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How to mute notifications and block ‘heavy’ ads in the latest version of Chrome - The Verge

Google is in the process of rolling out the official build of Chrome 80, its latest version, and while most of the upgrades are behind the scenes, there are a couple of features that can make surfing just a little better, and that can be enabled manually. One of these will let you avoid all those annoying drop-down requests from websites asking you if you want to allow notifications, and the other will make your online travels just a bit faster by eliminating too-large ads.

First, make sure you have version 80 of Chrome.

Click the three-dot icon at the top right and select “Help” > “About Google Chrome.”
If the version of Chrome listed is 79, then hit the button that will manually update. After a minute or two, you should have updated to version 80.

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If, like me, you really hate those pop-up windows in new sites that urge you to permit notifications, there is now a way to make them less intrusive (without having to shut off all notifications completely).

According to 9to5Google, you can now arrange to instead get a quiet prompt on the bottom of the screen informing you that a notification has been blocked (along with a small bubble on top that lets you allow the notification if you want to). Google will apparently roll this feature out automatically for users who repeatedly refuse notifications. However, if you don’t want to wait, there’s a way to activate it manually.

First, send your browser to chrome://flags/#quiet-notification-prompts. You’ll see a feature called “Quieter notification permission prompts.” Enable it, and restart your browser.

Click on the three-dot menu in the upper right corner and then go to “Settings” > “Advanced” > “Privacy and Security” > “Site Settings” > “Notifications.”
Where previously there was just a toggle to turn notifications on and off, you’ll now also find a toggle labeled “Use quieter messaging (blocks notification prompts from interrupting you).” Turn the toggle on, and you’re done.

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While Google is not about to wipe ads off its browser, it is making some strides to rein in the more intrusive. A new feature called Heavy Ad Intervention will block any ads that take up too many system resources (although the company is not clear on what “too many” consists of).

To enable this feature:

In the address field, enter chrome://flags/#enable-heavy-ad-intervention.
Click on the button to the right of “Heavy Ad Intervention” and switch it to “Enabled.” Restart your browser.

This is a difficult feature to test, since it’s hard to say which or how many ads will actually be blocked. But if only a few of the most performance-consuming advertisements are eliminated, it can’t be anything but an improvement.

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2020-02-06 21:56:42Z
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The Best Updates in Google Maps' 15th-Anniversary Redesign - Lifehacker

In celebration of Google Maps’ 15th birthday, Google is updating the service with a new logo and icon, and it’s rolling out several new features for the app. Here’s everything included in the big update.

New and redesigned tabs

The biggest change in the new Google Maps is its updated UI. The app’s various features and pages have been organized into five new tabs that line the bottom of the app screen. Here’s what each one does:

Explore: Offers reviews and recommendations for nearby restaurants, activities, and attractions.
Commute: Gives directions to a location, travel time estimates, traffic alerts, and more.
Saved: A customizable list of saved locations for quick access. The list can be organized by category and shared with others.
Contribute: Submit reviews, photos, and other suggestions for places on Google Maps.
Updates: A feed of recent reviews and other updates for places you have visited in the past, trending locations, and recommendations from Local Guides. You can also interact with businesses listed on Google Maps directly through this tab.

Live view assistance and transit attributes

Several helpful updates are also included in the 15th-anniversary redesign that will help you get around more effectively and safely.

The Live View mode, which offers real-time AR assistance when you’re walking to a location, will now show you the exact distance and direction of your destination.

For those who are traveling by public transportation, Google Maps now displays important information about the vehicles and facilities along your route. Google Maps already shows how crowded your route is but users can now find (and contribute) information about several other “transit attributes” like the current temperature in the bus or train; whether there are wheelchair and disability-accessible entries, seating, and other assistance; and if there’s security personal and other safety measures onboard. Some regions will also list if there are designated sections for women and, in Japan, you’ll see how many train carriages are available on your route.

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2020-02-06 21:30:00Z
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Finally, Netflix Autoplay Can Be Turned Off - GameSpot

Many Netflix subscribers are all annoyed by the same thing: the autopreview feature on the menus of the streaming service. At times, it can offer a helpful glimpse into a movie or show you're about to watch, but most of the time, it's a distracting feature while you're scrolling through the service. Now, Netflix has a solution to that by allowing you to disable it entirely.

On February 6, Netflix revealed the control for this feature is now in the hands for the streaming service subscriber, something many people have wanted for months.

Disabling the autoplay previews feature is simple. But you can only do it through a web browser. It doesn't matter if it's on your phone, laptop, desktop, or tablet. You can't do it through the app.

How to disable autoplay previews

Using a web browser, sign into Netflix
Go to Manage Profiles
Select profile you want to update
Uncheck "Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices"

Netflix notes that there may be a delay before the setting takes effect. In order to speed up the process, you can switch to another profile, then back, which will reload your profile with the updated setting.

This can also be done for autoplaying the next episode of a series you're watching on the streaming service. Select the profile you want to update from the Manage Profiles section, and uncheck the box for "Autoplay next episode in a series on all devices." Again, there could be a delay, so you can use the switching profiles trick in order to speed up the process.

Now, you can feel free to peruse the Netflix menus without a video playing and possibly scaring you have to death. While you're at it, make sure to check out what's new to Netflix in February. You can plan out your binge-watching schedule while you wait for Season 3 of Castlevania to arrive.

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2020-02-06 20:32:00Z
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The new Razr is here, but maybe you should wait to buy it. Here's why - CNET

The next stage of smartphones continues to unfold with the official launch of the Motorola Razr on Feb. 6. The iconic Razr brand has been reinvented as a cutting-edge smartphone with a folding screen and it's available exclusively on Verizon in the US to start -- coming to other countries later in 2020. But before you make an impulse purchase on this nostalgic phone, there are some important things you need to understand about it.

1. The Razr is an early peek at the future

I've been saying this a lot lately: Foldables are destined to play a key role in the future of mobile devices. Humans have been folding things for a long time. Folding is one of our best innovations, because it's an incredibly practical way to optimize space. We fold papers to slip them into our pockets. We fold clothes to put them in our suitcases. We fold reading material in half and call them books. As technology advances, it only makes sense that we're going to start to fold these devices that have become so central to our lives to get larger screens and more viewability out of these little slabs we carry with us wherever we go.

The Moto Razr is a remarkable accomplishment of engineering that gives us an impressive glimpse of the future. When opened, the Razr is roughly the size of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, but it folds into a little package that sits neatly into the palm of your hand. It's mesmerizing to fold and unfold the screen when you first get ahold of this device. You can't help but admire what Motorola has pulled off. And if you like living in the future, this device is for you. But you're going to have to be more careful with it than the phone you use today and you're going to have to be comfortable trading some high-end smartphone features for that foldability.

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2. The Razr's screen durability is a huge question mark

You're probably familiar with the problems Samsung faced with Galaxy Fold screens breaking when the phone first arrived in mid-2019. Samsung made some key changes and the revised version of the Fold that appeared a few months later has fared much better now that it's in the hands of hundreds of thousands of users. But the truth is that if these foldable devices were software, they would be beta releases. They are still very early and very experimental.

After using it for a few days, I have serious concerns about how well the Moto Razr is going to hold up over time. The Razr makes a cringe-worthy crinkling sound every time you open and close it. And the sides of the hinge have a tiny air gap and I worry that dust and lint will easily get in there and cause the hardware to fail over time.

Just as troubling is the concern over how well the foldable Razr will hold up to the daily wear and tear that today's phones go through. When it's folded, the Razr could be even more durable than most of today's slabs of glass -- like a hardcover book protecting the pages within. But when it's flipped open and it suffers the kind of falls that phones regularly endure today, how will it hold up?

While I was testing the Razr, it accidentally slipped out of my hand while it was open and fell from about three feet (waist-level) and landed softly on its back on a carpeted floor. For a couple hours afterward, the screen acted funny, swapping involuntarily between normal resolution and a low-res mode in which all the colors were washed out. I did a factory reset and it didn't fix the problem. But after turning it off overnight, it eventually stopped doing it and went back to normal. Nevertheless, the incident deepened my concerns over how durable these early foldable screens are going to be.

Motorola Razr Foldable Flip phone — The durability of the hinge on the Moto Razr will be among the most important things to watch.
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3. The Razr is missing high-end features

While the 6.2-inch screen of the Moto Razr is almost as long as the Galaxy Note 10 Plus (with its 6.8-inch display), it's not nearly as wide. As a result, the on-screen keyboard feels far more cramped than those spacious keys on the Note 10 Plus. So while the Razr has the length of a phablet, its usability feels more like a standard smartphone than a high-end premium model. That extends to a lot of other features as well, which means you're paying a high-end price ($1,500) for the folding action, but you're not getting the latest and greatest smartphone features to go with it.

The Razr has one standard 16-megapixel camera on the back, for example, while the latest Apple and Samsung flagship phones have three-camera arrays that add zoom and ultrawide-angle cameras. The Razr has a 2,510-mAh battery, compared to the iPhone 11 Pro Max's 3,969-mAh and the Note 10 Plus' 4,300-mAh batteries. The Razr has a 15-watt fast charger, while the Note 10 Plus comes with a 25-watt charger and can charge even faster with a special 45-watt unit. The iPhone 11 Pro Max comes with an 18-watt fast charger in the box. Both the Samsung and Apple flagship devices support wireless charging, while the Moto Razr does not. Both flagships also feature face unlock, which the Razr doesn't offer. The Razr also comes with a much less powerful processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 710) than the Samsung and Apple flagships. And it will not include 5G, which is expected to be featured prominently in Samsung and Apple flagship phones during 2020.

4. The Galaxy Z Flip will be a powerful competitor

At its annual Unpacked event next week, Samsung is widely expected to launch a device called the Galaxy Z Flip that will reportedly be very similar to the Moto Razr. Samsung has been experimenting with folding screens for years, so it's not surprising that it would follow the vertically folding Galaxy Fold with a horizontally folding clamshell phone. While Motorola has gotten inspiration and support from its parent company Lenovo -- which features folding hinges in its popular Yoga laptop line -- it doesn't have the deep expertise in making screens that Samsung has.

The Galaxy Z Flip is likely to be around the same price as the Razr -- although some reports have suggested it could be under $1,000. However, Samsung's clamshell device is rumored to include more high-end features than the Razr, such as a 6.7-inch screen, an additional ultrawide camera, wireless charging, a 3,300-mAh battery, a Snapdragon 855 Plus processor and a more dust-proof hinge. Since it's less than a week before Samsung is expected to announce the details of the Galaxy Z Flip at its Feb. 11 Unpacked event, we have to recommend anyone who's thinking about buying the Moto Razr to wait until we all learn the final details of what Samsung is planning.

This article was originally published earlier this week and has been updated.

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2020-02-06 19:00:00Z
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Galaxy Z Flip Joker & Harley Quinn edition already available for pre-order - SamMobile

We’re just days away from Samsung’s February 11 Unpacked event in San Francisco where the company will unveil the Galaxy S20 lineup and the Galaxy Z Flip. There’s a lot of excitement for its new foldable smartphone and there have been significant leaks recently which have given us a pretty good look at the device.

Since clearly secrecy is not a priority for the Galaxy Z Flip, we’re now seeing a lot more of the device. This Galaxy Z Flip Joker & Harley Quinn edition, though, isn’t something that we’ll be seeing at Unpacked.

Caviar shows off the Galaxy Z Flip Joker & Harley Quinn edition

That’s because this isn’t some promotional tie-up between Samsung and DC Comics. The Galaxy Z Flip Joker & Harley Quinn edition is a third-party creation. It’s made by Caviar, a Russian boutique firm known for its ostentatious treatment of mobile devices. One such example is its $58,000 Galaxy Note 9 Fine Gold Edition which had a back panel that contained an actual one kilogram of pure gold.

Leveraging the Galaxy Z Flip’s clamshell form factor, Caviar has adorned it with a gold-plated back with colorful images of both the Joker and Harley Quinn. There’s embossed engraving all around in the form of card suits. Caviar will only be selling 54 units of this $5,210 Galaxy Z Flip, a nod to the number of playing cards in a conventional joker deck. It’s accepting pre-orders already through its website.

Caviar has rather smartly listed their limited edition device just a day before Birds of Prey (new Harley Quinn movie) opens in cinemas across the globe, apparently, it doesn’t really matter to the company that the underlying device itself has still not been officially announced by Samsung.

Raise your hand if you want to buy this personification of having more money than you know what to do with. No one? Okay.

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2020-02-06 16:29:37Z
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Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Vivo working on a Play Store alternative for Android - 9to5Google

In the midst of its struggles with a ban from the US government, Huawei has been working on alternatives to the Play Store. Now, a report from Reuters is shedding light on plans from Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo to create a Play Store competitor of sorts.

As it stands today, the Google Play Store can’t be used in China along with other Google applications and services. This has left Android devices sold in China without the Play Store, using APKs and other methods of distribution such as proprietary app stores to allow users to install applications.

Reuters reports that four Android giants in China – Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo – are preparing a competitor for the Google Play Store. However, this wouldn’t take the form of a single store, but would rather be a developer platform that strengthens the respective app stores of all four brands.

Apparently, this new platform would allow Android developers to upload their apps once and have them published in all four app stores. The Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA) will apparently launch in March – though could be delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak – and would also support music, movies, and games.

Once launched, this platform would apparently cover 9 different countries including China, India, Indonesia, and Russia. Nicole Peng, the VP of Mobility at Canalys, said the following regarding this new platform:

By forming this alliance each company will be looking to leverage the others’ advantages in different regions, with Xiaomi’s strong user base in India, Vivo and Oppo in Southeast Asia, and Huawei in Europe. Secondly, it’s to start to build some more negotiation power against Google.

The execution is difficult as its hard to say which company is pulling more weight and investing more in it. We haven’t seen the alliance model work well in the past.

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2020-02-06 16:02:00Z
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Kamis, 06 Februari 2020

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Heavy Ad Intervention

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1. The Razr is an early peek at the future

2. The Razr's screen durability is a huge question mark

3. The Razr is missing high-end features

4. The Galaxy Z Flip will be a powerful competitor

Caviar shows off the Galaxy Z Flip Joker & Harley Quinn edition

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