“Google tends to throw lots of ideas at the wall, and then harvest the data from what sticks. Right now the company is feasting on photos and videos being uploaded through its surprisingly popular app Google Photos.”
Samsung accidentally spills the beans on two new phones
“Galaxy S8… upcoming Note 8… and now, two Galaxy J phones. Samsung’s Galaxy J5 (2017) and Galaxy J7 (2017) phones appeared on a an official website for its “Kids Mode” app, spotted by SamMobile.”
Yale/UC study finds extensive Facebook usage decreases health & happiness
“A large-scale study jointly carried out by academics from Yale University and the University of California has concluded that greater than average use of Facebook decreases both mental health and happiness … The WSJ reports that the study was a rigorous one, tracking the Facebook habits o”
Why you won’t be using Bluetooth 5 on your Galaxy S8 just yet – Gary explains
“The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Bluetooth SIG) announced Bluetooth 5 during the summer of 2016 and then towards the end of that year the new specification was officially ratified and we started to see Bluetooth 5 appear in hardware, first in development boards and then in consumer devices,”
Could the UK be about to break end-to-end encryption?
“Once again there are indications the UK government intends to use the law to lean on encryption.”
How to post Google Photos’ awesome animations to Instagram
“If you use Google Photos, you know the service is so much more than just the best way to store and back up all your photos and videos into the cloud. Using advanced machine learning, Google Photos can intelligently identify people, places, and things — and it’s all easily searchable.”
Free to fly: Court strikes down FAA rules for noncommercial drone registration
“Noncommercial drone operators will no longer have to register with the Federal Aviation Administration after a court ruled on Friday that its imposition of registration in December 2015 was in breach of existing laws.”
