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Shield TV may soon adopt latest Android TV homescreen w/ top-row ‘recommendation’ ads

The Nvidia Shield TV has long been one of the best Android TV devices and after Google revamped the platform’s homescreen to include “recommendations” it was one of the only products spared. Now, though, it seems like the Shield TV is about to get updated with the latest Android TV homescreen with the Discover tab and, unfortunately, the top-row ads. Recapping briefly, Google updated the…
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Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
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Google Photos for Android rolling out new ‘Sharpen’ and ‘Denoise’ editor tools

With the launch of the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G last year, Google also rolled out a redesigned Photos editor on Android. The video experience has since been similarly revamped, while Google Photos is now rolling out new “Sharpen” and “Denoise” tools. After tapping “Edit” on a picture, navigating to Adjust and scrolling to the very end of the carousel will show “Sharpen” and…
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Apple Store is down ahead of AirTag, purple iPhone 12 orders

The Apple Store is down ritual is back for a second time this week as the company launched orders for AirTag and the new purple iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini.  However, orders don’t start until 5 AM PT so you’ve still got 3.5 hours before Apple’s new devices go on…
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Google Doodle celebrates the letter ‘Ñ’

In honor of the United Nations’ annual “Spanish Language Day” on April 23, Google is celebrating the letter “Ñ” — or “eñe.” In 2010, the United Nations designated six holidays to celebrate each of the official working languages of the organization, including Spanish Language Day. Though originally set for October 12, Spanish Language Day is now held on April 23 of each year in…
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RuneScape is coming to iOS and Android this summer

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Twenty of years of one of the most long-lived MMORPGs is coming to your pocket. Today, publisher Jagex announced that RuneScape is coming to iOS and Android. It’ll join Old School…
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iOS 14.6 makes it easier for beta users to install RC build and skip other available beta updates

Apple today released the first beta of iOS 14.6 to developers even though it hasn’t yet released iOS 14.5 to the public. And while we still don’t know exactly what’s new in this update, the iOS 14.6 release notes confirm that the company has made some changes to make it easier to leave the beta program after the release of an official build. In the iOS 14.6 beta 1 release notes shared on…
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