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One tool that I use quite a bit comes by way of Linux. If you’ve already enabled Linux, you understand that Chrome OS is much more than just a web browser. With Linux support enabled, you can install quite a large number of applications to turn Chrome OS into a much more traditional OS. Also: How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex Adding an SSH connection to the Linux terminal app Along the ride with Linux, comes a terminal tool that is much more than a means to a command-line end....

Phones have batteries. Batteries are dangerous. Sometimes batteries explode and burn your whole house down, like this poor Galaxy S4 owner in Hong Kong. Other times you lose all the skin on one of you legs, like this poor Galaxy S3 owner in Switzerland. And other times, nothing really happens, but you end up with a broken phone. These images, which come courtesy of VR-Zone, are of an HTC One X that’s just completely melted....

HTC teased recently that it has a “BIG announcement” coming on Wednesday, March 18, but it looks like it might not be about a U.S. release for the One M9 after all. The announcement on Wednesday will be live streamed, and HTC has given it a title: “Uh-oh.” Now, before the event kicks off, details regarding HTC’s upcoming announcement have been revealed. According to a new report, HTC will be launching a new device protection program, called Uh-oh, that will include one full year of device protection for your HTC-branded handset....

On May 16, HTC will unveil its latest flagship smartphone, which is rumored to be called the U 11. While we wait, HTC is perfectly fine teasing us with YouTube videos. This one, which measures in at 30 seconds, shows a lot of different people squeezing a variety of different things. We get to see lemons squeezed, bottles, a baby squeeze a finger, and many more items. HTC’s intent is to show us that squeezing things is natural....

Does it do so? Well, the answer to that will be revealed in the coming days, as the camera and indeed the phone is inspected threadbare, but about a week into using the device, there is one thing we can safely assert: the P9 has made us fall in love with black and white photography again. Or monochrome photography, as the company calls it. What IS monochrome? Before we go any further, let’s just examine the terms “monochrome” and “black and white....

Recently, you might have noticed that several paid apps were being listed on Google play store for free. Well, that “Free” tag is just temporary, but it had happened for the first time in the history of the Play Store. So, Google had finally made it easier for developers to set apps temporarily free. Developers are now taking advantage of this ability to promote their apps/games with limited-time promotions. According to Android Authority, there are several icon packs which are right now available for free on Play Store....

It is still early to market a version of this chip in the commercial market, yet it is a breakthrough in technology. To give you an idea of the tremendous advancement that is at stake, with this dimension you can put 30 billion transistors in the space of a fingernail. To reach this level of technology, the same EUV process was used – extreme ultraviolet lithography – that allowed to reach the incredible 7nm, leaving aside the FinFET drawing....

CEO Brian Krzanich, who took over 3 years ago, recently communicated to all employees through an e-mail on the situation of the firm, as the CEO Brian Krzanich stated: “I am confident that we’ll emerge as a more productive company with broader reach and sharper execution”. As he stressed his efforts to transform the company , “a company to PCs” for dealing with smart devices and connectivity in the cloud, areas that yielded a nearly $ 2....

Also: How to take notes on your iPad with an Apple Pencil – 3 very simple ways During the beta program it was clear that Stage Manager was far from finished. In fact, Apple had to remove external monitor support from iPadOS 16 in order to get Stage Manager to a point where it could launch. Instead, Stage Manager made its debut with the release of iPadOS 16.1. And while it wasn’t perfect, it did change the way you can work on the iPad....

The + overhaul includes a fancy, multi-column stream (not a news feed, a stream) with cards that you can click to flip over find related content. In a potentially creepy move, will now auto-hashtag your + posts with relevant tags, even if you post a photo with no description. An example demoed during dnesday’s I/O keynote involved a photo of the Eiffel Tower that knew to tag as #eiffeltower because of lmark recognition metadata....

According to The Wall Street Journal, Lenovo’s CEO, Yang Yuanqing, says the company will enter the U.S. smartphone market within a year. He goes on to say that “smartphones are our new opportunity”, and even hints that the company might have to make some acquisitions in order to get the attention they deserve. For those of you who don’t know about Lenovo, they were a nobody back in the early 00s, but then they purchased IBM’s PC division and quickly became the world’s largest computer vendor....

The great news for the users is that they could test and expertise on that upcoming OS is known to be loaded with UI named Armadillo. Google has named the upcoming OS Fuchsia OS. This system will run on Google’s self-made kernel. Steps to Try Fuchsia OS On Your Android Device Hence, if you want to try out Fuchsia OS on your Android smartphone, continue reading the guide. Below, we have shared some simple steps to let you try Fuchsia OS on any Android....

The ‘Mouse Keys’ feature is available on Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems, and it lets you use your numeric keypad as a mouse. The feature is convenient in situations where you don’t have a mouse connected to your PC. Also Read: How to Run Android Apps on Windows 11 (Step-by-step Guide) Steps to Use Numeric Keypad as Mouse on Windows 10/11 So, if you are interested in using your numeric keypad as a mouse on Windows 11, you are reading the right guide....

The Grammys performance lineup includes Cardi B, Miley Cyrus, Shawn Mendes, Ricky Martin, Janelle Monáe and a whopping ten more impressive live acts. Kendrick Lamar leads the pack for the 2019 Grammys, with eight nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “All the Stars”. In the past, CBS was known to delay the streaming of Grammys, but that got changed a couple of years back....

Fast forward to Apple’s fourth-quarter results, and not only did the company surprise people with a 12 percent year-on-year revenue growth, but also with the fact that the much pooh-poohed iPhone 8 and 8 Plus had actually been bestsellers. Interestingly, quite a few people had been expecting Apple to have a relatively mild quarter due to what had been increasingly called “tepid” iPhone 8 and 8 Plus sales. How could people be so wrong?...

In its 2014 fourth quarter report, Target noted that its breach-related gross expenses totaled $252 million. The company recently reached a deal with Visa to settle claims over the 2013 data breach that will cost an additional $67 million. As for Ashley Madison, the online company faces one class action suit for $750 million and will likely get hit with more. However, it’s not just breaches that put data at risk — or the data centers that store and/or process that data....

On March 23, Instagram launched a new “Layout” app for iOS, which allowed users to create collages with their digital images. At the time, Instagram confirmed that the app would be coming to Android at some point in the future, but no specific dates were provided. Now, the time of waiting is coming to an end, as Instagram is launching Layout today for Android. With it, Android users will be able to select a series of images (up to eight of them) they want to include, then choose a grid and make a few tweaks they want before finalizing the finished product....

Interview With Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder at Reddit I should tell you that Alexis is very tall, and one could’ve easily thought he was a local one, since we know that Dutch are the tallest people in the world. Nonetheles, I wasn’t scared by his posture and after approaching him, I realized he is actually very friendly and not stingy during the interview, carefully planning his answers and really thinking about my questions....

In Summary The all-new iPad Pro comes with a Liquid Retina XDR Display that offers up to 1600 nits of peak brightness at a 1 million-to-1 contrast ratio. It is powered by the Apple M1 chip and includes 5G connectivity to deliver better performance and connectivity on the go. iPad Pro comes in two screen sizes: 11-inch and 12.9-inch. All-New iPad Pro M1 Feature Highlights Not many were expecting a major rehaul of the most powerful iPad in Apple’s lineup....

Sadly, most reviewers seem to assume that iPhone is getting sold in a parallel universe without any competition. They seem to assume that the readers are all iPhone 4/4S users and confused about to upgrading to iPhone 5. What about Galaxy S3 or HTC ONe X users? What about those waiting for Nokia Lumia 920? Should they switch to iPhone 5? No one bothers about addressing such users. iPhone 5 Reviews Roundup Walt Mossberg, WSJ & AllThingsD I still consider the iPhone the best smartphone on the market, especially with its staggering 700,000 third-party apps and a wealth of available content....