---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <476741FA-D57F-4536-8A45-34E63AAEA192@roscom.com> Date: 14 Apr 2019 12:51:00 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Incognito mode won't keep your browsing private. Do this instead Incognito mode won't keep your browsing private. Do this instead Browser compartmentalization can help you escape the clutches of the data gathering machine. The big tech giants, online advertising companies, and data brokers use a ton of tricks to track you around the web. These include things like cookies, location and device logging, fingerprinting, and even share buttons, the last of which make it very easy for companies like Facebook and Google to see what you do online, even on third-party websites. Of course, today's users aren't blind to much of this tracking. And most people who are aware of it will take (somewhat predictable) steps to do what they think will hide their online activity from tech companies. https//www.fastcompany.com/90311396/incognito-mode-wont-keep-you-private-try-browser-compartmentalization ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D04D70D8-77AE-4438-A5F6-EE698D1590C7@roscom.com> Date: 12 Apr 2019 18:56:47 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Samsung over-complicates phone design with a motorized, pop-up swivel camera The front camera is also the back camera. Hopefully it's durable. By Ron Amadeo Don't ever let anyone tell you smartphone design is boring. We've seen companies come up with various solutions to hide the front-facing camera "notch," from a motorized pop-up section to a fully old-school slider phone, but the latest implementation from Samsung is probably the most complicated. The company made a device with a motorized, pop-up, swivel camera. The mid-range Galaxy A80 is an all-screen phone with an Oppo FInd X style motorized pop-up section. Samsung is one-upping its Chinese rival with a camera that swivels around when it rises, so the back camera can double as the front camera. There is a lot going on with this swivel camera section, too: there's a 48MP main sensor, an 8MP wide-angle lens, and 3D depth-sensing equipment. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/samsungs-latest-smartphone-has-a-sliding-rotating-camera/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <31FB11C1-14E8-498F-ACB0-28C1D808234E@roscom.com> Date: 13 Apr 2019 00:54:22 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Motorola came up with the best Android gestures: here's how to use them Google's transition away from Android's traditional three-button navigation toward the switch to gestures on the Pixel 3 was a little rough. Google seems to be figuring things out and improving the Pixel's gestures for Android Q, but other companies have already come up with better approaches. Motorola has probably nailed it the best so far. The "one-button navigation" introduced with the Moto Z3 Play is also available on many of the company's phones released since, including the new Moto G7, G7 Power, and G7 Play. You might not think there's a good reason to make the move to gestures; it doesn't necessarily add to the experience of using your device or make anything easier. But at least in Motorola's case, it makes sense, is easy to remember, and is consistent. (As Google's is not; sometimes I still fail to pull up the app drawer with a swipe on my Pixel 3 XL. https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/12/18308139/motorola-one-button-navigation-ge ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 15 Apr 2019