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Google made the announcement on The Keyword, where the company lays out in detail what Android Go users can expect with the new OS, including more efficient battery usage and other quality-of-life changes that will make these entry-level phones even more accessible. Android (Go edition) smartphones are affordable, entry-level devices that are light in power. These devices are designed and optimized for low-end hardware with 2GB RAM or less. Android 12 (Go edition) is specifically optimized for those low-end phones....

According to Zimperium’s report, FlyTrap has been distributed on the Google Play store in the guise of various apps promising Netflix coupons, European football voting, and more. If your Android device is infected and you log in to Facebook, FlyTrap will dig up your Facebook ID, location info, email address, and your IP address. Hijacked Facebook sessions also can be used to spread FlyTrap to other users by automatically sending links to download the malware....

In his Bloomberg newsletter, noted tech journalist Mark Gurman (who has a history of solid predictions for Apple devices) suggests we could see the largest Apple product lineup in history between this Fall and the first half of 2023. Said lineup would allegedly include the iPhone 14, more Macs using the new M2 chip, an M3 chip, and more. Gurman’s sources say the iPhone 14 Pro will include an “always on” feature for the display, which would be able to keep various widgets displayed on-screen similar to an Apple Watch....

Professional photographer Jason Nocito is hosting a live virtual session on Thursday, from noon to 1 p.m. ET. Nocito will show attendees how to use their iPhones to take portrait photos of their furry friends. Apple said the best way to capture pets on the iPhone is through the portrait mode on the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. Nocito will show users how to apply the High-Key Light Mono mode to photos to get studio-quality pics of your cat or dog (or hedgehog)....

How to Clear the iPhone Clipboard The clipboard in iOS is fairly limited. It can only hold one piece of information at a time, and it’s not directly accessible to a user. But, you can use that limitation to your advantage. Replacing the text in the clipboard with empty text is a good way to effectively wipe out the old information saved there. All you need to do is copy a space and you’ll be set....

How to Delete Chat Messages You’ve Sent Since chat messages are automatically deleted as soon as you exit the chat, the following instructions assume that you currently have a chat open with a friend or group. Why Can’t You Unsend Photo and Video Snaps? In older versions of the Snapchat app, users discovered certain tricks that worked for unsending photo or video snaps. They discovered that they could sometimes successfully unsend snaps by:...

These routers ship with the default IP address of 192.168.1.1. Can’t Get the Valet Default Password to Work? If the default password doesn’t work for your Valet or Valet Plus, then someone changed it at some point (which was smart, for security’s sake). If you have no way of knowing the current password, your only course of action is a factory reset. That’s exactly what it sounds like: a complete reversion back to the original factory settings....

How to Compact and Repair an Access Database Before you begin, ensure that you have a current database backup. Compact and repair is a very intrusive database operation and has the potential to cause database failure. The backup will be instrumental if this occurs. Remember that compact and repair creates a new database file. Therefore, any NTFS file permissions you applied to the original database will not apply to the compacted database....

Safari Window Shortcuts Safari supports the following keyboard shortcuts for multi-window and tabbed browsing: Command+T: Open a new tab with a blank page. Command+N: Open a new window. Command+Shift+N: Open a new window in Safari’s private browsing mode (Mac only). Control+Tab: Move to the next tab on the right and make it active. Performing this shortcut on the right-most tab will move you back around to the left-most one. Control+Shift+Tab: Move to the tab on the left and make it active....

Save the Original Default Template Before you make any changes, make a copy of the original default template. For PowerPoint for Windows For PowerPoint for Mac The saving location changes to the folder where PowerPoint stores its templates. Do not change this location or PowerPoint will not know where to look for the file if you choose to use it again. The original default design template is called blank presentation. Name the file old blank presentation, or something similar....

Drawing files in the CVX format can hold project settings like image effects and layers, as well as both vector and raster graphics. How to Open a CVX File CVX files can be opened with ACD Systems’ Canvas program, version 6 and newer. Another program from ACD Systems, ACDSee, supports the CVX format too. If neither Canvas nor ACDSee can open your CVX file, it’s possible that you have a file that uses the CVX file extension but that doesn’t have anything to do with ACD Systems software....

Dropbox was one such developer, but times have changed, as the company has finally updated their popular macOS cloud storage app to run natively on the Apple Silicon platform. This update is fully compatible with the ARM architecture of the M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max chips, though it is still in beta. Prior to this release, Dropbox could still run on M1 Macs, but the software would be put through a translation application called Rosetta 2....

Why specifically non-Latin languages? Many Latin-based languages like English, Spanish, Italian, and others share a similar alphabet and structure. Non-Latin languages, such as Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, etc., are much different and can confuse non-native speakers. As stated during its Duocon live stream, Duolingo’s goal is to make it easier and more intuitive for people to learn these more complicated alphabets. One of these new tools is a tab that appears for some languages, which displays a grid of characters from that alphabet....

There were early rumblings of the next iPhone utilizing satellite communications, which Apple later confirmed, but now Emergency SOS via Satellite is almost ready to go live. Emergency SOS itself isn’t a new feature, and it’s not the first time an iPhone has been supported by satellites, but this is the first time both elements have come together. The result of that combination is something Apple—and partner Globalstar, which is supplying the satellites—believes will save lives....

MOD Function Syntax and Arguments A function’s syntax refers to the layout of the function and includes the function’s name, brackets, and arguments. The syntax for the MOD function is: Number is the number being divided and Divisor is the number by which you want to divide the Number argument. The Number argument can be a number entered directly into the function or a cell reference to the location of the data in a worksheet....

The company just unveiled a service called Chrome OS Flex, a software suite that transforms old Macs and PCs into Chromebooks, as announced in an official Google blog post. If this sounds familiar, Chrome OS Flex is a rebrand of CloudReady, a Chromium-based operating system that Google purchased in December 2020. CloudReady’s original purpose was to extend the life of old PCs that were no longer receiving official updates. Chrome OS Flex offers a similar purpose, just wrapped up in a new version of Chrome OS....

HalloApp launched quietly on Tuesday and is available to download on the App Store and the Google Play Store. The new app shares many similarities with WhatsApp, such as focusing on maintaining relationships with close friends and family via encrypted messaging. But it shies away from bombarding users with ads and, as stated in a post on the app’s official blog, “an algorithmic feed of meaningless content.” HalloApp has a minimalist design and aesthetic....

Overall Findings If you have an HBO subscription, you can use HBO GO to watch HBO shows and movies on your phone, tablet, computer, or another app-enabled device. If you don’t have a subscription, there is no way to get HBO GO. That’s why HBO NOW is ideal for cord-cutters. One problem for cord-cutters is that there are many services, including cable replacements like Sling TV and general streaming services like Netflix, that it’s easy to pay as much, or more, for streaming services than for cable....

What Is a Decibel? A decibel is made up of two words: deci, meaning one-tenth, and bel, which is a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. Bel is a unit of sound and a decibel (dB) is one-tenth of a bel. The human ear is sensitive to a range of sound levels—from 0 decibels, which is complete silence to human hearing, to 130 decibels, which causes pain....

Three Models, Three Prices Storage capacity is the only difference among the three Seventh Generation iPod touch models. Apple’s pricing is as follows: Does the iPod Touch Ever Go On Sale? Unfortunately, the answer is no: the iPod Touch basically never goes on sale. Apple controls the pricing of its devices very tightly, and high demand for them keeps prices high. You can find annual holiday and back-to-school sales, as well as promotions from individual retailers, but these sales aren’t likely to save you more than $20 or so....