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Samsung officially drops support for the Galaxy Note 8 after over four years

With the Note lineup seemingly going by the wayside, fans of the S Pen-carrying smartphone are running short on options to keep using the lineup. This week, another Galaxy Note has been dropped from official support, the four-year-old Galaxy Note 8. Launched in 2017, the Galaxy Note 8 was Samsung’s return to the line after the disaster that was the Galaxy Note 7. The phone launched with a…
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Google Search bug sees AMP sites disappear on Safari for iOS 15, fix coming

Accelerated Mobile Pages launched five years ago as Google’s plan to speed up the web on smartphones and tablets. It has wide adoption, but a bug in Google Search today sees Safari users in iOS 15 no longer being served the AMP version of sites. Instead of seeing a modified and often simplified web page optimized for fast loading times (via MacStories), you just get the full version. Users…
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Now Playing on Pixel rolling out cloud search for Android 12

Pixel phones on Android 12 are gaining the ability to enhance “Now Playing” song recognition with a one-tap cloud search feature. Earlier this week, our APK Insight team outlined how a variety of enhancements would be coming to the Pixel series’ “Now Playing”…
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Manfrotto introduces 'Move' system, promises speed and versatility in hybrid workflows

Manfrotto has announced a new line of modular support products. The ‘Move‘ line is designed to ‘increase pace on set, making changing setups effortless for both photography and filmmaking.’ Manfrotto continues, ‘Move your camera seamlessly, transition from shot to shot without hesitation, without friction.’ The Move lineup of products includes solutions for…
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Omnar Makes its First Camera Lens From Repurposed Canon AF-10 Parts

Two self-described rangefinder lens geeks — Hamish Gill and Chris Andreyo — have teamed up to create a new lens manufacturer, Omnar Lenses. The company’s first product is the Omnar CN26-6, a 26mm f/6 fixed-aperture M-mount lens which is constructed using repurposed Canon AF-10 optical elements. Gill runs a community blog 35mmc, which focuses primarily on film photography, while Andreyo is a…
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