who wants to build CyanogenMod personally.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This update means owners of a device that runs the Cyanogen OS — such
as the OnePlus One — must now transition over to the CyanogenMod ROM,
which is not a commercial product and is managed by a community of
developers led by <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/01/steve-kondik-blames-kirt-mcmaster-for-cyanogen-incs-failure-cyanogenmod-to-reorganize-and-regroup/" target="_blank">former co-founder Steve Klondik</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This essentially marks the end of Cyanogen’s grand ambition. <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2015/03/23/meet-cyanogen-the-startup-that-wants-to-steal-android-from-google-2/#141e172a2883" target="_blank">Outspoken former CEO Kirt McMaster once claimed</a> his
company was “putting a bullet through Google’s head,” but now it is
transitioning to a different approach that new CEO Lior Tal believes
will be more attractive to OEMs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tal, who was previously Cyanogen COO, described the new Cyanogen
Modular OS program as “designed to achieve the original objective of an
open and smarter Android without the limitations of requiring the full
Cyanogen OS stack and individual device bring-ups.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Essentially, Cyanogen has given up on killing Google and will instead adapt to live in Google’s world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Its software was always a hard sell because it required handset
makers to ditch Android and Google services entirely in favor of
Cyanogen’s own alternatives. Then there was the politics. OnePlus was
Cyanogen’s largest partner, but the relationship was strained and <a href="http://www.androidauthority.com/cyanogen-ends-partnership-with-oneplus-604572/" target="_blank">it ended on a sour note after just one device</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that these Cyanogen services are dying, Tal’s strategy is to
unbundle what the Cyanogen OS did offer so that it can work in
conjunction with regular Android builds and the stock services that
Google provides with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“The new partnership program offers smartphone manufacturers greater
freedom and opportunity to introduce intelligent, customizable Android
smartphones using different parts of the Cyanogen OS via dynamic modules
and MODs, with the ROM of their choice, whether stock Android or their
own variant,” Lior said in <a href="https://cyngn.com/blog/the-future-of-cyanogen-and-the-untapped-power-of-mobile" target="_blank">a statement in October</a> when he took his new role.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cyanogen has raised $115 million to date from investors which include Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark, <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cyanogen#/entity" target="_blank">according to Crunchbase</a>. <a href="https://cyngn.com/blog/update-on-cyanogen" target="_blank">Lior said in late November</a> that the company is “well funded,” yet it has spent half of the year in cost-cutting mode. It made <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/07/22/sources-cyanogen-inc-is-undergoing-major-layoffs-may-pivot-to-apps/" target="_blank">made layoffs</a> over the
summer and recently shuttered its Seattle office in order to
“consolidate” its workforce into one team based out of its base in Palo
Alto. The closure of its services is a further cost-saving move that
fits with its pivot to make it more accessible and less of commitment
for prospective partners. The question now is whether it can offer
anything that partners actually want and will pay for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Collect from <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/24/cyanogen-failed-to-kill-android-now-it-is-shuttering-its-services-and-os-as-part-of-a-pivot/amp/" target="_blank">here</a> </span> </span></div>
Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-54593927965128847722016-12-24T11:12:00.000-08:002016-12-26T04:43:26.434-08:00Dutch regulators order T-Mobile to stop offering free music streaming over net neutrality concerns<img class="" src="https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/bingeon.jpg?w=738" />
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T-Mobile’s no-data-charge-music-streaming-thing has been going strong
since 2014 here in the States, with the company adding services to the
offering one by one.<br />
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The Netherlands version of the promotion ran into <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-deutsche-telekom-netherlands-regulato-idUSKBN14C0LS" target="_blank">significant headwinds</a>
this week, however, as regulators at the Dutch Consumer and Markets
(AFM) officially ordered the carrier to stop offering the “zero rating”
feature over concerns that it constitutes a threat to net neutrality.<br />
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As with the version in the States, the service lets users play
unlimited music through participating services, without contributing to
their data costs (the US counterpart features a video version, as well).
The “participating services” is the key part of the decision here, as
promoting certain companies over others can aversely impact competition.<br />
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T-Mobile Netherlands, which introduced the service on October
10, will be hit with a $52,000 a day fine if it refuses to comply to
yesterday’s ruling.<br />
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Here’s a key bit of the <a href="http://newsroom.t-mobile.nl/t-mobile-naar-rechter-voor-belangen-van-haar-klanten/" target="_blank">Un-Carrier’s response</a> to the ruling, filtered through Google Translate,<br />
<blockquote>
T-Mobile meets the European requirements and is therefore
not agree with the decision of the ACM and will refer the matter to the
courts. T-Mobile is waiting for the verdict of the court and until then
Data Royalty Free Music remains available.</blockquote>
So, all that free streaming may end up costing T-Mobile quite a bit in the end.<br />
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Huawei is the third-largest
smartphone manufacturer in the world, but you’d hardly know it in the
West. That could all be about to change though, as the company is slowly
but surely stepping out of the shadow of its rivals with impressive
phones like the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/huawei-p9-1318442/review">Huawei P9</a>, which combined high-end specs with an innovative camera and a pleasantly low price.</div>
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Next
year the company is expected to follow that up with the Huawei P10, and
based on early rumors this could be a no-compromise handset with truly
top-tier specs.</div>
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We’re collecting everything you need to know about
the phone below, including the likely price and release date, to give
you the clearest possible idea of what to expect from Huawei’s next
flagship.</div>
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Cut to the chase</h3>
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<li><b>What is it? </b>Huawei's upcoming flagship phone</li>
<li><b>When is it out?</b> Probably April 2017</li>
<li><b>What will it cost?</b> It's going to be expensive, but may undercut rivals</li>
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Huawei P10 release date</h3>
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Huawei
announced the P9 in early April 2016, and the phone hit stores in
mid-April. Roughly a year between models tends to be the way of things
in smartphone world, so April 2017 is our best guess for now, especially
as the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/huawei-p8-1290942/review">Huawei P8</a> also launched in April.</div>
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Huawei's
marketing director for sub-Saharan Africa, Hawa Hyath, has also
confirmed the P10 will be the next focus for the company suggesting a
2017 release date is on the cards.</div>
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Huawei P10 screen</h3>
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<b>Hottest leaks:</b></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>A 5.5-inch screen</li>
<li>A QHD resolution</li>
<li>A curved screen</li>
</ul>
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The
screen is one of the few ways in which the Huawei P9 doesn’t quite feel
like a flagship, as it has a 1080 x 1920 display, where many high-end
phones now have QHD ones.</div>
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But it looks like the Huawei P10 could be falling in line with rivals, as <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/are-these-the-specs-for-the-huawei-p10">a leaked benchmark</a>
points to a 1440 x 2560 screen. It could also be set to grow, from 5.2
inches on the P9 to 5.5 inches, if the benchmark is accurate.</div>
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<a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/huawei-p10-could-be-heavily-inspired-by-the-galaxy-s7-edge">One leaker</a> also reckons the Huawei P10 will have a curved screen, much like the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-1315189/review">Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge</a>, or the company's own <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/huawei-mate-9-porsche-design">Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design</a>.</div>
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It's also possible that the Huawei P10 will launch in both flat and curved varieties, if the leaked image above, spotted on <a class="hawk-link-parsed" href="http://www.weibo.com/u/5827625080?is_hot=1#_rnd1479987308036" target="_blank">Weibo</a>, is accurate. This shows the curved version, but a flat model was shared by the same source, suggesting we could see both.</div>
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<b>TechRadar’s take:</b>
A jump to QHD would make sense to help the P10 stand out from its
predecessors and stand up to rivals, while 5.5-inch displays have become
the new normal, so a jump in size is also likely, and Huawei has
already launched a curved phone, so there's every chance it will add
curves to its flagship.</div>
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Huawei P10 design</h3>
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<b>Hottest leaks:</b></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>An all metal body</li>
<li>A fingerprint scanner on the front</li>
<li>A redesigned antenna band</li>
</ul>
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We
can do more than talk about the Huawei P10’s design, we can even show
you pictures, albeit leaked ones of an alleged prototype, which may or
may not reflect the final design of the phone.</div>
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<figcaption>Source: Weibo / Digital mad newspaper</figcaption></figure></div>
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Still,
assuming they are accurate the Huawei P10 is set to look a lot like the
P9, with a slim metal shell, shown here in pink (or rose gold as it
will probably be called). </div>
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But there are a couple of key
differences, the biggest being the placement of the fingerprint scanner,
which has moved from the back of the phone and now looks to be embedded
below the screen.</div>
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There’s a fair chance that’s accurate, as
front-facing scanners are more common than rear ones and arguably more
convenient, since you can still use them when the phone is placed on a
surface.</div>
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Huawei also put a fingerprint scanner on the front of the
recent Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design. It’s also a rumor that first
appeared back in June, as reported by <a class="hawk-link-parsed" href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ro&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilissimo.ro%2Fstiri-telefoane%2Fhuawei-p10-ar-putea-sosi-cu-scanner-de-amprente-amplasat-frontal&edit-text=" target="_blank">Mobilissimo</a>, quoting a Weibo tipster, and has been <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/huawei-p10-could-be-heavily-inspired-by-the-galaxy-s7-edge">echoed again</a> more recently.</div>
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On
the other hand, a leaked render (shown above in the screen section),
shows a home button on the front but a fingerprint scanner on the back,
so don't count on the scanner moving - though having a home button and
not building the scanner into it seems an odd choice, so we're more
inclined to believe these leaked real world shots.</div>
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The other big change to the design shown in these images (also leaked on <a class="hawk-link-parsed" href="http://www.weibo.com/2561744167/EhMjFyW6V?type=comment#_rnd1479286872767" target="_blank">Weibo</a>)
is the placement of the lower antenna band, which on the P9 runs
straight along the back of the phone, but here curves along the bottom
edge, making it slightly less visible and a lot more like the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/iphone-7-1327947/review">iPhone 7</a>.</div>
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<b>TechRadar’s take:</b>
These leaked P10 images look believable – but as they’re seemingly
prototypes they could be subject to change. Regardless, we’d expect a
similar design to the P9, with just a few changes and refinements.</div>
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Huawei P10 camera and battery</h3>
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<b>Hottest leaks:</b></div>
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<li>A dual-lens snapper</li>
<li>12MP rear camera and an 8MP front-facing one</li>
<li>Fast and wireless charging</li>
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The
dual-camera was one of the Huawei P9’s standout features, so we’d
expect a similar snapper to arrive on the P10 and early rumors suggest
that’s exactly what we’ll get.</div>
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First there’s a <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/are-these-the-specs-for-the-huawei-p10">leaked benchmark</a>,
pointing to a 12MP rear camera and an 8MP front-facing one – there’s no
mention of dual-lenses, but those megapixel counts are the same as the
P9.</div>
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Then, there’s the leaked shots, which you’ll see above in the
design section, clearly showing a dual-lens camera on the back, with an
altogether similar design to the P9, including what looks to be a
dual-LED flash.</div>
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We’d be surprised if the camera doesn’t get an
upgrade of some kind though, so despite what the benchmark says it’s
possible that it will fall in line with the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/huawei-mate-9">Huawei Mate 9</a>, which has a 20MP and 12MP camera pair on the back.</div>
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Whatever
the megapixel count, it’s likely that the camera will work much the
same here as on the P9, with one lens taking monochrome shots and the
other used for RGB (color).</div>
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Most of the time you’ll be combining
the two sensors, to capture more detail in images, but you can also
choose to just use the monochrome sensor for black and white shots.</div>
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There’s
no news on how big the battery will be, but the P9 has a 3000mAh one
while the massive Mate 9 has a 4000mAh one, so perhaps Huawei will split
the difference and give us a 3500mAh juice pack? </div>
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It’s likely to plug in via USB Type-C, given that the P9 does, and according to a <a class="hawk-link-parsed" href="http://www.weibo.com/2561744167/EhMjFyW6V?type=comment#_rnd1479290569872" target="_blank">Weibo source</a> it will support fast charging, while <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/huawei-p10-could-be-heavily-inspired-by-the-galaxy-s7-edge">another source</a> claims the P10 will support wireless charging.</div>
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<b>TechRadar’s take:</b>
We’d be very surprised if the Huawei P10 doesn’t have a dual-lens
camera, but some improvements are likely, whether they take the form of
more megapixels, optical image stabilization or something else entirely.</div>
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Huawei P10 OS and power</h3>
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<b>Hottest leaks:</b></div>
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<li>6GB of RAM</li>
<li>A powerful Kirin 960 processor</li>
<li>Up to 256GB of storage</li>
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According to both a leaked benchmark and a <a class="hawk-link-parsed" href="http://www.weibo.com/2561744167/EhMjFyW6V?type=comment#_rnd1479290569872" target="_blank">Weibo post</a>,
the Huawei P10 will have a Kirin 960 processor. That’s an octa-core
chip, and it has already been used in the Huawei Mate 9, a phone which
we found to offer slick performance, but not quite match the
Exynos-powered <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s7-1315188/review">Samsung Galaxy S7</a> in benchmarks.</div>
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It
looks like the Huawei P10 could come in two variants though, one with
6GB of RAM (highlighted by both current specs leaks) and one with 4GB of
RAM (mentioned just by the Weibo post).</div>
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Where
the two leaks don’t line up at all is in storage capacities though,
with the benchmark suggesting a massive 256GB built in, while the Weibo
leak points to either 64GB paired with 4GB of RAM or 128GB coupled with
6GB of RAM.</div>
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As for the OS, that’s likely to be <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/android-7-what-we-want-to-see-1311290">Android Nougat</a>,
assuming an April launch, and indeed that’s what the benchmark lists.
Of course, you’ll also get Huawei’s Emotion UI over the top.</div>
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<b>TechRadar’s take:</b>
The Kirin 960 is likely and a jump to 6GB of RAM is believable, though
Huawei’s flagships often don’t quite match rivals, so there may also be a
4GB version.</div>
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Huawei P10 other features</h3>
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The main features
of the Huawei P10 are likely to include a dual-lens camera and a
fingerprint scanner. We wouldn’t expect anything over the top, as the
company is likely to try and keep costs down.</div>
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Huawei P10 price</h3>
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Our
best guess for the Huawei P10’s price is to look at the launch price of
the P9, which started at $530/£449/AU$799 SIM-free. Not cheap then, but
less than flagships from the likes of Samsung, HTC and Apple.</div>
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But
if anything the P10 could cost more than the P9, given the boost in
specs and the unexpectedly high price of the Huawei Mate 9.</div>
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<b>TechRadar’s take:</b>
The P10 could be pricier than the P9, but we’d be surprised if it
topped $650/£550/AU$900 – a price which would likely put it in line with
rivals.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Uber responded today to <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/21/uber-location-tracking" target="_blank">reports</a>
that its app continues to check users’ locations even when they hadn’t
used the ride-hailing service for days or weeks. The company explained
that the issue is being caused by the iOS operating system itself, not
direct tracking by its app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many users had realized that Uber’s app appeared to have recently checked their location, according to their iPhone Settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But Uber says this is behavior that’s being triggered by the iOS Maps
extension that Apple opened in September. It’s not due to a bug in the
Uber app nor is it a consequence of the recent location services update,
the company told us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The reason this issue was worrisome is because Uber announced last month that it <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/28/uber-background-location-data-collection/" target="_blank">would begin background collection of user data,</a>
but only for five minutes after drop-off. The data would help it
improve drop-off and pick-up point accuracy in the future, Uber had
said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some users, of course, were <a href="https://hackernoon.com/dear-apple-give-us-control-over-stalkerware-95c625f585fb" target="_blank">concerned</a> the company may overstep here, or felt generally uncomfortable about sharing this data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That’s not surprising, given that Uber has had several high-profile slip-ups regarding user privacy in the past, including<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/13/uber-snooping-lawsuit-exposes-data-and-security-practices/" target="_blank"> poor security practices around private data</a>, reports of Uber <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/uber-is-investigating-its-top-new-york-executive-for-privacy?utm_term=.dhyMXxMp7#.vlXV0ZVxW" target="_blank">spying on reporters’ trips, </a><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-uber-allegedly-stalked-users-for-party-goers-viewing-pleasure/#734bbf823f84" target="_blank">misuse of an internal tracking tool </a>dubbed “God View,” reports that <a href="https://www.revealnews.org/article/uber-said-it-protects-you-from-spying-security-sources-say-otherwise/" target="_blank">internal employees stalked ex-girlfriends and celebs</a>, among other things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/2016/12/uber_location_privacy" target="_blank">as John Gruber of DaringFireball.net noted in a recent post</a>,
an iOS feature would allow users to check to see if Uber kept its word
about limiting location tracking to only five minutes after the
drop-off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He explained that, in iOS’s Settings, you’re able to track which apps are accessing your location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Under “Settings → Privacy → Location Services,” an indicator appears
next to apps that have recently checked your location. The indicator is
purple if that check was recent, or gray if it was in the last 24 hours.
He noted also that he had been checking this for his Uber app, but
didn’t see any signs of misuse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As it turns out, that wasn’t true for everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/21/uber-location-tracking" target="_blank">In a second post</a>,
Gruber says many readers sent screenshots of the Uber app still
checking their location, even though it had been days or even weeks
since they last used the car service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Obviously, this seemed to be concerning behavior on Uber’s part, as
it would appear to indicate the company was not true to its word.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, Uber says the location tracking is not intentional behavior on the part of its app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Uber investigated the issue today, at our request, and found the
issue is related to the iOS Maps extension. This also explains why not
everyone was seeing the problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/14/12921240/apple-ios10-uber-siri-maps-update-release" target="_blank">Uber’s map extension feature</a> was made available in September, and is based on Apple’s protocol for <a href="http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/09/how-to-enable-use-app-extensions-apple-maps-ios-10.html" target="_blank">Map extensions</a>. Other map extensions from Uber competitors would work the same way, then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to an Uber spokesperson: “For people who choose to
integrate ride sharing apps with iOS Maps, location data must be shared
in order for you to request a ride inside the Maps app. Map extensions
are disabled by default and you can choose to turn them on in your iOS
settings,” they said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In other words, it’s not a bug, it’s feature. And it’s a feature of iOS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, the way iOS is designed will make it difficult for
users who like to keep an eye on their apps for privacy’s sake from
being able to just glance at their Settings in order to see if
those apps are misbehaving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Uber isn’t the only third-party app that’s been integrated with Apple Maps: Lyft, OpenTable and Yelp are also available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps Apple needs another color-coded indicator in the Location Services Settings to show users if it’s the <i>app</i> that’s accessing your location data, or if it’s the <i>Maps extension</i>
that’s causing your otherwise unused app to look as if it’s tracking
you. After all, if the feature is designed to give users control over
their own private data, we’ll need better tools than those iOS currently
provides.</span></div>
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Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-61189305909112881342016-12-17T09:17:00.004-08:002016-12-23T02:38:04.739-08:00Facebook admits to another metrics mistake affecting Instant Article publishers<img class="" src="https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/instant-articles-e28094-poster-frame.jpg?w=738" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: content-box; color: #3e433e; font-family: 'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; line-height: 26px; max-width: 100%;" /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #3e433e; font-family: "open sans" , "helveticaneue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"></span><br />
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For a metrics powered company, Facebook is pretty bad at metrics. The company just<a href="https://www.facebook.com/business/news/reach-reactions-api" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">announced</a> its third metrics-related issue in the past two months with today’s reveal that it also experienced problems providing accurate numbers to publishers on its Instant Articles platform.</div>
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Instant Articles are those that <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/12/facebook-instant-articles/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">fast-loading, interactive articles</a> that can be loaded directly in the Facebook News Feed. The <a href="https://instantarticles.fb.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">format</a> is today used by a large number of the major media publishers, including The WSJ, BBC News, The Huffington Post, The NYT, NBC News, BuzzFeed, and many others.</div>
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According to a report from Facebook this morning, the company uncovered an issue that affected a “small group” of Instant Articles publishers, causing those numbers to be underreported. The problem was brought to Facebook’s attention by comScore, as it was tied to a comScore product.</div>
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Facebook says the issue only affected those publishers who were using its “legacy comScore integration” who also supported HTTPS on their websites. From September 20th, 2016 to November 30th, 2016, this caused Instant Articles’ iPhone traffic numbers to be underreported. iPad and Android traffic was not affected, it said.</div>
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The company claims it has now fixed the issue and is working with comScore to provide updated estimates to the group of partners who were impacted.</div>
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According to <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-discloses-another-metrics-mishap-affecting-publishers-1481896803" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a report from The WSJ</a>, the error impacted less than 1% of the traffic for the majority of the affected publishers. But it was more of a concern for larger publishers, as some saw their traffic undercounted by as much as 10% to 20%. One site even saw traffic off by around 30%, a source told The WSJ.</div>
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While Facebook’s announcement tries to downplay the problem by noting only a “small” number of partners were impacted, that list had some big names. The WSJ report says affected publishers included Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Mic, Entrepreneur, Foreign Policy, Inverse, PopSugar and Variety.</div>
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This is the third sizable error in metrics that Facebook has uncovered in the past 60 days. Earlier this month, it announced <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/09/facebook-corrects-more-metrics-affecting-ad-reach-streaming-reactions-plus-like-share-counts/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">issues with metrics affecting ad reach, streaming reactions, and like and share counts. </a>In November,<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/16/facebook-overhauls-ad-metrics-admits-4-bugs-and-errors-led-to-misreported-numbers/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> it found problems</a> with video and Page metrics, referrals in Analytics for Apps, as well as – again – Instant Articles. That time, Facebook was over-reporting average time spent on Instant Articles by between 7 percent and 8 percent. It had been doing so since August of 2015, it said.</div>
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And prior to all three of these more recent reports, Facebook came clean back in September <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/22/facebook-miscalculation-significantly-inflated-average-video-view-times-for-years/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">about problems with its video metrics</a> that had led to significantly inflated average video view times.</div>
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Independently, none of the problems are the sort of thing that can’t be worked through, but taken as whole, it’s likely these issues could shake marketers’ trust in Facebook’s system. And that could impact Facebook ad revenue.</div>
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Additionally, the problems speak to how Facebook seems to have positioned itself more as a technology company that prioritizes shipping new products and innovations over what’s happening on the backend. Mark Zuckerberg has also stated repeatedly, in response to complaints about its role in spreading fake news, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/14/facebook-denies-its-a-media-company-despite-censorship-decisions/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">that Facebook is not a media company.</a>With metrics issues like these, that seems to be true.</div>
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Google today officially <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/gboard-now-on-android/" target="_blank">an</a><a href="https://blog.google/products/search/gboard-now-on-android/" target="_blank">nounced</a> that it’s rebranding its Google Keyboard application for Android users to “<a href="http://goo.gl/gboard/android" target="_blank">Gboard</a>,”
the name sported by its newer keyboard app that sports a
fully integrated Google Search engine, emoji and GIF search, and more.
The keyboard’s Android launch had been spotted earlier this week by a <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/12/13922300/gboard-google-ios-keyboard-android-support" target="_blank">number</a> of media <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/gboard-for-android-offers-emoji-search-google-search-gif-search-and-more/" target="_blank">sites</a> and <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-launches-gboard-keyboard-features-android-devices-265318" target="_blank">blogs</a>, who had also noted app arrived with a few new features, as well.<br />
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Gboard was <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/12/google-launches-gboard-an-ios-keyboard-that-lets-you-search-without-a-browser/" target="_blank">first launched on iOS</a>
around six months ago, as a means of giving Google a better way to
integrate its search engine on users’ devices. Instead of putting it
into a separate app, Google bundled search into the screen people use
the most – their keyboard.<br />
On Android, Gboard includes the same feature set as found in its iOS
predecessor, as most of its changes were more about adding polish and
addressing a few user concerns, rather than overhauling the core
experience.<br />
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In the new app, you can now tap a Google logo to start your search – a
tweak that makes access to Google search a bit more obvious.<br />
The benefit of having search built in like this is that search
results can be easily shared from your keyboard. This comes in handy
when you want to share a business’s address, weather, flight times, news
articles, restaurant info and more with your friend, without having to
launch a separate app to dig up that information. Gboard will also
predict possible searches, based on your chat which you may find either
very useful or super creepy.<br />
For example, the company explains, if you’re chatting with a friend
about the weather, the app may offer a prediction for “Weather” which
you could then share with a tap.<br />
The app includes built in GIF and emoji search, too, like the iOS
version does. A clever trick here is that Google makes it quicker to
find the right emoji. Instead of scrolling, you can just do a search for
the one you want (e.g. “monkey”).<br />
One new feature that arrives with the Android app is an option to
always show the number row on the screen – something that was one of
users’ complaints about the keyboard layout. The app added support for
multiple languages, as well, which will help bilingual users with their
searches and the app’s predictions.<br />
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You can also choose to turn on Glide Typing, if that’s your preferred
mode of text entry. And the app offers a standard lineup of keyboard
features like text predictions, autocorrect, and voice typing.<br />
Gboard will work in over 100 languages <a href="http://goo.gl/gboard/android" target="_blank">as it rolls out today to all markets</a>, and more will be added in time.<br />
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What’s better than a few geofilters? A billion
algorithmically generated filters. That’s Facebook Messenger’s strategy
to steal the visual communication crown from Snapchat, thanks to <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/12/messenger-announces-global-launch-of-a-new-powerful-native-camera-just-in-time-for-the-holidays/" target="_blank">its new camera feature</a> that rolls out today. Well, actually, “a billion” is selling it short.</div>
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Messenger’s camera can make an infinite number of overlaid graphics
to jazz up your photos and videos. It takes anything you type, then
programmatically spawns art that blows up those words in goofy fonts
that you can splash atop your imagery. If Messenger recognizes the
meaning of your text in any of 15 different popular languages, it will
even offer up filters with related art.<br />
Plus, it’s got augmented reality selfie lenses, holiday-themed masks,
props to paste on, Prisma-esque style transfers, influencer-suggested
filters and art that helps you tell friends what you’re doing or ask
them to hang out. This camera is a swipe away or tap away at all times,
living a layer beneath the rest of Messenger.<br />
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“A lot more conversations are starting from photos,” Facebook’s head
of Messenger David Marcus tells me. Around 10 percent, in fact. “We
wanted to make sure we could be a first-class citizen when it comes to
visual messaging, and naturally for that you need a good camera.”<br />
Indeed, 2.5 billion photos, videos, emoji and stickers are already
sent each day on Messenger, now that emergent behavior is getting the
product support it deserves. The new features are rolling out to all
users today and tomorrow on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/messenger/id454638411?mt=8" target="_blank">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.orca&hl=en" target="_blank">Android</a>, and the holiday effects should be available for everyone by December 21st.<br />
TechCrunch got a deep look inside the creation of the new Messenger
camera, speaking with execs and artists to learn why and how the texting
app is redefining itself in the age of chat via images.<br />
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MessengArt</h2>
For a social network that’s really just a skeleton brought to life by
the media its users share, Facebook has always had a penchant for art.
As I walk the immense length of Facebook’s new 430,000-square foot Menlo
Park office building, it’s hard not to stop and gawk at the posters.
Facebook’s Analog Research Lab screen printing room churns out
motivational banners with wild colors and bold text.<br />
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Now Facebook is bringing that flare inside Messenger. “At first we
didn’t have any art so we had to work to assemble an art team,” Marcus
explains. They were tasked with turning the most commonly expressed
feelings, activities and questions into images people could stick on
their Messenger photos. And not just in English.<br />
“We work with creators all over the world for people all over the
world,” says Jennifer Whitley, Messenger’s Creative Director.
“One-third of our library is created for specific regions and
demographics.” Both social media influencers and local graphic designers
were recruited to give Messenger a diversity of iconography.<br />
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That comes with risks, though. Snapchat was criticized for offering a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/10/snapchat-racist-asian-filter-yellowface" target="_blank">“yellowface”</a>
selfie filter that looked like an Asian stereotype. Whitley tells me
that when Messenger’s team made art for countries like Thailand, “we vet
that and get that reviewed by people who speak the language. We don’t
want to help self-expression that could be dangerous.”<br />
Meanwhile, design and engineering teams worked to extract meaning
from common phrases, and link them to different art so Messenger can
create “programmatic frames” that scale to 15 languages, with more
coming. And by collaborating with the<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/09/facebook-acquires-video-filter-app-msqrd-to-square-up-to-snapchat/" target="_blank"> MSQRD artificial intelligence selfie filter team Facebook acquired this year</a>, they built out a slew of new masks to make you look funny, or just more comfortable, on camera.<br />
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<i>A gallery of all the different Messenger art</i><br />
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Facebook Camera 2.0</h2>
Before Facebook suddenly acquired Instagram in 2012, it was building its own photo editing app called… <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/24/facebook-camera/" target="_blank">Facebook Camera</a>. Before getting shut down to give Instagram room to breathe, it taught the company about multi-image uploads and color filters.<br />
Now Facebook is reviving the project. It’s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/28/the-new-facebook-camera/" target="_blank">testing some of the same features in Facebook proper</a>
as are launching today on Messenger, in a multi-pronged attack on
Snapchat, which has become its most cunning competitor. The new camera
is also at the heart of Messenger’s direct Snapchat Stories clone called
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/30/messenger-day/" target="_blank">“Messenger Day”</a> that debuted a few months ago in Poland and is now testing in 15 countries.<img alt="newsroom-2" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1428718" height="510" src="https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/newsroom-2.gif?w=680&h=510" width="680" /><br />
Here’s a crash course in all the new Messenger Camera features:<br />
<b>Swipe to Access:</b> Just pull down from anywhere on the
Messenger app’s inbox, hit the overlaid shutter button, or the camera
icon in threads, to open the camera. It sits behind your inbox, as well
as individual threads so you can instantly capture those spontaneous
moments.<br />
<b>Stylized Shutter Button:</b> To tip you off if there’s
new seasonal creative tools you won’t want to miss, the normally
transparent shutter button that sits atop your inbox will occasionally
get bedazzled with holiday gift wrapping or other effects to let you
know there are Santa hats and reindeer antlers to try on.<br />
<b>Shoot First, Pick Friends Later:</b> Now instead of
having to a pick a thread, then shoot a photo, you capture content
first, then select all the different friends or group chats you want to
send it to in a distribution screen reminiscent of Snapchat.<br />
<b>Selfie Masks, Style Transfers and Effects: </b>Before
you shoot, you can add different Snapchat-style 3D selfie masks, filters
that make your images look like paintings and environmental effects.<br />
<b>Art Picker:</b> After you shoot, tap on the Smiley icon
atop the camera screen and you’ll pull up a tray of all the different
art you can add. They’re divided into categories like “I’m Doing,” “I’m
Feeling” and “Who’s Up For?,” which combine art and utility to turn
boring text messages into eye-catching imagery so you’ll be more social.<br />
<b>Programmatic Frames:</b> Type words into the Art
Picker’s search box and you’ll see pre-made art related to the meaning
of your text. And if it’s a name, gibberish or something Messenger
doesn’t understand, it will algorithmically generate stylized filters
that incorporate your words in fun fonts.<br />
<b>Props:</b> Add some eyeglasses, a hat or a beard with
prop stickers you can paste on your face. Grab a multi-piece disguise
and resize different pieces separately to fit your head.<br />
<b>Type, Doodle or Sticker:</b> You can also spice up your
images the old-fashioned way with overlaid text, drawing or any of
Facebook Messenger’s popular stickers.<br />
<b>Blank Canvas:</b> If you don’t want to take a photo, you
can swipe sideways or hit the palette button to create a solid color
canvas to write on top of or adorn with stickers that are already sent 2
billion times per day.<br />
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The human behind the text message</h2>
“When I already know what I want to say, how do I personalize what
I’m saying?” That’s how Messenger Director of Product Management Peter
Martinazzi describes the intent of all these new features.<br />
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are plenty of visual “communication” apps, from Snapchat to Instagram
and beyond. But they were all built off a base of photo sharing, rather
than messaging. So while other apps might focus on showing friends
something fun, Messenger’s camera has a practical bent. It wants to help
you make plans, express what’s on your mind and inform close friends
what you’re up to.<br />
“At its core it’s a messaging app, so we want to make sure if you
want to communicate ‘who’s up for drinks?’ you can do that in a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>really
cool, engaging way,” Marcus concludes. “The main use case we’re trying
to power is people communicating with their friends and families,
expressing themselves when they’re apart.”<br />
This is the latest of a dozen attempts by Facebook to copy Snapchat’s
top features and prevent more users from straying there. Facebook
appears undaunted by criticism of it stealing ideas, hoping its versions
will stick even if they make it look unoriginal or uncool to some.<br />
Maintaining Messenger’s efficiency as a utility is critical. More
thaner one billion users rely on it to handle the normal conversations
that get them through the days. Messenger can’t stray too far from the
mission or people will ditch it for more spartan chat apps. That’s why
it’s worked to embed the new art features without obstructing the speed
of text if people want to keep it simple.<br />
And that’s where the true opportunity for Messenger is. Rather than
ham-handedly trying to force the logistics of your life through an
ephemeral content platform like Snapchat or a photos-first app like
Instagram, its camera is designed to augment words rather than replace
them.<br />
That could even make us less lonely. Tossing a drab “who wants to
hang out?” text into a group chat can seem desperate, discouraging the
shy. But if Messenger makes that same question fun to look at it, we
might not be so apprehensive to reach out.<br />
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Snopes, FactCheck.org, Politifact, ABC News, and <a href="https://blog.ap.org/announcements/the-fight-against-fake-news" target="_blank">AP</a> will help Facebook make good on four of the six <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10103253901916271" target="_blank">promises Mark Zuckerberg made</a> about fighting fake news without it becoming “the arbiter of truth.” <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/12/news-feed-fyi-addressing-hoaxes-and-fake-news/" target="_blank">It will make fake news posts less visible</a>,
append warnings from fact checkers to fake news in the feed, make
reporting hoaxes easier and disrupt the financial incentives of fake
news spammers.<br />
“We’re not looking to get into the grey area of opinion,” Facebook’s
VP of News Feed Adam Mosseri tells me. “What we are focusing on with
this work is specifically the worst of the work — clear hoaxes that were
shared intentionally, usually by spammers, for financial gain.”<br />
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Facebook will now refer to fact-checking services that adhere to <span class="s2"><a href="http://www.poynter.org/fact-checkers-code-of-principles/" target="_blank">Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network fact-checkers’ code of principles</a> the
most egregious and viral fake news articles flagged by users and
algorithms. These include non-partisanship and fairness; transparency of
sources, methodology and funding; and a commitment to corrections.
Facebook is starting with the five above but hopes to grow that list to
dozens to quickly get a consensus on a story’s accuracy. </span><br />
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<span class="s2">If they confirm a story is fake, they notify
Facebook through a special reporting website it exclusively built for
them, and can include a link to a post debunking the article. Facebook
will then show posts of those links lower in the News Feed. It will also
attach a warning label noting “Disputed by [one or more of the fact
checkers]” with a link to the debunking post on News Feed stories and in
the status composer if users are about to share a dubious link, plus
prohibit disputed stories from being turned into ads.</span><br />
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Facebook will only send the most popular potentially fake news
stories to avoid inundating the fact-checkers; if publishers disagree
with their labels they’ll have to take it up with the third-parties.
Mosseri confirms that these fact-checking services won’t receive any
payment from Facebook, but may get a traffic and branding boost from the
debunk post links.<br />
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As for why services would do the fact-checking labor for
free, Mosseri says, “We’ve been met with a lot of positivity. What we’re
doing, we believe, is aligned wit their mission.” As for the risk of
them too aggressively labeling stories as fake, Mosseri says. “I think
that it’s going to be very public what they dispute, and it’s going to
put them under healthy scrutiny. So If they just start disputing to try
to get traffic, people will see what they’re disputing and call them out
if there’s any issues…I think there’s checks and balances actually on
both sides.”</div>
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Beyond warnings, Facebook is making it easier for users to report
fake news with the top-right corner drop-down menu on News Feed. It will
analyze whether people are significantly less likely to share an
article after reading it, and use that as a signal that a post is low
value and should be shown less prominently in the News Feed.<br />
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Spammy Facebook Pages that try to masquerade as legitimate publishers
(think TechCrunch.co instead of the real TechCrunch.com) will have
their stories shown less. And Facebook will continue to detect people
commenting “fake” or “hoax” on links to power down-ranking and referrals
to fact checkers.<br />
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Finally, Facebook is trying to hit purposeful fake news spreaders in
the wallet. It will no longer allow domain spoofing in ads that
previously spammers say an ad led to a legit publisher instead of their
own site. Facebook will also scan landing pages of suspected fakers, and
if they’re primarily just ad-covered spam sites potentially levy
enforcement actions against them.<br />
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Mosseri admits that “We have multiple beliefs that are not at odds
but do have some tension,” in reference to the balance between avoiding
censorship of free speech and the need to thwart misinformation. “We
believe in giving people a voice…but we also believe we have a
responsibility to reduce the spread of fake news on Facebook.”<br />
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The two areas for improvement Zuckerberg cited that
Facebook is still working on are better classifiers to automatically
detect fake news, and preventing fake news from appearing as “Related
Articles” that appear below links. These updates will begin by rolling
out in the U.S. where many of the fact checkers are based, but, Mosseri
says, “we’ll be looking to expand this internationally as soon as we
can.”</div>
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<b>Update</b>: Zuckerberg has now<a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10103338789106661?pnref=story" target="_blank"> posted</a> some thoughts on today’s updates, noting that (emphasis mine):</div>
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“Facebook is a new kind of platform different from
anything before it. I think of Facebook as a technology company, but I
recognize we have a greater responsibility than just building technology
that information flows through. While we don’t write the news stories
you read and share, we also recognize we’re more than just a distributor
of news. <b>We’re a new kind of platform for public discourse — and that means we have a new kind of responsibility</b> to enable people to have the most meaningful conversations, and to build a space where people can be informed.”</div>
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As for how Facebook will handle all this on the backend,
Mosseri says “There are both algorithms and humans involved.”
Specifically, “a small team” of Facebook staffers will help check on
fake news sites masquerading as real publishers, but “There’s no people
involved in the sense that no one [from Facebook] is going to weigh in
on whether these stories are true or false.” Algorithms will tally fake
news signals and prioritize what’s sent to the fact checkers.</div>
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Disrupting fake news and banishing the most obvious cases
from the feed is essential to keeping the world accurately informed.
Indeed, 44 percent of U.S. adults have said they get news from Facebook,
and its 1.8 billion users make the impact of hoaxes on the platform
massive. Facebook will have to execute on these changes without
appearing to lean to the left, as its leadership and employees are known
to be liberal, exacerbating accusations that its Trends feature
suppressed conservative stories.</div>
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If Facebook’s multi-prong approach can decrease the
prevalence of fake news without becoming overbearing truth police, it
could dismantle one of the greatest threats to its future as a core
internet utility.<br />
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Apple’s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/11/a-standalone-apple-support-app-is-rolling-out-to-the-ios-app-store/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">recently launched standalone support application</a> is now hitting the U.S. App Store. The app, which had quietly debuted last month outside the U.S., lets you access product documentation, schedule appointments, as well as chat, email or schedule calls with an Apple Support technician, among other things.<br />
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While the ability to look for nearby stores and schedule appointments at the Genius Bar was previously available through the<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Apple Store app</a>, this feature was a bit buried among a variety of other functions. In addition, Apple’s “<a href="https://9to5mac.com/2014/07/21/ios-8-beta-4-includes-new-tips-app-with-quick-feature-tutorials/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tips</a>” app that launched with iOS 8 was not well-received, and was quickly archived to users’ Apple junk apps folder.</div>
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The new <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044?mt=8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Apple Support app</a>, as it’s called, is more useful because it centralizes all the product information and provides a more streamlined way to access customer support, when needed.</div>
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In addition, the app is personalized to each user. That is, the app recognizes all your iCloud-registered devices so you don’t have to figure out details like what model of iPhone or Mac computer you have. (Yes, in the real world, many people don’t obsessively keep track of this information – they just know they bought “the new iPhone.”)</div>
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This personalization allows customers to get just the product and support documentation that pertains to their devices. And it can speed things up when communicating with a support rep, too, as they won’t waste time figuring out their device details.</div>
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Apple customers will also be able to launch a native chat with an Apple service expert right in the app, and they can view their support case history when the session wraps.</div>
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If an in-store appointment is required, users can schedule this in the app and receive a reminder notifications. Plus, the app can help point users to authorized repair providers in the local area, as well.</div>
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The app’s arrival hits at one of the busiest times of the year – the U.S. holidays, when many people are unwrapping their new Apple devices for the first time, and potentially running into issues or having questions. That’s a trial-by-fire for a new service like this.</div>
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However, Apple has at least tested the app in the wild for around a month –<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/11/a-standalone-apple-support-app-is-rolling-out-to-the-ios-app-store/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #089e00; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;"> the app launched in the Netherlands App Store in November</a> ahead of its U.S. arrival.</div>
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Apple says additional countries will also receive the app in the coming weeks.<br />
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Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-3851434964024995312016-12-12T13:03:00.000-08:002016-12-16T11:11:47.584-08:00This breakthrough means we’re one step closer to phones that charge as you walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">The tech also powered a bank of 20 LED lights – it was all done by pushing down on the nanogenerator to create the energy. There wasn't even a battery connected.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">This test means we’re one step closer to having devices that are purely powered by movement.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">The highlight of the new tech is that the film-like device can be folded over to create higher levels of power. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">The full name of the tech is a biocompatible ferroelectret nanogenerator, and it's so thin that it can be folded and still fit inside many different objects.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">For example, during the LED lights test the surface of the film was palm sized, but the touchscreen was powered by a film no bigger than a finger.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Lead investigator of the project, Nelson Sepulveda, said: “Each time you fold it you are increasing exponentially the amount of voltage you are creating. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">“You can start with a large device, but when you fold it once, and again, and again, it’s now much smaller and has more energy. Now it may be small enough to put in a specially made heel of your shoe so it creates power each time your heel strikes the ground.”</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5;">The tech won't be compatible with the</span><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/iphone-8-1329124" style="border: 0px; color: #0099cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iPhone 8</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">, but one day we may be able to power our phones just by taking steps and not have to worry about charging them overnight.</span><br />
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</span>Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-38853716146341251052016-12-12T01:39:00.000-08:002016-12-16T11:15:26.685-08:00T-Mobile’s Digits calling service is designed to make phone numbers device agnostic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">T-Mobile’s pitch is simple, “We’re dragging the phone number into the
internet age.” The actual functionality is a bit trickier, which is why
the carrier looked to do a little bit of analyst handholding and a
consumer Twitter Q&A (at 10:30AM PT today) ahead of launch.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The underlying idea is to tie user identity to a single phone number,
available across devices, in much the same way that email (or, for that
matter, Google Voice and to a lesser extent Apple’s Messages) works.
So, you can place calls and send texts through the same number on
multiple smartphones, PCs, cellular connected smartwatches and even
feature phones – and, lord help you, all of them will ring at the same
time when a message comes through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Digits, users can also tie multiple phone number/accounts to a
single device, so users can, say, have a personal and work number on a
single device. The feature, which arrives today in a limited customer
beta, will work natively on select Samsung devices. For other devices,
it can either be accessed via browser (Chrome and Firefox) or through an
Android or iOS app (in the beta at least, you’re going to want to shut
off Messages on Apple devices).</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The fact that this is a T-Mobile designed solution means that it’s
primarily focused on voice, so calls get bumped up over other
functionality. “Digits prioritizes calls from your phone over other data
so calls are more reliable with crystal clear HD voice quality and full
mobility,” according to T-Mobile. “That’s because Digits is your real
wireless number with real wireless calling – not a best-efforts data
connection like you get with over-the-top (OTT) Internet calling
services.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That “carrier-grade quality” bit is the primary way the service is
looking to set itself apart from Google Voice and various VoIP-style
options. Perhaps most interesting here is the fact that the service will
usable on handsets tied to different networks. So Digits customers will
be able to access the service Verizon, AT&T and Sprint phones.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The app launches today in beta. There’s still a lot of info yet to be
announced including pricing, though the company says that it will be
“attainable,” which likely means, at the very least, that it’ll cost
less than your standard data plan. And for T-Mobile signing up means,
among other things, that you’ve got your foot in the door with the
Uncarrier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chinese handset manufacturer <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/zte-phones">ZTE</a> has sent out media invites announcing the launch of two Nubia smartphones. The <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/zte-nubia-z11-3598">Nubia Z11</a> and <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/zte-nubia-n1-3613">Nubia N1</a>
are set to launch in India on December 14 at an event in Delhi, where
the pricing and availability of both the devices will be revealed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Nubia Z11 was <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/zte-nubia-z11-with-6gb-of-ram-snapdragon-820-soc-launched-854867">first launched</a> in China in June, and was then released in <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/zte-nubia-z11-with-snapdragon-820-soc-to-launch-in-india-this-month-1453116">other markets eventually</a>.
In China, the device with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage is priced at CNY
2,499 (roughly Rs. 25,000), while the variant sporting 6GB of RAM and
128GB storage is priced at CNY 3,499 (roughly Rs. 35,000).</span><br />
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Nubia Z11 handset features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) 2.5D
display and is powered by a 2.15GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad-core
processor. Both the storage variants support expandable storage via
microSD card (up to 200GB). As for optics, it sports a 16-megapixel rear
camera with dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, and OIS. There is also an
8-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.4 aperture. The handset packs a
3000mAh battery and supports Quick Charge 3.0. It houses a fingerprint
scanner on the rear panel, and offers connectivity options like
Bluetooth, GPS, Glonass, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 4G, GPS/ A-GPS, 3G,
and USB Type-C. It measures 151.8x72.3x7.5mm, and weighs 162 grams.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The ZTE Nubia N1 <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/news/zte-nubia-n1-with-13-megapixel-front-camera-helio-p10-soc-launched-857303">was launched in China</a>
a week later for CNY 1,699 (roughly Rs. 17,200). It features a 5.5-inch
(1920x1080 pixels) full HD display with 401ppi pixel density, and is
powered by a 64-bit 1.8GHz Mediatek Helio P10 octa-core SoC paired with
3GB of RAM. The smartphone offers 64GB of inbuilt storage, alongside the
option to expand it via microSD slot (up to 128GB).</span><span style="font-size: large;">Optics
include a 13-megapixel rear camera with PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, and LED
flash. The selfie camera is also at 13-megapixel with beauty filters,
and smart fill light for better night photography. The ZTE Nubia N1
packs a 5000mAh battery and a fingerprint sensor at the back that claims
to unlock the smartphone in just 0.2 seconds. Connectivity options
include 4G LTE with VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS + GLONASS,
and USB Type-C support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Both the smartphones run on Nubia UI 4.0
based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and comes with hybrid dual-SIM which
means it supports one Nano-SIM card in one slot, and a nano-SIM or
microSD card in the other slot.</span>Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-22610043122023704332016-12-11T06:28:00.000-08:002016-12-11T07:02:02.174-08:00Samsung Galaxy S8 might feature an all-screen design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Samsung is going all guns blazing for the launch of its next flagship,<a class="articleTooltip" href="http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/galaxy-s8-price-49265.html" target="_blank"> Galaxy S8</a>
early next year. The company has lot to deliver especially after the
failure with Galaxy Note7. As always, the rumour mill is abuzz with what
Galaxy S8 might look like and it is turning to be another great design.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Samsung Galaxy S8 will reportedly launch with a bezelless display
making room for more real estate and immersive viewing experience.
Samsung already has the best display technology in the market and use of
a bezelless panel will only enhance the experience. "The new phones
will only come with wraparound displays using organic light-emitting
diode technology," <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-08/samsung-said-to-plan-all-screen-design-in-new-galaxy-s8-phones-iwfyts38" target="_blank">reports</a> Bloomberg.
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to a recent Kantar report, Apple iPhone 7/7 Plus sales <a href="http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/iphone-7-iphone-7-plus-sales-galaxy-s7-edge-kantar-report-32847.html" target="_blank">are growing</a>
after Galaxy Note7 went in flames. The company needs Galaxy S8 to be a
hit not only in terms of design and performance but also has to ensure
it doesn't explode.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Samsung is under pressure from Chinese smartphone makers who have graduated beyond basics with Xiaomi's <a href="http://www.digit.in/slideshows/xiaomi-mi-mix-in-pictures-1.html" target="_blank">Mi Mix</a>
showing the future of a Chinese design. With Apple iPhone adopting OLED
displays in the interim future, Samsung has a big task on its hand.
Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-08/samsung-said-to-plan-all-screen-design-in-new-galaxy-s8-phones-iwfyts38" target="_blank">says</a>
Samsung is currently targeting March release for Galaxy S8 but the
launch could get delayed till April. The delayed launch resonates with a
similar report from Wall Street Journal.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Samsung is reportedly planning to introduce Galaxy S8 only with
curved displays and not standard version. The smartphone is likely to
come in two <a href="http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s8-might-launch-in-57-inch-and-62-inch-screen-size-report-32430.html" target="_blank">screen sizes</a>
- 5.7-inch and 6.2-inch - and likely to be powered by Qualcomm's
Snapdragon 835 processor. Samsung Galaxy S8 is also rumoured to feature
virtual assistant based on Viv platform. The assistant is likely to be
triggered by a dedicated button and will feature integrations with third
party apps.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Samsung may have lost its momentum in the flagship market after the <a href="http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note7s-slim-design-contributed-to-the-fatal-battery-flaw-32748.html" target="_blank">Galaxy Note7 fiasco</a>
but the company is poised to make a turnaround. While the rumours are
definitely shaping up towards a great flagship, we will have to hold on
till the device really ships and works. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Collect from <a href="http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s8-rumour-specifications-price-features-32855.html">here</a> </span>Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-61717475680347050772016-12-11T05:23:00.003-08:002016-12-11T07:01:10.848-08:00HandEnergy brings new twist to pocket electricity generation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZKqL6OZ6cUFwknUSU_0f9HvG60nmMl6ahc7EA8lRMKXHLyGERQC6CGqUznz-x1S4jTDOJoaGSAluQT_PD2rtnQcaxK0yg4tVCOn5zG9JGmez9X9zTCQpVDScSw-RPFn8ito1DCOXShP5/s1600/handenergy-pocket-generator-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="HandEnergy brings new twist to pocket electricity generation" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZKqL6OZ6cUFwknUSU_0f9HvG60nmMl6ahc7EA8lRMKXHLyGERQC6CGqUznz-x1S4jTDOJoaGSAluQT_PD2rtnQcaxK0yg4tVCOn5zG9JGmez9X9zTCQpVDScSw-RPFn8ito1DCOXShP5/s640/handenergy-pocket-generator-1.jpg" title="USB Power bank" width="640" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of mobile devices don't offer the option
of swapping in a fresh battery for uninterrupted uptime. Although
external USB power banks are useful, they're also limited by capacity. A
new hybrid generator, currently funding on Kickstarter, is looking to
offer on-demand power from the palm of just one hand. HandEnergy is
designed to produce electricity at wall socket speeds through gentle
wrist rotations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When it comes to harvesting free energy, solar technology likely springs to mind first. But despite <a href="http://newatlas.com/infinitypv-heli-on-flecible-portable-solar-panel/40964/" target="_blank">portable solar panel</a>
products geared towards consumers, solar still suffers some practical
limitations – there's not much you can do indoors and/or when it's
cloudy outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Generating
electricity from muscle movement is nothing new, as we've seen a variety
of devices over the years. Products like the <a href="http://newatlas.com/soscharger-phone-hand-crank/26947/" target="_blank">SOSCharger</a> utilize the very common hand crank method, while the <a href="http://newatlas.com/mipwr-dynamo-iphone-charging-case/29235/" target="_blank">MiPwr Dynamo iPhone case</a> and <a href="http://newatlas.com/k-tor-pedal-powered-generator/21294/" target="_blank">K-Tor Power Box</a>
rely on squeezing and pedaling, respectively. HandEnergy sets itself
apart by allowing people to use a device in one hand while charging with
the other, no matter where they may be.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh2-qmCer9BLXo-THCKDY-0aurMy5PV_DgDV0w0r3utpHhugnIcgR1Z_V18y3xG70Mkm5CzPYJVCIgER9G2YzxXf2f1r6-lKdOTJk_Cqo7teUdbRFdhHC05Bmxkf_aRB_gOzOVSJyUx80/s1600/handenergy-pocket-generator-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="HandEnergy brings new twist to pocket electricity generation" border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh2-qmCer9BLXo-THCKDY-0aurMy5PV_DgDV0w0r3utpHhugnIcgR1Z_V18y3xG70Mkm5CzPYJVCIgER9G2YzxXf2f1r6-lKdOTJk_Cqo7teUdbRFdhHC05Bmxkf_aRB_gOzOVSJyUx80/s640/handenergy-pocket-generator-2.jpg" title="USB Power Bank" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shaped like a medium-sized apple, HandEnergy
packs a magnetic rotor, a stator, a 1,000-mAh capacity battery, and a
USB port. A twist and release of the starter ring sends an impulse to
the rotor to get it spinning and users then twirl the device in small
circles to maintain the rotor's movement. Mechanical power transferring
from the rotor to the stator generates an electric current, which can
then be stored in the battery or sent to devices connected via USB.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">According
to its creators, users can expect to generate up to 5 V / 1 A of
maximum output through HandEnergy's USB port, while the internal battery
is limited to a charge rate of 5 V / 0.8 A, which (currently) has no
option to be plugged in for recharging like a typical power bank.
HandEnergy will also contain a Bluetooth module, allowing users to
monitor charging stats in real-time through the mobile app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although
such on-demand power through HandEnergy calls for human effort, some
may find it more appealing than pulling a string on the <a href="http://newatlas.com/yogen-charger-uses-your-energy-for-its-power/13798/" target="_blank">YoGen Charger</a> or jamming with the <a href="http://newatlas.com/spark-shaker-kinetic-energy-developing-world/32826/" target="_blank">Spark Shaker</a>.
The motion required to operate HandEnergy is similar to that of using a
gyroscopic wrist/forearm exerciser, so you could be charging a
smartphone while also clocking in a strengthening workout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The HandEnergy <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/handenergy/handenergy-your-pocket-electricity-generator" target="_blank">Kickstarter campaign</a>
has raised 60 percent of its EU$50,000 (approx. US$53,200) goal in
eight days, with another 22 days to go. Pledges for one HandEnergy (in
select colors) start at EU$79 (US$84).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
team has developed and field-tested prototypes, and is poised for
production. If all goes according to plan, backers can expect shipments
of HandEnergy to start as early as May, 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Collect from <a href="http://newatlas.com/handenergy-pocket-generator/46712/">here</a> </span></div>
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Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-23495576602105581522016-12-11T05:03:00.001-08:002016-12-11T06:59:21.761-08:00Netflix becomes the Top Grossing iPhone app for the first time<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Netflix’s decision <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2015/09/25/netflix-ios-in-app-subscription-purchases/" target="_blank">to introduce an in-app subscription option</a>
in its iOS app over a year ago has helped the streaming
service steadily gain more subscribers, and surge up the Top Grossing
charts in the Apple App Store. Back in November of last year, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/17/netflix-just-scored-a-spot-as-one-of-the-top-10-grossing-apps-worldwide/" target="_blank">the app hit the Top Grossing chart for the first time,</a>
reaching the No. 9 position. Today, Netflix has reached another
milestone, as the app has earned the No. 1 Top Grossing spot on the U.S.
iPhone App Store.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Its bump up to the top spot was spotted by app intelligence firm <a href="https://sensortower.com/blog/netflix-ios-top-grossing" target="_blank">Sensor Tower</a>,
which has been following its climb since the introduction of in-app
subscriptions last fall. Between then and today, Netflix has grown its
weekly net revenue from under $50,000 to nearly $2.9 million, its report
says.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">The app has come close to snagging the No. 1 spot on the Top Grossing
chart before, Sensor Tower notes. The closest it got was on November
14th, 2016, when it ended the day at the No. 2 position. For what it’s
worth, rival app intelligence firm App Annie didn’t record that brief
fling with No. 2, and only credits Netflix with having achieved the No. 3
Top Grossing spot in the U.S. on November 8th, 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">The discrepancies come down to how the firms measure and record app
data, but regardless, neither had recorded the app as ever having earned
the No. 1 one spot in the U.S.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="netflix-top-grossing-ios-ranking" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424440" height="490" src="https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/netflix-top-grossing-ios-ranking.png?w=680&h=521" width="640" /></span><br />
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</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The milestone is significant for Netflix, as it indicates the
company’s success at continuing to grow its U.S. subscriber base,
despite earlier concerns that the U.S. market was nearing saturation. As
indicated by Netflix’s Q3 earnings, the company appears to be <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/17/netflix-shakes-off-weak-subscriber-growth-and-its-stock-is-skyrocketing/" target="_blank">shaking off its weak U.S. subscriber growth </a>— something that’s been attributed to the appeal of its growing library of original content.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to revivals that tap into viewer nostalgia, like “Fuller
House” and “Gilmore Girls” — the No. 1 and No. 3 most popular original
shows, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-netflix-shows-ratings-symphonyam-2016-12" target="_blank">according to a research firm</a> — Netflix has original series that appeal to a variety of viewers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">There’s its well-received political drama “House of Cards,” sci-fi
series “Stranger Things,” comedy like “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and
“Orange is the New Black,” drug czar docu-drama “Narcos,” and Marvel
comic book fare like “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones” and “Luke Cage,” among
others.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="netflix-weekly-revenue-ios-usa" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1424441" height="427" src="https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/netflix-weekly-revenue-ios-usa.png?w=680&h=454" width="640" /></span><br />
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</span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The advantage of being a streaming service is that Netflix’s shows
don’t have to each receive blockbuster ratings on their own, as compared
with what’s required in network television to keep a series on the air.
Instead, they have the power to reach niche audiences, that, when
combined, can boost the company’s bottom line.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Netflix aims to continue to bolster its library with more originals
that will bring in new subscribers — more than doubling the number of
hours of original programming in 2017 compared with this year. The
company today announced its plans to delve into unscripted series as
well, with around <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/05/netflix-goes-big-on-unscripted-programming-with-20-original-shows-planned-for-2017/" target="_blank">20 more shows in this category</a> launching next year.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;">While today represents the first time Netflix has scored the top
grossing position in the U.S., the iPhone app has already earned this
honor in other markets. It’s also now the No. 1 grossing app on iPhone
in India, Mexico and Columbia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Collect form <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/05/netflix-becomes-the-top-grossing-iphone-app-for-the-first-time/">here</a> </span>Techbdbdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783211836368729742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129126437780623502.post-4589893993480338672016-12-11T03:52:00.001-08:002016-12-11T06:57:37.320-08:00Verizon won’t push Samsung’s Note 7 bricking update, but the other carriers will<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXAUk0WVfSJaFhfPoLs7lIGOhrBuBXYqc9PCnN8pspdbceEcEyMNOLqqb6-LIkmtQcF3k9NityfZQF-GyZYZdrzAA5126pm-9iJ9c2ZWj0DSf83yHpaZ7oDHmY9Y6HKfTTY5s_0gp11WW/s1600/p8112360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Verizon won't push Samsung's Note 7 bricking update, but the other carriers will" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXAUk0WVfSJaFhfPoLs7lIGOhrBuBXYqc9PCnN8pspdbceEcEyMNOLqqb6-LIkmtQcF3k9NityfZQF-GyZYZdrzAA5126pm-9iJ9c2ZWj0DSf83yHpaZ7oDHmY9Y6HKfTTY5s_0gp11WW/s400/p8112360.jpg" title="Samsung galaxy note 7" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Early this morning <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/09/note-7/" target="_blank">Samsung announced plans</a>
to finally extinguish the on-going fire that is the Note 7 once and for
all here in the States by way of a software update that won’t allow the
troubled phone to charge at all. Apparently not everyone involved is
onboard with the move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Verizon (the parent company to TechCrunch’s parent company) quickly <a href="http://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-statement-regarding-samsung-galaxy-note7" target="_blank">issued a follow up statement</a>,
citing the potential risks involved in killing the phone altogether. By
Samsung’s count, around only 7 percent of Note 7 owners in the U.S.
have clung to their devices, but the carrier is concerned with the
safety of those last few.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here’s the key part of this morning’s statement:</span><br />
<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Verizon will not be taking part in this update because of
the added risk this could pose to Galaxy Note7 users that do not have
another device to switch to. We will not push a software upgrade that
will eliminate the ability for the Note7 to work as a mobile device in
the heart of the holiday travel season. We do not want to make it
impossible to contact family, first responders or medical professionals
in an emergency situation.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, the mere mention of the Note 7 and travel in the same sentence brings to mind some other <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/14/u-s-department-of-transportation-bans-galaxy-note-7-from-all-flights/" target="_blank">potentially troubling scenarios</a>. Maybe this saga has a little life left in it, after all.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Update 1 :</b> Sprint is <a href="http://newsroom.sprint.com/blogs/devices-apps-and-services/sprint-samsung-galaxy-note7-exchange-update--dec-9-2016.htm" target="_blank">on-board</a>
with the update and is reiterating its replacement plan. T-Mobile, for
its part, is declining to comment for the time being. We’ve also reached
out to AT&T and are waiting to hear back.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Update 2 :</b> Looks like AT&T is on-board with the
update, as well. The company will be notifying customers with the
following text message,
</span><br />
<blockquote>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">As of 1/5/2017, Samsung’s software update
to prevent the Galaxy Note7 battery from recharging will be pushed to
your Note7. The battery will no longer recharge. This Note7 was recalled
and is banned on all flights in both checked and carry-on luggage. Your
safety is our priority, please return your Note7 to the place you
purchased for an exchange. For more details go to <a href="http://att.com/note7" target="_blank"><span class="s2">att.com/note7</span></a></span></div>
</blockquote>
<div class="p1">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Update 3:</b> And then there was one. Here’s T-Mobile’s official statement,</span></div>
<blockquote>
<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">We always want to do the right thing and
make sure our customers are safe, so on Dec. 27 we will roll out
Samsung’s latest software update, which is designed to stop all
remaining Note7 devices from charging. These devices were recalled by
the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Oct. 13 and should no
longer be used. T-Mobile customers who still have a Note7 should
immediately power down and stop using the device, and bring it back to a
T-Mobile store for a full refund and a replacement device.</span> </blockquote>
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