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Nokia smartphones ditch aggressive app killing for Android’s Adaptive Battery

Battery life is something that’s important to all smartphone users, but sometimes methods of squeezing out a bit of extra screen time are ill-advised. Nokia has just announced that it will get rid of a battery-saving method that aggressively killed background apps in exchange for Android’s own Adaptive Battery feature. In a brief post, Nokia explains that it has been…
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NeuralCam is a new app for taking iPhone photos in the dark

NeuralCam is an iPhone app that aims to bring to the iPhone the kind of ultra-low-light capabilities we’ve seen in some recent Android smartphones. Modern iPhones have gotten better and better at handling low-light photos. I put that to the test soon after I got my iPhone X, and wrote then about how impressed I was when testing it on some after-sunset shots… Normally, low…
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Samsung Galaxy A10s arrives in India

The Samsung Galaxy A10s has been launched in India. It’s priced at INR9,499 ($130/€120) for the 2GB/32GB model and INR10,499 ($145/€130) for the 3GB/32GB version. The smartphone comes in Black, Blue and Green colors, and will be available for purchase in India from…
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Yelp adds personalized search results to its iPhone app

For good or ill, it’s common for internet services to track what you do and offer “personalized” suggestions. But Yelp, that stalwart of internet reviews, is for the first time letting its users build a profile of their tastes which will be used to make better recommendations. Those preferences will be weaved throughout the Yelp experience going forward, starting with the iPhone…
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