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BCN+R Has Published its Bleak Camera Sales Trends Report from 2020

BCN+R, one of the largest databases of electronics sales in Japan, has published a trends report from 2020. While the whole industry struggled, it reveals Nikon specifically is in a rough market position. For those unfamiliar, BCN Ranking (BCN+R) describes itself as a sales database that collects and aggregates actual sales data of PCs, digital home appliances, and more from major home…
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EV startup Lightyear announces largest round of funding yet

The Dutch EV startup Lightyear has announced the closing of a new funding round of $48 million. The EV manufacturer specializing in solar paneled roofs made the announcement via a press release today. The new investment is Lightyear’s largest financing to date. It will use the funds to support growth toward the first customer deliveries of its Lightyear One exclusive series car. Since its…
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OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 now available for OnePlus 8T

With every other OnePlus device thus far, there has been the option to join the OxygenOS Open Beta program. The OnePlus 8T has now joined the ranks with the rollout of the OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1. Effectively, the OxygenOS Open Beta path is a way to test out certain…
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Google TV integrates with over 30 streaming services, here’s the full list [U]

Perhaps the most useful thing about the new Google TV platform is the ability to aggregate and organize content from a variety of different sources. Which ones, though? Here’s a full list of streaming services that Google TV supports at launch. Of course, Google can pull content from its own services such as YouTube TV and also Google TV (formerly Play Movies). Beyond that, however, are quite…
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Google details recent memory savings in Chrome for Mac, Windows, and Android

Chrome is perennially criticized for its memory usage, and Google has been working to address those complaints in recent browser releases for Mac, Windows, and Android.  With the latest Chrome release, Google is using its own advanced memory allocator. PartitionAlloc is optimized for low allocation latency, space efficiency, and security. It’s now used everywhere on Chrome for Android and…
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