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Work continues on Android betaAndroid 16 may have new notification tricksFor now it’s called “Rich Continuation Notification”Now that Android 15 is rolling out to Pixel smartphones, we can start looking at what Android 16 has in store. A closer look at the operating system’s latest beta code reveals a dynamic island-style notification system.According to Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman, the feature is called “Rich Oncoming Notices.” This gives you some idea of what’s involved. A persistent notification that appears in the status bar at the top of the screen.Newer iPhone models have a dynamic island notification bar that expands to display…
One of the biggest appeals of Chromebooks in 2024 is their affordability, with a lightweight yet capable OS that allows the device to punch above its weight class in terms of performance. But the new Lenovo Chromebook Duet is a great tablet with simple specs, and a reminder that today’s bare-bones Chromebooks aren’t enough. Announced as part of the latest Chromebook Plus machines, the latest Lenovo Chromebook Duet follows up on a model released a few years ago that was one of the first truly promising Chromebook tablets. The Duet had well-designed hardware, a great screen, and a decent keyboard…
Samsung will launch the Galaxy S25 Ultra early next year with new features, but here are five specific reasons to be excited about its upcoming flagship. Besides the S25 Ultra, the company is planning two other phones in the S25 band, including a standard model and a Plus version, but we’ll limit ourselves to the Ultra in this article. The Ultra variant defines Samsung’s top-of-the-line hardware and software features. This phone has everything a flagship user could think of. In the next version, the company will further enhance the specifications of the Ultra with five new additions. these are: display…
The legal battle between Apple and medical technology company Masimo is heating up, and the bigger company is winning this showdown, in some ways. A federal jury has agreed with Apple that previous versions of Masimo’s W1 and Freedom watches (pictured above) infringed the company’s design patents, according to a report. Reuters. Apple was awarded only $250 in damages, the minimum amount allowed for patent infringement, but the company’s lawyers reportedly told the court that it wasn’t about the money anyway.Apple, which is worth $3.5 trillion, wanted Masimo to stop selling its current smartwatch models. However, the jury found that…
Verizon is having some great deals this weekend. In fact, the deals are so good that they might be an attractive option if you’re looking to beat the crowds before Black Friday in November.For example, you can currently get the (still) excellent iPhone 15 Pro Max for free with the new line of Plus or Ultimate Unlimited plans. This is a really great deal, but I don’t think it will get any better in the future. Previously, you had to trade in this high-end device to get the discount. So getting it for free with a premium or mid-tier unlimited…
Important points Pages includes nearly 100 great-looking templates to quickly create documents across a variety of categories. Users can easily create and customize their own templates in Pages on Mac (and in the template picker).[マイ テンプレート]section on any device). Although not as feature-rich as Word or as collaborative as Docs, Pages is a great tool for quickly creating stylish documents. There are several good reasons to choose Pages over Docs, and most people will agree that Google’s word processor is the better choice. But when it comes to creating great-looking things in an instant, Pages might be better. Pages has…
Important points The iPad mini Pro will give Apple’s smallest tablet the respect it deserves. Ideal upgrades include a matte OLED display, M-series processor, Face ID, and more. The time has come for Apple to develop a mini-sized Apple Pencil. Apple announced the 7th generation iPad mini in mid-October, and I’ve already gone on record as being disappointed with it. There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with it. It’s just that it’s surprisingly inconspicuous. The only significant upgrades are the A17 Pro chip, more RAM, and support for Apple Pencil Pro, which is the bare minimum to expect from an iPad shipping…
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Since the 2016 MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar, Apple has soldered SSD storage to the logic board, making it impossible for users to easily upgrade or replace the drive in their device. But a repair YouTuber known as iBoff, who calls himself a “Mac logic board enthusiast,” appears to have created a solution that doesn’t take up much extra space. Mac upgrade history Even before the Mac transitioned to Apple Silicon, Mac repairability has steadily declined. As mentioned earlier, the 2016 MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar had SSDs soldered in, but hope was still not lost. Not many…
We recently showed you how watchOS 11’s new Vitals feature can help you predict when you’re likely to get sick. This is not a feature that Apple is touting for the Apple Watch Series 10 or other Apple Watch models that can take vitals measurements. Still, users have found that some of the vital trends Watch collects are reliable predictors of disease.Vitals records five health parameters: heart rate, breathing rate, wrist temperature, blood oxygen, and sleep time, depending on your region and whether you enable parts of it. Blood oxygen is a feature Apple can’t use in the US due…