Google's My Ad Center lets you customize your ad experience

My Ad Center was revealed at Google I/O 2022 earlier today. It will roll out later this year, and give users a more customized ad experience on Google Search. Google is giving customers more power to request the removal of more personal search data. At today’s Google I/O 2022 developer’s conference, the company announced new ways for users to customize the Search experience. One of these changes is an upcoming feature called My Ad Center.

HoneyGram: Browsing Instagram photos and making Instagram collages on Honeycomb or ICS

If you’ve ever browsed your social network news feeds, you’ll be familiar with Instagram. It’s the most popular image sharing service enjoyed by iOS users. Despite the exclusivity of this service, Android users now have a way to sneak a peek at the amazing pictures being shared through this service. Say hello to HoneyGram, an app with a multi-touch interface that allows you to browse and view images shared on Instagram.

How to separate your work space to stay productive

Building the perfect home office setup is not only a matter of choosing the best furniture and décor, but also supporting the perfect state of mind. It’s about separating your downtime from your work time, and creating a room that will induce a sense of productivity and efficiency. If you get this right, then stepping in and seeing your home office setup should immediately put you in a productive headspace. Once you leave, you should then go back to feeling calm and relaxed.

How to use the Android Keystore to store passwords and other sensitive information

A few months ago, Godfrey Nolan wrote an excellent article discussing how an Android app developer can store user passwords and sensitive/personal information. The Android keystore provides a secure system level credential storage. With the keystore, an app can create a new Private/Public key pair, and use this to encrypt application secrets before saving it in the private storage folders. In this article, we are going to show how to use the Android Keystore to create and delete keys, and how to use these keys to encrypt and decrypt user supplied text.

iPhone 12 Mini? Why isn't there a Samsung Galaxy S20e?

Fast forward to this past Tuesday. That was when we saw Apple launch the iPhone 12 series, which included the first-of-its-kind iPhone 12 Mini. During the launch, Apple summed up the phone succinctly: “With its compact size, the iPhone 12 Mini has the exact same features as iPhone 12. You’re just choosing between two great sizes.” I’m sure many people watching that live stream were already taking out their wallets when Kaiann Drance finished that second sentence.

It's 2022, phones should be built to last five years or more

Robert Triggs / Android Authority If you’ve bought a new smartphone recently, hopefully, you’re planning to keep it for a very long time. Modern hardware is more than good enough that it should last many years. Rather than specs falling out of date, a lack of updates or the need to repair a broken screen or battery is likely to be the barrier to realizing this long-term investment. That’s certainly the way the wind of consumer trends is blowing.

PlanetPron app for Android updated with Material Design (NSFW)

There’s really no beating around the bush about what PlanetPron is all about; it’s an app designed to look at adult pictures and videos, plain and simple, but the app is currently undergoing a big update, so it’s certainly worth highlighting. We first talked about this app in our best adult apps roundup, praising the app for being one of the best of its kind. That was mostly down to its content, however, not design.

Quantum Dot vs OLED, which is the better display?

Are we addicted to smartphones? Or is it not really that bad for most of us? OLED displays may well replace the traditional LCD as the go to panel in the future, but it is facing competition from new display technologies too. Quantum Dot panels are seen as particularly promising, so let’s take a look at the differences with OLED and if it has what it takes to produce superior quality displays.

Samsung unveils 18 new AR Emojis that are just as creepy as the first 18

TL;DR Samsung just released 18 new AR Emoji expressions to go with the original 18. The company promises to release 18 more “in the coming months.” To get the new AR Emojis, you’ll need to update your camera app. Eventually, Samsung will triple its AR Emoji offerings with an additional 18 stickers. That new batch is slated to launch “in the coming months.” You can see some examples of the new AR Emojis in the GIF below:

Shows like Bridgerton to watch after season 2

Netflix‘s Bridgerton has been a massive social phenomenon since premiering Christmas 2020. Its recent second season raced to the top of the streamer’s rankings too. It’s been watched across North America by huge numbers of people and discussed at length on social media and in the press. Now that season two is available, what other shows like Bridgerton are worth checking out? See also: Everything you need to know about Bridgerton season 2