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21 Aug

Apple event rumor roundup: What to expect at the iPhone 16 keynote

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The biggest day of the tech world’s fall calendar is nearly here: Apple’s iPhone 16 event will take place sometime in September. The company typically does it on a Tuesday during the first half of the month, so September 10 is a safe bet. No matter when it happens, we'll be live-blogging the news, and you can watch it live via the company’s website or on YouTube. The biggest news from the event will almost definitely involve the forthcoming lineup of iPhone 16 handsets. Past as prologue, we’ll also get a new Apple Watch or two.Beyond that, rumors have been…

15 Aug

Your Meta headset can now display the output of any HDMI or DisplayPort device

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Our lives are full of screens in this digital age but sometimes you can’t access them or you need a bigger one for your tired eyes. Meta announced a new app called Meta Quest HDMI Link for its Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets that can connect any of your devices with HDMI or DisplayPort and send their output to your VR.The HDMI Link app is available to download to your headset now from Meta’s App Lab.HDMI Link lets you watch videos, look at your computer and play games on the headset in your Quest headset from any…

12 Aug

The Made by Google Pixel 9 launch event kicks off tomorrow. Here’s what we expect

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It's almost time once again for the tech world to stop everything else it's doing and pay attention as a major company shows off its latest hardware. Next up is Google's turn at bat. Thanks to a string of leaks and Google’s own teases, we already have a pretty clear idea of what the company has planned for its Made by Google hardware event. The show will take place Tuesday, August 13 at 1PM ET.We'll get the official reveal of the Pixel 9 lineup, for one thing. This includes what the company is calling the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold,…

09 Aug

Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

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Both Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted messaging app Signal, .The Russian news service broke the news about the block on the Signal app in Russia. Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor restricted the app due to “violations of the requirements of the Russian legislation whose fulfillment is necessary to prevent the use of the messenger for terrorist and extremist purposes,” according to the Russian report.The cybersecurity tracker on Friday that Russia has restricted access to Signal “on most internet providers.” NetBlocks also noted the app “remains usable with ‘censorship circumvention’ enabled” in Signal’s settings echoing to users who’ve…

06 Aug

Web-to-App Attribution Measurement Using Mogua

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This article introduces how to quickly view the effectiveness of different marketing channels through the Mogua SDK and Dashboard statistics panel. Mogua is a lightweight deep linking solution designed for indie apps like mobile games and tool apps, used for web-to-app attribution statistics. Mogua collects device data from both web and app, matching them to enable parameter passing from the webpages to the app. This ensures app users are correctly attributed to different marketing channels. More details on how the SDK can refer to this article. To use Mogua's products, you need to first create an application and integrate the…

02 Aug

Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9 Pro, Gemini, new foldables and everything else to expect on August 13

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It's almost time once again for the tech world to stop everything else it's doing and pay attention as a major company shows off its latest hardware. Next up is turn at bat. Thanks to a string of leaks and Google’s own teases, we already have a pretty clear idea of what the company has planned for its event.We'll get the official reveal of the Pixel 9 lineup, for one thing. This includes what the company is calling the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is certainly more of a mouthful than "Pixel Fold 2." In addition, Google will certainly…

31 Jul

Belgian researchers found a huge privacy hole in six dating apps

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TechCrunch reported that a group of researchers from the university KU Leuven in Belgium identified six popular dating apps that malicious users can use to pinpoint the near-exact location of other users. Dating apps including Hinge, Happn, Bumble, Grindr, Badoo and Hily all exhibited some form of “trilateration” that could expose users’ approximate locations, which prompted some of the apps to take action and tighten their security, according to the published paper.The term “trilateration” refers to a three-point measurement used in GPS to determine the relative distance to a target. The six named apps fell into one of three categories…

28 Jul

Mastering Fragments in Java for Android Development

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Fragments are a crucial component in Android development, providing a modular and reusable architecture for creating dynamic user interfaces. A fragment represents a portion of a user interface within an activity, allowing for more flexible and manageable UI designs, especially on larger screens. This article will guide you through the fundamentals of fragments in Java, their lifecycle, and how to implement them in your Android projects. Understanding Fragment Lifecycle: A fragment's lifecycle is closely tied to the lifecycle of its host activity but with additional states. Here are the key stages: onAttach(): Called when the fragment is first attached to…

25 Jul

Class Action Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Broke Its Lifetime Price Guarantee

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Angry T-Mobile customers have filed a class action lawsuit over the carrier's decision to raise prices on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price guarantee."Based upon T-Mobile's representations that the rates offered with respect to certain plans were guaranteed to last for life or as long as the customer wanted to remain with that plan, each Plaintiff and the Class Members agreed to these plans for wireless cellphone service from T-Mobile," said the complaint filed in US District Court for the District of New Jersey. “However, in May 2024, T-Mobile unilaterally did away with these legacy phone plans…

18 Jul

Getting the height of Android device independent of pixel densities

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Table of contents TLDR (too long didn't read) Why does this matter? Resources My app on the Google play store My app's GitHub code TLDR (too long didn't read) When trying to get the height of a Android device, make sure you do it in an pixel density independent way: correct way to get height: val displayMetrics = Resources.getSystem().displayMetrics val heightPixels = displayMetrics.heightPixels //exact physical pixel amount(different on certain devices) val density = displayMetrics.density //density multiplier val pixelDensityIndependentHeight =heightPixels / density Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode val height = Resources.getSystem().displayMetrics.heightPixels //as previously mentioned, this height will change depending on…