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Dec 2016How to supercharge your Android phone’s fingerprint scanner
It’s no exaggeration to say fingerprint scanners have changed the way I use my phone. And now, it looks like that might happen again — on a whole other level. As it stands, I hardly ever press my phone’s power button when I want to unlock it — because simply touching my finger to the scanner is a faster and easier way to get the...
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Dec 2016Forget Selfie Sticks: This Drone Captures Photos and Videos in Midair
Instead of extending your arm or using a selfie stick to snap shots of you and your crew, you could use a new pocket-size drone — dubbed the “AirSelfie” — to help you remotely capture aerial photos and videos. The AirSelfie is the brainchild of Italian entrepreneur Edoardo Stroppiana, who came up with the idea in 2014. “AirSelfie is specifically designed and produced for people...
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Dec 2016Health apps not really helpful during emergency situations: Study
NEW YORK: Don’t count on smartphone health apps in an emergency: A review shows many don’t warn when you’re in danger. The study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs found problems even with apps considered to be among the highest-quality offerings on the market. There’s been a proliferation of health apps for mobile phones. According to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, there are...
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Oct 2016There’s still room for apps: Three tips for independent developers
Global app downloads are on the decline, even for the most popular in Apple’s App Store. Out of established apps in the U.S., only Uber and Snapchat saw download growth in recent months. So what gives? Reports show that 94% of the revenue generated through the App Store goes to the top 1% of publishers, turning the business into a winner-take-all type of system. Because of this,...
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Sep 2016Should You Have Content or Design First?
While hiring an agency to make the official website for your startup, the question arises on the order of priorities of events. Sure, if you’re a technology guy with advance knowledge of coding, programming or web designing then you’d be working the build yourself, but not many entrepreneurs have the luxury of that knowledge. Either way, the options in designing are almost unlimited today –...
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