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dimanche 12 juin 2016
Every fall Apple updates the iOS operating system, giving Apple's customer base of over 1 billion iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners the ability to get free new tools — even without having to buy a new device.
The highlight of iOS 9 is a new News app, on the front page of your iOS device, offering news stories with bigger fonts and a better display.
Apple calls the News app a “new mobile reading experience,” and features many publisher partners, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, Buzzfeed and the Guardian.
For now, even sites that are behind a paywall, like theTimes and Wall Street Journal, have tons of free content available. Ironically, the old IOS Newstand app, which still resides on the front page of IOS devices, still has the NYT in there. But readers there can only read 10 articles monthly for free.
Other additions:
—Wallet. The home for Apple Pay has a new look on the front page, with a black border, but otherwise, nothing has changed.
— A new way to search. Instead of swiping down to get to the search bar, you can also swipe left, and can do more than just look for stuff on your iOS device.
Search has been expanded now to also include web searches "and even see suggestions before you start typing,” according to Apple.
A search for president Barack Obama brought up his Wikipedia page, while typing the letters CH brought up my Chipotle app. (Apple must know I access it all the time.)
“Calif” got me a listing for a nearby California Pizza Kitchen, and “All About” got to me Meghan Trainor’s “All About that Bass,” song via my Apple Music subscription.
One other new feature to look for: the “Notes,” app has new tools. Beyond just jotting down quick ideas, you can also add photos, either by taking a picture with the iOS camera, or from the Camera Roll, or drawing into the note itself.
Fun stuff.
The new iOS so far seems as advertised: smaller in scope, with enough fun new features to warrant an upgrade.
Hopefully that will remain the same as we use it more often over the rest of the week.
The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus goes on sale Friday, September 25th.
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Apple iOS 9 is great for news junkies
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jeudi 17 septembre 2015
The Asus Zenfone Selfie is a dual-sim phone that runs Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with a new version of Asus ZenUI — which has a fully-customizable interface. It is powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor.
The phone will come with 32GB internal storage, and users who want extra storage can install microSD cards of up to 64GB.
This model has a 5.5-inch (1080x1920p) LCD display with Gorilla Glass 4 protection, rear-positioned volume rocker and a curved body for comfortable grip similar to the Zenfone 2.
Competing with HTC Desire Eye, Asus Zenfone Selfie comes with rear and front cameras of 13MP resolution, both with Toshiba sensor, laser autofocus and dual-LED (dual-tone) flash.
The front facing camera has 88-degree wide angle to cover more area and click group selfies. Zenfone Selfie features an optional swing attachment to adjust selfie angle or to act as a kickstand. It has a 3000mAh battery.
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Asus launches 3GB RAM variant of Zenfone Selfie at Rs 17,999
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mercredi 16 septembre 2015
Fast charging is an increasingly widespread and popular addition to modern smartphones. Almost every new Android handset features some sort of solution for giving it a rapid injection of energy, and one of the most popular varieties among them is Qualcomm's Quick Charge. It's an option built into the company's current line of Snapdragon processors, and it's getting an upgrade to version 3.0 with the 2016 family, headlined by the Snapdragon 820.
A new Intelligent Negotiation for Optimum Voltage (INOV) algorithm will allow portable devices to "determine what power level to request at any point in time for optimum power transfer, while maximizing efficiency." Together with a series of other advancements, this will result in 38 percent more efficient charging than the second-generation Quick Charge, and a doubling of charging speed from the original Quick Charge 1. In practical terms, says Qualcomm, this will mean that the typical smartphone can be recharged from a flat battery all the way to 80 percent in 35 minutes.
Qualcomm also notes that it's implemented "additional steps to help protect battery cycle life," so its new solution should be both more efficient and more forgiving on the battery. The Snapdragon 820 chipset will be joined by the Snapdragon 620, 618, 617, and 430 in supporting the latest variety of Quick Charge. They are available to Qualcomm's hardware partners today and will be making their debut in devices coming in 2016.
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Qualcomm's new Quick Charge will take batteries from 0 to 80 percent in 35 minutes
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mardi 15 septembre 2015
According to Tim Cook, Apple is "looking at" letting consumers get rid of default iPhone apps that are rarely used. These are the ones you almost always hide away in a folder the minute you set up your new iPhone: Compass, Stocks, Podcasts, Tips, etc. In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Cook acknowledged that customers want this option, but in the same breath he also dashed any hopes of deleting and replacing core apps like Messages, Safari, or Mail.
"This is a more complex issue than it first appears," he said. "There are some apps that are linked to something else on the iPhone. If they were to be removed they might cause issues elsewhere on the phone. There are other apps that aren’t like that. So over time, I think with the ones that aren’t like that, we’ll figure out a way [for you to remove them]." So the critical apps aren't going anywhere, but Apple may be easing its stance on others. In iOS 8, Apple added Health, Podcasts, and Tips as built-in apps. With iOS 9, you'll be seeing Find My iPhone, Find My Friends, and News as the latest apps that can't be uninstalled.
Cook went on, telling BuzzFeed News, "It’s not that we want to suck up your real estate, we’re not motivated to do that. We want you to be happy." Of course, Apple's CEO didn't offer any solid details on when this newfound flexibility might arrive. With iOS 9 due tomorrow, we know it certainly won't be part of that update's features — at least initially. But Apple hears us, everybody. Hopefully it's just a matter of time.
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Apple might finally let you delete apps that come with the iPhone
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