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Big Changes coming to Chrome for Music and Video

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Google Chrome is, without a doubt, one of the best browsers in the world, with the maximum users globally. Ever since the browser was released, it has provided a better and enhanced experience at browsing data on the internet. With regular updates on Google Chrome, the browser is now one of the fastest and most secure among its category.

Google Chrome will soon be launching new upgrades to the browser, allowing you to control the music and video on it without switching between the tabs. Therefore, you can continue to work on whatever you are working on and control the music and video right from that window, without switching to the tab where the content is streaming.

Google Chrome is planning to add a floating control panel on the browser that you can use and control regardless of the tab you are working on. It will allow the user to play, pause, stop, and skip media without changing the screen and drop what the user is working on. The features were easier spotted by Chrome Story, which was expected to be in development. However, recently XDA developers, a forum for Android developers, have successfully enabled the floating window via a flag, which is used to control the experimental feature before release.

It’s not the same as Google has made it more refined and have scrapped many functions that were not needed in the panel. Similar functionality was added by Chrome easier where a play button appeared on the browser toolbar to control the music and videos.

The only problem with that feature was that the user had to switch between the tabs, which seems to be removed in the new floating window feature. This feature will surely make much more sense and provide better usability of Chrome while listening to music or watching videos.

New Leaks uncover Xiaomi Mi TV Stick

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Android TV sticks have been one of the most popular devices in the last couple of years, as it provides you with a wide range of online streaming and casting features. Following the same trend, Xiaomi was also working on its new Mi TV Stick, which had leaks in the past, including images and specs. A recent leak from muritzy.tistory.com has now provided us with clear pictures of the products and its unboxing. It shows how the final product will look like and what will be the features it will come up with.

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The unboxing pictures show what all you get in the package. It has the Mi TV Stick, a USB cable, a wall adapter, remote, and various instruction manuals to set it up and use the firestick. The device will be used on the HDMI port located on your TV, which is very similar to Amazon fire tv stick or Chromecast. The product is listed on Google Playstore with specification expected to run on Android 9, and output of 1080p that can run at 60fps. The technical specification seems to be on par with what is offered by other companies in the market.

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Like the other popular TV stick products, this will also support Widevine L1for full HD content display. The only thing that is left now for the company is to release the product officially. The product’s box also showed support for some of the streaming services like Netflix, Youtube, Disney+, HBO, Spotify, Twitch, Google Play Store, Prime Video, and a lot more. The product seems to be a great package and will provide good enough competition to other products in its category. It is also expected that Xiaomi will be launching the device at very aggressive pricing, which is supposed to be way lower than its competition.

Google Bans Ads that track and monitor users without permission

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Google has been questioned a lot about the ads and the regulations that allow tracking the user’s details. Ever since they have been under scrutiny for the same, the company has been very careful about their products and ads learning about the user’s whereabouts and usage behaviors to target specific ads.

As per the recent update from the tech giant, they have banned ads used to spy and track the users without their permission. Google has already banned a lot of such applications on the Google Play Store for the same reason and will continue to do so in the future.

The information was released by the company in its Ad policy update this week. The update will be implemented from August 11 and will ban any Ads and services that have been secretly tracking the users. As per Google, they would never allow any ad or app on their platform, which compensated the user’s privacy without their permission. The apps and ads can be used for surveillance by monitoring text, browsing history, and calls. The same data is used by the ads to target specific ads to the customer that they might have browsed before.

However, the policy changes do not implement the applications that have been installed by private investigation teams and parents to monitor their children. The company has also made it clear that any advertiser who cannot follow these regulations will see a suspension of the account within seven days of the warning period.

However, it raises a question on why these ads and applications were approved in the first place by Google. Despite the ban on such things, companies are still pushing such ads occasionally through the application, which would help them avoid detection. Google will possibly be taking more stringent action on such app developers and advertisers in the future.

Microsoft launching its flight simulator for PC

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Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the best flight simulators in the market for real-life operation and handling of an airplane. It was expected that a new, improved version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator would be launching soon, and the company has finally revealed that the PC version of the simulator will be available for everyone on August 18, 2020.

Microsoft has confirmed that they were into the simulator’s alpha testing phase for a few months now, and the new version will be a hyper-detailed version of the simulator that has been running since the 1980s. The last version of the flight simulator released by them was the Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition in 2014.

Microsoft confirmed that this version of the flight simulator would be a big change in the graphic and handling. It will be adding many new features that are in line up with the current technology used in the aircraft. This next generation of flight simulator has been designed with a lot of new elements and is a perfect next-generation version of the flight simulator.

The game has been designed for both beginners and pros, with additional features where they can use the simulator to fly at any time of the day, new checklist system before takeoff, real-time updates on weather, traffic, etc.

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The game will be launched in three different versions, where it will be priced at $59.99 for a standard edition that includes 20 planes and 30 airports. The deluxe version is priced at $89.99, with five additional planes and airports over the standard version. Finally, the premium deluxe version will give ten additional airplanes and airports over the standard version at $119.99.

The game will include some popular airports like London’s Heathrow, San Francisco, Chicago’s O’Hare airport, and Amsterdam’s Schiphol. However, you will have to spend extra as they are only available in the game’s higher versions. Microsoft Flight Simulator will also launch free of charge as part of the Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Expect a large horsepower gap between Snapdragon and Exynos on Samsung Galaxy Note 20

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The much-awaited Samsung press conference will be conducted on August 5, and everyone is waiting for a lot of new devices to be launched. Among many other devices, one of the most awaited is the Samsung Galaxy Note 20, which is said to be the most powerful note device till now.

However, as per the details that have been leaked, it is expected that Samsung will continue using its Exynos 990 chip in Galaxy Note 20. Meanwhile, other Samsung phones will be upgraded with the latest Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset, leading to a huge gap in Samsung phones’ performance.

Samsung is expected to use the Galaxy Note 20 duo model with the new Snapdragon 865 plus chipset, which will provide much better performance than the existing Exynos chip. Since the 865 plus chipset has been recently launched, the chipset’s overclocking feature makes it much more power-packed than any other existing chipset till now.

The information received from Max Weinbach does mention that there are no references to any new Exynos chipset by Samsung rather than the Snapdragon 865. Therefore, the company will be using the same Exynos 990 chip in the Galaxy S20 lineup outside of the US. The company was earlier rumored to develop and launch the new Exynos 992 chipset on the Galaxy Note 20 series. However, it is believed that the company still has a lot of research and work left to do on the development of the chipset.

With the difference in the use of chipset in the Galaxy S20 series outside the US, it is expected that the same device from other countries will suffer from a lack of performance and features as well. Unless Samsung launches a new and improved Exynos chipset, the US’s devices will be running on the Snapdragon version.

Samsung might release Samsung Watch 3 alongside Galaxy Watch Fit

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While everyone is waiting for the Samsung event on August 5, 2020, new leaks and information about the devices to be launched are regularly appearing. We already had the details about the launch of a new Samsung Galaxy tablet S7, Galaxy Fold 2, and Galaxy Note 20. As per the new details, the company will be launching the New Galaxy Fit watch along with the Galaxy Watch 3.

The details came up as per the FCC filing of Samsung. The watch was spotted by The Verge where the Galaxy watch 3 looked a lot like the Galaxy fit device. Samsung has been working on wearable tech for a long time now, as a direct competitor to the Apple watch. The Galaxy fit was an entry-level fitness tracker whose basic functioning and features. Upgrading on the same design, it is expected that Samsung will launch the Galaxy Watch 3 with premium features.

Since the last few wearable devices from Samsung like Galaxy Fit 2, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Fit E did not perform as expected in numbers, the company has now been prepping up to unfold the all-new Galaxy watch 3, which is probably going to overcome all the limitations and lack of features in previous wearable devices.

The leaked images do show a heart rate sensor integrated at the back, but there is still no confirmation of GPS as a feature that was missing in Galaxy Fit. It is expected to be the new Galaxy Watch 3, but it can also be a new product altogether, for which we will have to wait for the Samsung event to unfold.

Until then, we can only expect Samsung to provide a much better wearable device this time, with all the features which were missing in the previous watch devices. Until then, we can expect Samsung to understand the flaws in their previous devices and would not repeat the same in this product.

Sony is investing $250 Million into Epic Games

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Sony has always been one of the great investors in the gaming industry and with the release of Sony Playstation 5, it was expected that they would be investing in a game studio for next-gen exclusive PS5 games.

The company has just announced that they will be investing $250 million into gaming studio Epic Games, who are behind the successful franchise Fortnite and Epic Games Store. The information was provided through VentureBeat, where it was confirmed that Sony is investing a big amount in Epic games.

Epic games have been looking for investors for quite a while now and have managed to raise around $1.83 billion. As per venture beat “Sony and Epic to broaden their collaboration” through Sony’s current games coupled with Epic’s existing platform distribution.

It is the reason why we can see the release of Unreal Engine 5 on Sony PlayStation. As per Eouc games, they have been working with Sony for a while now and the Unreal Engine 5 is something that totally compliments the next-generation architecture of the PS5. They have been working with Sony on the architecture and it would lead to a lot of PS5 exclusive games from Epic studios.

Currently, Epic games have been making Sony exclusive games in the past as well, and many of such titles have now been released on the PC as well. This investment will make sure that there are a lot more titles coming up from Epic games for PC users as well. With this investment, we are sure to receive some big announcements from both the companies in future.

Apple suggests not to use Webcam covers while closing the MacBook

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Apple has been issuing warnings and advisory to their iPhones and MacBook users frequently to make sure that their devices do not malfunction due to small issues. Recently, Apple has issued another advisory for MacBook users not to use webcam covers while closing it. As per the company, the webcam covers that are used on the MacBook Pro and Air models can damage the display of the device due to minimal clearance between it and the keyboard.

Also, any such damage to the machine is not covered in Apple care as well. The company suggests its users use the LED light indicator to determine whether the webcam is in use or not.

Webcam covers have been used by a lot of users to maintain privacy and make sure that it is not being used without their permission to monitor them. Due to the same reason, Apple started receiving a lot of customer complaints where the users face issues with their device display.

On further investigation, it was found that the screen issue was mostly occurring in users who were using the webcam covers. Apple says that the space between the display and the keyboard is very less and also the webcam covers interfere with the ambient light sensor, impacting the truetone effect.

The company claims that the users do not have to worry about the use of their webcam without their permission as the camera setup has been designed in a way that it cannot be triggered by activating the green led light notification. It is why Apple has issued a clear advisory not to use the webcam covers or simply remove it before closing the device. The users also have the option to control the application access to the webcam. Also, webcam covers should be no more than 0.1mm in thickness and should be without adhesive, if used.

Apple is working on a two ARM-based MacBooks

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MacBook’s have been the first and the most popular choice among professional laptops globally. What makes it different from the rest is its cutting edge technology and Apple’s beautiful aluminum frame, which makes their laptop durable and attractive. In the last couple of years, MacBook’s have cosmetically changed a lot, with many additional features to make the usability easier.

However, rumors are up for next year that Apple would be introducing its first ARM-based Macs. With the same industrial design as before, the 13-inch MacBook would be the first in line to receive the new SoC. The new configuration is expected to provide much higher performance than its current lineup, which could enhance the user experience of the iOS environment.

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Until now Apple has been using Intel processors for their complete lineups of Macbook and Mac desktop machines. However, we can soon expect Apple to release their custom silicon-based processors on the ARM architecture, which can be later this year. The details provided by analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, mentions that the 13-inch laptop will be the first to get the processor, with almost no changes to the design.

He also gave a hint on the release of 14 and 16-inch Macbook pro later this year or in early 2021. As per him, the company would take around more than a year to successfully test their processors and integrate them with the machines. The new processor is expected to lower down the cost of Macbook’s and provide better integration of hardware and software.

How to Make Your Old iPhone Faster?

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There is no doubt that iPhones are one of the best mobile phones in the market. They represent the perfect combination of hardware and software for any mobile device. It is why the expectation and quality set by Steve Jobs are still making consumers buy an iPhone. iPhone is said to bring the latest technology in combination with the highest quality manufacturing and features.

However, the masterpiece is not without its flaws. One of the major concerns that users have with the iPhone is the drop in performance and speed. The problem usually occurs with the older version of iPhones, which are being used for more than 2-3 years. There are still users using old iPhone models such as iPhone 5s and iPhone 6.

For such users, the issue is prominent as the hardware is outdated, and Apple has shut down the support for many older devices. So, in this case, is it possible to retain an older iPhone’s speed and performance? With certain tips and tricks, it might be possible to bring these iPhones back to speed. These will not only work on the older version of the iPhones but also in the newer version, which faces a similar issue.

Delete the large and resource-hungry application

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It is something almost every iPhone user knows about. If the iPhone model is older, there is no need to run heavy applications on it. Since the applications are already updated to work on new hardware in an iPhone, it will stress the older versions. Due to this, the older version’s performance will significantly drop, leading to lag and higher loading times. Do not install very large applications.

Turn off animation

Animations have been one of the best features of an iPhone. However, if you have an old iPhone, it might slow down your phone’s performance by a lot. Therefore, the best option would be to turn off the transition animations and effects on an iPhone. It will reduce the load-up time and the transition time of the application during closing and opening. The same can also be noticed while opening any page on the phone.

Remove old photos and videos.

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It is probably the best way to ease up on the processing power of an iPhone. Remove the old photos, videos, and songs on the iPhone and move them to your laptop, external hard drive, or iCloud storage. Saving it on cloud storage would be a better option as it gives you access to the file almost immediately on demand.

Location services

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Most iPhone users do not know that location services keep running in the background for many applications. It reduces the battery life of the phone and takes up a lot of resources to run. Due to this, your phone may see a lot of lag while working on other applications.

To turn it off, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Turn it off.

You can turn the service on manually while using a specific application that requires information about your location. It will not only improve the performance but, most importantly, prevent battery drainage.

Factory Reset

It is one of the last methods that you should try to restore your phone to its original factory condition. It will remove all the data from your old iPhone but will guarantee to bring your phone back to the factory condition where the performance will be the same as the original phone had. Before doing so, please make sure to backup your data on either the iCloud or hard drive.

Conclusion

These are some of the ways through which one can improve the performance of their old iPhone. A few years back, Apple did claim that they provide updates for their older smartphones, which tends to make them slower to compensate for performance. Therefore, it is suggested not to download and install the latest updates on your very old iPhones like iPhone 5s or 6.

It would decrease the speed of your performance even further. Also, do not immediately install the update on the older phone. Wait for a few days and check the expert reviews of the update for the older phone. If it works fine, then you can install it or can wait if it does not.

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