How to Use Data the Right Way in Your Business

There are lots of things to focus on in a business – production, marketing, customer services, profit… the list goes on! It can be difficult to make time to review and utilize the data you gather in your business. However, ignoring that data is a fatal mistake. By taking the time to really work alongside the data, you can maximize your efficiency, profit, and plan for any potential disasters. 

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Grogu from 'The Mandalorian' becomes a 3D object on Google Search

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Google continues to expand the augmented reality objects that you can find in Search. This time, it targets The Mandalorian fans. You can search for either Baby Yoda or Grogu (a.k.a. The Child's official name as revealed in the show's second season) on mobile, and it will pull up a Knowledge Panel where you can launch a 3D model of the beloved character.

Similar to other AR objects in Search, you can place Grogu in your space, and you can take pictures of the little creature looking cute in your area. He doesn't do much; he just bobs his head around and looks adorable. But we aren't complaining. This fun feature joins the recently launched The Mandalorian AR Experience for some of the newest 5G-enabled Android phones.

Source: Engadget

Upcoming Snapdragon-powered Android phones can get up to four years of security updates

Google's Project Treble is a modular redesign of Android's low-level system architecture to make it easier for phone manufacturers to update their devices with the mobile operating system's newest version. This program, which launched back in 2017, gets an update with a new partnership between Google and Qualcomm. The two companies will collaborate to improve Project Treble while simplifying the update process for Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered devices.

Google and Qualcomm say that by working together, they can reduce the time and resources manufacturers need to invest when updating their smartphones to the latest Google software, which will extend the lifespan of their products. So, future Snapdragon-equipped smartphones will get up to four major Android platform upgrades and four years of security patches. This upgrade will include the version of Android your phone comes with, so the high-end phones get an extra year of security updates while receiving the same amount of OS upgrades as Pixel phones.

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Samsung denies Galaxy Note's discontinuation

There have been rumours going around that Samsung planned to shelve its Galaxy Note series, mostly because there is talk that the upcoming Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold3 will supposedly support the S Pen. But a new report from South Korea refutes this rumour, with a company official saying there will be a Galaxy Note launch in 2021.

TM Roh, president of Samsung's mobile business, said, "the Galaxy Note experience might be applied to more products," but this doesn't mean that the Galaxy Note line itself will go away. What we have yet to determine is the positioning of the Note series in Samsung's lineup. Will it still be a flagship series, or will it move lower down the ranks? Will Samsung launch three flagships a year?

Source: GSMArena