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New Weather Apps - Sep'20 (Week - 01)

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This week we have brought brand new weather apps worth trying. 1.  CliMate Released date: 25Jul2020 Downloads:  50+ Size: 2.37 MB Version: 1.15.2  Climate is surely a new entrant to the play store but not just another basic weather app since it offers all the features of a weather app without any ads and in-app purchases with a clean and simlple UI along with loads of customization options. Features: Themes support. Complete weather report for a week. Customizable units Parameters such as temperature, wind speed, Humidity, Pressure, UV Index available. Sunrise and Sunset. Widget support. Graphical representation of the data. Mostly shows accurate data.

Adblock Plus (with a New feature called Trusted News)

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As the name imply, the Adblock Plus (developed by eyeo GmbH) an extension for the most popular browsers which would let users surf the web without annoying ads. Adblock is an open source project. This tools basically helps users to block banners, pop-ups, malware, and tracking. Currently, the support is available for browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Maxthon, etc. Block Ads:    By default, the Adblock blocks all kinds of ads on the web, including banners, Facebook ads, Youtube ads, pop-ups and more. Disable Tracking: There are numbers of firms tracking users online activity and browsing history with each browsing session. Hence using this tool user can disable most tracking and surf web peacefully. Allow Safe Ads: The revenue of most of the websites relies on advertising, hence the user can accept the ads feels safe.  Disable Malware Domains & Disable social media buttons: By default, Adblock Plus provides some m

Gmail rolls out customizable swipe actions for GMail

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With the recent update 8.5.20, the Gmail app for Android has got a new feature which allows users to customize the swipe actions. But these changes weren't mentioned in the change-log. Gmail Changelog Path: Setting> General Setting> Swipe actions Both the right and left swipes now can be customized to Archive, Delete, Mark as read/unread, Move to, Snooze and None which means dealing with the unwanted emails is just got even better. Right Swipe Left Swipe Back in April at Google I/O 2018, Gmail had received the biggest design update after five years. The update came with a refreshed design and features like the Smart reply, Shortcuts, Nudges for replies, Confidential mode, Native offline mode, Integrated rights management (IRM), Two-factor authentication (2FA), and Security redesign.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform

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At Computex, Qualcomm had announced Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform (only for PCs), featuring Snapdragon X20 and Qualcomm AI Engine   which was a joint effort from Samsung electronics. This new processor is specially designed for Windows 10 Always Connected PCs . Source: Qualcomm Inc The all new SD 850 is a successor of SD 835 used in first Gen Always Connected PCs, which offers improved performance, connectivity, and battery life. The SD 850 compute platform is designed for constant connectivity just like mobile devices with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 as mentioned earlier LTE modem. Max download speeds up to 1.2 gigabits , a 20% improvement over the SD 835 platform. In addition to this, the Snapdragon X20 modem comes with an improved design that offers up to 70%  faster LTE connectivity speeds in the weak cellular reception conditions and it comes with the capabilities such as able to receive notifications and sync data even in sleep mode which makes always connected

Google Maps - New Update (Version 9.70.0)

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This new update brings few visual changes and three categories to the maps experience. Search Nearby: Right after opening the app you'll get to see a search nearby panel with separate tiles for Restaurants, Cafes, Gas stations, ATMs, Pharmacies, and Groceries which will help nearby places without any typing. Just below the tiles photos of the popular places nearby which will give first glance about the places and surroundings. This option can be enabled by tapping the Explore tab at the bottom. Search Nearby Driving or Driving Mode: This driving feature proposes faster routes to home or office along with traffic updates in that particular area. Android Auto has been integrated for Drive smarter. Finally there a tile which provides information about rides or trips (trip details along with distance traveled). Driving Transport: This tab shows you the relevant public transport details based on the home and office details and nearby station information as well.

Google Photos

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Over the years the Google Photos app (launched in May'15) for Android got very useful features and became the BEST photos or gallery app. App Version: 3.21.0 These are the few features made the Google Photos very useful. Free Unlimited Storage:  This app lets users save all the photos and videos in high quality to the cloud, remember only Pixel devices has the real unlimited storage which means you can save all photos and videos with the original size (it's not a deal breaker for most of the users).  Visual Search: All the photos saved are searchable by people, places, and things without tagging (for people initial tagging is required). Google lens integration makes this app more useful than ever.  Use this link for more info about Google Lens https://goo.gl/oFXsCW FREE UP SPACE: This lets you delete all the photos and videos that are saved in the cloud from the device which means phone's storage can be used for other purposes. Free up space

Google Lens

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Google had announced Google Lens feature during Google I/O 2017, this gives results based on the visual analysis (in other words Camera-powered search engine). Now, this feature has been integrated with Google Assistant and Google Photos. After launching the Assistant, the Lens icon can be seen right corner of the screen. Tap the icon launches the camera and with a tap, it analyses and tries to give relevant information. In some cases, it doesn't work properly as this is still an experimental app and will improve over time. In this case, couldn't recognize the Cardamom  With Photos integration, the Lens features such as smart text selection and identifies addresses and phone numbers are very useful in day to day life. Google also announced Style Match feature at Goole I/O 2018 that recommends similar products and fetches information about the product. Google Lens is now available via the default camera app for some phones and will be rolled out to all An