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Nikon Was Almost Named ‘Nikorette’

September 15, 2021
In a documented but little-known fact, Nikon was very close to being instead named “Nikorette.” The name was only changed when executives were afraid that the word sounded “weak.” Capa Camera Web recently published an article (first spotted by Nikon Rumors) that details the history of Nikon’s name, and in it reveals that Nikon was tenatively called “Nikorette” when the company was…
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Here’s a look at the new emoji that could come to iPhone this year [Update: Emoji 14.0 finalized]

September 15, 2021
Emoji 14.0 draft renderings by Jeremy Burge The draft candidates for the Unicode Consortium’s Emoji 14.0 release are up for approval and Emojipedia has shared a great look at many of the new emoji that could come to iPhone over the next year. Seven new faces are in the mix like melting face and face with peeking eye, with other candidates including heart hands, person with crown, troll, low…
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Google Keep is next in line for a Material You update, coming later this month

September 15, 2021
After debuting Material You revamps for other Workspace apps earlier this month, Google is today announcing that Google Keep is next in line for the update. Already being a pretty colorful app by design, it’s interesting to see how Keep is adopting the new Dynamic Color feature. Based on Google’s example below, the Material You version of the theme will desaturate the colors of many notes…
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Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of ‘Google Original [Potato] Chips’

September 15, 2021
Google is going all out to advertise its next flagship phone around the world. In Japan, it offered “Google Original (Potato) Chips” to highlight the new Tensor SoC in the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Tensor is Google’s first consumer system on a chip (SoC) — with some technical details leaking over the past few days, and the company created a big of potato chips to hammer that point in…
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