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In addition, sustainability is a new trend that is on the rise. Powering new and friendlier employee-centric and customer-centric models of work will also be critical in 2023. Also: Digital trends in sports and entertainment industries: Customer experience drives investments Here are the seven trends shaping digital transformation in 2023: Investment in automation will surge as companies aim to do more with less. Amidst rising economic uncertainty, leading enterprises will increasingly move beyond isolated use cases of automation to accelerate digital transformation and drive efficient growth to better navigate the disruption....

Last month, Sony Mobile’s Creative Director Kurozumi Yoshiro stirred quite a discussion by proclaiming that the upcoming Xperia Z2 would only be the company’s flagship for the first half of 2014. The news travelled fast, as many reporters and users got slightly outraged by the fact that Sony would practically pronounce its Z2 dead before it even hit the shelves. My problem with that? The importance of the Z2 isn’t undermined by whether or not the Z3 comes later this year....

“With the demand for smart home entertainment solutions in India growing at a rapid pace, the country’s smart TV market is in need for more technologically-evolved offerings. The launch of iFFALCON smart TVs will fulfill this need-gap. We are bringing the latest entertainment technology to India for fulfilling iFFALCON’s brand promise of enabling an ‘Incredible Smart Life’ for every customer”- Mr. Tony Guo, Global CEO, iFFALCON Technology. The iFFALCON range is available in three variants....

Android apps can’t dice your veggies or stuff the turkey, but they can do a lot of other things to help ensure that your Thanksgiving feast goes as smoothly hassle-free as possible. From planning the menu managing recipes to learning kitchen skills, synchronizing cooking times, getting décor ideas, these apps are sure to make you thankful for your phone this week. Cookpad is a community of amateur chefs foodies who share their home creations— you won’t find the polished, photo-shoot-perfect renditions of meals here....

We’ve hand-picked 10 office chairs that will satisfy a range of wants and needs – whether you work from home or are back in a regular office. We believe these picks are among the best office chairs you can buy right now. The Aeron is another chair from Herman Miller. It’s our choice for the absolute best office chair because it’s completely customizable. Choose what size you want, the type of back support, the tilt, if you want adjustable arms or not, and your chair’s caster....

In Summary Google released Android 13, the latest version of Android, to the public in mid-August. Since then, it has arrived on supported Pixel devices and in beta form on a number of other devices. Android 13 comes with a number of new features and fixes. Here are seven of the best to try out if you have got Android 13 on your phone. So if you have got Android 13 on your phone, whether in final or in beta form, there is a lot you can do on your device that you could not in the past....

Thanks to an efficient Exynos 8890 chipset, beefy batteries and software optimisations, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge can easily last a day of heavy usage. And in case they don’t, you can always quickly charge them thanks to their fast charging technology. However, there will be days where you won’t have access to a charger for a few hours and the battery level of the phone will be alarmingly low....

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, so now carriers in the United States are confirming launch windows. First up is Verizon Wireless. The Big Red carrier has announced that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will be officially available both in its online store, and in its physical retail stores, beginning April 21. Leading up to that date, though, Verizon will open pre-orders for the new flagship smartphones beginning Thursday, March 30, at 12:01 AM ET....

Samsung today announced two new tablets under the Galaxy Tab S moniker with an 8.4 and 10.5-inch display, respectively. Both tablets are the company’s thinnest and lightest tablet to date with a waistline of only 6.5 and 6.6mm with a weight of 294g and 465g, respectively. The tablets also make use of Samsung’s own Super AMOLED display to deliver a wider range of colors with better accuracy, 90% of Adobe RGB coverage and color reproduction....

What’s the difference? Why two versions of one enterprise Linux distro? While under the hood there are many specific differences, the big one is that the RHEL 8 distro family is based on older, battle-tried code. RHEL 9, however, is based on the leading-edge CentOS Stream Linux distribution. So, in short, RHEL 8 is what you use if you prefer stability over innovation, while RHEL 9 is the distro for those who want the latest and greatest stable code....

This is how Sonnet Works, the smartphone needs to connect with the device over the Wi-Fi and then it uses the low-power, long-range radio frequencies to communicate. With the Sonnet, one can wirelessly connect to any smartphone and send data. The caveat, however, is that the other device should also be connected to Sonnet. The use cases are interesting indeed, one can use the device while hiking, when lost, during a natural calamity and also to save on roaming charges during abroad trips....

Sony is known to be one of the leading OEMs to support the third-party Android development community for its devices. This is evident from the AOSP for Xperia program from the company, where it offers a stock AOSP build of the latest version of Android for its selected devices. As a part of its Open Device program, Sony has now provided developers and advanced users with all the necessary software binaries and instructions to get the Developer Preview of Android M up and running for certain Xperia devices....

Sony today announced a new image sensor meant for smartphones: the IMX318. The 1/2.6-inch sensor has a 22.5MP resolution with an individual pixel size of 1.0um, and has been pegged as the successor to its popular IMX230 sensor. Despite the reduced pixel and smaller sensor size, Sony boasts that the IMX318 offers improved and better image quality than the company’s previous sensors. The company has done this by using a “manufacturing technology that improves light utilisation efficiency, as well as circuit design technology that eliminates noise....

On the ViewPoint talkshow with Eliot Spitzer, three whistle blowers from the National Security Agency (NSA), Thomas Drake, Kirk Wiebe and William Binney have expressed their allegations surrounding NSA’s illegal domestic surveillance measures. The whistle blowers specifically refer to 9/11 as the date after which electronic surveillance has taken new heights. This means that enormous amounts of email, cell phone conversations have been stored and surveilled, as Eliot Spitzer puts it....

The vulnerability As expected, the transfer of sync data between devices has been covered by end-to-end encryption. For this encryption, Apple uses the Off-the-Record protocol. OTR utilizes a combination of the AES 128 bits symmetric key algorithm, the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and SHA-1 for hashing. Because of the use of device specific keys as an additional security layer, the sensitive user data is reasonably well secured. In March 2017 however, security researchers at Longterm Security found a flaw in the OTR implementation....

Despite Android offering plenty of customization options, Google has not added themes support to it. Third-party developers, however, managed to find a workaround to this limitation and developed the Substratum theme engine for Android Oreo. Unlike other previous theme engines for the OS, Substratum does not require root access and works across a wide variety of devices. However, a comment left by a Google in the Google issue tracker points to Substratum days being limited....

You can choose models with cutting decks as narrow as 42 inches for suburban lawns or as wide as 72 inches for rural properties. And with engines up to 26HP, you’ll get plenty of power to haul wagons of dirt, mulch, and tools or equipment without overworking the motor. Zero-turn mowers also feature hydrostatic transmissions, which means that the more you push on the lap bars or the harder you step on the pedals, the faster you’ll go....

Ahead of the release of the Galaxy Note 10 series later this week, Samsung has gone ahead and made the Galaxy Watch Active 2 official. The successor to the Galaxy Active, the new wearable from Samsung comes with built-in ECG. Interestingly, while the original Galaxy Watch Active lacked a rotating bezel, Samsung has reintroduced it on the Active 2 but with a catch. This time around, the rotating bezel sits directly on the curved AMOLED display — it is basically a digital bezel that is always visible on the display....

For students in South Korea preparing, and taking, the national college entrance exam, or suneung, a new smartphone from Samsung might help them focus on their studies. Samsung has just launched a brand new phone that is designed specifically for students in South Korea, one that can’t connect to the internet. The new handset is equipped with a 5-inch QHD AMOLED display, a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, and a 2600mAh battery, along with an 8MP camera on the back and a 5MP front-facing camera....

Earlier this year, Samsung started mass-producing chips using its 3-nanometer process node, its most advanced technology yet for contract chip production. It plans to introduce a 2nm process in 2025. On top of that, the company plans to expand its production capacity for the advanced nodes by more than three times by 2027 compared with this year. By 2027, Samsung expects non-mobile applications – like HPC, automotive, and 5G applications – to make up more than half of its foundry portfolio....