Daily Archives: September 4, 2015

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium teardown reveals a dual heat pipe

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chipset has quite a reputation for loving to overheat. On the other hand, it is that chip maker’s current top of the line offering, so some smartphone makers are seeing themselves in a situation where they have to use it for their flagships.

Case in point: Sony. The Xperia Z5 Premium goes with the Snapdragon 810, because to pair a 4K touchscreen with anything less simply wouldn’t have made sense. But what about the heat? Well, it looks like Sony has found a solution.

The image you see above is said to show a disassembled Xperia Z5 Premium, a unit which has been put through a teardown. And sitting pretty in the upper side of the phone we see a dual heat pipe, undoubtedly put there to take care of the S810’s proper ventilation. Furthermore, Sony has applied a lot of thermal paste onto the innards of the Z5 Premium, in order to make things even less prone to overheating.

So in theory we should get cooler behavior from the S810 chip inside the Z5 Premium. However, just how efficient this system turns out to be in real-life use is something that remains to be seen.

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Top 10 Android app updates this week: feedly, Greenify

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Welcome back to our weekly Top 10 Android App Updates column, where we take a look at the most frequently upgraded apps for the week. We’ve found that one of the best ways to discover useful apps is to find the ones that are actually being updated by the developers rather than selecting the apps with the most installs. As in the past, we’re going to filter out minor updates for the super-popular apps that have over 10 million installs, but we’ll make exceptions for apps that have had significant updates. We hope you enjoy this weekly feature and that you discover some apps that end up being useful.

LastPass Password Manager – Version 3.5.20

LastPass

What’s new in this version:

  • New: Start on your phone or tablet for free! (see http://ift.tt/1zuGAHe for details)
  • New: Support fingerprint readers on Android 6.0
  • New: Support the new Android 6.0 permissions model
  • Fixed problem with in-app purchase when trial has expired.
  • Fixed input method not allowing autofill. (Requires disabling and re-enabling from LastPass)
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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feedly – Version 29.0.0

feedly

What’s new in this version:

  • [NEW] Chrome Custom Tab integration
  • [NEW] Shared collections
  • [FIXES] Bug preventing the creation of new collections
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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DO Button by IFTTT – Version 2.0.4

DO Button by IFTTT

What’s new in this version:

  • New Channels include: Adafruit, Amazon Cloud Drive, Camio, dondeEsta Family, iSecurity+, Wattio, Wolfram Data Drop
  • A few wrinkles were ironed out
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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HERE Maps – Version 1.1.1031

HERE Maps

What’s new in this version:

  • You can now see public transport information for Switzerland, Ottawa (Canada), Brest (France), Charleston and Sioux Falls (USA)
  • Long tap anywhere on the map to start drive guidance, get directions or share a location
  • See all the stops along your route when taking public transport
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Greenify – Version 2.7.0

Greenify

What’s new in this version:

  • *NEW* Experimental support for Android 6.0, with new “Shallow Hibernation” engine.
  • Auto-hibernation in non-root mode now dims the screen, no more annoying screen flicking.
  • “Hibernate and Lock Screen” shortcut is now compatible with Smart Lock (root only).
  • Foreground app no longer hibernates even if “state always ignored”.
  • Native processes are also cleaned in hibernation, to prevent self-awakening.
  • Fixed app running state detection on Android 5.1.1_r9 & 6.0.
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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GoPro App – Version 2.9.1551

GoPro App

What’s new in this version:

  • Create 5, 15 or 30-second clips from videos while they’re still on your camera and share them to Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and more!
  • Improved camera software update process
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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SmartThings Mobile – Version 6.0.0

SmartThings Mobile

What’s new in this version:

  • New visual design: redesigned to provide a more impactful experience
  • Global navigation: easily navigate throughout the app
  • Rooms: organize your devices in rooms
  • Primary device: set a primary device in a room
  • Rich controls: enhanced controls with a new visual design
  • Routines: automate your home
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Google Keep – Version 3.2.0

Google Keep

What’s new in this version:

  • Revamped experience for setting location reminders
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Zoe – Version 2.0.0

Zoe

What’s new in this version:

  • Create highlight videos locally on your phone without uploading.
  • Maximum length increased from 30 seconds to 3 minutes.
  • Include as many clips as you like within the 3 minute time limit.
  • Smart Trim. Toggling smart trim on/off enables video clips to be trimmed (3-5 seconds each) or to play in their entirety within the Zoe.
  • Login to download your existing Zoes from the cloud.
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Maps – Version 9.1.4

Maps

What’s new in this version:

  •  Easily compare ETAs across driving, transit, walking & biking
  • Find the best places to eat & drink around you, with curated recommendations in San Francisco, New York & London
  • New Google Maps logo
  • Bug fixes
(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Runtastic launches new MOMENT fitness tracker

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There are a plethora of fitness trackers you can buy today, ranging from the simple to the very elegant. Runtastic, the popular fitness app company recently purchased by ADIDAS,  has taken what it learned with its first tracker, the Orbit, and greatly improved on the look and function to create the MOMENT. The new MOMENT is available in various styles ranging from the FUN line with bright colors to the more sophisticated ELITE line.

IMG_0002 Here are some key features:

  • 10 different designs to fit the needs of any user
  • Waterproof up to 300 feet
  • Stores data on watch up to 7 days
  • No charging — uses a standard watch battery that lasts 6 months
  • Time syncs automatically via Bluetooth

MOMENT Models

Additionally, The MOMENT tracker syncs with the Runtastic Me app to provide data about steps taken, active minutes, calories burned, distance and sleep, as well as tracking personal goals.

Runtastic Me Screen

If you have been debating about getting a fitness tracker, delay no more! There is a Runtastic MOMENT fit just for you. You can purchase yours today from their webstore and start tracking that incredible amount of fitness you perform daily.

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Nokia’s upcoming C1 Android smartphone allegedly shown in leaked renders

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For many months now there’s been speculation about Nokia re-entering the smartphone space in 2016, after the non-compete clause embedded in the sale of its smartphone division to Microsoft expires. And after initially denying it, even the Finnish company’s CEO said we should in fact expect to see some Nokia-branded handsets next year.

The first of those could be the C1, allegedly depicted by the leaked renders you can see below.

A word of caution: these have been posted on Weibo (China’s Twitter equivalent) and there’s no way to tell if they’re really leaked renders of the new Nokia phone or simply what someone hopes this will look like. Do keep in mind that another alleged render of the C1 turned up last December and was immediately debunked as being nothing more than a concept.

Assuming this is real, the Nokia C1 will complement the already launched N1 tablet in the company’s portfolio. That said, like the N1 it’s expected to be produced by another company, with Nokia being involved in the design and granting a license for the use of its name.

No specs for the C1 have been outed this time around, but previous mumblings talked about it sporting a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera, a 5 MP front snapper, and an Intel processor aided by 2GB of RAM.

What can be gathered from the renders is that it will use a unibody construction, though it’s not entirely obvious whether we’re looking at plastic or metal. The C1 seems pretty thin too.

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Android Pay podría llegar el próximo 16 de Septiembre

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El sistema de pago con smartphone de Google, Android Pay, se presentó durante el Google I/O de este año. Esta será una de las principales novedades que habrá en la nueva versión 6.0 Marshmallow del famoso sistema operativo del robot verde.

Todo apunta a que, a finales de Septiembre se presenten los nuevos Nexus así como la versión final de Android 6.0, pero sin embargo, algunos de sus servicios podrían ver la luz mucho antes de lo que esperamos.

Hemos oído muy poco desde que se anunciase en San Francisco, así que prácticamente desconocemos como funcionará o que pros y contras tendrá respecto a otros métodos de pago. Sea como sea, los rumores sobre este nuevo servicio de los chicos de Mountain View, vuelven a aparecer y lo hace lanzando una posible fecha de lanzamiento, el 16 de Septiembre.

En la última versión del Google Play Service, la 8.1, hay indicios en el código de Android Pay. Esta nueva versión irá llegando poco a poco a los millones de terminales que hay repertidos por todo el mundo. Una vez todo el ecosistema de Android tenga esa mueva versión de los servicios de la famosa tienda de aplicaciones de Google, llegará la liberación del pago en Android.

Android Pay

Además, recientemente, ha salido una nota interna de una empresa externa a la compañía de Mountain View, la cuál está preparando el terreno para llegada inminente del futuro servicio de pago. Si los rumores están en lo cierto y las imágenes publicadas son ciertas y no tienen manipulación alguna, Android Pay llegaría el próximo 16 de Septiembre, 10 días antes de la supuesta presentación y liberación de la última versión de Android.

 

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Google Translate for Android works systemwide in Marshmallow

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The Google Translate app for Android has a new trick up its sleeve, but for now it only works if you’re running the Marshmallow Developer Preview. This will, however, become more widely available as the final release of Android 6.0 Marshmallow gets out and starts spreading.

We’re talking about the fact that Google Translate works systemwide, if you run the aforementioned iteration of Android and also if you have version 4.3 of the app (or newer).

As portrayed in the screenshots above, what this means is that when you select some text in whichever app you happen to be using, you don’t have to copy it, then switch to the Google Translate app in order to have it converted into another language. Now when you select text “Translate” appears as a direct option, and if you tap on that a pop-up Google Translate window will show up and quickly give you what you want.

This functionality takes advantage of Marshmallow’s new contextual selection feature, and it should work anywhere you can select text. This makes using Google Translate on Android for things you find written in an app or on a website a lot more useful than it’s been so…

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We’ll Never Have a Tech Utopia

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We’ll Never Have a Tech Utopia
In hoping for a thing that will likely never exist as we imagine it, we locate in the impossible our dreams for change, for utopia — for a world reimagined as the kind of place where a hoverboard might be real, where we might be McFlys. First step hoverboards; next, the cure for cancer.

September 4, 2015 at 12:51PM
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The ‘Until Dawn’ Ending That Fixes The Problem With Every Horror Movie

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I’ve previously criticized Sony for having a sparse exclusive PS4 games line-up this fall after the delay of Uncharted 4, and Halo 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider on the horizon for Xbox. But of the “lesser” releases Sony has in their corner, it seems that we’ve found at least one diamond in the rough.

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