Daily Archives: May 31, 2016

Google Home will be powered by Chromecast hardware, says report

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Google has decided to enter the smart home market with its not-so-recent acquisition of Nest and most recently at Google I/O with the announcement of Google Home. A new report from The Information says that Google has forgotten to mention one detail about Google’s new home assistant.

The report claims that one of the developers of the product has direct knowledge that the device is actually an enclosure with lots of components: microphones, a speaker, and LED lights that are all built around the hardware of a Chromecast.

The Chromecast’s micro computing capabilities proved to be…

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This iOS Trick Allows You To Change App Folders From Rounded Rectangles To Circles

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I have been using an iPhone as my primary smartphone since 2009 and sometimes I get bored looking at the same user interface day in and day out. That is why I constantly tinker with different iOS settings like “Button Shapes,” “Bold Text,” “Reduce Transparency” and “Darken Colors.” I was thrilled when Apple released iOS 4 in 2010 because the ability to create app folders was introduced. But if you are as bored of looking at the same old rectangular-shaped app folders as I am now, then you may be interested in a trick discovered by PhoneArena that allows you to turn them into circles.
How does it work? For this trick to work, your iPhone will need to be running on iOS 9.3 or above. And all you have to do is change your iPhone wallpaper to a 3×3 pixel image. Here are detailed steps that you can follow to change your app folders into circles:
Step 1:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Increase Contrast > Make sure Reduce Transparency is turned off.

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US pre-orders of Sony Xperia X are live. Free 128GB microSD card with pre-order

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The Sony Xperia X lineup is getting more attention. Especially with the US launch weeks away. Sony details in a press release that only pre-orders for the Xperia X are live today with Best Buy, Amazon, B&H, and Reagan Wireless. You can begin to pre-order the other 3 Xperia devices starting on June 17.

Customers who pre-order either the Xperia X ($550) or Xperia X Performance ($700) will receive a free 128GB micro SD card. Customers who pre-order the Xperia XA Ultra ($370) will also get a free 64GB SD card and those who’d like to preorder the Xperia XA ($280) will get a free…

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9 Essential Steps To Prevent Successful Cyberattacks, And Why Clicking Is Like Eating

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Hackers never sleep. They also use tech innovations better than many of us. In recent months, we’ve seen criminals take computer systems hostage at hospitals across the U.S., target banks around the world via the SWIFT system, and steal $12.7 million in a massive ATM heist in Japan. As mobile devices proliferate and everything from TVs to cars gets plugged into the Internet, things will only get worse.

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