Taiwan is bracing as a category 5 super typhoon bears down on its coastline. Typhoon Nepartak is expected to bring torrential rainfall and enormous waves in its wake, meaning Taiwan, and subsequently mainland China, could be in for some serious flooding. This comes just days after central China experienced …
I grew up with a standard, cheap rice cooker my mom bought at a grocery store. Shopping for my own cooker as an adult, I was surprised at how many options there are to choose from and how expensive those options can be. Cooking rice is a pretty straightforward task, so what’s with the super expensive cookers? Here’s what I found.
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Facebook has denied censoring a viral video taken after a police officer fatally shot a man in his car in Minnesota. Lavish Reynolds pulled out her phone and began a Facebook Live stream after her boyfriend, Philando Castile, was shot by a police officer who, Reynolds said, had pulled their car over for a broken taillight in Minnesota’s Falcon Heights district. Media reported that… Read More
Snapchat has introduced a new feature – dubbed Memories – that the company describes as a “personal collection of your favorite moments.” It’s a searchable archive that can be accessed by just swiping up from the app’s Camera screen.
“You can use Memories to create new Stories from Snaps you’ve taken, or even combine different Stories into a longer narrative!” Snapchat says in a blog post. “It’s fun to celebrate an anniversary or birthday by finding a few old Snaps and stringing them together into a new Story :)”
If some of your snaps or stories are too personal, you can move them…
Let’s just be frank, Google TV failed miserably and simply improving it wasn’t good enough. The platform had to be shut down and replaced with something completely different. Now we have Android TV trying to take over your living room, and it seems to be doing reasonably well.
Android TV has been very well received by developers and manufacturers alike, making it one of the best smart TV platforms to use. One of the key issues with Google TV was the lack of apps. This is still a bit of a problem, but the situation has improved thanks to Android TV, as it is more closely based off the most popular mobile platform in the world.
Oh, that’s another winning factor – Android TV has access to the Google Play Store!
This means most developers with an app that would work well for TVs can jump on board easily, as their software is most likely already in the Google Play Store, and would simply need some modifications. Oh, that’s another winning factor – Android TV has access to the Google Play Store! Not to mention its gaming capabilities and Google Cast support.
It definitely needs more polishing and maturing, but there’s not too much we can complain about. It is easy to operate, can be controlled via voice and happens to be pretty smart. Google did a great job customizing the Android platform to look and work well for the large screen.
See also: Android TV – everything you need to know9
We could sit here and tell you all you need to know about Android TV, but we have already done that in the post linked right above. Today we are here to show you the best options around, as there is a handful of important partners in Google’s pocket. Keep reading to see which Android TV device is the right one for you!
Set-top boxesNexus Player by Google: discontinued
Google’s Nexus lineup is known for leading the way into the future. These are devices that showcase Android the way Google intended it to be, pure and free of modifications. The Nexus Player is not only the first Nexus device tailored for televisions, it is also the first Android TV released… ever. As such, it was the device to get for Android purists, but it didn’t come without its quirks.
Nexus Player review
The unit is good looking, features a great controller and comes with all the beauties of owning an Android TV. As it goes with any first-of-a-kind device, though, it is not perfect. The Nexus Player seemed to have some issues with keeping peripherals connected, and storage was limited… as is its availability.
Gadgets don’t tend to have a long shelf life and time for the Nexus Player to be retired arrived earlier this year. It is nowhere to be found now, unless you try to look for it used. refurbished, or find a few laying around a retailer shelf on discount. Still, if you do happen across one, it – Source
Snapchat is taking its biggest step back yet from the disappearing messages that made it famous — and it may not be a bad thing.
Snapchat revealed a new feature Wednesday called Memories, which will allow users to more easily save their photos and videos and, for the first time, easily share photos and videos captured outside of the app.
SEE ALSO: Yes, your parents are on Snapchat, but that’s actually a good thing
On a practical level, Memories promises to bring users much more flexibility in how they share photos and videos within Snapchat. That’s because you’ll be able to not only have a more streamlined way to save your snaps, but you also will be able to share photos you’ve already taken. …
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Ten-year-old Julia and her rescue dog, Walter, were both born deaf. Now, Julia is practicing her sign language skills with her very adorable (and hairy) student.
A new video from the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA tells 7-month-old Walter’s adoption story, which begins with Julia’s mother, Chrissy, realizing the two were meant to be together.
SEE ALSO: 13 tail-waggingly important photos of dogs watching other dogs on TV
“When I first held Julia, since she couldn’t really hear my voice, she would smell my neck,” Chrissy says in the video. “And when I first held Walter, he did almost the same exact thing. …
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Each Overwatch hero is a special snowflake.
Different guns, different abilities, different movement speeds, different quirks. Learning to excel with one hero doesn’t mean you’ve mastered Overwatch.
SEE ALSO: 4 ‘Overwatch’ hero strategies for beginners to master
Playing a hero the “right” way only gets you so far, of course. Positioning, team formation (on both sides) and overall skill level are still important; you can play a hero perfectly and still lose. But you probably won’t win until you learn to play whoever you’re using right.
We’ve got you covered. Read on for tips, strategies and ideal maps/modes to help you suck less at using Overwatch’s peaceful support character Zenyatta. …
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Ever since its launch alongside Android 6.0 Marshmallow last year, Google Now On Tap has just kept slowly adding more features, and today’s yet another of those occasions. The search giant has announced that from this point on Now On Tap will be able to translate text from any screen. Just tap and hold the Home button of your Android device and then choose the “Translate this screen” option when Now On Tap shows up – like the screenshots below show.
For now, the translate option will pop up for users who have their phone’s language set to English, French, Italian, German, Spanish,…
