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Racing Yellow Realme GT 5G shines in new trailer, pricing teased

February 25, 2021
Realme’s upcoming GT 5G flagship is arriving next week and we’re familiar with most of its key specs. This will be the brand’s first Snapdragon 888 powered device and it’s Racing Yellow (aka Bumblebee leather) variant appeared in a new teaser video. We can see the back sports textured yellow leather-like material while the area below the camera cutout is made from ridged plastic Realme…
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LG is licensing its webOS to other smart TV makers

February 25, 2021
LG showed off the latest version of its TV operating system, webOS 6.0, at CES in early January. There are many changes, but it turns out the company is planning something even bigger – it will license webOS to other TV makers. Over 20 TV manufacturers from around the…
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Blueshift raises $30 million to manage and analyze customer data

February 25, 2021
Customer data analytics company Blueshift today announced it has closed a $30 million series C round, bringing its total raised to $65 million. The company plans to put the funds toward expanding its workforce while further developing its marketing platform. A recent report…
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These are the best iPhone apps for converting images and screenshots to text

February 25, 2021
The tried-and-true copy/paste combo is a staple of productivity but that can grind to a halt when you need to quickly grab text from the real world or existing screenshots and pictures. Read along for how to convert iPhone images to text available right on your clipboard. Whether you want to quickly convert images to text from Twitter, the web, or your own screenshots or want to grab data from…
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Android devs can win a Pixel 5, other prizes in Google’s Jetpack Compose challenge

February 25, 2021
With Jetpack Compose entering beta today, the Android team is encouraging developers to learn about and “get ready to adopt” the modern toolkit for building native UI. To do so, Google is launching a monthlong Android Dev Challenge that includes Jetpack Compose-themed prizes. Google will offer four weekly challenges that familiarize developers with the Compose mental model and different…
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Google TV ‘basic’ mode will strip smart features, apps on TVs from TCL, Sony, others

February 25, 2021
Google TV is the company’s next effort to rule the living room, picking up on the progress that Android TV made over half a decade. The first smart TVs running on top of Google TV have yet to hit the market, but when they do, they’ll come with a “Basic TV” feature that strips smart features from the TV. This new “Basic TV” option appears at setup for television sets running on Google…
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