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Instagram for Android is adding app shortcuts three years after they were cool

Google first added app shortcuts to Android with the debut of Nougat, but many apps never added the functionality. Now, there’s evidence that Instagram is finally adding app shortcuts to its Android app, but there’s no telling when they’ll debut. reports that the latest Instagram update contains the strings needed to enable app shortcuts. For whatever reason, though…
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Microsoft’s Surface Duo is a foldable Android phone

Microsoft today announced something of a surprise during an event this morning in New York City: A new foldable with phone functionality. It’s called the Surface Duo, and it runs Android instead of Windows. The outer shell of the Surface Duo is rounded, much like that of the Surface Neo. Inside are dual 5.6-inch displays (8 inches when unfolded) of an as-yet-unknown resolution attached by a…
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Duet Display for Android turns your smartphone into a second monitor

The popular iOS app Duet Display that turns your smartphone or tablet into a secondary monitor is now available to download on Android. While you can already turn your Samsung Galaxy phone into a desktop machine using the DeX system, it’s harder to turn your phone into an actual extra screen for an existing PC or Mac. Duet Display for Android, when released, will enable you to turn your…
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Blue Yeti X review — The best USB microphone yet

If you ask a group of young kids what they want to do when they get older, at least some of them are going to answer “YouTuber” or “Twitch streamer.” Content creation is a huge business, and Blue Microphones is one of the companies capitalizing on that. Its Blue Yeti…
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Apple will let Siri open third-party iOS apps by default

Apple’s iOS operating system has increased its included collection of apps over the years, growing from 17 in 2007 to just under 40 in 2019 — all while guaranteeing that everything included is the iPhone’s or iPad’s “default” app for its own functionality. Now…
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Watch Star Wars filmmaker’s short film shot on iPhone 11 Pro

A new short film shot on iPhone 11 Pro gives perhaps the best insight yet into what a professional filmmaker can do with nothing more than an iPhone. There’s no shortage of films and ads proclaiming they were ‘shot on iPhone,’ but most have cheated by using cinematography lenses and stabilization kit costing many times the price of the phone. We now have a more realistic test thanks to…
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