After noticing the powerful stories people were sharing, Uber’s research team invited deaf and hard-of-hearing partners to participate in feedback sessions to learn what we could build that would improve their experience. So much of what they shared was very encouraging—driving with Uber is already making a big difference for many partners. Uber is now present in over 40 countries around the world.
Of late there has been a bug going around where an sms in Arabic has been causing peoples iphones to shut down and Apple have made some suggestions to fix the issue for the time being.
An Apple spokesman said: Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update. Until the update is available, you can use these steps to re-open the Messages app.
Apple have suggested the following..
Ask Siri to “read unread messages”
Use Siri to reply to the malicious message. After you reply, you’ll be able to open Messages again
In Messages, swipe left to delete the entire thread. Or tap and hold the malicious message, tap More, and delete the message from the thread.
Google Photos—a new, standalone product that gives you a home for all your photos and videos, helps you organize and bring your moments to life, and lets you share and save what matters.
Google Photos gives you a single, private place to keep a lifetime of memories, and access them from any device. They’re automatically backed up and synced, so you can have peace of mind that your photos are safe, available across all your devices. Its now available to download.
A home for all your photos and videos
Google Photos gives you a single, private place to keep a lifetime of memories, and access them from any device. They’re automatically backed up and synced, so you can have peace of mind that your photos are safe, available across all your devices.
With Google Photos, you can now backup and store unlimited, high-quality photos and videos, for free. Google will maintain the original resolution up to 16MP for photos, and 1080p high-definition for videos, and store compressed versions of the photos and videos in beautiful, print-quality resolution.
Easily share and save what matters
With Google Photos, you have the choice to share your photos and videos however you want across any service you choose, from Hangouts to Twitter to WhatsApp. But even then, it’s still remarkably difficult to share a lot of photos just with friends and family and keep the ones shared with you—it usually involves a lot of downloading and re-uploading across a number of different services. We wanted to make sharing much simpler and more reliable.
You can now take any set of photos and videos, or any album, and simply create a link to share hundreds of photos at once. The recipient can see what you shared without a special app or login, then immediately save the high-quality images to their own library with a single tap. So now it’s easier to hang on to the photos you care about even if you weren’t the one holding the camera.
Last October InBox by Gmail was released via an invite system,we tried it tested it and did not really like it,we also gave away some invites and the reports back where somewhat mixed to say the least.
Now its available with no invite you will be glad to know just announced in a blog post
There is also some new updates too..
Inbox is adding Trip Bundles: All of your emails about a trip will now be bundled together and the most important details (like flight times and hotel reservation numbers) will be available the instant you open Inbox.
More control with Undo Send, Swipe to Delete and Signatures
Being able to control your inbox, like setting your custom Snooze times, is also something you’ve told us matters. So today Inbox is helping you be more productive:
More ways that Inbox saves you time
You’ve also let us know how much you appreciate a little extra help every now and then—like when Inbox adds phone numbers to Reminders, or finds that flight time in under a second. Today Inbox is adding a few more ways it can be of service:
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One of the many reason why I’m not a big Apple fan is hardware, specially the lack of the back button, I don’t like all my apps to run in the background.
Well, that particular reason is about to be useless thanks to the guys of Halo Back and their “Smart Screen Protector”.
I have pretty big hands and even I have some troubles to reach the upper left corner of phone; I know that IOS has a “Back gesture” and the “Double tap on the Home Button”, but I always found way more easier just have it right where it should be.
THE BACK BUTTON
How it works? is much easier than you think:
Our fingers conduct electricity, which is used to trigger the actions on “capacitive touchscreens” (the one that all phones have) and the guys of Halo Back, added a circuit layer to traditional glass screen protector.
It helps to lead current when you press lower left corner of the screen, so that’s how the “new back button” works.
Here are the specs:
Compatibility: iPhone 6 | iPhone 6 Plus
Crystal Clear: High-grade tempered glass provides ultimate clarity. Its nano coating repels natural skin oils making Glass simple to keep clean and looking great.
Height: 130mm | 150mm Width: 59mm | 69mm Depth: 0.21mm Weight: 6g | 8g
As you can see they have thought a lot about it, and you can help they dream (and if you’re like me, yours too) to come true on our beloved Kickstarter for just $17.
And it will be nice taking in consideration the estimated retail price of $49
You can order your HERE
Let us know what do you think of this new “Smart Screen Protector” in the comments or Tweet us using #techbuzzireland
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Office lens is now available to download for Android,its been on preview some time now as reported back on initial announcement some time ago. Now it is publicly available. Office Lens trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive. Full details are in the link above of the app.
From receipts to whiteboards, books to legal documents, the Office Lens Android pocket scanner recognizes the corners of any rectangular media and automatically crops, straightens and enhances the image, which can be saved to multiple sources at the same time..
Capture and crop a picture of a whiteboard or blackboard and share your meeting notes with co-workers.
– Make digital copies of your printed documents, business cards, or posters and trim them precisely.
– Printed text will be automatically recognized (using OCR) so you can search for words in images and copy and edit them.
Key Features:
– With Whiteboard mode, Office Lens trims and cleans up glare and shadows.
– With Document mode, Office Lens trims and colors images perfectly.
– The scanned picture can be saved to your choice of OneNote, OneDrive, or locally on the device.
– Choose to convert images to Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), or PDF (.pdf) files that are automatically saved to OneDrive.
Energy Elephant is a simple intuitive way to read your Meter,not only is it easy its faster and it save you money in the process.In a time when we all want to save money this is an ideal app which makes life easier and saves you money too so its a win win via an app..Not only that there is also a web application too so everyone is covered..
EnergyElephant’s world first in smart meter reading apps, allows you to take a simple photo of your meter reading and we’ll submit it to make sure estimated bills and bill revisions become a thing of the past. This app can be used for lots of useful stuff like estimating how much energy you use at night time.
Key Features:
• We can submit the reading directly to utilities, to make sure estimated bills and bill revisions become a thing of the past.
• Typically over 75% faster than traditional meter reading systems and far easier for you to use.
• App links to EnergyElephant accounts seamlessly giving you the best energy analytics and insights instantly.
• Know how much energy you’ve used, how much it has cost and your carbon footprint.
• Eco friendly. Reduces the need for meter reading personnel to travel around collecting readings.
EnergyElephant make’s every electricity and gas meter smart!
EnergyElephant is the fastest way to submit a meter reading. Over 75% faster than current system, Try it and see how much faster it is for you.
All you need to know is how to take a photo with your smart phone! You’ll never pay too much for your energy bills ever again and it can help you reduce your energy use too.
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Microsoft’s recent announcements illustrate how serious the company is about ensuring your Windows 10 PC will be amazing at working with all your devices. We think no other PC operating system can do all this:
“At Microsoft, we want everyone to love not just their Windows 10 PC, but all the devices they own, working with their Windows 10 PC” reads the Windows Blog.
Learn more about these features here.
Stay tuned for more tech buzz.
One Plus is known for sending out teasers and they just have went and done it again,with the expectation of the One Plus 2 this year this could be the date they share the info One Plus fans are waiting to hear.. Though in the tweet they do say,
“We’re always looking for ways to shake up the tech industry. And we think it’s time for change. Find out more June 1″
So all that can be done now is wait,most likely they might just give us another hint before the date..
We’re always looking for ways to shake up the tech industry. And we think it’s time for change. Find out more June 1. pic.twitter.com/odrsSko6dB
— OnePlus (@oneplus) May 26, 2015
