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HTC Wildfire E lite announced for Russia and South Africa

February 9, 2021
The latest HTC phone to go on sale in Russia and South Africa is the Wildfire E also known as Wildfire E1 lite in other regions. It’s an affordable Android 10 (Go Edition) powered handset with a 5.45-inch LCD, Helio A20 chipset and dual cameras. HTC Wildfire E lite The display comes with HD+ resolution and an 18:9 aspect ratio. The Helio A20 is paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage which is…
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PlugShare iPhone app for finding EV charging stations now works with CarPlay

February 9, 2021
PlugShare is a highly rated service for easily finding charging stations for electric vehicles while traveling, and now the iPhone version works with Apple’s CarPlay feature. Apple introduced three new categories of apps for CarPlay in iOS 14: parking, EV charging, and quick food ordering. PlugShare joins ChargePoint in taking advantage of optimizing the experience for finding charging…
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Google Photos gaining pinch-to-zoom for videos

February 9, 2021
Despite the “Photos” name, the Google Photos app is capable of managing both still images and videos. Now, Google Photos is improving its video capabilities by adding pinch-to-zoom along with a double-tap gesture. Over the years, phone cameras have steadily become more…
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Fitbit adds in-app blood glucose tracking, on-wrist Charge 4 SpO2, & Sense ECG in more countries

February 9, 2021
Fitbit started the year by becoming a part of Google’s hardware division and is today making a sizable update by rolling out blood glucose tracking to its Android and iOS app. The Fitbit Sense’s ECG feature is also coming to more places, while there are also a handful of other in-app and hardware changes. Over the course of February, the Fitbit app will let US users log or automatically…
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Google shuts down Daydream Play Store, VR app discovery

February 9, 2021
Back in October, Google officially dropped support for its virtual reality platform with Android 11. Daydream is no longer receiving updates, and now can no longer access the Google Play Store or other VR discovery features.  Over the weekend, Daydream users on Reddit…
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Here’s how to bypass verification when sideloading Google Camera or Recorder

February 9, 2021
Ahead of the launch of the Pixel 5, the Google Camera and Google Recorder apps, among others, became unable to be sideloaded due to verification errors. Thankfully, a solution — if, perhaps, a temporary one — has been discovered. What’s happening When the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G launched late last year, Google also began rolling out updates to their Camera app, bringing it to version 8.0…
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