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Why 2022’s Falling Camera Sales Shouldn’t Worry You

The year 2020 saw digital camera shipments nosedive to a new low of 8.9 million units, down from 121 million units in 2010. It was believed it couldn’t get any worse and, indeed, shipments stabilized in 2021. So why do sales appear to be in free-fall again? Looking back at camera shipments (which are different but closely related to sales) — as reported by CIPA — it’s actually…
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Android 13 getting unified ‘Security & privacy’ settings page, auto-deleting clipboard history

Google spent a portion of the Android 13 section at I/O 2022 talking about security and privacy, including how there will be a new consolidated settings page for just that. Android 12 introduced the Security Hub on Pixel phones, and Google is now applying the same principles to privacy settings. It starts by merging them together into “Security & privacy” with a “simple, color-coded…
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Google fixes I/O slip-up that made several language mistakes during Translate segment

The Google I/O 2022 keynote brought a lot of exciting announcements, but also a glaring mistake. While talking about Google Translate, the company showed the Arabic incorrectly. As highlighted by the folks over at TechCrunch, Google’s I/O 2022 keynote incorrectly depicted the Arabic language during a segment discussing Translate, where Google added 24 new languages to the useful tool. During…
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Android Auto redesign brings split-screen mode to in-car displays of all sizes

At Google I/O 2022, Android Auto is getting a split-screen mode that lets you always see navigation and media controls, while this redesign can adapt to any screen size and is particularly ideal for those with older cars that have smaller displays. It comes as Android Auto is now available on over 150 million cars worldwide. Android Auto redesign This redesign — which is codenamed “Coolwalk”…
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