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The highly anticipated second foldable Samsung is official, and even though rumours confirmed the moniker, look and functionality, it’s nice to know it’s not just one big hoax. The Galaxy Z Flip is the first smartphone to boast a foldable glass AMOLED display, unlike its big bro Galaxy Fold that utilised plastic OLED. That didn’t turn out too great initially…
Some of you may like auto-playing Netflix trailers before making a decision. Some of you may also be wrong.
It’s finally that time of the year again — time to feast our eyes on Samsung’s new gadgets. It feels like just yesterday that we got to play with the Galaxy Note 10. Now it’s time to see what else Samsung has been up to.
If you’re in the market for an easy-to-use vacuum that will open up some time for you to do something other than clean, the Mi Robot is nifty as hell. It’s easy to set up and use, with little to no complications. We had just one incident where the little guy got stuck under a chair and couldn’t find his way out — but that’s easy enough to manage. Just take it out and restart operations.
Tech is supposed to make our lives comfier, right? So picture this — what if you didn’t even need to keep a car key with you, and have the ability to unlock/lock and start your car with your iPhone or wearable? Sounds great (until your phone gets stolen…). Oh yeah, and you won’t need to use biometric authentication to access the NFC-enabled car. 9to5Mac reports that the first beta version of the next version of iOS (13.4) contains references to a “CarKey” API. They reckon that this API will allow you to use your iPhone/Apple Watch as a car key…
In 2019, Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry by far. Yes, that means that a company once known for its colourful iMacs is now selling more watches than one of the biggest names in the industry.
It’s fair to say that cloud storage systems aren’t perfected quite yet. Storing personal files on a distant server, like that of Google Photos, comes with its flaws. Today, Google sent notices to some of its Google Photos users, telling them that ‘some of the videos’ stored in the service may have been exported to random users’ archives. If you used Google’s “Download your data” service in the app between 21 November and 25 November 2019, you may find your data export isn’t complete. You may also find some random peoples’ video files on your device. Google is letting people…
Toby Shapshak recently spoke to Uber’s Rachel Holt, who leads Uber’s New Mobility organisation, which includes JUMP and all efforts across bikes, scooters, transit, hourly rentals, and more. Uber is more than just a taxi service these days — although we haven’t seen far more than cars in SA. The ride-hailing company has invested in everything from scooters to bicycles and even flying cars. Holt explains that Uber is working to integrate existing public transport into its app, something that could work brilliantly in South Africa. Listen to the whole interview below. https://soundcloud.com/user-492019255/how-ubers-conquering-the-worldwide-transport-issue Catch up on previous episodes of Stuffed over here.…
We always knew that Google is making billions from its various arms — Search, Android, Adwords etc. What we didn’t know is just how much it’s making from its annoyingly popular video streaming service. Y’know, the one called YouTube. In the year 2019, Google made more than $15 billion from YouTube ads. This is according to an annual report published by its parent company Alphabet. That makes up almost 10 percent of Alphabet’s total revenue and doesn’t include other sources of revenue from the video platform, including subscriptions. That’s only from ads. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So that’s what unskippable ads are for…