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Android 12 Beta 3 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

July 15, 2021
The stable Android 12 release has inched ever closer, with Android 12 Beta 3 dropping just a month after the second build. Following our other deep dives, we’ve been spending time with Android 12 Beta 3 to find the best new features and changes that you can try right now. Android 12 is going to provide one of the biggest updates for years. Not only does it look very different from what has…
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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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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 capacity. The new Galaxy Z Flip3 will be shorter and thinner than the predecessor Galaxy Z Flip 5G, but the battery is listed at 2,300…
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