Apple's New App Return Policy in Europe is a Big Deal for VoiceOver Users

Recently, Apple implemented a new 14 day no questions asked return policy in many European Union (EU) nations according to 9to5mac. The new policy allows customers to receive a full refund on App Store purchases within 14 days of receipt.

While this new policy is an important safeguard for all consumers, it is a major development for App Store customers who rely on accessibility features, such as VoiceOver, in order to use their devices. VoiceOver is a built in screen reader that allows blind and visually impaired users to use iOS devices and Macs.

While browsing the App Store, it is extremely difficult for VoiceOver users to determine if the app they are interested in purchasing is accessible. This often leaves the customer playing a guessing game with their money. For example, without the return policy a VoiceOver user who wanted to purchase a $20 app would need to hope that the app was accessible with VoiceOver otherwise their $20 purchase would be useless. Even if the app is inaccessible and unusable refunds are typically not granted.

The new policy allows VoiceOver users to download apps that may or may not be accessible without the risk of wasting money on an app that is totally useless for them. If the user downloads an app that is not accessible, they can simply return the app within two weeks and receive a full refund. In effect, this allows for a two week trial period for apps which will allow users to see if the app fits their needs. For VoiceOver users within the EU this will take the guesswork out of purchasing apps.

Unfortunately, the new return policy is only available in certain EU countries and is not applicable to customers in other countries. Hopefully, Apple will extend the policy to all customers regardless of which country they are in. Until that time, users in other countries will have to hope that the apps they are downloading are accessible.

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Keeble Keyboard for iPad: Flexible Text Input for Users with Special Needs

Keeble is a virtual keyboard for iPad made by AssistiveWare. The app is only available in English for iPads running iOS 8 and above. As a result of new features available in iOS 8 the Keeble keyboard can be used in almost every app on the iPad including mail, Safari, and messages. Keeble gives users a number of customization options to make text input easier for users with special needs such as motor challenges, dyslexia, and other disabilities.

One option available is the ability to change the appearance of the keyboard. Users can change the color of the keyboard which could be helpful for users with visual impairments. The higher contrast colors can be more easily seen compared to the white and gray colors of the default iOS keyboard. The layout can be change from a QWERTY layout to an ABC layout if desired.

Keeble also includes word predication to speed up typing; especially for Switch Control users. The word predication features is slightly more advanced than iOS 8's built-in word prediction. Keeble allows users to change the number of predictions offered above the three offered by the default iOS 8 keyboard.

Keeble also allows users to change how the keys respond to taps and presses. This is especially useful for users with motor challenges that may cause accidental taps or presses on unwanted keys. Hold duration can be set to change how long a key must be held before that character is entered. With this option enabled, quick accidental taps will not be registered. Additionally, the backspace repeat can be customized to avoid accidentally deleting text. A "select on release" option is also available which will enter text on release of a key instead when the key is pressed.

The last customization option allows users to turn on spoken feedback of the text they type. Feedback can be given letter by letter, word by word, and/or sentence by sentence. This feature allows people with dyslexia or poor spellers to confirm that what they words they think entered are the words that they hear being spoken back to them using text-to-speech. While this feature is useful it can only be enabled and disabled via the apps settings. If there was an option to turn on and off auditory feedback directly, it would be much easier to access the feature when needed and disable the feature when not needed. Users can totally turn off the iPad's speakers but this will also mute all other audio output. There is space on the bottom right of the number and symbol entry keyboard where quick access to this setting could be added.

The Keeble app costs $15 on the App Store. To download the app click here. Click read more below to view screenshots of the Keeble keyboard.

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AXS Map: Crowdsourced Accessibility Reviews of Businesses

AXS Map is an app available for iOS and Android that allows users to rank the accessibility of local businesses. Using the location of the device users can search for nearby businesses and rank the accessibility of the location in very basic terms. More detailed accessibility information and information for people with a wider range of disabilities would improve the app.

While accessibility standards established by the government are exact and technical, AXS Map uses a star rating system. For example, a businesses that is easily accessible to people with disabilities would earn a five star ranking. The app also allows users to rank a business based on the noise level, which can be helpful for people with hearing impairments, and by light which can be helpful for people with visual impairments.

I was recently involved in a "Mapathon" were a group of people used the app to map parts of the city. This experience helped me understand the value of the app, as some businesses had serious accessibility issues such as numerous steps with no ramps.

The data that is inputted through the app or the website can then be viewed by people interested in the accessibility of a business. For example, a person with a physical disability could check the app to make sure that a coffee shop had a ramp.

If the AXS Map platform becomes popular it could even prompt businesses with poor rating to make improvements.

While the concept behind AXS Map is good, the implementation is a little rough. The app is not intuitive to use and can be frustrating. However, it does work once you get familiar with the interface. The app also requires users to enter their email which could steer some users away.

To use AXS Map visit AXSMap.com or download the app for iOS and Android. Click here to download the app for iOS and click here to download the app for Android.

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New Add-On for OneNote Benefits Students with Dyslexia

Microsoft recently made a new add-on available for its OneNote software which aims to help students with dyslexia. The add-on works within Microsoft's note taking software and is currently available to download as a beta. Once installed, a new tab appears which gives users the option to read content using text-to-speech or dictate using speech-to-text. While both of the features have been available before it is nice to have a free option that can be used directly within OneNote: an application that many schools and parents already have installed as part of the Microsoft Office suite.


The text-to-speech reader mode is called "immersive reading mode" and includes some handy features. When activated the reader fills the entire screen with text from your OneNote notebook. While reading text is highlighted as it is read aloud. Users have the option to change the background color and text size in order to create a more comfortable reading experience. The add-on also includes the ability to highlight nouns, verbs, and adjectives in different colors; a feature that could be helpful for younger students. Microsoft even includes the ability for users to break words up into syllables.

It is exciting to see the fruits of Microsoft's enhanced accessibility initiatives. While the new features are not novel they seem easy to learn. Since the "Learning Tools" are free for OneNote users and easy to learn they may prove to be a great starting point for people new to assistive technology. Microsoft seems to be increasing their focus on accessibility. Recently, the company announced a new Chief Accessibility Officer and a reorganization of accessibility teams. Hopefully, with the new reorganization, "Learning Tools" is just the beginning of Microsoft's accessibility improvements.

The "Learning Tools" add-on available as a free download for Windows. Click here to learn more and download the add-on.

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New in iOS 10: Magnifier

 

Apple's newly released mobile operating system includes a new accessibility feature called Magnifier. The feature uses the device's built-in camera to enlarge objects placed in front of the camera. This can be helpful for people with visual disabilities who need to read small print. The feature can be enabled by navigating to Settings > General > Accessibility > Magnifier. Once enabled, Magnifier can be accessed by triple clicking the home button.

Magnifier's interface looks very similar to the camera apps interface with a few notable changes. One change is that Magnifier has a freeze frame button rather than a shutter button. Pressing this button freezes the image instead of taking a picture. Magnifier also has a zoom slider that is large and always visible on screen. The zoom slider allows users to zoom in further than is possible with the camera app. Magnifier allows users to zoom in up to 15x compared to 5x with the camera app (iPhone 7 Plus has optical zoom). However, the further a user zooms in the more pixelated the image will become. Magnifier also includes several high contrast options that can be applied before or after a freeze frame is captured.

Magnifier has several advantages over taking a picture with the camera app and then enlarging the image from the camera roll. The first advantage is that freeze frames are captured in full resolution. This means that users can zoom out after the freeze frame is capture. In the camera app, once a picture is captured using zoom there is no way to zoom out again. Another advantage of Magnifier is the high contrast modes that are available. Lastly, opening Magnifier by triple clicking the home button means that it is faster to launch than third party magnification apps.

There is one feature that unfortunately is not included in Magnifier which is the ability to save freeze frames for viewing at a later time. For example, if a person uses Magnifier to read a conference agenda the person may need to take multiple freeze frames of the agenda through out the day because only the most recent freeze frame can be saved.

It also may be difficult for some people to capture crisp images with Magnifier. At 15x zoom, even the slightest shake can make the image blurry. I wish Apple had added a capture timer to Magnifier. This could help eliminate minor shaking that occurs when a user reaches for the freeze frame button.

Overall, I think Magnifier will be greatly appreciated by people with visual disabilities and older people who have trouble reading small print.

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Nvidia may reveal dedicated ‘Turing’ cryptocurrency mining cards in March

Nvidia's next-generation presentation "Volta" graphics chip architecture in May May, which first appeared in the gv100 chip was firmly introduced into the NVIDIA Tesla V100 graphics card targeting data centers. While the GPU-specific will not appear in the Games products, Nvidia is expected to offer new graphics cards to the gaming market, possibly named "Torung", during the GPU Technology Conference (GCI) starting from March 26.

It may be confusing news and rumors by looking at the "amp" floating last week. The amp is supposed to be secure and loaded to replace the current NVIDIA based on Pascal GeForce 10 series graphics cards starting with the GV104 chip that serves as a new high-end solution. The cards are expected based on this specific chip to go retail on April 12, which is located in the classroom with reports that Nvidia will introduce a new family of games products in the GMC 2018.

He said, GV104 will power the supposedly GeForce 2080 and 2070. Meanwhile, the gv102 can address the high-end market enthusiasts like the upcoming Titan card that he described as the gt2080 Ti. Gv106 can target mid-range solutions while gv107 and gv108 serve customer oriented budget. But that leaves two questions: What about Volta and what's up with Torong?

Codename Torong stems from a Reuters article that covers the quarterly results of the NVIDIA conference calling with analysts and journalism last week. This article focuses on the NVIDIA struggle to keep the graphics cards in the securities of the players, and the miners are encryption that drives prices by draining supplies. Chief financial officer Collette Chris said that games that are in the past are low.

This leads us to the three symbolic names: Volta, AMP, and Torung. What we know is that the new architecture in Nvidia Volta resides in the v100 Tesla graphics card. We also know that Nvidia usually does not create different children for different markets. If anything, Nvidia creates a single generation architecture and produces a handful of different chips, tweaked on the basis that the design for multiple markets.

Everything is going forward at least still a Volta. But the amp and Torung code names can be used to describe the cards to two different markets due to the new nature: gaming and mining encryption. The previous rumors referred to the AMP symbol card games named at the time that toring signals are likely to mining encryption cards. These names can also be reversed, but it is very unlikely.

? The codename Torung stems from now Torung, the world of computer English, biologists, mathematical mathematics, and cryptographic analyst. Using its name for a class of plugins in custom graphic cards for mining encryption makes it logical due to its work on encryption. It helped the encrypted messages sent by the Nazis, contributing to the Allies winning the Second World War.

Given the extra games that focus on the cards are at all low times, this scenario based on the three-tier Volta is probably what the Nvidia plans to discuss in March March. There are also speculation that Nvidia has completely revoked the amp codename because it is used by an ARM server based on the same name maker. This does not matter giving the Volta still the GPU infrastructure while the amp and the Thuringia names just highlight two dominant audience focus.

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This Senator Sent Tinder a Valentine’s Letter to Demand It Finally Make Its Network Secure

While it’s certainly not embarrassing or uncommon to use a dating app, plenty of people don’t want to broadcast it. For Tinder users, though, that’s happening anyway, and it has been for a long time. Despite the fact that the company has known about its app’s security vulnerabilities for almost a year now, Tinder hasn’t yet made the necessary patches to its network to keep its users’ personal information safe.

So on Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a lovely note to Greg Blatt, the CEO of Tinder, asking that his company get its act together. The problem, according to recent research, is that Tinder’s app doesn’t use HTTPS, which is a secure way of sending information online (though its website does). Wyden would like to see this fixed ASAP.

Checkmarx, one of the security companies that pointed out Tinder’s vulnerabilities, reportedly notified the dating app company in November that photos on the app are sent through an unencrypted connection. That means that anyone monitoring the network can pull information, like the user’s gender and sexual preferences. In other words, if someone knows how to monitor Wi-Fi traffic at a café or in at an airport, the type of information you’d prefer a random passerby not know could be traveling in plain sight. Business Insider first reported on Tinder’s security flaws with how the app stores photos in March 2017. And in October, Gizmodo reported that the app is also vulnerable to location tracking.

Wyden has made a habit of sending angry letters on behalf of Americans’ digital privacy to corporations and government agencies. In October 2017, he sent a letter to the country’s top voting machine manufacturers to ask what they’re doing to harden security in advance of upcoming elections. And in August 2017, he requested the Department of Justice provide more details about the agency’s policy on using stingrays, which is a device that pretends to be a cell tower and can intercept mobile phone data.

Tinder told Wired in January that the company is “working towards encrypting images” on the app, but Wyden is asking for results in addressing its security holes, and he put it in a way Tinder might understand, suggesting the company “swipe right on user privacy and security.”

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Blanka Makes His surprising Debut in road Fighter V subsequent Week

road Fighter V had a rocky start, but it’s now jogging at full velocity. After the properly-received Arcade Mode, you’d suppose Capcom could prevent supporting the name. however, that isn’t the case. New characters are coming all through the 12 months, and nowadays, considered one of the most important turned into announced. As you may see from the headline, it’s none aside from everybody’s preferred green-skinned guy-monster, Blanka.

Blanka first seemed in street Fighter II. He survived a plane crash over the Amazon, and discovered to fight like jungle creatures. He have become a favourite way to his savage moveset. regardless of his beastial nature, Blanka is jovial, which has endeared him to enthusiasts of avenue Fighter. As explained in a recent Capcom solidarity submit, Blanka now lives a peaceful life with his mother and is adapting nicely to society. matters take an interesting flip for the fighter whilst a salesman can pay him a visit with an offer to mass produce dolls in Blanka’s picture.

since this is avenue Fighter V, Blanka now has access to a new V-skill, V-Triggers, and critical art assault. each of those new moves additionally taps into the character’s ferocious nature. long-time Blanka players will virtually experience incorporating these new movements into their repertoire. the ones going up against Blanka customers may even need to make be aware of those actions. They sincerely appearance punishing.

gamers can obtain Blanka starting on February 20 for $5.ninety nine or with one hundred,000 fight money. He is also part of the Season three person pass which goes for $29.99. This specific season pass unlocks Sakura, Falke, Cody, G, and Sagat as they end up available. buying Blanka both through the season skip or one after the other additionally nets players his conflict gown, which comes with hues three-10 and his default costume with colors 3-10. there's additionally the oddball story costume and the incredible Nostalgia dress.

street Fighter V is available now on ps 4 and laptop.

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OLED maker eMagin denies $10M investment from Apple, LG

A small company that makes OLED microdisplays is getting a few attention from tech giants with big plans for virtual and augmented reality.

Apple, LG and Valve are listed as "particular buyers" creating a $10 million investment in eMagin, consistent with documents filed with the us Securities and trade commission. The Hopewell Junction, big apple-based organization makes microdisplays used within the military, clinical and industrial fields, however it has lately became its attention to businesses constructing consumer headsets.

"We entered into strategic agreements with a couple of Tier One consumer product organizations for the layout and improvement of microdisplays for patron head hooked up devices and, collectively with those organizations, negotiated with mass production producers for better volume production skills," eMagin said in its submitting, first stated through weblog street to VR.

however, the employer later denied the investment took place in a press launch issued Monday.

eMagin...these days is presenting clarification in reaction to a media document in which the writer reputedly misconstrued a shape underwriting agreement that the employer filed as an show off to its S-1 on January 23, 2018 and incorrectly stated that a set of sure consumer electronics companies participated inside the latest supplying of the corporation that closed on January 29, 2018. As of these days, to the agency's information, none of those customer electronics businesses have taken component within the offering.

The company's flagship product is a 2K display with a decision of two,048 by means of 2,048 pixels and a 70 percent fill element, the proportion of each pixel that may be used to acquire mild.

The funding, made in the shape of a new inventory issuance, become predicted to be completed before the cease of January, according to the submitting.

The funding underscores the tech community's dedication to digital fact, which promises to transport goggle-wearing users to a computer-generated 3D environment. Augmented fact, in the meantime, overlays digital photos on the real global thru unique headsets.

Apple amped up its AR play in January whilst it released its ARKit 1.5 to developers. The software, that's a part of the approaching iOS eleven.three release, will percent new capabilities to enable richer apps, consisting of the capacity to places objects on vertical partitions and doors, not simply horizontal surfaces like tables.

LG and Valve have additionally partnered on developing a VR head-set up show.

Apple and eMagin failed to respond to a request for remark.

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Samsung’s new Oreo emoji don’t look like trash any more

Samsung can also have a big 12 months in advance of it with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy observe 9, however we’re more excited about it eventually redesigning its emojis. The employer has began rolling out Samsung enjoy 9.0 and, while there are numerous distinct improvements that come along side the Android Oreo replace, one of the maximum welcome is Samsung conceding that a number of its current emoji designs had been just… wrong.

It changed into a fairly abnormal situation. manifestly there’s a standardized set of emojis available – otherwise one tool wouldn’t know what to show while another tool despatched it a message. however, even as you would possibly anticipate, say, the “eyeroll” emoji to look the same throughout every platform, that’s not truly the case.

instead, it’s been as much as person corporations to select their very own designs for each emoji type. a few come to be looking unsurprisingly comparable – like a smiling face – however others can vary appreciably. At best, that’s a neat difference based totally on platform. At worst, it can be downright difficult.

The Samsung rolling eyes emoji changed into an incredible example of that. quite a good deal other agency illustrated that with a vaguely exasperated or unimpressed face, its eyes rolled back to suggest its frustration. until now, although, Samsung’s model has appeared undoubtedly enthusiastic, complete with a 1/2-smile and a few jaunty eyebrow action.


whilst you won't assume that’s a large deal, it can seriously alternate the interpretation of a message despatched among platforms. An iPhone user texting a Galaxy S9 person, for instance, may intend the rolling eyes emoji as they see it in iOS, as a sign of annoyance. however, the S9 might display it in keeping with Samsung’s photographs, with a very distinct experience.

It’s no longer the handiest big difference, both. In Samsung enjoy 8.5, the “gun” emoji turned into a realistically represented revolver. In Samsung enjoy 9.0, however, it’s being modified to a much greater playful water pistol. Samsung is likewise converting the default pores and skin tone to the intense yellow that Unicode recommends, Emojipedia reviews.

universal, Samsung’s adjustments to its emojis have had the impact of bringing them greater in keeping with what other companies are offering. again, that simply serves to higher harmonize cross-platform chat, and make it much more likely that your contacts gets the subtext you’re looking to express.

As for while you’ll actually get Samsung experience 9.zero, of direction, that’s a question we don’t pretty know the solution to. Samsung began rolling out its Android Oreo update in Germany lately, but hasn’t given a particular roadmap for when it would arrive on different telephones. We have to see it preloaded on the new Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ at mobile international Congress 2018, but, later in February.

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Nintendo switch Linux hack gives excellent news for homebrew

For so long as consoles were around, human beings have been hacking them. Nintendo in particular has a long and storied records with hackers, mainly with its extra modern consoles. healthful homebrew scenes popped up across the Wii, DS, and 3DS, and now that the transfer is on the scene, hackers have became their interest to it.

closer to the end of remaining 12 months, a team of hackers created an exploit tool that allowed for homebrew at the transfer, but there was one important downside. as the exploit ran on transfer firmware model 3.zero.0, it meant that individuals who implemented it (and wanted to hold it) weren’t capable of play first rate Mario Odyssey, one of the console’s must-very own games. The fact that there isn’t a good sized amount of homebrew applications for the transfer just yet is also a trouble, however it’s one with a purpose to fix itself as time goes on.

Now, however, we’re listening to of new progress on the homebrew front. a set known as fail0verflow (which a number of you'll already be familiar with) published a totally interesting photograph to Twitter a few days lower back, displaying the transfer jogging Linux. the folks over at Nintendo lifestyles were given in contact with fail0verflow today, and the institution makes some quite huge claims approximately the potential durability of this make the most.



in line with fail0verflow, this take advantage of can’t be constant by means of a destiny firmware replace by means of Nintendo. That’s huge talk, however if it’s real, it way suitable matters for a homebrew network that has been looking to advantage a foothold in terms of hacking the transfer.

Of path, the flip aspect of that benefit for the homebrew network is that an take advantage of that could’t be patched is horrific news for Nintendo, because it opens the platform as much as piracy. indeed, whatever advances the homebrew community makes always seem to head hand-in-hand with an increase in piracy, so that you can wager that Nintendo might be looking for a way to restoration this take advantage of irrespective of fail0verflow’s claims. stay tuned.

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Google Pixel is at the middle of a brand new class motion complaint

Seeing clients release class motion proceedings towards large businesses is a quite not unusual factor, and today, Google is inside the crosshairs. Google has been hit with a class action complaint alleging that it didn’t honor warranties for the original Pixel and Pixel XL when it have become clean that the phones suffered from microphone defects. The criticism was filed by means of Girard Gibbs LLP in San Jose, the same regulation firm that these days handled the class motion lawsuit surrounding the bootloop issue some LG telephones skilled.

Girard Gibbs filed the grievance on behalf of  plaintiffs, Patricia Weeks and Waleed Anbar, along with “all others similarly situated.” Ars Technica made the criticism publicly reachable over on DocumentCloud, and notes that each of those plaintiffs purchased Pixel devices in 2016, best to come across defective microphones some months later.

after they added the problem to Google’s attention, the organization didn’t offer to update or refund the devices, which this complaint alleges was a breach of Google’s personal warranty. In fairness, Anbar wasn’t within his one-year assurance length while he pronounced the trouble to Google, having purchased the cellphone in December 2016 and reporting the difficulty in January of this year. Weeks nevertheless turned into, however, as she pronounced the difficulty simply 3 months after she purchased the smartphone.

It’s really worth declaring that these weren’t exactly remoted instances. A great wide variety of Pixel and Pixel XL users began to report microphone troubles after both phones launched in October 2016. In truth, a prolonged thread over on the Pixel assist forums has more than 800 replies approximately this very trouble, so it seems that it’s as a minimum pretty extensive.

Google, for its element, received’t comment on pending litigation against it, but in a statement to Ars, it directs everybody who is experiencing issues and owns a tool that’s out-of-guarantee to check out its assist middle to discover what they could do. We’ll see how this one turns out for Google, however if it became refusing warranty replacements for faulty telephones, this can become being a reduce and dry case. stay tuned.

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Galaxy S9 dock leak is double the best news

We’re only a few weeks out from the monitor of Galaxy S9, and whilst Samsung in the end unveils the device, it'd have a new accessory coming along side it. Rumor has it that Samsung is planning to redesign its DeX station for the Galaxy S9. those of you who already very own a DeX dock for certainly one of your Samsung devices is nicely familiar with the cause of the accent, as it allows you to essentially placed Android in a laptop surroundings.

We’ve already heard about this incoming DeX redecorate, with Samsung said to be running on a DeX dock that permits the Galaxy S9 to characteristic as a hint pad or maybe a keyboard. at the time those rumors first dropped, we had a tough time imagining how any such dock might appearance. fortunately, famous leaker Evan Blass shared a brand new pair of snap shots on Twitter that show us its layout.

The effects are a touch bizarre, admittedly. As Blass points out in a separate tweet, Samsung doesn’t truely have plenty of options in relation to developing a dock – in this situation called the “DeX Pad” – that still lays your smartphone flat, thereby allowing you to apply it as a touch pad. If anything, it as a minimum looks better than the first DeX dock (in my humble opinion, of route), so it has that going for it.

anyways, layout is ultimately secondary to capability, and it seems like this new DeX Station can boast superiority over preceding iterations in that regard. as it allows you to use your cellphone as an enter tool, the belief is which you gained’t necessarily need a keyboard and mouse even as using Android in a laptop environment.

Of course, some other little bit of properly information that incorporates these leaked pics is they seem to affirm that the Galaxy S9 will certainly be maintaining its headphone jack. With such a lot of manufacturers losing the headphone jack, it’s exceptional to see Samsung breaking that rather annoying fashion. We’ll see if this is indeed the case soon sufficient, as Samsung is anticipated to announce the Galaxy S9 on February 25.

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Apple television app provides information section to make locating live information less complicated

again in September, Apple promised that it might upload a news segment to its tv app. in the months because, we’ve visible the enterprise introduce a sports activities section, however now news is subsequently getting its flip. The television app has been up to date with this information segment, and in it customers on each iOS and tvOS can easily browse and release stay news streams from many special vendors.

The tv app news segment presently gives live information feeds from Bloomberg, CBS news, Fox news, CNBC, CNN, and Cheddar. The stay feeds are immediately recognizable thanks to a “live” flag at the video thumbnail. Clicking the feed opens the livestream, of path, giving get admission to to live information content over the net and sans any particular news corporation’s app.

It’s critical to note that Apple’s television app is aggregating this content from the corporations’ very own apps, even though, so you’ll need to have the ones set up for you to access their information content material inside Apple’s own leisure app. For users who don’t have a particular information app installed, the television app prompts for it to be mounted from the App keep.

From there, the user is robotically authenticated on the app, if important, thru the single sign-On characteristic. The news content is obtainable through the tv app the usage of an iOS tool and Apple television. those with an Apple television have the benefit of using Siri to retrieve news content inside the identical manner Alexa can on a more moderen hearth tv tool.

now not familiar with Apple’s television app? With it, users are capable of browse content material from a few dozen extraordinary video services inside a unmarried app. This gets rid of the demanding part of ditching cable in that you don’t have to use a ordinary customary search tool or manually sort thru numerous issuer apps. instead, all the content is presented and organized in the tv app.

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2018 wintry weather Olympics On Google

Google introduced the 2018 wintry weather Olympics capabilities because it themed up its search engine and the web sites it owns with 2018 wintry weather Olympics news feeds, highlights, live flow, and greater.

Google search and the 2018 wintry weather Olympics

Any 2018 iciness Olympics associated seek will go back more facts at the wintry weather sports activities occasion. The offered information consists of results, standings, schedules, highlights, and news feeds.

moreover, Gooogle seek will provide facts on what number of medals are gained by using every collaborating us of a.

besides, when searching on Google for “2018 iciness Olympics” it's going to ask you to vote for your favourite iciness recreation.

2018 iciness Olympics on Google Assitant and YouTube

when you consider that the day prior to this, YouTube is posting highlights of the winter Olympic events directly from the authentic broadcasters of the occasions.

Even more, for the first time in records, iciness sports activities fans can watch the 2018 winter Olympics live on the legit YouTube channel of the Olympics.

Google Assistant is now up to date to offer real-time solutions to users questions associated with the 2018 iciness Olympics. just open your Google Assistant and ask it some thing is to your thoughts, consisting of “hi, Google! Who gained the Biathlon on the Olympics?” or “hi, Google! what number of medals does the us have inside the Olympics?”.

Google Earth and road View changed, too

users who need to surely visit South Korea on Google Earth or on Google Maps’ street View may be capable of get guidelines on which Olympics-associated destinations to explore.

The 2018 wintry weather Olympics

This 12 months’s wintry weather most important occasion, the 2018 iciness Olympics, is the 23rd edition of the event which is held as soon as each 4 years. This year’s version is held in South Korea, in PyeongChang, a city inside the Taebaek Mountains place, within the North of the us of a.

The event turned into opened the previous day, on February eighth, and it'll characteristic 102 occasions in 15 winter sports disciplines. on the equal time, Google introduced the 2018 iciness Olympics functions on Google search, YouTube, Google Assistant, and Google Earth and avenue View.

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Ancient Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, scientists find

LONDON (Reuters) - "Cheddar Man", Britain's oldest, nearly complete human skeleton, had dark skin, blue eyes and dark curly hair when he lived in what is now southwest England 10,000 years ago, scientists who read his DNA have discovered.

The finding suggests that the lighter skin pigmentation now seen as typical of northern Europeans is far more recent than previously thought, according to researchers from University College London (UCL) who took part in the project.

Cheddar Man's skin color was described as "dark to black" by the scientific team which also included researchers from London's Natural History Museum, where the skeleton is on display in the Human Evolution gallery.

"To go beyond what the bones tell us and get a scientifically based picture of what he actually looked like is a remarkable, and from the results quite surprising achievement," said Chris Stringer, the museum's research leader in Human Origins.

Unearthed in 1903 in a cave at Cheddar Gorge, in the county of Somerset, the Mesolithic-era man was a hunter-gatherer whose ancestors migrated into Europe at the end of the last Ice Age.

Three hundred generations later, around 10 percent of indigenous British ancestry can be linked to Cheddar Man's people, scientists say.

As part of a project commissioned by Britain's Channel 4 television station for a documentary, experts from the Natural History Museum's ancient DNA lab drilled a tiny hole into the skull in order to extract genetic information.

The DNA was unusually well-preserved, enabling the scientists to sequence Cheddar Man's genome for the first time and to analyze it to establish aspects of his appearance.

Then, a pair of Dutch artists who are experts in palaeontology model making, Alfons and Adrie Kennis, used a high-tech scanner to make a three-dimensional model of Cheddar Man's head.

The model, which UCL and the Natural History Museum said rendered Cheddar Man's face with unprecedented accuracy, shows a man with dark skin, high cheekbones, blue eyes and coarse black hair.

The model will be shown on the Channel 4 documentary, which is scheduled to be aired on Feb. 18.

Selina Brace, one of the Natural History Museum's ancient DNA experts who took part in sequencing Cheddar Man's genome, was quoted as saying the model was "really, really cool".

(Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Stephen Addison)

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EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard

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First Virtual Girlfriend Has Been Designed In Japan

The arena is evolving pretty first specifically with the new inventions of advanced technologies that have stimulated exceptional spheres of our lives. each discipline has some thing new to provide. for instance, you can have a person from Aussie Writings write a great paper for you with just a click of a button.

distinct nations have finished pretty loads to fabricate the excellent technology inside the world. Japan is such a international locations and they have currently put their assets into a new technology in romance. A japanese organization startup corporation Gatebox have created a hologram digital virtual lady help that is designed to provide companionship especially for individuals who stay on my own.

it's quite a masterpiece that has taken every body through wonder. on this segment, we have a look at what the brand new breed of virtual assistant has to offer. examine on.

features

With the thrill this is going round approximately this generation, it ought to have amazing features. we've heard of Alexa, the voice inside Amazon Echo, that is attractive and others which includes Cortana and Siri which can be artificially made assistants that are attractive. however none of these can compare with the experience provided through Gatebox’s Hikari Azuma. She is a 20-12 months-antique virtual assistant consistent with her internet site. She enjoys consuming donuts and watching anime and her hobby is making fried eggs. She dislikes insect buther dream is to end up a heroine and help those who are operating tough.


dressed in a quick skirt, Hikari is housed in a high-tech glass container that resembles a coffee device. similar to other virtual digital assistants like Amazon Echo and Google home, she is able to controlling family home equipment, devices, and maximum of all, propose helpful ideas in particular associated with the predicted weather.


She apparently “uses her personal judgment” to provide pointers to her grasp in her recovery voice. The greater you spend time with her, the more she is capable of understand your every day styles and behavior and match on your time table.

The generation is equipped with cameras, microphones, and sensors that assist to come across temperature and movement. This lets in her to have interaction with her grasp at a non-public stage. She comes with a Bluetooth and a permanent connection to the net. She can be mounted to a laptop or tv through an HDMI cable. She additionally comes with a messaging app, in which you could talk together with her while you're away. that is highlighted because the most important selling factors in Gatebox's promotional video.

This device is set to be launched in December 2017. the best information is that you could pre-order at the company’s website. it'll work within the united stateswith the primary manufacturing being round 300 units for a fee of $2,six hundred each that is a bit higher than different digital assistants. Google domestic is going for $129 at the same time as Amazon’s Echo charges $179.ninety nine.

be aware that in the interim, Hikari can handiest talk in japanese.

How will the creepy digital assistant have an impact on the japanese society?

providing companionship for lonely humans is wherein Hikari help could be wanted maximum. A latest observe confirmed that about 32 percentage of single household make up a huge section in Japan. In some other 20 years yet to come, it is expected that a 3rd of all of the eastern men can be single for the rest of their lives. therefore, artificially clever digital help like Hikari can be of excellent help.


In Japan, the delivery rate is around 1.4 children in step with woman. examine this with 2.1 that's the expected charge for population stability. This isn't always the bottom in the international. Germany has a decrease delivery charge and currently the united states beginning price dropped to at least one.86. however Japan has both low birth charge observed via strict immigration regulations. This combination has caused the speed aging of the Japan’s population. there's additionally the problem of lack of steady employment possibilities which have led to decrease economies of scale for jap men to marry.

in contrast to united statesand Europe who are turning to home assistants for entertainment and performance, Japan may fit for a holographic spouse to cope with the afflicted socio-economic situation.
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So, the times of having human assistant can be slowly fading away. the new digital digital assistant appears to be the next massive element. This tool is designed to be your partner who can wake you up in the morning, outline your daily tasks, pointers of the way the weather will be, remind you of the essential things, or even welcome you lower back home when your go back from work.It shows a high stage of intelligence and anyone is eager to recognise how the experience can be.

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4 Surprising Ways Artificial Intelligence will Empower Consumers

Ever marvel what makes Siri search the items within the iPhone and on the net by spotting your voice? How does Google listening paintings?

artificial Intelligence and records technological know-how have already infused in this patron-oriented technology, however we've got now not realized it but. it has been pretty a while that natural language processing, speech recognition, and gesture reputation machine took over the market with their all new features, however what are the new matters in AI that are but to come? Few extraordinary adjustments are:

• Retailing sector to become AI-ready
• Voice Recognition will change the game
• Search engines to become smarter
• Machine learning to bring revolutionary changes

Recently we got to learn about a verbal spat between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg over the probable risk and opportunities brought by AI. Believe it or not, but we already accustomed to Artificial Intelligence and probably waiting to witness jaw-dropping inventions.

Some of AI inventions we have known till yet are:

Machine Learning
A branch of AI that equips machines with cognitive intelligence to make decisions

Natural Language Processing
An invention that lets the machine fetch output by decoding the command given in human voice

Neural Network
A system that imitates human brain to improvise the existing systems

Let us find out what else we can expect in future in AI?

Retail to get skyrocketing advancements

Consider in case you visit an garb save and a virtual reality facilitates you wear the clothes of your desire and determine if it appears correct on you. additionally, what if a consultant or an assistant recommends various attires as according to your desire? that is absolutely going to turn into reality as outlets are participating with AI companies to analyze the hidden customer styles and discover the methods wherein they can be used to customise the purchasing experience of clients.

Voice Recognition to play a major part

It would now not be an excessive amount of to mention that voice popularity has been the maximum popular invention AI has given to trendy purchasers. but, in coming years voice popularity goes to play a first-rate part in advancing the e-commerce packages in a plethora of methods. until now you needed to manually open the shop and read via the types, but, the e-trade apps will get smarter through deploying voice recognition structures in order to browse the categories with voice commands. All you will ought to do is command the category you need to discover and the app will take you there. thrilling proper?

Complex queries to be processed

At times we put a query in the search engine and it fetches different outcomes that we didn't expect at all. Like the one shown below:

that is in which serps have been missing until now as they had been no longer capable of manner the complex queries wealthy in textual content. but, with the advent of artificial intelligence, the hunt equipment now may be capable of apprehend the context and find the maximum appropriate solutions as per the question. not simply this, however search engines like google are improvising its algorithms to fetch the relative consequences too. for instance, you search 'jogging' it'd advise shoes compatible for that purpose.

Machine Learning to learn new things

Ever since the news of IBM Watson walking the us Open Championship in collaboration with US Tennis affiliation inside the twelve months 2016, it has left the arena thinking how some distance machines have come.

IBM invented a ultra-modern concept known as "cognitive concierge" organized with Watson's AI abilties, which modified into to help the attendees speak with Watson for common questions and discover the useful reply. The herbal language classifier embedded in Watson allows it speak with human and we are able to definitely assume many extra activities to be executed with the assist of Watson in now not-so-distant destiny.

now not in reality this, but Watson has additionally designed and edited a trailer for a film called Morgan (Horror movie) by using the use of getting skilled for multiple horror films without human intervention.

No wonder some years from now and you'll be capable of manage all of your gadgets and domestic equipment with simply one command from your mouth. AI has come a long manner thinking about its inception and with its non-stop improvement, we can truly assume AI to utilize closely in our daily lives within the coming years in methods we've in no manner imagined earlier than.

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Designing for iPhone X

iPhone X is already here remodeling the manner the content material is displayed and developing a logo-new experience. It has an facet to part wonderful Retina show with a decision of 1125×2436 px. iPhone X features a special reduce-out on the top of the display screen. for that reason designing apps for this futuristic system brings new challenges in addition to opportunities. let’s discover ways to layout an app or recreation to experience and appearance superb on iPhone X.

Screen Sizes

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Though the screen width remains the same for iPhone X, and it's 145 pt taller than the iPhone 6, 7, and 8. Such screen dimensions result in 20% more vertical space. When working out the app design for iPhone X, try not to make the UI too complex taking advantage of all new features (cut-out, new home indicator, round edges).

The good news is if you have a native app for iOS, you don’t have to make any changes - the app will be automatically adopted for the new iPhone X. All navigation bars, collection views, tables, and tab bars will be automatically positioned. When designing, you must ensure that the layouts fit the screen perfectly. If your app has a custom layout, you may need to update it for the new iPhone X. With the Auto Layout, everything will be easy.

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Specific challenges may occur with full-screen images. If you use them, consider updating the app while they can be cropped and some essential elements may be hidden.

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Center your content

The device features new sensors and particular screen corners so make sure that your UI won’t get clipped. Speaking about the content, it’s preferable to place it in the center with symmetrical insets. Again with the Auto Layout, your content will be automatically adapted to the safe area of iPhone X. Nothing will be hidden behind round corners, home indicator or sensors.

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Note, Apple highly recommend not to hide the cut-out and curved edges. So forget about placing black bars.

Brand-new status bar

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Due to the sensors, the new bar has got 2 parts. It has become nearly 2x taller than on iPhone 6,7, and 8 (previously it was 20 pt, and now it’s 44 pt). So if your app features a fixed status bar and content just below it, consider updating the app in order not lose anything. Again, don’t forget about the safe area while designing a new app or iOS.

Moreover, the status bar should be visible all time. Since the screen is bigger and taller, it would be a good idea to unhide the bar. It is essential to point, that the new status bar doesn’t change its height when the device records voice or tacks the location.

Where to place interactive controls?

Since the physical home button was replaced by the home indicator, the place of interactive controls should be changed. There should be more space for gestures and swiping up around the home indicator. And if there are interactive controls, how will the user go back to the home screen? The users may accidentally use swiping up, and the UI of an app will be difficult to reach since every time they swipe, they will go back to the home screen.

However, you should and have to use the function bars and tab bars but try not to interfere with the home indicator.

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Smart home indicator

iPhone X features a redesigned home indicator. Apple decided to opt out of a physical home button. It’s a small white line on the bottom of the screen. To get back to the homescreen, you can swipe up from any app.

With the new iOS, the users get an adoptive home indicator which hides automatically when the screen is inactive and appears when you relaunch the app. This function comes in handy when listing photos or watching videos. Besides the auto-hide, the home indicator adapts to the color of your app’s background and changes it automatically.

With the new smart home indicator, there is no place for button pressing, everything is controlled by gestures. Moreover, you can use custom gestures in games as well as set own gestures to control the device.

More colors than ever before

iPhone X features the new Super Retina Display with the support of P3 colors. And it means that the colors are richer and more saturated when compared to the older devices.

Improved security with Face ID

Previously, iPhones were fitted with Touch ID. And iPhone X features Face ID for authentication to keep your data secure. Face ID features state-of-the-art algorithms to scan your face and unlock iPhone X. In case your app needs Apple Pay or other identifications, don’t integrate Touch ID for that, take advantage of the new technology brought up by Apple.

Video

The new screen of iPhone X changes the way video is played on the device. The system video player has two viewing modes - full-screen and fit-to-screen. Make sure that all custom video players behave as expected. The video should fill the display when played. If it fails, it may result in too much cropping. Moreover, it would be great if the users will be able to switch between two viewing modes.

Apple advises keeping the original aspect ratio since the iOS won’t be able to scale the video based on the viewing mode correctly.

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Where can I preview my app UI for iPhone X?

The good news is you can use Xcode 9 stimulator to preview your app. And check if something needs to be updated for iPhone X.

In a nutshell

Though the new iPhone X stands out from the crowd providing absolutely new user experience, designing apps for iPhone X is still a smooth sail. Take care of the new display capabilities and its dimensions and make most of them.

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