Photos is one such app. It includes a bunch of useful features such as iCloud Shared Photo Library, Copy and Paste Edits, Undo and Redo Edits, and Duplicate Detection, which let you do more than ever before and eliminate the need to use third-party apps for trivial photo/video editing operations or hiding personal photos/videos on your iPhone. If you’ve updated your iPhone to iOS 16 or are planning to do so, here’s what you can do with the Photos app in iOS 16....

1. AdFree This app is available on the Android Market and it’s really effective. You don’t have to spend too much time customizing it and it does the job really good (just download it from the Android Market and after install, click “Download & Install Hosts”. Although, for AdFree to work on your phone, you have to have it rooted. AdFree uses MVPS HOSTS file to filter the information and add to its blacklist the ads....

That is until now. Some brilliant minds over at Omote 3D have developed the world’s first 3D photographic technique that can create actual three dimensional figurines of people. Think of them like tiny action figures of yourself that you can hang on your wall. How neat is that? What technology do they use? In order to create these 100% accurate figurines, down to the tiniest detail and color, they scan every inch on your body with laser scanners and compile the images inside a computer to create an accurate replica of the subject....

Fortunately, Apple is indeed gearing up for a comeback as a new report by Bloomberg highlights several ways through which the company plans to retaliate in the next few years. Here are the four takeaways from it. A Better Retail Strategy One of the first steps Apple is taking to regain its plummeting share is overhauling its retail strategy. For starters, the Cupertino-based phone maker will be partnering with individual stores to raise sales targets by four times to 40 or 50 units every week....

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Modularity It seems like modularity isn’t yet out of the picture despite being dumped by two market leaders. The new Essential Phone comes with a set of magnetic pogo pins on the back (just like the Moto Z series) which can be used to attach external accessories more seamlessly. The company is starting with a 360-degree camera and a charging dock, both of which will be complimentary for now. However, Essential says we can expect more in the coming weeks....

Well, besides the need of a strong technical configuration, the experience is also influenced by the way the game is played. In our particular case, we make note of the fact that a touch screen panel cannot offer the most out of a title. Here’s where controllers intervene, when standard clips cannot. Top 9 game controllers for mobile devices Mobile controllers for Android and iOS alike have raised all of the sudden, and most of them offer quite a sparking interaction....

Yes, we said ‘Lamborghini’ and we did not mean a car. For, the 88 Tauri is actually a phone that has been inspired by Lamborghini’s famous car lines. We have seen geekdom and autodom collide in the past – there was a Ferrari edition of the Moto Razr 2, and Lamborghini also had a tie-up with Asus for some devices. But most of those endeavours were about a logo here, a flash of colour there and so on....

Amazfit T-Rex As already mentioned, the Amazfit T-Rex is a rugged smartwatch for outdoors, and it has passed 12 regulations on military-grade testing, and therefore, is MIL-STD-810G compliant. Having said that, the smartwatch can withstand extreme heat and cold temperatures and is resistant to corrosion and moisture. Talking in specifics, the smartwatch can withstand heat up to 70℃ and cold down to minus 40℃. Towards the front, the T-Rex features a 1....

The upcoming Android M will include a Doze mode that will intelligently power down your phone or tablet when it’s idle, thus extending its battery life. So, in a time when OEMs try to release devices with monster batteries, Google wants to do what it can so that the software feeds as little as it can on the battery. Android L too came with some considerable improvements in battery life, and it will be interesting to see what’s going to be the impact of this new feature....

One sentence from the presentation stuck in my mind. “The version of Android does not matter,” the presenter said. “The quality of hardware and features that we have placed around it make the difference.” It was a theme whose variation we would hear again. And again. The years that followed saw Android displace Symbian as the most popular smartphone OS in the world, transforming it from Smartphone eminence to a ‘burning platform....

Or at least, it was around till a few days ago – at the time of writing, we noticed that the MiHome Launcher app had been pulled from Google Play (it was generally available at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miui.mihome2&hl=nl, but we are currently getting a ‘URL was not found on this server’ message). It is not a hefty download – less than 10 MB and worked very smoothly on both the Nexus 5 and Asus ZenFone 5....

This year, the apps that set the trend and made it to the list of App Trend of the year involve the apps that simplified the storytelling experience. These apps find themselves offering the ability to its users to express themselves better through memories, photos, and voice. Some of these apps include Anchor, Canva, Unfold, Steller, Spark Camera, Over, and Wattpad. Similarly, the Game Trend of the year saw more of remakes and tributes of the popular and beloved franchises from the past....

It’s a well-known fact that not all patents materialize into products but the companies nevertheless keep building a strong Patent portfolio. Apple was in the news recently for patenting something as silly as a paper bag. Also, patents like this will further strengthen the diversification needs of the company. That said, Apple has never used a curved screen or a flexible screen on any of its products and maybe this patent signals a new technology in the pipeline....

ArcSoft PhotoStudio DarkRoom 1.5 ArcSoft PhotoStudio Darkroom 1.5 is an exciting, new software application that focuses on non-destructive imaging processing for RAW, JPEG and TIFF image files. The program offers both professionals and hobbyists a complete set of enhancement tools and export options inside a thoughtfully-designed, professional user interface. It has a built-in photo browser and provides features like Exposure adjustment, White balance adjustment , Lens correction etc. You will be able to import from camera or removable drive with Batch export supported....

The Asus Zenfone Lite L1 comes with a conservative plastic build with a metallic finish that’s available in either Gold or Black colors. There’s a 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 720p and an aspect ratio of 18:9. Asus says it has managed to fit the panel in the body of a 5-inch phone. For performance, the Zenfone Lite L1 draws power from a Snapdragon 430 octa-core chipset, a meager 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage which can be expanded through a dedicated MicroSD card slot, and a 3000mAh battery without quick charging....

As for the rest of the specifications, the ROG Phone comes with Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line chip, the Snapdragon 845, speed-binned to achieve clock speeds of up to 2.96 GHz. In addition, the phone has 8GB of RAM, up to 512GB of onboard storage, and a 4000mAh battery which does support quick charging. On the front, the ROG Phone carries a 6-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 1080p and a 90Hz refresh rate....

And being such a loved email platform, it’s not hard to imagine that people from all over the world wanted to make the Gmail experience more pleasurable. And from that effort, a few ways to customize Google’s services have emerged. Of course, Google itself offers a few Gmail themes, and more recently, HD themes, but there are just a few and it’s easy to get bored with those. Now, you have lots of themes and have more customizing tools at your disposal, and two of the best methods to do so are Stylish, a Chrome or Firefox extension, available on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-Ons or a plug-in called Google Redesigned....

Are you searching for a back up program which is safe, user friendly and free at the same time? If yes, then your search may end here. Usually users don’t go for backup programs, since they have a fear in mind regarding the loss or damage of important data stored in the PC. FBACKUP is a free utility which minimizes these risks. With this program you can schedule regular backups and you can also choose full or partial backups, levels of compression, drive mirroring, backups of specific folders or files, and much more....