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Google explains and defends Android Q gesture navigation

August 8, 2019
With Beta 6 yesterday, Google offered a near-final look at what navigation will feel like when Android Q launches in the coming weeks. Some users are still unhappy about the choices, with the Android team today publishing a “backstory” explaining gesture navigation. Google starts by laying out the benefits of gestures, with the company at I/O 2019 particularly focusing on how it lets users…
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Dear Esther for iOS is set to debut later this year

August 8, 2019
Dear Esther for iOS will release later this year. Developer Chinese Room took to Twitter to announce the upcoming arrival of its beloved indie game on Apple’s handheld devices. All the details are down below. The journey to…
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How to get Siri to say names right on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

August 8, 2019
Are you tired of Siri mispronouncing your name and others’ names? Read on for how to easily get Siri to say names right on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. With all the different ways to pronounce names, it’s understandable that Siri can’t get them right by default.
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Samsung's Galaxy Home smart speaker is still alive, somehow

August 8, 2019
While Samsung’s Unpacked event was mostly about the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+, a new S Pen and a Galaxy Book S laptop, plenty of observers expected some news on the fate of Galaxy Home. Samsung announced the smart speaker a year ago, but it’s been beset by delays. Most recently, Samsung targeted a release window of the “mid-second half of the year” — so perhaps…
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Popular indie game 'Dear Esther' is coming to iOS

August 8, 2019
Journey made a surprise debut on iOS this week and you’ll soon be able to play another indie darling on the go. The Chinese Room says its exploration-focused Dear Esther will be available for iPhone and iPad later this year. After starting out as a Half-Life 2 mod, it…
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Apple releasing fifth iOS 13 public beta today

August 8, 2019
Apple today is releasing the fifth public beta of iOS 13. This comes following the release of the sixth developer beta yesterday. Apple is also releasing iPadOS 13 public beta 5 and likely tvOS 13 public beta 5 today. iOS 13 developer…
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Ulysses update will bring fresh iPad fullscreen mode, keyword management to iOS, more

August 8, 2019
Popular Mac and iOS writing app, Ulysses, has an update planned that will bring an improved fullscreen mode for iPad, new export styles, keyword management for iOS, and more. Ulysses detailed version 17 today in a press release which is slated for launch next week on August 19. A new version will bring a host of frequently requested features to Ulysses, the award-winning writing app for Mac…
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Why does the Galaxy Note still exist?

August 8, 2019
Watching the Galaxy Note 10 keynote, it became clear that the whole Note series has run out of runway. When it first launched, it was a wacky experiment to see if there was a market for an over-sized phone. But times have changed, and what was once transgressive is now the…
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Satechi’s 72W USB-C PD car charger can power up MacBooks and iPhones on the road

August 8, 2019
Charging on the go is one of the key benefits of Apple’s transition from MagSafe to USB-C on MacBooks, but early solutions struggled to maintain a charge during use on even the lowest power notebooks. That’s changed thanks to USB-C PD which can actually deliver enough power to juice up energy-hungry computers during use. Satechi’s new 72W USB-C PD Car Charger is the latest accessory to use…
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