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News on the sidelines: Week 16 - March 23

Google announces Android O to developers

At a time when the share of Android Nougat reaches 2.8%, Google announced the beta version of the new Android system intended for developers to update their application software for the new system before launching the final version of it. The new system contains some updates in the way notifications are arranged and the ability to postpone them to come back again at another time. Google also says that the battery life should improve with the update. These are often not the full features of the system and will be increased in the coming months. Last but not least, according to Google's habit, the name of the system will start with the letter O, and it will represent a type of sweets. Can you predict the new name? Someone expects the name "Oreo".

Galaxy S8 screen resolution leak

A new Galaxy S8 leak has been revealed that Samsung is expected to announce next week. The leaked image shows the screen resolution settings for the new device, where the default resolution will be the full QHD screen, and you can change it either to 1080p or 720p if you want to control the size of the elements that appear on the screen as we do with computers. Another leak also contained images showing the device's fingerprint sensor at the back, next to the camera.

Nintendo releases an exciting update for Super Mario

Nintendo released an important update to the Super Mario Run game, adding new characters and putting an “Easy mode” to facilitate the game if you want, but the really important update is more free content available to play as there will be new stages that you play for free, and you can by winning in them open Free content in the main levels and these levels were only played by purchasing the game before. It is also worth noting that the company launched an Android version of the game months after its arrival in iOS.

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OPPO announces a new phone with two front cameras

The camera is a very important part of the phone and most of the focus of phones was previously focused on the back camera. In the past period, companies started focusing on developing the front camera as well, with the popularity of “selfie” images and to complete the series of selfie cameras in the market. OPPO announced its new phones, F3 and F3 Plus, which are two They have two front cameras, one with a wide angle for shooting a bigger scene and the other with a narrower angle for shooting a single scene or shooting a small scene. Would you like to see an iPhone with two front cameras, or do you think that there is no use worth the space that the extra camera will occupy?

The most popular iPhone 6s in 2016

"IHS Markit" announced its latest report through which it monitors the sales of smartphones in the market. The report made clear that the best-selling phone in 2016 was the iPhone 6s, surpassing that of the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 devices. Given this data, it is natural. That the sales of 6s for the past year was higher than the iPhone 7, since the latter was announced in September, but the important thing is that it surpassed the sales of the Galaxy S7 by a large margin even though this device was one of the best Samsung devices, although it was surpassed by the iPhone devices. 6S, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Plus all in 2016 sales.

Hackers claim access to half a billion iCloud accounts and threaten Apple

A group of hackers contacted Apple, saying that they had penetrated more than half a billion iCloud accounts and threatened the company to wipe all the contents of these accounts remotely if the company did not respond to their demands, which is either the amount of 75 dollars using BitCoin or 100 iTunes cards. A thousand dollars, and the company rejected all their requests, saying, "We do not reward criminals." And there is a lot of doubt in the validity of the matter, as the hackers in a message said that they have 300 million accounts, while in another message they said 559 million accounts, so the possibility remains that it is just a threat. Unreal, especially as they could have demanded a much higher ransom money for all of these accounts, if they were real.

Tell us, can you believe that hackers can wipe out half a billion iCloud accounts on Apple that generate more than a billion dollars in monthly revenues, and then ask for a ransom of 75 thousand dollars? It sounds like someone stealing a Porsche car and demanding a ransom of a pack of French fries.

The United States prohibits carrying some devices on planes coming from Islamic countries

The United States issued a decision to prohibit the carrying of tablets and computers with the passenger in the cabin of the plane when boarding aircraft heading to the country. The decision stipulates that if the traveler wants to bring these devices, he must put them in the bags that are inspected by security and placed in the place of placing the bags in the plane. This ban has been applied to companies in eight countries with an Islamic majority, namely: EgyptAir, Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways (also an Emirati company), Turkish Airlines, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Airways, Royal Moroccan Airlines, Qatar Airways and Saudi Airlines. The national security authorities in the United States say that this decision is in order to make it difficult for terrorists to carry any kind of explosives, and it is worth noting that the United Kingdom is preparing plans to continue carrying computers.

The iPhone 8 can carry some of the features of the first iPhone

The iPhone 8 will be, if it is announced, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the launch of the first iPhone, and it has spread many leaks and what is new for this week is that Apple can abandon with it the design of the current iPhone, which contains a completely flat back, but it will be More like the first iPhone in the sense that its back will be slightly arched at the sides and connected to the edges. Of course, if this is true, the new iPhone will be thinner and larger in size than the first iPhone and not quite similar.

Microsoft launches a tool for moving from Mac to Windows

For several years, Microsoft has been trying hard to entice Mac users to switch to Windows devices through a lot of advantages and discounts, and this week the company launched a tool to facilitate the transition from Mac to Windows, as the tool helps you transfer your data from Mac to Windows. Do you think Microsoft will succeed in convincing a large segment of Mac users to move to Windows? We believe that the issue is difficult and complicated, especially that Apple users are the most loyal according to studies.

A British man dies in showering with an iPhone connected to a charger

The wife of the 32-year-old Briton, Richard Paul, found the body of her husband in the bathtub, with traces of severe burns, and an iPhone on his chest, connected to the charger, and by the arrival of paramedics, he was dead. The wife initially thought that he had been attacked because of the ferocity of the injury, but the investigation proved that he died in shock because of his use of the iPhone in the bathroom while being connected to the power, so we advise all observers to keep all electrical appliances outside the bathroom, no matter how small, because the presence of water always allows similar accidents to happen. God.

Samsung intends to enter the personal assistant race strongly

Several companies have made personal aids or developed what they already have, such as Google Assistant, Alexa from Amazon, or even Cortana from Microsoft, and of course, Siri from Apple, but Samsung was all so bad that it is not counted in the competition when comparing companies, but Samsung announced this week About a complete personal assistant system that will be used in its upcoming devices, which is Bixby, which Samsung says is ahead of everyone in several points, which will be clarified in a separate article soon.

The coolest iPhone you will never buy

The company, Colorware, which modifies smart devices in distinctive forms, announced the iPhone 7 Plus with a “Retro” core similar to the old Apple computers that it announced in the eighties. The device comes with a colorful Apple apple, a storage capacity of 256 GB and a price of $ 1899.

Apple increases grace period to purchase AppleCare + support

AppleCare + is a service provided by Apple, where you can pay more than the price of the iPhone in exchange for extended support for a period of two years from the date of purchase, which enables you to obtain excellent service and repairs at low prices, for example, repairing the iPhone 7 broken screen with AppleCare + costs 29 A dollar only now, and Apple previously allowed the purchase of this service after purchasing the iPhone in sixty days, but now it allows buying it within a year from the date of purchasing the iPhone - but be careful not to break the device and then go to buy the service because the purchase of the service requires an examination to prove that the phone Was intact before purchase.

Miscellaneous news:

    • Twitter updates its application so that there is a change in the display of choices for the user's page.
    • With the launch of the new iPad, Apple has stopped selling the iPad mini 2.
    • Apple is updating the iTunes software for the computer to allow the rented movies to be viewed on any device.
    • Update Google Photos program to make backup copies of photos faster.

      These are not all the things that are on the sidelines, but we have come to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with every distraction and incoming, there are more important things that you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier for you. And help you, and if I robbed you of your life and preoccupied you with it, then there is no need for it.

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