AMOLED displays offer a host of advantages over LCD screens, but the biggest advantage has to be the deeper, richer blacks. This advantage also extends to apps with a dark mode, as we see some of them specifically offer an AMOLED-friendly dark mode that uses true blacks. These modes are pretty handy if you want to save battery life or if you’re using the app in bed. So with that in mind, we take a look at the best dark mode apps with an AMOLED-friendly theme. More lists you might find usefulThe best Android apps for Chromebooks you can install right now10 best Android apps to sell stuff PocketPrice: Free/$0.99 to $44.99 per itemDOWNLOAD ON GOOGLE PLAYOne of the most popular reading apps on the market, Pocket lets you save articles for offline viewing. Simply hit the Pocket button on your desktop browser or visit the sharing menu from your mobile browser to save an article. And sure enough, the app offers a toggle to use 'true black' for articles and the menus. So if you'd like to … [Read more...] about 7 best AMOLED-friendly dark mode apps on Android
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Turkey Demands Google Remove User-Created ‘Kurdistan’ Map from Earth App
Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority [BTK], an agency overseeing mass media, confronted Google about the presence of a map detailing the borders of “Kurdistan” including Turkish territory, reports revealed on Tuesday. “Kurdistan” is a term broadly used for the indigenous territory of ethnic Kurds, believed to number between 25 and 35 million people. It includes land belonging to Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. All four governments vehemently reject Kurdish sovereignty. Turkey, in particular, has launched a crackdown on Kurdish separatist groups and legal Kurd-friendly political parties, deeming anyone expressing solidarity with the Kurdish people a “terrorist.”The Turkish government now appears to have refocused its efforts on pressuring international corporations to accept its worldview, following a template the communist government of China has successfully used to impose its sovereignty claims on Taiwan, Tibet, … [Read more...] about Turkey Demands Google Remove User-Created ‘Kurdistan’ Map from Earth App
What you should expect from unified communications & collaboration user experience
There’s no doubt about it, the workplace – and workplace devices and communications tools – have changed dramatically over the last few years.A decade or so ago, business users were forced to work with what they were given by their employers. An office PC was usually a given but sometimes – if you were one of the lucky ones – you were also granted a work mobile phone so you could make calls, send texts and do business on the go.Today however, we live in an age in which people want to choose their own devices and applications and personalise their work-related communications experiences. Workers have come to rely on the plethora of communications tools available to them in their personal lives, from Facebook Messenger to WhatsApp, and they want to bring their preferred consumer tools and the high-level user experiences which they are accustomed to; into the workplace.As organisations look to deploy a Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) solution, … [Read more...] about What you should expect from unified communications & collaboration user experience
These 2 tech founders lost their friends in tragic accidents. Now they’ve built AI chatbots to give people life after death
caption Texting from the grave: Chatbots of dead people are now a reality. source Samantha Lee/Business Insider Netflix drama “Black Mirror” once imagined a world in which tech could be used to recreate the dead. Now, people are working to make that a reality. Tech firm Eternime is beta testing an app that will allow users to create a digital “avatar” of themselves after they die. Eternime is not the only firm experimenting with AI technology to give people a voice after death. Business Insider spoke to four people working in and researching the death tech space. They laid out the benefits and dangers of creating digital alter-egos that live on after you die. If thousands of years of human storytelling is anything to go by, waking the dead is rarely a good idea. From ancient Greece to “Black Mirror,” fiction tells us that there are drawbacks in summoning loved ones from the grave. But one tech … [Read more...] about These 2 tech founders lost their friends in tragic accidents. Now they’ve built AI chatbots to give people life after death
Facebook Rolls Out Messenger 4 Update With Simpler User Experience
Oct 24, 5:43 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Ken Manbert Salcedo 10/24/18 AT 5:09 AM Facebook has begun rolling out the Messenger 4 update to iOS and Android devices. Facebook Messenger 4 delivers a simplified user experience that makes it easier for users to navigate the app.“In a recent Messenger study, 7 out of 10 (71%) people told us simplicity is the top priority for them in a messaging app. Among people surveyed who are messaging more frequently, 62% say messaging makes them feel closer to their friends,” Facebook said on its blog. “We believe Messenger 4 delivers the closeness and authenticity that you’ve been asking for — through simplicity of design and powerful features that put the focus back on messaging and connecting.”Facebook Messenger 4 will now feature only three tabs at the bottom of the app’s main page: Chats, People … [Read more...] about Facebook Rolls Out Messenger 4 Update With Simpler User Experience