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Google Drive for Android rolling out PDF drawing and highlighting

Announced last month as a quick way to draw on and highlight PDFs, Google Drive’s new annotation tools on Android are now rolling out. When you open a PDF in Google Drive for Android, you’ll see a new pen FAB in the bottom-right corner of your screen. Tapping loads a toolbar that appears at the bottom of your screen on phones. It can also be dragged to the top, while landscape tablets will…
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How HTC conceived its latest high-end consumer VR headset | Shen Ye

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. HTC Vive debuted its Vive XR Elite virtual reality and mixed reality headset at CES 2023. I was able to get a very brief demo of a working headset at the show. and it showed me that HTC is willing to compete with rival Meta, Pico and Sony by going after consumers in the next generation of…
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Nothing OS 1.5: Top new features in Android 13 for Phone (1) [Video]

After a protracted wait, Nothing OS 1.5 is now available for the Phone (1), and we have been diving into the top new features. Android 13 hands-on: Here’s EVERY user-facing feature, function, and tweak [Video] With just one Android device in the firm’s portfolio, it has taken a little longer than you might expect for such a lightweight take on Android 13 to hit the stable milestone. You…
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Google Contacts feed highlighting upcoming birthdays with ‘For you’

Google added “Highlights” to Contacts in December that made the Android app decidedly more than just a list of people. That Google Contacts feed now has a “For you” section that shows upcoming birthdays.  Slotting in between Favorites and Recents is the “For you” section that shows upcoming birthdays. You see the contact’s profile picture and name, as well as the date and a…
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