To celebrate its 60th anniversary of operation in Canada, fast food chain KFC is introducing a very unique, limited edition chicken bucket. Not only does this bucket provide all of your fried chicken-holding needs, but it’s also able to wirelessly print photos from your smartphone via Bluetooth. According to the image on this new “Memories Bucket”, all you need to do to print your photos is “Snap. Select. Send. Share.”
Unfortunately for those in need of a new Bluetooth photo printer, you won’t be able to pick up your own Memories Bucket at your local KFC.
Update, January 13, 2020 (12:30 PM ET): In the middle of last year, we learned that Google had a new plan to replace Android Beam with a new system called Fast Share. However, according to a new report from XDA Developers, Google has changed its mind on the name and rebranded it to Nearby Sharing.
The new name was spotted in the latest update to Google Play Services.
Regardless of the name, Nearby Sharing will compete directly with Apple’s incredibly popular AirDrop feature, which allows iPhone users to send files to other nearby iPhones very easily.
Samsung’s Gear S3 was an incredibly popular smartwatch (at least among Android Authority readers), so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company is launching yet another entry into the smartwatch space. Alongside the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung unveiled its latest smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch.
One of the first things you should know about the Samsung Galaxy Watch, despite rumors claiming otherwise, is that it’s powered by Samsung’s own Tizen OS — just like the Gear S2 and Gear S3 before it.
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Sony has teamed up with Chinese smartphone company Meizu. The partnership will see several Meizu apps and services being available on the Xperia 1 III. This is ostensibly limited to China only for now. China seems to be a tough market to crack if you’re a non-Chinese smartphone brand. Sony is indeed one of these companies, but it looks like the Xperia maker has a rather interesting plan up its sleeve.
The Samsung Galaxy S9 launched earlier this year, as you likely know. It might come as a surprise then, that Best Buy just discounted the Sprint version of Samsung’s early 2018 flagship to just $9 per month. That brings the total at the end of 24 months to just $216, a savings of $576.
There appear to be very few strings attached to this deal. The $576 savings are distributed as $24-per-month bill credit, with the bill credits ending when you pay off the phone balance.
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Google is rolling out a new beta app program for Android Auto. It’s available to users in select countries where Android Auto is established. Beta programs benefit users and developers alike. While fans get to test drive features before mass release, developers can gain important information on bugs and issues. Today, Google is opening up a new beta app program to the public.
It’s not a new idea. Many features have been written on the subject of stagnation in the smartphone market — plenty from this website alone. Photos are getting sharper, displays are getting brighter, and batteries are charging faster. But if you look at what’s changed from 2013’s handsets (like the Samsung Galaxy S4) and today’s phones, we know, we can feel, that it’s all incremental at best. So why are we having the discussion again?
There are more ways than one to share your screen on Zoom, such as sharing a select portion of your screen, sharing an interactive whiteboard, or setting a Slides or Powerpoint presentation as your virtual background. Here’s how to show others what you’re working on by sharing your screen on Zoom.
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To share your screen on Zoon, click the green Share Screen button at the bottom of the meeting window and select your preferred sharing option.
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Verizon is giving away free copies of the Marvel’s Avengers game to Up Rewards members. You’ll have to be one of the first 5,000 claimants to get a copy. It’s available to both wireless and Fios customers. If you want to see how Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix handle a superhero game, you might not have to pay a thing — if you’re the right kind of Verizon customer, that is.
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Bitcoins are the currency of the internet. They’ve been around since 2009. Although they hold value and you can spend them on all sorts of things, they are different than the paper money and coins you have in your wallet in a lot of ways. But what are Bitcoins?
How are Bitcoins created? how is their value determined?