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Facebook and its advertisers are ‘panicking’ as the majority of iPhone users opt out of tracking

July 14, 2021
With iOS 14.5 released to the public earlier this year, iPhone and iPad users now have the ability to easily opt out of cross-site and cross-app tracking and targeting. New data from analytics firm Branch indicates that just 25% of users are opting in to tracking, which is causing panic in the advertising industry. As detailed in a new report from Bloomberg, the impact is being felt in…
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Google Sheets racks up 1 billion Play Store downloads

July 14, 2021
Google Sheets has joined a very exclusive club after reaching the 1 billion download milestone over on the Play Store. Although an excellent free alternative to Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets isn’t necessarily as useful on mobile as it is in a full web browser — making…
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Google Photos preps ‘Ask friends for photos’ feature for shared albums

July 14, 2021
Google Photos shared albums might be set to get even more collaborative with evidence of an “Ask friends for photos” feature that will allow you to request images directly from your friends and contacts. Evidence of the feature was spotted by Jane Manchum Wong over on Twitter, who shared screenshots of what appears to be an expanded “Sharing” section of Google Photos complete with this…
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Apple Granted ‘Periscope’ Compact Zoom Lens Patent

July 14, 2021
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent for a compact camera that uses a set of prisms to “fold” light and compress the amount of space needed for a telephoto lens. This type of lens is typically referred to as a “periscope” lens in smartphones. As some background, “periscope” is the term used to describe a “folded” lens system that can squeeze…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 to have a smaller body, TENAA reveals

July 14, 2021
Samsung has certified the SM-F7110 smartphone on TENAA, which is the Chinese version of the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip3. The listing had basically no specs aside from the network bands it was certified to work on, but today we know more about the size and the battery…
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Google Hangouts app set to warn that it’s ‘going away soon’

July 14, 2021
The writing has been on the wall for Google Hangouts for some time now, but soon Hangouts will begin warning of the app’s upcoming shutdown and migration to Chat. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able…
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