Thursday
Nov302017

Taylor Swift’s ‘reputation’ to land on streaming services tonight

Already available in countries like Australia and the Philippines, the new Taylor Swift album reputation is dropping on major streaming services as the superstar shared on Instagram. According to The Verge, it is coming to Spotify at midnight, which keeps it in line with the releases in the aforementioned countries. Swift originally withheld the release of her album on streaming services and it was being reported that she was going to do it for one week. But the popstar extended that to three weeks after it dropped on November 10th. So, for you Swifties who opted out of digitally downloading the album, your wait is almost over.

Thursday
Nov302017

Essential brings Portrait Mode to PH-1

When the Essential PH-1 launched, its camera’s Portrait Mode wasn’t enabled yet. Thankfully that’s changed now and the startup just updated the device to reflect that. Aside from having Portrait Mode, the update brings reduced JPEG compression for better image quality and exposure compensation for regular camera modes. The update also introduces the usual stability fixes. You can get the Camera app from this link. On the Android Oreo front, according to a recent Reddit AMA with the company, Android Oreo Beta for the PH-1 will be coming out next week.

Source: GSMArena

Thursday
Nov302017

Merge Cube's mixed reality fun for the whole family

 

The Merge Cube has been gaining popularily since it launched recently in the USA. Already winning several awards and accolades it's now landed in Canada. The Merge Cube uses augmented reality and virtual reality to bring our physical and digital worlds together. And it's incredible! 

Through your mobile phone screen, you can play games and interact with learning and lifestyle apps designed to interact with the Merge Cube (iOS and GooglePlay). Many are family friendly. Holographic objects appear on a physical cube as it interacts wth your phone. With an additional VR goggles you can take it to the next level.

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Thursday
Nov302017

Google launches app the helps you monitor and stop data use of other apps

For longtime Android users, the feature of the new Google app isn’t news for you. But if you want a simpler way to manage your data, Google officially launched Datally. It’s designed to help you see where your data is going and help you cut down where you need to. It can show you things like which apps use the most data and at what time the data is being used up. It can recommend ways on how you can cut down your data usage based on your activity.

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