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Senin, 01 April 2019

Gmail adds email scheduling and Smart Compose improvements - The Verge

Gmail turns 15 today, and to celebrate Google is launching some minor updates: improving Gmail’s Smart Compose function and giving users the option to schedule emails.

The updates to Smart Compose are pretty vague. Google unveiled the feature back in May 2018, which suggests ways to finish sentences in emails. The updated version, says Google, “can now adapt to the way you write,” matching your individual writing style.

Google says this might mean Smart Compose remembers your preferred way to greet certain colleagues (eg “Hey Team”), but doesn’t offer more detail than that. In addition, Smart Compose will now also suggest subject lines based on the body of your email.

Google says Smart Compose has saved people from typing “over 1 billion characters each week” on the web, and that the feature will now be available on Android devices (something it announced earlier this month) and coming to iOS devices “soon.”

A more straightforward update to Gmail is the new ability to schedule messages. Clicking an arrow next to the “Send” button in the compose window will bring up this scheduler. You can choose from presets like “tomorrow morning” or specify a particular time and date.

You could previously schedule emails on Gmail through third-party extensions, but it’s much more convenient to have power built directly in to the client. It’s handy for communicating across time-zones or setting up reminders for friends and family.

They’re minor updates, sure, but decent reminders of why Gmail remains so popular 15 years after its launch.

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/1/18290065/gmail-scheduling-email-smart-compose-improvements-announced

2019-04-01 10:37:28Z
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Samsung promises monthly updates for the Galaxy S10 line-up, moves down the S7 to quarterly updates - Android Police

We all want companies to provide monthly security updates for our devices, but there comes a time when new phones take precedence over older models. Today is one of those difficult times. Samsung has updated its security update page with a few significant changes. The biggest losers are the S7, S7 Edge, and Tab S3 9.7, while newly-released models take their rightful place in the table.

First, the Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e have now joined the ranks of devices promised monthly security updates. Samsung maintains that assurance for all flagships going back to the S7 Active and S8 now, which are over two years old.

However, the additions had to knock something down, and it's the S7 and S7 Edge that have been downgraded to quarterly updates now. After three years, it had to happen. Another demoted device is the Galaxy Tab S3 9.7. Owners were previously promised quarterly updates, but now, the tablet sits in the "other regular" category — whatever that means.

And finally, there are plenty of new additions in the quarterly update window:

Galaxy A2 Core, Galaxy A20, Galaxy A40, Galaxy A70
Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019), Galaxy Tab A Plus 8 (2019)
Galaxy S5e 10.5
Galaxy View 2

Of course, these all depend on your region, carrier, so you're not really guaranteed anything. Plus, Samsung says that firmware updates can take precedence over security ones, so if your device is due a major update, it may deliver the security fixes with that.

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https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/04/01/samsung-promises-monthly-updates-for-the-galaxy-s10-line-up-moves-down-the-s7-to-quarterly-updates/

2019-04-01 10:30:00Z
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Gmail can schedule messages to send them at a better time - Engadget

Google is marking Gmail's 15th birthday (yes, April 1st) with some genuinely useful additions rather than pranks. To start, it's introducing an option to schedule sending your messages so that they'll arrive at a better time. If you need to write a company message late at night but would rather not bug a coworker off-hours, you can delay the email until your colleague is back in the office.

Smart Compose is also learning to adapt to your personal style. The AI-guided feature now knows how to recognize your usual greetings -- if you open with a "hey" or "hello," you won't have to repeat yourself every time. The feature can also suggest subject lines based on the body text. And while the expansion technically started earlier in March, Google has confirmed that Smart Compose is now available on Android beyond the Pixel 3 (iOS is coming soon) and works in French, Italian, Portugese and Spanish.

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/01/gmail-smart-compose-and-scheduled-email/

2019-04-01 10:01:24Z
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Google adds Snake to Maps for April Fools' Day gag - CNET

Remember Snake? It's back -- in Google Maps form!

Snake, the iconic Nokia game first introduced on the Nokia 6110 in 1997, has been reimagined for Google Maps in celebration of April Fool's Day. You can play it on iOS and Android versions of the Google Maps app. Just touch the sidebar option on the left side of the search bar and you'll see the "Play Snake" option.

There's no actual snake this time, instead you play as a public transport vehicle, like a Tokyo bullet train, San Francisco cable car or a London double decker bus, and pickup passengers on an 8-bit map of their respective cities.

There are six cities to chose from: Cairo, São Paulo, London, Sydney, San Francisco, Tokyo. There's also a "World" option, where you pick up passengers from all over the map.

Snake will be playable in Google Maps for roughly a week, a Google spokesperson told CNET, although the tech giant did set up a dedicated site for it.

Google loves a good April Fool's gag. The company "announced" a NES-inspired 8-bit Google Maps in 2012, added a Pac-Man game to Maps in 2015 and a Where's Waldo search last year. These are only a few of the Google Maps-related examples. The entire list is much more exhaustive.

Keen to see more April Fools' Day gags? Head here for a comprehensive list. Hate April Fools' Day with the fury of a thousand suns? Head here instead!

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https://www.cnet.com/news/google-adds-snake-game-to-maps-apps-for-april-fools-day-gag/

2019-04-01 08:53:00Z
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Apple AirPods are still the best-selling true wireless earbuds - Engadget

If you can barely even recall the days when people mocked the AirPods because they look just like their wired brethren, we don't blame you. They've shot up in popularity over the past couple of years, and according to new findings by Counterpoint Research, they're still the dominant true wireless earbuds available despite a couple shifts in the market. According to Counterpoint's estimates, 12.5 million wireless headphones shipped in the fourth quarter of 2018, and Apple was responsible for most of them: the tech giant held a 60 percent market share.

That's an impressive performance, seeing as a number of mid-tier brands have started gaining a bigger part of the market that quarter, as well. Even in Apple's home turf, where the AirPods remain the top-selling model, Korean and Danish brands Samsung and Jabra are performing well. Cupertino's shares are relatively lower in China compared to other regions due to the growing presence of budget devices, as well.

The company is doing better in the rest of the Asia Pacific region, but the rise of new and more affordable brands is also affecting its performance. Apple probably did the worst in Europe, though, where it comparatively underperformed, where Jabra has a 14 percent share of the market and where a crop of new Western European brands has been eating away at more established companies' shares.

In addition to new and mid-tier brands gaining more and more popularity, another factor that had a negative impact on Apple's performance is the customers themselves. Some of those looking to get a pair of AirPods chose to wait for the new version, which popped up ahead of its big iPad and services launch in March.

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/01/apple-airpods-best-selling-true-wireless-earbuds/

2019-04-01 06:41:50Z
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Apple AirPods are still the best-selling true wireless earbuds - Engadget

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/01/apple-airpods-best-selling-true-wireless-earbuds/

2019-04-01 06:31:16Z
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Minggu, 31 Maret 2019

Finished Atari VCS design pays homage to its 2600 roots - Engadget

Now that the Atari VCS team has once again delayed its retro console to give it more powerful innards, it's ready to show what that redesign looks like. The developers have unveiled what they say is the "production-ready" system design, and it pays even more of an ode to the Atari 2600 than before. The main body now floats above the base like the 2600 did, and addresses multiple "practical considerations" in the process. To start, two of the USB ports are now front-facing -- it's much easier to plug in a controller or keyboard.

It's also considerably easier to make, with less wasted plastic and more space for cooling that new embedded AMD Ryzen chip. The VCS will also have a simpler light setup that uses Atari's signature "Fuji" logo for alerts rather than a separate set of four lights.

There is a drawback to this redesign, though. The creators have removed the rear SD card slot, calling it "redundant" when you can plug in a thumb drive or external hard drive. That's not going to please gamers who wanted to quickly transfer data, but the Atari VCS group is betting that you won't mind when most other consoles don't offer the feature.

The VCS is due to arrive in late 2019. It's easy to be cynical about talks of a finished design given the system's history -- it has gone through numerous delays, revisions and even name changes, and it wouldn't be surprising if there was another complication or two before then. However, this may really be an illustration of the dangers of both announcing early and relying on crowdfunding. Projects like this are effectively designed in public, and that means seeing many of the revisions that would normally remain behind closed doors.

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/31/atari-vcs-final-design/

2019-03-31 23:50:22Z
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