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Quick Charge Podcast: June 3, 2021

June 4, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. This episode of The Electrek Podcast is brought to you by the all-new, all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 SUV with zero direct emissions. It’s the first electric vehicle for everyone. Before it can change the…

NASA’s Juno to Get a Close Look at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede

June 4, 2021

. NASA’s Juno to Get a Close Look at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede The first of the gas-giant orbiter’s back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the massive moon after over 20 years. On Monday, June 7, at 1:35 p.m.

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A simple model of the brain provides new directions for AI research

June 4, 2021

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Last week, Google Research held an online workshop on the conceptual understanding of deep learning. The workshop, which featured presentations by award-winning computer scientists and…

Weather Strip iPhone and iPad app debuts with unique week-long hourly timeline view

June 4, 2021

A new weather app is out today for US users with an interesting take on visualizing NOAA forecasts. Weather Strip uses a week-long hourly timeline view to show everything going on with the weather in a single horizontal graph. That means you can see the chance of sun, clouds, and rain, temperature, extreme weather warnings, UV, and even the likelihood of rainbows in a single view. Other weather…

Remembering Apple’s ‘sweet solution’ for iPhone apps before the App Store

June 4, 2021

In the summer of 2007, developers were anxious to hear how they fit into the iPhone story. Steve Jobs told developers at WWDC 2007 that Apple had come up with a “sweet solution” for developers to make their own software for iPhone. That solution was web apps in Safari.

Twitter for iOS rolling out redesign with dedicated tab for Spaces

June 4, 2021

Twitter is beginning to roll out a notable redesign to its iPhone app today. As reported by TechCrunch, the company is updating Twitter for iOS with a new focus on its Spaces audio chat room feature, making it the center button in the bottom navigation bar. The report…

Evernote launches Tasks feature on iOS and Mac to help boost your productivity

June 4, 2021

Evernote has been a leader in the notes organization space for over a decade and today the software – including the iOS and Mac apps – is making the long-awaited jump into task management. Starting to roll out today in beta, the new Tasks integration features due dates, reminders, alerts, flags, and more. Evernote announced the launch of Tasks in a pair of blog posts today, highlighting its…

Apple announces AirTag privacy improvements, Android app coming this year

June 4, 2021

Apple has announced a handful of changes designed to improve the privacy of AirTag item trackers. The company is adjusting the time it takes for AirTags to sound an alert after being separated from their owner, and Apple plans to release an Android app for detecting AirTags…

Google Search iOS widgets can now be themed with backgrounds that update daily

June 4, 2021

With the launch of iOS 14 last year, many Google apps added support for updated homescreen widgets. The Google Search widgets are now adding nice customizable backgrounds for iPhone and iPad. The main Google app on iOS offers two widgets, starting with a simple 1×1…

Google’s iOS expert shares 7 iPhone and iPad tips for power users

June 4, 2021

Google’s iOS lead has shared an interesting look at his favorite tips and tricks with Google iPhone and iPad apps for advanced users today. From new widget features and handoff with Chrome mobile to Mac, to Face ID support in Google Drive and more, check out these 7 Google iOS power user tips. Tech veteran Luke Wroblewski is the lead of the iOS at Google team with his two main goals being to…