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Apple Granted ‘Periscope’ Compact Zoom Lens Patent

July 14, 2021
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent for a compact camera that uses a set of prisms to “fold” light and compress the amount of space needed for a telephoto lens. This type of lens is typically referred to as a “periscope” lens in smartphones. As some background, “periscope” is the term used to describe a “folded” lens system that can squeeze…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 to have a smaller body, TENAA reveals

July 14, 2021
Samsung has certified the SM-F7110 smartphone on TENAA, which is the Chinese version of the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip3. The listing had basically no specs aside from the network bands it was certified to work on, but today we know more about the size and the battery…
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Google Hangouts app set to warn that it’s ‘going away soon’

July 14, 2021
The writing has been on the wall for Google Hangouts for some time now, but soon Hangouts will begin warning of the app’s upcoming shutdown and migration to Chat. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able…
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Space startup Momentus charged by SEC with misleading investors

July 14, 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged embattled space infrastructure startup Momentus Space and its founder, Mikhail Kokorich, with allegedly misleading investors about its propulsion technology and downplaying regulators’ national security concerns associated with Kokorich, who is Russian. The SEC also charged the company, Stable Road Acquisition Corp, that was going to…
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Brian Bowman: Apple’s IDFA change has triggered 15% to 20% revenue drops for iOS developers

July 14, 2021
Join executive leaders at the Data, Analytics, & Intelligent Automation Summit, presented by Accenture. Watch now! Apple critics such as Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney have complained about Apple’s alleged anticompetitive behavior with the App Store. But Consumer Acquisition’s Brian Bowman has frequently sounded the alarm on Apple’s decision to favor user privacy over targeted ads by…
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