Dubbed OldOS, the app was recently released by a young software developer named Zane (Twitter/@zzanehip) and it is entirely rebuilt using Apple’s SwiftUI. Zane shared the app along with a short 45-second video showcasing it on modern devices such as the iPhone 12 in a recent tweet. You can check it out right below. Introducing OldOS — iOS 4 beautifully rebuilt in SwiftUI. 🎨 Designed to be as close to pixel-perfect as possible....
What improvements does Android 11 Go Edition bring in tow? For starters, Android 11 Go Edition has been designed to operate on phones with 2GB of RAM or less. Its predecessor supports phones with 1.5GB of RAM or less. This will enable more phones to be powered by this version of Android in the coming months. Thus, Google has now ported some of the key Android 11 features to Android 11 Go Edition....
Apple Done with Events for 2022? In his later Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman revealed that Apple won’t be holding any event this year to launch new products. So, no October event, maybe! Instead, the new Mac minis with M2 and M2 Pro chips, the new MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and the M2 Max chips, and the M2-powered iPad Pro are said to be announced via soft launch. These are expected to be incremental updates over the existing models, so, hosting a dedicated event for them makes no sense....
Apple Music No Longer Offers a 3 Month Free Trial It has been revealed (via Japanese publication Mac Otakara) that if you are a first-time subscriber of Apple Music, you will now get only a month’s free trial. Following this, you will be required to pay $9.99 per month (in the US) or Rs 99 per month in India. This will now be similar to rival music streaming platforms such as YouTube Music and Spotify that also offer a month’s free trial....
Now, wearing a mask has become a norm in today’s virus-infected world as it helps curb the spread. So, to encourage people to wear a mask, Apple’s ‘Face with Medical Mask’ emoji will now show a pair of happy eyes instead of the gloomy and lethargic eyes of the previous iteration. In the new iteration, you can almost imagine the cute smile of the emoji underneath that face mask. Emojipedia made a handy GIF showing off the same: GIF Courtesy: Emojipedia As Emojipedia pointed out, Apple actually put the cute blushing/smiling face emoji, that already exists in its emoji library, in the new iteration....
Krafton recently took to its official Facebook and Instagram page (attached below) to announce the new Mega Modes update. As part of this update, the company will bring back various game modes in BGMI that were previously available in its now-banned-in-India counterpart PUBG Mobile. These include the Titans: Last Stand mode, Infection mode, Metro Royale mode, Survive Till Dawn mode, Vikendi, and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA (@battlegroundsmobilein_official)...
“Crossy Road Castle”, developed Hipster Whale, the developers who brought the popular arcade-style mobile game, Crossy Road, is a new title released in Apple’s inter-platform gaming service. The game brings the same pixelated design and the adorable characters from its prequel. And the gameplay, I am sure, will remind you of the classic Super Mario experience. Now, keep in mind, as this is an Apple Arcade exclusive, you will need to subscribe to the service to play the game....
DALL-E Can Now Be Used by More People DALL-E, including the recently introduced DALL-E 2, will now be available for more people as OpenAI will start inviting a million people on the waitlist to try it out. To recall, the AI-based tool was previously available for a select few people and there also came the DALL-E Mini tool, which allowed people to really try it out. So, those getting access to the tool can now enter certain keywords and phrases for it to generate images, sometimes weird, sometimes intriguing....
The developers of the popular battle royale title Fortnite recently announced a unique tool that can help users create life-like human faces with ultra-realistic movements and facial expressions right within their web browsers. The software dubbed “MetaHuman Creator” is essentially an advanced tool that can render life-like human faces, and lets users manipulate various features of the faces to use them with modern motion capture and animation techniques. As per the company, users could generate the MetaHumans right in their web browsers in a matter of minutes....
In terms of functionality, the only new feature is a ‘vibration’ option that enables users to decide whether they want their device to vibrate when an Action Block is activated. The app now also comes with toggles to enable or disable certain options. Other changes are relatively minor aesthetic tweaks, including rounder corners for the widget blocks and accompanying icons for all menu items. Finally, version 1.1.330008038 also adds support for Japanese, German, Italian, French and Spanish....
Some of the most notable features included as part of the new program include strict screen-lock enforcement that can’t be turned off by employees and an always-on malware protection feature that will carry out mandatory scanning and prevent side-loading of apps. Interestingly, all security features will remain in place even when employees reset their devices. These features are activated by default and can’t be turned off by individual employees. All devices that are part of the new program will come with a remote setup feature which will ensure that device administrators will be able to activate these devices without having to manually access them one at a time....
Chrome Gets New Modes for Improved Performance Google has introduced the new Memory Saver and the Energy Saver modes for its Chrome web browser, which will help improve its performance. The Memory Saver mode will free up memory from the tabs that are not in use. With this, Chrome will consume up to 40% less memory and will ensure that the active tabs run smoothly. This mode can especially come in handy while using some heavy-duty websites or apps and even while playing online games....
Google Chromecast HD: Specs and Features The new Chromecast is a compact dongle, which looks similar to the Chromecast 4K variant. Much like the 4K model, it can also be paired with a TV via an HDMI port. It comes with support for 1080p HDR video streaming as opposed to the 4K streaming support by the previously released model. Support for Google TV will allow users to access movies, shows, and thousands of apps like Apple TV, Disney+ Hotstar, MX Player, Netflix, Prime Video, Voot, YouTube, and Zee5....
Timelapse on Google Earth The announcement comes via an official blog post. As per Rebecca Moore, the Director of Google Earth, the company took 24 million satellite images of the Earth from the past 37 years (from 1984 to 2020) to compile them into an interactive 4D experience. This is to showcase how the Earth has changed, for better or for worse, in the past four decades. It is a feature that aims to instill a need for change in the coming generations....
If the agencies do go through with their plan, it would be the first time that the US government would have ordered the break-up of a US company in decades. The DoJ is also reportedly preparing an antitrust suit accusing Google of abusing its search dominance to hurt smaller competitors. According to Politico, the agency could file the lawsuit as early as next week. Antitrust investigations have become a part of life for Google over the years, having been subjected to various probes for alleged abuse of its dominance in not only the web browser market but also search and Android....
The initial report comes from display specialist Ross Young, who recently cited various sources, suggesting the cancelation of the Pixel Fold device that Google was planning to launch next year. Young shared a tweet to report the development and you can check it out right below. Bad news for those waiting for the Google Pixel Fold. We hear they have canceled parts orders and decided not to bring it to market as indicated in the latest DSCC Weekly Review....
Google Play to Reportedly Suspend Free Trials in India As first reported by XDA Developers, Google seems to have paused new signups of auto-renewing subscriptions for Indian users “until the ecosystem challenges are addressed.” According to the report, this is happening because Google Play’s free trials for subscriptions are linked to auto-renewals. In case you’re out of the loop, RBI initially planned to implement the new rule from March 31, 2021....
Project Starline: Future of Video Conferencing? Google demoed the technology at its I/O keynote recently and shared an official blog post detailing Project Starline. While the software giant has built several revolutionary products to connect people, there isn’t an advanced technology that lets people who live far away from each other sit down face to face and converse as if they were in the same room. Google has developed Project Starline to solve this very problem....
Google Tensor Chip: A Rebranded Samsung Exynos 9855? According to GalaxyClub, the Exynos 9855 has the codename Whitechapel. In case you are out of the loop, Whitechapel is the internal codename used for Google’s Tensor chip. Moreover, it has long been rumored that Google Tensor will utilize Samsung’s 5nm process. If the latest rumor is true, it looks like Samsung has more involvement in Tensor’s development than just the fabrication. Do keep in mind that Exynos 9855 is not the anticipated Exynos chip with AMD GPU....
“Buy All Steam Games” is a simple website created by an Australia-based Chinese programmer, Chenggang Wang, to showcase the amount of money that you need to shed to get all the games on Steam. So, as of writing this article, the value of all the games on Steam is $523,940.86. Now, as we know that Valve, most of the time, gives discounts and offers for one game or the other....
