There are some things that smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home just struggle with. Since we like to give our Spotify playlists creative names, we often find ourselves in a battle of wills with the speakers, trying to convince them to play what we want to hear. New speakers with screens (or spreen or screaker, if you don’t want anyone to know what you’re talking about), like the Echo Show and the JBL Link View ($199), make some tasks easier and also increase the functionality by showing photos, videos, and more. While the Echo Show is obviously an Alexa device, the JBL Link View is, like Lenovo’s Smart Display, a speaker/screen with Google Assistant. The JBL device has an eight-inch touchscreen, but it’s primarily meant to be controlled by voice commands. Here’s what it’s like to boss around the Link View. On screenJBL is a speaker maker, and the Link View’s speakers are right up front. The pill-shaped device has a flat front that is slightly tilted, and rounded back with a speaker on either side of the screen. There’s a slider button on the back that lets you put a physical shutter over the five-megapixel camera above the LCD screen. Another toggle below that switches off the microphone. You can use both to make calls via Google Duo or use the device to make regular phone calls, too. We really loved the trim look of the Lenovo Smart Display, and the JBL is definitely a bit bulkier. At 13 by 6 by 4 inches, it’s not a total counter-hog, but it isn’t insignificant, either. It’s chunkier all around than the Lenovo, which has the same size screen. What shows up on screen is slightly customizable. You will need the Google Home app to set up the device and to play around with settings. You can have it display the weather and time. The background images can be culled from collections such as fine art or earth and space imagery, or you can have it show your Google photos. On our iPhone, this was a single group of photos from a trip to Berlin, so we stuck with some default scenic images. Cool to the touchThe Google Assistant experience is the same across all manufacturers’ devices, and there are a few quirks to get used to. They all seem to be straddling this divide between tablet and smart speaker. Its voice-activation features are very similar to the Google Home, but the screen does add a few complications. If you want to watch a video, you’ll often have to specify, via voice command, that you want Google to play it on YouTube. There’s no search bar, but you can scroll through different screens with suggestions for how to look up recipes, play games, and hear the news. Swiping left takes you back a screen, while swiping up brings up a few device settings, such as screen brightness. If you ask Google to turn off the screen, it goes black but still displays the clock. There’s no search bar, but you can scroll through different screens. When you use the wake words “Hey, Google” or “OK, Google,” a white bar appears at the top of the screen, and you’ll see what the Link View hears you saying. It’s usually pretty accurate. We did have a couple mix-ups with some of the games we played, like Mad Libs. It asked for an adjective, and we said chilly. It displayed Chile, which our fourth-grade teacher would have told you is a noun. Mad Libs is a good example of a skill that isn’t making use of the JBL’s screen. It simply displayed a logo instead of letting us read along with the story. JBL Link View Compared To Recipes, on the other hand, are far easier to follow with some visual cues. Sometimes with Google Home, something that should be simple — like a recipe for roasting asparagus — becomes an ordeal as the speaker reads through 12 steps to tell you to cook it for eight to 10 minutes. With the screen, you can do a quick scroll, if your hands are clean enough. The same is true for Spotify playlists, which the Link View displays in a scrollable list when you ask Google to show them to you. Show and tellThere are other little conveniences, like being able to see several days’ worth of weather when you ask for the forecast, being able to see the star-rating of nearby restaurants at a glance, and being able to see how many minutes are left on a timer without having to ask. The screen is so close to solving one of our biggest pet peeves about the Google Home, which is the timer situation. Between playing NPR and converting measurements, setting kitchen timers is one of our most-often-used tasks for the Google Home in our kitchen. Yet if you have two counting down simultaneously and one goes off, the device doesn’t tell you which it was. The JBL doesn’t do this automatically (why?!), but you can ask it to show you both timers. Even if you don’t name one “rice,” it will show that it was a 20-minute timer, so you know which is going off. Since it’s powered by Google Assistant, the Link View can control many smart home devices. This is again a weird hybrid of more control than just a smart speaker but less than a phone app. Take the Nanoleaf Aurora. It’s easy enough to say, “OK, Google, set the Nanoleaf to yellow,” but we had a hard time changing it to “scenes,” which involve each panel being a different color and cycling through them in various patterns. On the JBL, when you ask Google Assistant to switch something on the Aurora, a rudimentary version of the app comes up on the screen. It also doesn’t have the scenes, but you can change brightness and select colors like “tomato” instead of red. This is a weird hybrid of more control than just a smart speaker but less than a phone app. In addition to NPR, we listen to a lot of podcasts. We could go on about how the dulcet tones of Michael Barbaro sound coming from the Link View, but perhaps that’s not helpful. JBL’s pedigree as a speaker company does really shine, through, with full, rich sound that definitely competes against similarly sized devices. We ran through the same playlist we used for the Echo Show — Madonna, Jawbreaker, and Violent Femmes — and found them all more than acceptable for a kitchen speaker. There doesn’t seem to be a way to adjust the settings, except for the volume, though. The microphone was fairly responsive, but as we had the JBL Link View and the Google Home a room away from each other, sometimes they battled for who would answer. Sometimes the Home would butt in when we were closer to the JBL, but not the majority of the time. WarrantyThe JBL Link View has a one-year, limited warranty. Our Take Sometimes fully hands-free is frustrating, and the JBL Link View eases that a bit by just showing you what you want you want to know. What are the alternatives?Right now the new Amazon Echo Show ($230 with free Hue light bulb) and Lenovo’s Smart Display ($199) are the JBL’s biggest competition. But Google will likely come out with its own version in the near future. One of the biggest differences between the Alexa and Google devices is that Amazon doesn’t have access to YouTube on its screens. The Lenovo and JBL have the same interface, but the packages are different. The Lenovo looks more sleek, but the JBL beats it in the sound department. How long will it last?One important thing to keep in mind is that speaker/screen device is 100 percent dependent on Google to run. Without Google Assistant, you really can’t do anything with it, even use it as a speaker. There’s an inherent risk, however small, in buying something that can be bricked. Other than that, both JBL and Google are well-established names in the game. Should you buy it?While it costs more than $100 more than the Google Home, the JBL Link View’s screen really transforms the smart-speaker experience. Because they both run Google Assistant, you can either opt for the Lenovo for style or the JBL for sound. The post JBL Link View Review | Digital Trends appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/jbl-link-view-review-digital-trends/
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Uber’s e-scooter fleet is finally here. The company’s recently acquired electric bike company, Jump, was one of four operators granted an operating permit in Santa Monica, California. Starting Wednesday, Jump’s red motorized electric scooters will be available for rent in the Uber app. Santa Monica is the first city to receive Jump’s rental e-scooters, which look similar to the Jump e-bike’s red design. Since Jump already has 500 e-bikes in the Los Angeles-adjacent city, it can only have 250 scooters available through the city’s pilot program. To ride the battery-powered scooters you can switch to the “bike and scooter” mode in the Uber app and you can see where the nearest (and charged) scooter is located. Like with the bikes, you scan the scooters, which unlocks the device, and then you can ride. Once done scooting, you simply drop it off anywhere (out of the way, please) and end your trip. Your payment info already in the app will be charged. The pricing is somewhat comparable to the e-bikes starting with $1 to “reserve” or unlock the scooter. That comes with a free five minutes and then it’s 15 cents per minute. This is intended for quick, shorter-distance trips. The scooter arrival is the start of Uber’s self-proclaimed transformation into a mobility company — not just an order-a-car company. With its bike-share through Jump already in 10 cities and the scooters expected to arrive in more cities eventually (Jump was denied a permit to operate in San Francisco), Uber’s well on its way to becoming the “Amazon of transportation” all in one app. A partnership with Lime e-scooters is supposed to come online soon and when that happens even more scooters in more cities will be rentable through the same app that you order a car. The post Uber e-scooters are here, and look just like Jump bikes appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/uber-e-scooters-are-here-and-look-just-like-jump-bikes/ In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft announced a whole bunch of products today. I got the chance to go hands-on with the devices, and though I’m actually most interested in the new Surface Headphones, here’s what you need to know about the new Surface Pro, Laptop and Studio. Long story short, this year was little more than a spec bump. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but don’t expect major changes outside performance. The biggest aesthetic change is the new black paint job on the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2. It’s the first time you can buy a Surface product in black since the Surface Pro 2, so that’s neat. I dig the new color, and it has stealthy matte finish that seems to make the body a touch more grippy than the silver models.
One thing you won’t see on the bodies of the new Pro and Laptop is a USB-C port…. Really Microsoft? It’s almost 2019. Time for a little rant. I know USB-C isn’t essential to everyone. Plenty of people are happy just using USB-A. But its omission on what’s supposed to be a premium, forward-looking computer sends the message Microsoft doesn’t care much about building a computer that’s meant to last. After all, people tend to keep their PCs for three to five years, and USB-C is only going to become more common. It’s all the more confusing because the company already included it in the Surface Book 2 (which came out a year ago, mind you) and the more recent Surface Go. USB-C has some kinks regarding compatibility and standards, but it’s still the most versatile connector out there. There’s a reason almost every other modern PC has it. On the plus side, there is a USB-C port on the Surface Studio 2 – no Thunderbolt though. With that out the way, the main reason to buy a new Surface Pro or Laptop is the spec bump. Though it is mostly just bringing Microsoft to parity with all the other devices using 8th-gen Intel processors, it nevertheless marks a significant performance jump. This is primarily due to an upgraded core count – four instead of two – which Microsoft says makes its new Pro and Laptop 65 and 85 percent faster than their predecessors, respectively. Battery life is rated at 13.5 hours of video playback for the Pro and 14.5 for the Laptop, and both devices have improved displays with better contrast ratios. Indeed, the displays looked vibrant and colorful, but I’d have to see a direct comparison to the previous models – which were already very good – to see how they compare. Sadly, there’s one area the Pro 6 actually appears weaker than its predecessor: Graphics. According to the spec sheet, the Surface Pro 6 uses a UHD620 chip, which is about 30 percent slower than the Iris Plus 640 used in last year’s Surface Pro. Disappointing. The Surface Studio 2 is somewhat the opposite story: Its processor doesn’t improve much, but it does have far better graphics. Microsoft made the puzzling choice of using a 7th-Gen mobile processor, which misses out on the core count upgrade on the smaller Surfaces and ultimately provides a marginal improvement for everyday tasks. This, mind you, right before Intel is expected to release its 9th-Gen desktop chips. Graphics, on the other hand, have been upgraded to the Nvidia 1060 and 1070, which should provide 50 percent higher performance over the original Studio. But then, that’s only notable because the original Studio’s graphics were already outdated at launch. The 1060 and 1070 have now been available for two years. Meanwhile, the world is starting to move on to Nvidia RTX 20XX chips. But hey, the screen is 38 percent brighter – over 500 nits – and has 22 percent higher contrast. It’s gorgeous. The original Surface Studio already had the best display I’ve seen on a PC, and this one looks even better. Given the Studio’s audience, that’s no insignificant achievement, though I would’ve liked to see HDR support given the display’s specs. I only spent a few minutes with each of the devices, but left Microsoft’s hardware event with mixed feelings.
On one hand, I don’t think tech companies should be expected to deliver revolutionary design and major changes every year, and a spec bump is often enough to keep a computer series fresh. Microsoft probably would’ve been fine just sending the press an email saying “hey look, we’ve got some new specs” and leaving it at that. On the other hand, thinking of the devices as a big new product launches highlights areas Microsoft is strangely lagging behind the competition. There’s the USB-C thing, and the Surface Studio’s specs mostly seem two years too late. It’s more of the same, while other Windows manufacturers like HP are still going strong with unique new form factors. These are just my first impressions though, and I’ll have to spend more time with the devices and with the competition before any conclusions. Taken as a simple spec upgrade, there are some significant improvements to be found; I’m just not so sure Microsoft is doing as good a job of justifying the Surface premium. We’ll report back once we receive review units and put them through their paces. Published October 3, 2018 — 05:20 UTC The post Microsoft’s new Surface Pro, Laptop, and Studio add specs but little more appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/microsofts-new-surface-pro-laptop-and-studio-add-specs-but-little-more/ If Google shows off a new Pixel tablet on October 9 that’s powered by Chrome OS, expect it to be as high-end as previous Chrome OS-powered Pixel devices. A device under the codename “nocturne,” which is thought to be Google’s Pixel Slate (rumored name), stopped off at GeekBench to reveal some specs. A handful of benchmarks were run and they all show a Google device under that “nocturne” name with 16GB RAM and a dual core Intel Core i7-8500Y processor. It’s also running Android 9 “Pie.” Most Chromebooks (maybe all of them) that are capable of running Android apps, currently run Android 7.1.1 (the Pixelbook does). This is the first appearance of Android 9, which could mean that we’ll not only get new Pixelbook and Pixel Slate devices in a week, we may also see an Android update within Chrome OS. That’s big news. The thing to keep in mind here is that these specs are not on the low-end. If were you were hoping that Google would go light on the Pixel Slate or Pixelbook specs in order to make their computing devices more affordable, I doubt that’s happening. Google is targeting the high-end, even if that high-end is Chrome OS and the sell there has remained a difficult one for many. // Chrome Unboxed | Geekbench The post Google’s Pixel Slate Shows Up at Benchmark With Core i7, 16GB RAM – Droid Life appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/googles-pixel-slate-shows-up-at-benchmark-with-core-i7-16gb-ram-droid-life/ Battery life is often the major concern of smartwatch customers and Huawei may address that with its upcoming wearable device. A new Huawei Watch GT leak has surfaced and it suggests that the smartwatch may have 7 day battery life. The company is expected to launch this smartwatch alongside its new Mate 20 devices later this month. The Huawei Watch GT reportedly features a 1.39 inch circular AMOLED display and will be available in two variants, Classic/Fashion and Sport. The leaked image is apparently of the former. The Sport variant may have an all black look.look with a silver bezel. We can see two large buttons on the side which will be used to control some functions. It would obviously have touch input as well. The Huawei Watch GT will be water resistant so it could be used for swimming and may also have NFC and GPS. It reportedly features a 420mAh battery which may last for up to 7 days. That would be partly made possible by the new energy efficient smartwatch processor, the Snapdragon Wear 3100, that Qualcomm unveiled a few weeks back. However, it’s not confirmed if the Huawei Watch GT will indeed come with this cheap. That being said, it would certainly be running Google’s Wear OS. As far as the price is concerned, the Huawei Watch GT is expected to cost between €190-229. The company will obviously confirm pricing for all major markets once it officially announces its next smartwatch which its fans have been waiting for since the spring of 2017. Filed in Cellphones. Read more about Huawei. Source: winfuture.de The post Huawei Watch GT Leak Suggests 7 Day Battery Life appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/huawei-watch-gt-leak-suggests-7-day-battery-life/ Smartphone cameras these days can almost rival DSLRs in many ways, especially with their more convenient portability and general purpose functions. There are still, however, things that a dedicated camera will always be able to do better, like offering tactile and more precise physical controls and having a viewfinder that works under the brightest of days. Rather than spend twice on a smartphone and a camera, miggo is offering a more practical alternative: the Pictar Pro Advanced camera grip that transforms your iPhone or Android phone into one. We’ve all seen accessories that promise to make your smartphone into an honest to goodness camera. Some do it through lenses, other through cases. miggo’s Pictar is different. It utilizes your smartphone’s already capable cameras and lenses but instead adds a grip with the wheels and buttons that pro photographers love. That idea sold well both on Kickstarter two years ago and even after the campaign ended. Now miggo is back with a pro version that adds a whole lot more. You’d be surprised at how many features you can cram into a handy grip that only occupies half your smartphone’s body. In this round, the Pictar Pro gains four larger control wheels and buttons, including one for exposure compensation, multi-state shutter release, zoom rocker, and a smart wheel that can cycle through different modes. The grip also features built-in wireless charging so you won’t have to worry (too much) about your phone dying in the middle of a shoot. The most interesting innovation in the Pictar Pro, however, is the Viewfinder. Yes, you can attach a viewfinder to make it easier, even possible, to take your best shots even when you can’t make out your phone’s screen because of the bright sunlight. What it does is to shrink the camera apps preview into a small window that you could then view through a smaller, distraction-free and glare-free screen. Just like a real camera! Part of the magic that makes the Pictar Pro possible is the Pictar App. In addition to providing pro-level camera controls, it can also recognize the smartphone being used and adjust its settings accordingly. And, yes, it is also responsible for that almost magical viewfinder feature. Best of all, you don’t need to do much to get started. Just slide the phone in, start the app and you’re good to go. Despite all those features, the Pictar Pro retains its predecessor’s handy design and improves on it. A cold shoe connector lets you add a mic or a flash to really look and sound like a pro. It also supports a tripod attachment so you won’t grow gorilla arms. The grip is also designed to fit all sizes of iPhones from the 6 to XS to whatever comes next, including Plus size models, as well as Android phones. All that for only $119 on Kickstarter if you’re fast enough, $129 to $189 depending on your reward options, and $245 if you wait until it hits the market. The post Pictar Pro grip turns your smartphone into a makeshift DSLR appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/pictar-pro-grip-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-makeshift-dslr/ Medical papers’ verbiage makes them difficult to digest quickly. In fact, according to a recent study, they’ve become demonstrably more difficult to read over the past century, thanks to a rise in science-specific jargon. The authors concluded that about one-fifth of texts were “beyond the grasp” of even people who had studied English for 17 years. That’s why Maciej Szpakowski, a graduate in acoustical engineering and computer science from the University of Southampton, founded Researchably (previously FuseMind), a startup that employs artificial intelligence (AI) — specifically natural language processing — to parse and extract key information from research papers. It’s focused squarely on the domain of life science and was selected this year by the University of California Berkeley’s SkyDeck accelerator. Researchably’s solution is designed for pharmaceutical companies, Szpakowski explained, whose researchers spend countless hours (as many as 1,500 annually) analyzing and reviewing scientific journal articles. “Biomedical research communicated in published literature underpins the pharma industry. Our AI platform makes the entire process of research review exponentially more efficient,” he said. “The improvement at Sanofi is remarkable. Our platform is freeing up that time.” The company’s AI first categorizes papers at a high level, determining whether they’re observational or experimental in nature. It then susses out the meaning of the literature by searching for synonyms, expanded acronyms, and relationships between keywords. Finally, based on factors including individual researchers’ specialties and expressed interests, it autonomously decides whether to pass the research along. To date, Researchably has built a specialized database of 30 million papers, 340,000 clinical trial records, 750,000 patents, and tens of millions of company and researcher profiles. It claims it’s able to cut the amount of time spent scanning a paper from 13 minutes to less than a second, and that, moreover, it’s able to spot errors human reviewers sometimes miss. “Typically, there are three of 10 papers incorrectly categorized, which means important information is not being funneled to the right people who need it,” he said. “Researchably practically eliminates those [oversights].” Of course, it isn’t the only one setting AI loose on academic journals. Berlin-based Iris.ai uses URLs and descriptions of specific questions to return a map of matching documents grouped by topic. The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s Semantic Scholar, meanwhile, can not only highlight key findings in publicly available research from across the web, but identify which are the most influential or controversial. Yet other examples of paper-parsing AI include IBM’s Watson platform, which in 2014 sourced findings from 100,000 papers to successfully predict the interactions of a tumor-suppressing protein, and DARPA’s Big Mechanism, a $45 million program aimed at developing software that can read cancer research papers and integrate them into a single model. But Szpakowski maintains that Researchably is one of the first to make market inroads. In show of confidence in the tech, French firm Sanofi and other unnamed pharmaceutical companies agreed to pilot the startup’s tech. “Working with Researchably is looking into the future of the pharmaceutical industry. Reviewing scientific information is fundamental to everything we do, and they are disrupting how that happens, making it much faster, far simpler, and much more accurate,” said a Sanofi communications lead involved with the pilot. Researchably raised $100,000 million in funding in June, after completing a year in the University of Southampton’s Future Worlds accelerator. The post Researchably’s AI parses medical research for pharmaceutical companies appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/researchablys-ai-parses-medical-research-for-pharmaceutical-companies/ If your preferred metric for animated TV is “absurd but endearing,” last night’s ninth-season premiere of Bob’s Burgers may have broken your dial. After Tina Belcher’s family accuses her of being preoccupied with boys—“I’m not boy crazy, I’m boy-focused,” she tells them—she decides to dress up as a boy to follow another boy into a boy-band audition. (Hang on, we’re only about halfway through the “boy”s.) The rest of the episode involves Tina meeting and fantasizing about other would-be boybanders, leading to a variety of musical sequences in which she portrays a) an astronaut caught in a outer-space love triangle with two boys who compete for her love, b) a high-powered executive on a work trip with an colleague boy in an opposites-attract rom-com, and c) an ’80s aerobics student who catches the eye of the boy leading the class. It’s all exactly as ridiculous as you might imagine. And exactly as enjoyable. Since South Park emerged 21 years ago, the vast majority of adult-geared animated TV has followed its irreverent example, skewing either toward dorm-room surrealism (various Adult Swim series) or off-color edge-pushing (various Seth McFarlane series). But in recent years, the kind of animated content being produced for adult audiences has begun to shift and grow—and Bob’s Burgers, which manages to capture that boundless delight and joy like few others, has been instrumental in that change. A quick primer for those who have never seen the FOX series: Bob’s Burgers centers on the Belchers, a working-class family that owns a burger restaurant in a small beach town. You’ve got Linda (John Roberts) and Bob Belcher (H. Jon Benjamin, who you may know as Archer‘s Archer or Wet Hot American Summer‘s can of vegetables); you’ve also got their kids, bunny-ear-wearing evil genius Louise (Kristen Schaal); schlubby, fart-music-obsessed Gene (Eugene Mirman); and the aforementioned storm of hormonal awkwardness, Tina (Dan Mintz). Like most post-’60s primetime animated television, Bob’s Burgers owes its satire and self-awareness to The Simpsons. But from its very inception, Loren Bouchard’s series approached comedy with less irreverence and more heart than many of its peers: The pilot’s plot centered on a health inspector temporarily shutting down the family’s restaurant after Louise started a rumor at school that the burgers were made with human remains. As time went on, the family dynamics and not-exactly-attractive animation style built from that initial premise something not only cohesive, but consistently enjoyable. By now, Bob’s Burgers has been nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program seven years in a row; it might be weird, but it’s working. Beyond the voice acting, which ranges from teen-weirdo affectlessness (Dan Mintz as Tina) to fine-tuned mania (basically everyone else), Bob’s Burgers evolved into one of television’s great musicals. The first season peppered in incidental ditties like the aptly named, 27-second “Butts Butts Butts”,” but slowly those single-gag compositions turned into full-fledged songs, and by now it’s not uncommon for a musical number to become central to the episode’s plot. (To wit: “The Bleakening,” an hour-long musical episode in season eight which culminated in the whole family ending up at a Christmas rave at a makeshift gay nightclub.) In 2017, in fact, Sub Pop released a compendium of all the show’s songs—all as authentic, unassuming, and weird as the show itself. Meanwhile, much of the rest of primetime animation has made its home not in primetime, but in the eternal twilight of streaming platforms. But whether you prefer the wrenchingly existential show-business satire Bojack Horseman or the gleefully puerile puberty chronicle Big Mouth, neither would be possible without Bob’s Burgers. Yes, both diverge from it in tone, animation style, and comedic approach, but that’s the whole point: animated programming has successfully outgrown the novelty of dysfunction for dysfunction’s sake—an energy that so many shows tapped The Simpsons for, but never thought to reach beyond. Bob’s Burgers reminded audiences what they were first taught by The Simpsons, and then by King of the Hill—that adult animated shows can have range. More Great WIRED StoriesThe post Nine Seasons in, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Remains as Well Done as Ever appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/nine-seasons-in-bobs-burgers-remains-as-well-done-as-ever/ If your Pixel phone suddenly stops working for no apparent reason or suffers damage, you can now send it direct to Google’s newly opened Repair Center to get it fixed. Google has launched the new service via the Google Store to give U.S.-based owners of its Pixel phones (Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, and the upcoming models) another option when it comes to sorting out a broken handset, whether or not it’s under warranty. To begin the process, simply visit the center’s website, open a ticket, and enter your phone’s unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. You can find the IMEI number by inputting *#06# or by navigating to Settings, System, About Phone, and SIM Status. If you have a problem with the display or the phone appears to have died, you can find the IMEI number by removing the SIM card and looking in the SIM card tray. Once you’ve input the number, you’ll be asked to select from a list of issues related to your phone so that Google can estimate the cost of repair (if it’s not under warranty) and technicians know exactly what they’re dealing with when the phone arrives at the workshop. You can send in your Pixel handset by packaging it up yourself, or you can wait a couple of days for Google’s pre-paid packaging to arrive. But take note — before you send away your phone, Google insists that you first back up your device, perform a factory reset on it, and then remove the SIM card. Google says it’ll need between 7 and 10 business days to fix your phone, so make alternative arrangements if the thought of being without it for that length of time has you breaking into a cold sweat. Full details about Google’s new mail-in Repair Center can be found here, or you can begin the process straight away by hitting this page. Other repair options include a visit to your home by a Google-endorsed Puls technician, or by taking your faulty phone to uBreakiFix store. If you’re not in an area served by either of these services, Google’s new Repair Center looks like your best bet.
The post Google Launches Mail-in Repair Center for Damaged Pixel Phones appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/google-launches-mail-in-repair-center-for-damaged-pixel-phones/ The humble PDF file has been around for 25 years, and in that time, not much has changed. Making edits on a PDF can still be a pain, and most popular apps offer few solutions. But that could soon change for the better. Today, Adobe is unveiling an all-new version of Acrobat DC that makes it easier for people to create, share, and interact with PDFs across devices. The update is built around a central document hub that includes files saved to the Adobe Cloud across several different apps. As part of the big update, Acrobat Pro is also coming to Android and iOS for the first time. The experience is nearly identical to the desktop version of the app, with support for swapping images, updating text, and formatting the document. Adobe Scan is also getting a small update for scanning and analyzing business cards. Now, users can translate the cards into new languages and export the translation to their contacts (as a virtual contact file, or vCard). They’ll still have to scan in one card at a time, but batch exporting should come as a welcome relief to anyone dealing with digitizing business cards in large swaths. The new document hub in Acrobat DC will make it easy to create a PDF, then send it out for review or signatures via email. Because the shared file uses HTML5, it means all major platforms and devices will be able to review the document. Say bye-bye to compatibility issues! In our short time testing the new software, it reminded us of Google Drive in the way it allows for suggestions, comments, and reviewing among various users. But the real breakthrough here is how the update enables digital signing using Adobe Sign. Now, finalizing contracts and other important documents can be done from any phone or tablet. And last but not least, Adobe Sensei is now available in Adobe Reader. This AI technology is capable of scanning a document to see what needs to be filled in, and then it will prompt the user will suggestions to fill in content. Adobe Sensei makes filling in an address as simple as tapping the screen. That’s it. Subscribers to Acrobat DC or Creative Cloud All Apps will get it today. There is no price increase for the services either. Acrobat DC starts at $12.99 a month and Creative Cloud All Apps starts at $52.99 a month. Not a bad price to pay, considering it will probably be a long time before free apps offer this kind of functionality. The post Adobe focuses on a connected experience with the new Acrobat DC appeared first on All Camera Driver. from http://allcameradriver.com/adobe-focuses-on-a-connected-experience-with-the-new-acrobat-dc/ |
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