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1 month ago | 
makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
You move your phone ten inches, and your download speed halves. If you've ever used a hotspot indoors, you've experienced this: phone reception is tricky inside. The reception bars in your status bar are vague. Four bars doesn’t distinguish 75% from 100% signal strength. You need real numbers to find your sweet spot. Field Test Mode on iPhone On an iPhone, you can access a hidden diagnostic feature called Field Test Mode. It isn’t in any menu; it's a secret iPhone code.
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1 month ago | 
makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
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makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
The Invisible Enemy: Grease Real cameras come with lens caps and protective covers. You stash them in padded bags, and they stay covered until you’re ready to shoot. Smartphones, by contrast, are our Swiss Army knives: we make calls, doom-scroll Instagram over greasy cheeseburgers, then stow them in pockets and backpacks alongside coins, keys, and lint. We do everything with them, except keep the camera lens free of gunk.
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1 month ago | 
makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
After a long wait, NotebookLM finally has a mobile app. It was originally set to launch on May 20th, but Google decided to drop it a day early. You can grab it and start using it right now. NotebookLM's Mobile App Arrives Early NotebookLM’s mobile app was supposed to land on May 20th, but Google pushed the button early, at least for Android users. You can head to the Play Store and grab it right now, without waiting for the official launch date.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
Panoramas lost their spark, but I never stopped using them. Turn your phone the “wrong” way and see scenes the way nobody else does. It’s fiddly, but when it works, even a plain ceiling feels like art. The Rise and Fall of Panoramas Panoramas were technology when they first came out. Suddenly, every phone and camera included the function. You didn’t have to take a dozen photos and stitch them together later and worry about overlap or accidentally moving the camera the wrong way.
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1 month ago | 
makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
Panoramas lost their spark, but I never stopped using them. Turn your phone the “wrong” way and see scenes the way nobody else does. It’s fiddly, but when it works, even a plain ceiling feels like art. The Rise and Fall of Panoramas Panoramas were technology when they first came out. Suddenly, every phone and camera included the function. You didn’t have to take a dozen photos and stitch them together later and worry about overlap or accidentally moving the camera the wrong way.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
This is my second time writing this article, because my cat knocked a glass off the table and made me lose all my work. Why? Because I was using The Most Dangerous Writing App. A Blank Canvas With Fangs The Most Dangerous Writing App is the brainchild of software engineer Manuel Ebert. According to legend, he dreamed up the concept and built it in a single night over two glasses of wine. The end result is an app that’s true to its purpose. Simple, efficient, and … brutal. Let me explain.
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1 month ago | 
makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
This is my second time writing this article, because my cat knocked a glass off the table and made me lose all my work. Why? Because I was using The Most Dangerous Writing app. The Most Dangerous Writing App is the brainchild of software engineer Manuel Ebert. According to legend, he dreamed up the concept and built it in a single night over two glasses of wine. The end result is an app that's true to its purpose. Simple, efficient, and ... brutal. Let me explain.
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1 month ago | 
makeuseof.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
ChatGPT, our beloved AI assistant. It’s gotten so good that, to the untrained eye, it’s almost impossible to tell whether a piece of writing came from a person or a machine. However, as polished as it seems on the surface, ChatGPT and other LLMs still leave fingerprints. 5 Buzzwords You’ll notice these pop up all the time in AI writing. And it’s not surprising: ChatGPT was trained on the internet, and the internet is absolutely coated in copywritten content.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Amir M. Bohlooli
Educators seek to combat AI challenges in the classroomEducators are reaching into their toolbox in an effort to adapt their instruction to a world where students can use ChatGPT to pull out a five-page …
