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❤ iOS 14 beta features and changes

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In our first hands-on iOS 14 video, we’ll step through over 250 changes and features, including all of the aforementioned QOL improvements such as Picture in Picture, Widgets, App Library, Compact call interface, and more.

Picture in Picture

new feature in iOS 14 is Picture in Picture video.

Picture in Picture is a huge convenience feature. It allows me to consume videos while chatting in iMessage or while browsing in Safari. I especially like that it allows me to watch YouTube how-to videos while jotting down notes in the Notes app.

 

 

 

Hands-on with 250 + iOS 14 beta features ( 1HR VIDEO )

 

 

Compact Call interface

In bringing a compact incoming call interface to iOS 14, Apple has addressed perhaps one of the most requested quality of life features for the iPhone.

 

 

 

 

In previous versions of iOS, receiving an incoming call would present a full-screen call interface and interrupt your current task. It was a jarring experience that never fully got used to and it made to dislike receiving incoming phone calls.

In iOS 14, incoming phone calls are relegated to a small banner at the top of the interface. This allows you to keep reading, or browsing without worrying about being ambushed by an incoming call.

Compact Siri

Like the compact call interface, compact Siri allows users to interface with the virtual assistant without interrupting whatever current task you’re engaged in. Siri is now displayed as an overlay at the bottom of the screen, with Siri results appearing as a significantly less conspicuous banner at the top of the screen.

 

 

 

 

App Library

Apple’s App Library is another big win for iPhone users who have long lamented over the state of app management on iOS. Instead of being forced into adopting page after page of apps and folders, users can now add and remove app pages at will.

 

 

 

 

Regardless of what’s displayed on the traditional Home screen pages, the App Library is where all of the apps installed on your iPhone reside. There’s even a handy alphabetical list of all of the apps currently installed on your iOS device.

Improved Search

Search in iOS 14 is a big improvement over its predecessors, bringing smarter search results and launcher-like functionality to native iOS. New features include as-you-type suggestions and the ability to press the “go” button to take action and launch websites, web searches, and apps.

For references, here’s a list of everything included in our iOS 14 beta features video walkthrough:

Initial setup

  • Downloading app data

Home screen

  • Slide through app pages
  • Enter edit mode from anywhere
  • New minus indicator for deleting apps
  • Edit Home screen pages
  • Six new iOS 14 wallpapers

App Library

  • Remove any app from Home screen
  • Automatic categorization
  • Suggestions
  • Widgets on Home screen
  • Edit a widget
  • Siri Suggestions widget
  • Differently sized widgets
  • Widget stacks
  • Edit a widget stack
  • Stack multiple weather widgets
  • Smart stack

Search

  • As-you-type search suggestions
  • Quick launcher
  • In-app search
  • Web search
  • Updated Siri Suggestions UI
  • Redesigned Siri Knowledge layout

Picture in Picture

  • Enable Picture in Picture
  • Customize and control Picture in Picture
  • Settings > General > Picture in Picture

Siri

  • Compact Siri UI
  • Send audio messages
  • Share ETA
  • Updated Siri Settings > Suggestions on Lock screen
  • Updated Siri Settings > Siri Feedback
  • Updated Siri Settings > Suggestions when Sharing
  • Updated Siri Settings > In Search settings
  • Updated Siri Settings > App Clips

Privacy

  • Manage app tracking
  • Approximate Location
  • Limited Photos library access
  • Recording/microphone indicator
  • Recently used indicator in Control Center
  • Notification when apps access clipboard
  • Privacy > Local Network
  • Use Private Address

Markup

  • New colors button
  • New eyedropper tool
  • Colors: Grid, Spectrum, Sliders
  • Opacity
  • Hexadecimal colors
  • Save colors as favorites
  • Shape recognition

Settings

  • Long press back button to go back levels
  • Settings > General > About > Carrier Lock
  • Settings > General > Customize Automatic Updates
  • Settings > TV > Cellular Streaming > Automatic Optimized based on data plan… Settings > iCloud > Media & Purchases
  • Rename Bluetooth devices
  • Search bar added to iPhone Storage
  • New Glyph when Bluetooth devices connected
  • AirPods now have their info in iOS Bluetooth Settings
  • All-new Field Test app

Family sharing

  • Family sharing shows avatars of all members
  • New Family Sharing Layout shows when joined, role, and access
  • “Shared with your Family” instead of shared features
  • Invite member now uses Share Sheet
  • Apple TV Channels are broken up individually
  • Ask To Buy
  • New Screen Time UI

Keyboard

  • Emoji search

Control Center

  • Updated Camera app glyphs
  • Home app CC toggle removed
  • Dynamic Home toggles added
  • Sound Recognition toggle
  • Hearing toggle shows decibel rating
  • Updated Control Center Settings

Accessibility

  • Headphone Accommodations
  • Accessibility Settings
  • VoiceOver
  • Magnifier
  • Spoken Content
  • Touch
  • Switch Control
  • Side Button
  • Audio/Visual
  • Siri
  • Accessibility Shortcut

Phone

  • Compact interface
  • Third-party VoIP calls compact interface
  • New audio picker
  • Updated tables and buttons in contacts
  • New contact photo options camera, photos, emoji, text
  • Updated Groups in contacts
  • Updated Settings > Phone > Incoming Calls
  • Updated Settings > Phone > Silence Unknown/Blocked/SMS call reporting

Messages

  • Pinned conversations
  • Now typing indicator in conversation list
  • Mentions
  • Inline replies
  • New contact photo avatar layout for group messages
  • Set group photo and name
  • Edit button replaces action button
  • Hide Alerts and Delete alerts changed to glyphs
  • Updated Detail view (Name, buttons, photos and links history)
  • Updated Audio Call UI
  • Move between 3D effects by sliding finger
  • Shooting star effect removed
  • New Memoji and Memoji Sticker icons
  • New hairstyles
  • New headwear styles
  • Face coverings
  • More age options
  • New Memoji stickers

Maps

  • Updated route UI buttons
  • Cycling
  • Guides
  • Updated Maps Settings > Cycling
  • Updated Maps Settings > Navigation & Guidance
  • Other upcoming Maps features

Translate

  • Voice translation
  • Conversation mode
  • Attention mode
  • Text translation
  • Favorites
  • On-device translation settings
  • Dictionary
  • Keyboard automatically added when typing a foreign language

Home

  • Redesigned UI
  • Suggested automations
  • Home controls
  • Adaptive Lighting for smart light bulbs
  • Face Recognition for video cameras and doorbells
  • Activity Zones for video cameras and doorbells
  • Recording options

Safari

  • Web page translation
  • Website Privacy Report
  • Performance
  • Password monitoring

App Store

  • App details
  • App Store search typo suggestion
  • Shared in-app purchases for third-party apps
  • Updated App Store settings

App Clips

  • App Clips

Apple Arcade

  • Continue playing
  • Filter all games
  • Friends suggestions
  • Achievements
  • Game Center in-game dashboard

Camera

  • Updated quick action shortcut glyphs
  • Improved shot-to-shot performance
  • QuickTake video on iPhone XR and iPhone XS
  • Quick toggles in Video mode available to all devices
  • New chevron button for settings
  • Updated Night mode capture experience
  • Exposure compensation control
  • Capture burst photos and QuickTake video with volume buttons
  • Mirror photos taken on front camera
  • QR code reading enhancements
  • Updated Camera settings

FaceTime

  • Compact mode
  • Improved video quality
  • Updated FaceTime settings
  • Sign language prominence
  • Eye contact
  • Animoji renamed Memoji

Files

  • APFS encrypted drive support
  • Updated sidebar
  • More consistent glyphs
  • New action button for easy folder and file management
  • Now sort and change list view when searching
  • New Shared Documents folder

Health

  • Customized sleep schedule
  • Wind Down for sleep
  • Sleep mode
  • New Health data types
  • Updated profile page
  • Health Checklist
  • Hearing health

Clock

  • New system-wide time picker
  • Bedtime removed
  • Change Sleep Mode alarm on one-time basis

Mail

  • VIP Star color now gold and no more separator
  • Mark shortcut now features flag
  • New accounts setting location

Measure

  • Updated quick action Level and Measure glyph

Magnifier

  • Updated Magnifier app

Music

  • Listen Now
  • Updated now playing background
  • Updated album page
  • Autoplay
  • Improved search
  • Library filtering
  • Scrubber when in lyrics view

News

  • Dark Articles in Dark Mode

Notes

  • No more textured paper background
  • New table view for list of notes
  • Enhanced actions menu
  • Collapsible Pinned section
  • Top Hits in search
  • New headings for formatting
  • Quick styles
  • Enhanced scanning

Photos

  • New actions button
  • Filter and sort
  • Easy, fluid navigation
  • Zoom in further on photos
  • Add context to photos and videos with captions
  • Memories enhancements
  • Redesigned image picker in apps
  • Recently deleted photos now displayed in reverse
  • Less intrusive “Rendering Video” message

Podcasts

  • Smarter Listen Now

Reminders

  • Assign reminders
  • New reminders from the lists screen
  • Enhanced calendar picker
  • Revamped Details view with colors and glyphs
  • Edit multiple reminders at once
  • Personalized lists with emoji and new symbols
  • New Assigned to Me list
  • Organize smart lists
  • Improved search
  • Settings > Reminders > Assignment Notifications

Shortcuts

  • Show on Apple Watch
  • New Shortcuts Widget
  • Brighter colors
  • New Automation Triggers
  • Time of day recurrence
  • New actions

Books

  • Updated Books settings

Game Center

  • User details at top
  • Friend Suggestions
  • Achievements By Game
  • Profile Privacy

Voice Memos

  • Light recording button area in light mode
  • Enhance recording
  • Favorites
  • Smart Folders
  • Folders

FindMy

  • Will integrate with third parties

Weather

  • Next-hour precipitation
  • Air Quality meter
  • Multi-day precipitation forecast
  • Slide between locations
  • View locations without adding

Fitness

  • Renamed from Activity to Fitness
  • Consolidated Summary tab

❤ iOS 12.4.6 Update Available for Older iPhone and iPad Models

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iOS 12.4.6

 

 

Apple has released iOS 12.4.6 for older model iPhone and iPad devices that are not able to run iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4.

The iOS 12.4.6 is said to include important security updates and thus is recommended for eligible users to download and install onto their devices. No new features are expected to be included with iOS 12.4.6.

Devices eligible for the iOS 12.4.6 update include iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPod touch 6th generation, iPad Air 1, iPad Mini 2, and iPad Mini 3. Newer iPhone and iPad models are able to download iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 instead.

 

How to Update to iOS 12.4.6

 

Before anything else, backup the iPhone or iPad to iCloud, iTunes, or to MacOS before beginning any system software update. Failure to backup could lead to data loss.

The easiest way for most users to download iOS 12.4.6 is through the Software Update mechanism in Settings app on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch :

 

  1. Open the “Settings” app
  2. Go to “General” and then choose “Software Update”
  3. Choose to “Download and Install” iOS 12.4.6

 

iOS 12.4.6 will download and install automatically, requiring a device reboot to complete. When the installation has finished, the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will automatically boot itself back up and be usable again as normal.

Release notes accompanying the iOS 12.4.6 update download are very brief stating that it “provides important security updates” and is therefore recommended for all users who are eligible for the update.

More advanced users can also choose to update iPhone or iPad manually by using IPSW as detailed here.

 

iOS 12.4.6 IPSW Download Links

 

Separately, Apple has also released macOS Catalina 10.15.4 for Mac, along with Security Update 2020-002 for macOS Mojave and High Sierra, iPadOS 13.4 for newer iPad, iOS 13.4 for newer iPhone, along with updates for tvOS and watchOS.

❤ How to Delete iPhone and iPad Backups from MacOS Catalina with Finder

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Need to clear up some disk space or get rid of some old iPhone or iPad backups on a Mac? With the latest versions of MacOS, managing iOS and iPadOS device backups is done entirely in Finder, including deleting and removing device backups.

Arguably the safest and most thorough way of backing up an iPhone or iPad is to do an encrypted backup via Mac Finder. When the backup is complete you’ll have a copy of all of your data on your computer, complete with encrypted keychain contents. But it all takes up space that you might want to reclaim. As you can imagine, doing a full backup of your iPhone or iPad can take a lot of space. That’s fine if you’re lucky enough to be using a Mac with a multi-terabyte SSD. But most of us aren’t, so we need a way to trip the amount of data used by backups. We need to delete old ones. And in macOS Catalina, that’s a whole new process compared to deleting backups with iTunes. As you’ll see, removing backups this way is similar, but since iTunes is no more in modern macOS versions, it’s obviously a bit different and using a different process.

Here’s how to go about deleting old iPhone or iPad backups in macOS Catalina.

 

How to Delete iOS & iPadOS Device Backups from MacOS Finder in Catalina

 

This assumes you have made a backup of iPhone or iPad to macOS before, if not there will not be any backup to remove.

 

  • Plug your iPhone or iPad into your Mac using a USB cable.
  • Open a Finder window by clicking its icon in the Dock and click your iPhone or iPad in the sidebar.
  • Make sure that the “General” tab is selected and then click “Manage Backups.” You’ll find it at the very bottom of the window.

 

 

Click manage backups

 

 

  • Click to select the backup that you want to delete and then click “Delete Backup.”

 

 

 

 

  • You’ll need to confirm that you want to delete the selected backup before the action is carried out.

 

The selected backups will be deleted.

Depending on the size of the device backups you removed, you can possibly get a ton more space on your Mac drive, whether it’s a hard disk or SSD, just by removing backups this way. This is particularly nice to do with old device backups that are no longer needed.

Of course you don’t want to delete the only copy of a device backup you have, so be sure you have a backup of the iPhone or iPad somewhere before deleting one from the Mac.

As a bonus, you’ll still have these backups safe and sound if you’re using Time Machine, assuming you use that feature to backup the entire Mac anyway. You can then go about restoring the backup if you still need it, depending on how much time has passed and how long Time Machine keeps files around. Another handy trick for redundant backups is to manually copy a copy of the backed up devices to other external storage mediums, like an SD card, USB flash drive, or external hard drive, which you can then refer to if needed.

Using a Mac is just one way of backing up your iPhone or iPad. You can also use a Windows PC with iTunes if you want to. If you’d rather not have to plug them into a computer at all, you can use iCloud for backups instead as well. With iCloud, your device will back itself up overnight and you won’t need to connect to a computer to restore anything, either. And just like the Mac and iTunes approaches, you can also delete backups from iCloud too.

Finder in MacOS handles all device management now that iTunes used to, and that includes not only device backups but also syncing music to iPhone or iPad in MacOS with the Finder too, along with other device management options. Basically all that used to be device management in iTunes is now in Finder.

❤ How to Disable URL Link Previews in Messages for iOS & MacOS

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The Messages app in newer releases of iOS and MacOS will attempt to render a small preview of any webpage URL or link that is shared within the Messages app. Usually the link preview will pull the title of the article or webpage, an image, and the domain of the URL being shared, all in a little compact thumbnail preview seen in the Messages thread on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The Message link previews are useful to many people, but some users may not like the URL previews, and some more cautious users may prefer to see the full URL of a link at all times, especially before clicking on it.

We’ll show you a few tricks to disable the link previews of URLs sent and received in the Messages app of iOS and MacOS.

First, if you’re looking for a switch or setting for this, you won’t find one because it does not exist. So be aware that the approaches covered here are effectively workarounds, as there is no method of disabling the URL link previews in Messages app completely, either on the Mac, iPhone, or iPad. But with that said, you can effectively disable URL link previews in Messages on a per-message basis by using a few text tricks.

 

How to Prevent URL Link Previews in Messages for iOS and Mac OS

 

This comes down to a simple text trick. Essentially, you need to wrap the URL in text. You can do that in several different ways:

 

Option 1: Put the link in a sentence, or between words

 

  • Put a URL in the middle of a sentence like this http://osxdaily.com and then share it as usual

Simply placing the link being sent through Messages in between words or in a sentence will remove the message preview on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just note that the words or text must appear on both sides of the URL to work as intended. Basically anything like “words URL words” will do the job and disable the Message URL preview, and instead show the full URL.

 

Option 2: Place periods on both sides of the link being shared

 

Just wrap the URL in periods and send the link as usual. This is just a variation of the above trick but rather than placing the URL in a sentence or between words, you’re placing the URL between periods.

 

 

 

 

 

Interestingly, if you use periods on both sides of the URL, then Messages in both iOS and MacOS will strip the periods out, as long as they surround a complete URL like so:

.http://osxdaily.com/.

This means that, once the message with the URL is sent, it will appear as so:

http://osxdaily.com/

And yes, without the iMessage preview.

While the above screenshots focus on the iPhone and iPad by demonstrating the iOS Messages app, the tricks work identically on the Messages app for Mac, where the same techniques will disable the URL preview on the Mac side of things too (for both sending and receiving). The screenshot below demonstrates this with a link preview, as well as a link without the URL preview on the Mac:

 

 

 

 

And note this is NOT the same as disabling message previews with Notifications in iOS lock screens or MacOS, which is a completely separate feature that disables the preview text of a message

By the way, if you’re interested in seeing the full link in Messages, you probably also would prefer to see the full URL of a link in Safari on Mac too, which is curiously not the default.

❤ How to keep some full resolution images on your iOS device, and store others in the cloud

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iCloud Photo Library isn’t flexible about file storage. But the solution may lie with Dropbox.

 

 

With iCloud Photo Library you can take endless photos on an iPhone or iPad, or upload endless images on a Mac or via iCloud.com, as long as you’re paying for the right quantity of iCloud storage. And Apple simply manages it for you.

This trick comes through optimized storage, which is enabled by default in iOS when you turn on iCloud Photo Library. On the Mac, you have to turn it on: In the Photos app, go to Preferences > iCloud, check the iCloud Photo Library option, and then pick either to Download Originals to the Mac or Optimize Mac Storage. (I use full-resolution downloads on one of my Macs, a desktop machine, so I have a local copy that I can also backup elsewhere.)

Macworld reader John has a common request. While he’s using optimized storage on his iPad, he wants to always have some media locked at full resolution to show other people. The images he wants to show seem to be dumped routinely by iOS. Retrieving them is tedious—not to mention redundant—unless he has a high-speed internet connection.

It’s completely reasonable and totally unavailable. For some reason, even years into iCloud Photo Library as a service, Apple doesn’t recognize this as something people might want.

 

 

 

Dropbox lets you force offline (on device) storage.

 

 

 

There’s one reliable option: Dropbox. You can export the images you want to always have available, store them in Dropbox, and use the Dropbox app. Dropbox has a Make Available Offline option for each folder and file. With that option, the file or folder is downloaded to iOS and retained.

In macOS, by the way, if you put images or videos in a shared album, those images are always cached locally at full resolution on the startup volume. This is known because it bites some users with a lot of shared media and tight storage on the startup volume.

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Vine will be closing down soon

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Vine will be closing down soon

Twitter is shutting down Vine due to some layoffs that’s been done to the company. This means no more video sharing in the coming months. RIP, Vine.

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Vine is closing down. One of the most influential video sharing platform of this generation will shut down by Twitter in the coming months and with its very short life since 2013, many are left questioning why?

Why is Twitter killing Vine?

Twitter has been issuing layoffs in its Vine department. Yes, Twitter owns Vine. Many of its regular employees will be left to keep some work done and will eventually be looking somewhere else for their new jobs.

We value you, your Vines, and are going to do this the right way. You’ll be able to access and download your Vines. We’ll be keeping the website online because we think it’s important to still be able to watch all the incredible Vines that have been made.

Okay but if you have some Vine videos of your own or just want to watch your favorites all over again, don’t fret. Vine will still be up for a while and will eventually be gone in the coming months. No Vines will be deleted and the company will still be keeping the web client up and running so as to give its avid users time to transition to other video sharing platforms like Snapchat Stories or Instagram Stories.

The social service grew so popular that its “stars” went onto big things with some users starting to appear in TV shows, or transition into YouTube with a huge following. The most popular of these “stars” has been Shawn Mendes, an 18-year-old who was able to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 music charts.

Maybe it’s high time to say goodbye to Vine. Ciao!

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Apple fixed iPhone 7 connectivity issues

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Apple fixed iPhone 7 connectivity issues

The problem that plagued the iPhone 7 users in the past few days is losing connection abruptly. Apple has a fix for that now via an update.

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Apple just released an update today to fix the problems and from the complaints of thousands of Verizon customers who are plagued by their signals getting dropped and some weird issues with their GPS system on their iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Update number 10.0.3 is available today to fix that cellular connectivity issues for the two new models. So if you have an older iPhone, you won’t have to install this one.

It’s still not clear as to what really is the issue with the phones’ communication radio but iPhone 7 users began complaining late last month and as October passed by, some devices are randomly dropping its LTE signal or just showing that dreaded NO SERVICE icon on top of the screen. This usually happens when users try to use Google Maps or Waze.  This appears to be an issue mainly with how the phone interacted with Verizon’s network, and some users have theorized that it had to do with how the telecom handles transmitting voice and cellular data simultaneously. So toggling the “Enable LTE” function to “Data Only” in the settings panel seemed to temporarily solve the issue, according to Gizmodo.

Another theory suggests that this issue may be rooted from the basic flaw of how the new iPhone 7 is using iOS 10 to interact with any CDMA-based networks. These includes Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular and other international carriers. Some users of different networks have reported similar service problems, so this may have extended well beyond Verizon’s customer base. Whatever the true problem and its source, Apple has issued an official fix. So if you’re an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus user who’s experienced wonky cell service over the course of the last month, check for an over-the-air software update.

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Pokemon GO slowly leaving the limelight

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Pokemon GO slowly leaving the limelight

The phenomenal mobile augmented reality app of 2016 is destined for a slow demise as Google search queries and rankings plummet. Is it a Pokemon Goodbye?

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Pokemon GO may well be going well with Pokemon Goodbye as overall user interest in the game slowly dies down and what\’s even more interesting is its Google search query numbers.

According to Google Trends tool, Pokemon GO is just have 1/10th searches in the week of September 18. That\’s far less when compared to its Peak on the week of July 10.

Niantic, the developer of Pokemon GO, released this phenomenal augmented reality game for iOS and Android and as many as 500 million people have downloaded and played the game. With a revenue of roughly $36.6 billion, it\’s an empire in itself.

However, a slight increase in this relatively slow week for Pokemon GO credited to the update that shows users where they captured a certain Pokemon. Not an increase like it once had but it\’s an increase all the same.

Pokemon GO was the fastest app to earn $500 million in revenue and 500 million downloads over the summer. It was a media sensation with consistent news headlines credited to its name. The pace has slowed down drastically but revenue is still coming.

Last week, Clash Royale surpassed Pokemon GO. This week, Game of War and Mobile Strike are just beating it on both iOS and Android. Machine Zone uses television ads and other marketing techniques to acquire new players. The company has an ongoing marketing campaign that features celebrities. Niantic, on the other hand, has spent a minimal amount on user acquisition.

And The Pokémon Company hyping up the app is not the same as Niantic paying for user acquisition. So in terms of Pokémon Go’s overall health, it is still in a strong position that gives the developer a lot of room to maneuver with either advertising campaigns, regular updates, or cooperative promotions with The Pokémon Company to get players excited all over again.

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Youtuber jailed after playing Pokemon Go in Church

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Youtuber jailed after playing Pokemon Go in Church

A Russion Youtuber and blogger was playing Pokemon GO in a church and he now faces fines and time in prison.

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Sokolovsky, a popular Russian Youtuber and vlogger was arrested and kept in detention for almost two months and could possibly be sentenced for up to 5 years in prison. According to the Guardian this Russian lad was guilty of one crime: playing Pokemon GO inside a church.

Don’t Get Sued!

Based on the Russian Federation Criminal Code, Article 282, he was arrested for the offense that prohibits these kinds of acts. Like “incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as abasement of human dignity”, as stated in their law. It’s the same law which was used to jail two members of the Russian protest band Pussy Riot.

The detained vlogger also filed an appeal according to AP. In his uploaded YouTube video, which lead to his arrest, he is in front of the Church of All Saints while saying that he is in doubt whether he would be arrested or not. He said, as Moscow Times translated, “This is complete nonsense … Who could get offended if you’re just walking around with your smart phone in a church?” He then proceeded to use Incense to lure Pokemon inside the church and caught a few and finally went out saying he was not bothered by anyone.

The YouTube video about this Pokemon GO violation is gaining more views even to non-Russian viewers.

With this unfortunate turn of events, it is uncertain how it would end up after Sokolovsky’s two-month detainment.

The head of the religious affairs committee, Jaroslav Nilov, expressed doubt that simply using a phone in a church could constitute an insult.

The spokesperson for the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Legoyda took more issue with the nature of the video than the precise game, calling Sokolovsky a blogger who “who works in the style of Charlie Hebdo.” It does seem clear that Sokolovsky was looking to challenge the authorities — earlier this summer Russian TV network Rossiya 24 warned specifically that playing Pokémon Go in churches could lead to jail time.

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5 Reasons Why Android Nougat is Better than iOS

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5 Reasons Why Android Nougat is Better than iOS

iOS vs Android have been a battle waged for so long but this time we look at the new features of Android Nougat that any iOS version can never compete with.

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Android Nougat or Android 7.0 has now been released for all compatible Google devices in use by consumers today. Google even declared that with the new version of Android comes an overwhelming 250 extra features added over Android 6.0 update from last year.

First to taste the sweet Nougat, are the Nexus devices. From other OEMs like Samsung and HTC, those smartphones will have to wait a little bit longer because each OEMs allow those on the air updates to get pushed on to their own hardware. For iOS? Nope. No Nougat for that operating system.

However, iOS 10 is just around the corner with still months until its official release in September. Whatever iOS 10 brings to the table, it seems clear even now that Android 7.0 will be much better than what Apple might be able to come up with.

Here are reasons why Android Nougat will be far better than iOS.

Notification Tricks

Notification Tricks

Android Nougat now have an even better integration of replying to communications across multiple apps directly from the notification itself. This works for Google Play integrated services like Hangouts and Gmail but also for the third party apps that require quick responses.

Users won’t have to leave their current app just to get into the urgent message and get to give out a reply. iOS have this for iMessage only leaving the user experience clunky at most by switching to different apps to respond to messages.

Quick Multi Tasking

Quick Multi Tasking

First is the Alt-Tab for your mobile phone is the double tapping of the multi tasker button. Yes, the square one on the right side of your home button. This toggles between the last two used apps. This can be useful when you want to get something from one app and pasting it to the next. Toggling between the two would be convenient for those power users who do more with their smartphones.

Quick settings can also be customized like from Android Marshmallow. But this time its much quicker and easier to setup. In iOS, the settings tray will always stay the same. Whether you always use the feature or not, it will not be moved or removed. Lack of flexibility can be a bad thing.

Multi-Window

Multi-Window

Android is now focused on delivering what the users wanted to have in their smartphones. Samsung had this feature long before Marshmallow was released. It was integrated in their Tab and Note series but now, Android Nougat is giving this feature natively on supported devices. That is, the device should be powerful enough to run two apps live at the same time and the display is wide enough for it to work.

iOS had this feature for the iPad but seeing it on the iPhone will be very unprobable. This feature is available for both smartphones and tablets that could make use of the feature.

VR-Ready OS

VR-Ready OS

Google is committed in making Android Nougat VR-Ready with a lot of support for future features of the virtual reality market. This was in support to its Daydream VR platform that makes mobile virtual reality games and apps readily available for its users.

Apple is yet to release any information if it will support VR anytime soon. It will be a great loss for iOS if Apple won’t have a competing product of their own. They can do it, but if not soon enough, Android will be the OS of choice for virtual reality apps.

Improved Doze Mode

Improved Doze Mode

Android smartphones now can squeeze every percent of battery charge from their batteries with the new and improved Doze Mode. This feature automatically detects if your smartphone has been inactive and is kept inside your pocket. It will then activate Doze Mode to keep the background apps and incoming data signals to a minimum which will ultimately save you some juice.

iOS is saying it have an efficient power management system but with each iteration of Doze, it seems that Apple’s lagging behind its former second-placer, Android.

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