Daily Archives: November 3, 2015

Google to require secure factory reset option in Android 6.0 Marshmallow

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Security is a huge deal these days, with all of our personal info online and on our mobile devices. Getting a smartphone stolen is not only a big financial burden, but the information on it could do far worse damage than an extra $800 out of your bank account for a new phone. And when getting rid of a device, just wiping it isn’t enough.

Thankfully, Google is taking security very seriously. With the release of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google is now requiring OEMs to include an option for a secure wipe. This will not only perform a logical wipe (which will allow deleted files to be recovered), but also a physical wipe. This will help keep your data safe.

This is now required to use Android 6.0 and Google Play Services, though manufacturers generally offer this feature as it is. But it shows that Google is serious about security, which we can all take comfort in.

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Samsung to allegedly discontinue its line of digital cameras

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Tech giant Samsung has been leading several industries including phones, tablets, home appliances, and TVs with no sign of slowing down, until now.

An article released by the popular Korean news outlet Asiae reports Samsung is going to suspend its camera division by moving employees around to its medical, optical, and smartphone departments. Perhaps this is for research and development to improve imaging for these industries. It is not known if Samsung plans to relaunch a digital camera division in the future or if it will do away with it altogether.

It seems that this will only affect the mirrorless cameras (non-DSLRs), since the translated article mentions the words “mirrorless” and “NX500” throughout. Neither of which would suggest DSLR cameras are included (Although, DSLRs tend to have much longer life-cycles). Also, the website samsungcamera.com, which hasn’t been updated for months, seems to only feature mirrorless cameras.

The same article also mentions “…to the growth of smartphone cameras, as well as high-end digital cameras.” suggesting plans to improve DSLR image sensors as well.

There’s a chance that Samusng is taking a year or two off of the digital camera space to regroup, review, and relaunch its product and marketing to better compete with Sony, Canon, Nikon, and Kodak for the digital camera space. Yet staging a comeback with zero market share will be pretty tough so if Samsung is to close the division it will likely be for good.

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Nomad lanza Wallet, una billetera capaz de cargar tu móvil

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¿Qué puede tener de tecnológica una cartera para que se coloque en nuestra portada? Pues en el caso de la nueva Wallet de Nomad un cargador integrado. Ni más ni menos. La compañía, conocida por lanzar accesorios bastante curiosos para los productos m…

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Twitter and Vine replacing stars with hearts

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Favoriting something with a star is a big commitment, you know? We just don’t know if we can commit to making something our favorite. And the smiley faces for Vine? It’s just too much And that’s what we’ve had to do with Twitter and Vine, which featured star symbols as a “favorite” and smileys for “likes.”

Twitter felt that the star was a strange symbol to newcomers, and the heart would be a more recognizable symbol for liking something. That’s fair, though it seems like a very insignificant change. Either way, you’ll start seeing it across all applications on all platforms, including Twitter for Android, Vine on Android, and the web.

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OnePlus releases photography app called Reflexion

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As of late, OnePlus has been venturing into markets other than smartphones. The company also released a standalone USB Type-C cable that will work with any phone that supports Type-C. It’s definitely a nice cable at a low price. And now, OnePlus has released an app.

This app is called Reflexion, and it allows you to take a photo with your front-facing camera and one with the rear camera. The app then combines the two images into this divided and mirrored image. It’s artsy, though I don’t know how many times you’ll use it before getting bored.

If you want to give it a shot, head over to the Play Store (or iTunes, if you roll that way) and let us know what you think!

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