Sentences with phrase «fewer apps on our smartphones»

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On the issue of how to support Canadian content when fewer Canadians are purchasing cable TV subscriptions, the government tested four options to raise new money for Canadian content: making telecom companies divert some smartphone and Internet revenue; requiring «foreign companies like Netflix and iTunes» to devote a portion of revenues; giving consumers the option of making a voluntary $ 2 contribution on their telecom or Netflix bill; or making telecom companies add an app to every smartphone sold in Canada that would provide access to Canadian music, TV and film for between $ 5 and $ 15 a month or a flat charge of $ 3 on the sale of all smartphoneOn the issue of how to support Canadian content when fewer Canadians are purchasing cable TV subscriptions, the government tested four options to raise new money for Canadian content: making telecom companies divert some smartphone and Internet revenue; requiring «foreign companies like Netflix and iTunes» to devote a portion of revenues; giving consumers the option of making a voluntary $ 2 contribution on their telecom or Netflix bill; or making telecom companies add an app to every smartphone sold in Canada that would provide access to Canadian music, TV and film for between $ 5 and $ 15 a month or a flat charge of $ 3 on the sale of all smartphoneon their telecom or Netflix bill; or making telecom companies add an app to every smartphone sold in Canada that would provide access to Canadian music, TV and film for between $ 5 and $ 15 a month or a flat charge of $ 3 on the sale of all smartphoneon the sale of all smartphones.

Despite all the apps most users typically have installed on their smartphones, only a few of them actually see heavy use.

For the past few years, millions of people have been using location - aware smartphone apps to daub comments, ratings, images and videos on top of places, objects and, to a certain extent, even themselves.

When I got home, I spoke a few words into the FitClick: Talk - to - Track app on my smartphone and was surprised to learn that I had just consumed more than 800 calories!

OkCupid, Plenty of Fish and a few other online dating sites have smartphone apps related to their services so you can speed up the process and take it on the go more easily.

Mature Singles Dating (Australia) is an over 50s dating site that offers Australian We aim to review all profiles, photos and diary submissions within 30 minutes.22 Sep 2013 A new crop of dating apps promise to help you find love with a few taps on your smartphone.

Our test route was a freeway up and back, a few roundabouts, a few wrong turns and some anxious moments ducking and diving on the streets of Dubai as our Chinese navigator tried to sort out her smartphone's navigation app and remember her left from right — not always successfully.

After a few more attempts, I was getting a bit frustrated, so I fired up the ChargePoint app on my smartphone and searched for all of the charging stations in Oakland only to find that almost every single one was reporting as occupied.

The Electric Drive model is based on Prime spec, with a few bespoke features including the ability to pre-cool or pre-heat the car via a smartphone app.

Besides the car's built - in data connection, which powers destination search and a few other features, the M4 includes BMW Connected Drive, integrating a number of online services through the BMW Connected app running on a connected smartphone.

This has dramatically changed in the last few years as more people are using the Overdrive Media Console app on their tablets and smartphones.

Barnes & Noble's Nook Store for apps offers fewer apps than the Kindle Fire's Amazon Appstore for Android, but I had a much harder time finding apps that felt like stretched out smartphone apps on the Nook — that's a plus in my opinion.

After a few months of travelling around New Zealand, I have come to rely on a number of apps on my smartphone to help guide us to a campsite, find a new adventure or get a great deal.

Best TravelSkills comment this week: Regarding our post on how few of us actually USE all those travel apps we've downloaded onto our smartphones, MGS wrote: «Definitely one of those, «Seemed like a good idea at the time.»

I have never tried to do any kind of legal research or legal writing on my Droid smartphone, and I suspect that there are relatively few smartphone apps that are truly helpful to the average lawyer or law student.

Most of these apps still rely on a partner app on your smartphone, but a few offer stand - alone functionality.

Microsoft has rolled out the Edge browser as a free download to iPads and Android tablets, a few months after launching the app on iPhones and Android smartphones.

That is truly is, coming with fewer Android apps than I've ever seen on a smartphone before — just those required by Google, and a custom camera app.

Simply download this app on your Android smartphone and follow a few on - screen instructions; you can set up auto reply for texts and calls also.

Android apps available on your Android smartphone will also be supported on the Pixelbook, which makes the Chromebook a lot more useful, as it'll have many more apps to choose from than the relatively fewer apps specifically designed for Chromebooks.

The test spans a few popular photo categories, but we'll start first with the camera apps on these smartphones first.

The process of adding and removing voice match on Google Home is pretty simple; you have to take a few easy steps on your Google Home app on smartphone or tablet.

Few people realize you can access Alexa functionality on a smartphone through the Amazon shopping app and the interface is challenging.

While consumers are sure to love the new smartphones, Samsung's changes bring suspicion about the company's unique identity in the face of a number of Android smartphones that all provide Google's Android software (with a few, anemic apps as small add - ons).

Located under the smartphone's rear camera, the S5's sensor usually displayed my heart rate on the S Health app just a few seconds after I placed my pointer finger on the sensor.

iPhone 8 and Plus version is new in the market and you will see the effects in the games and apps after few months of the official distribution or when the smartphone goes on sale.

Both come with individual apps that allow you to customize a wide array of settings, including variable brightnesses that accommodate to the specific time of day, scheduling that turns the bulbs on a few minutes before you wake up, and even the option to track your smartphone's location so the lights will automatically shut off if they detect you've left the house altogether.

While we still find quite a few apps that doesn't support 18:9 aspect ratio, the developers might take a couple of years to get used to the usual aspect ratios on foldable smartphones.

The latter is what makes Tizen a poor option right now, and even though there are quite a few apps in the Tizen Store, most of them are simple ones that are better suited on a feature phone than a smartphone.

Gone are the days of having notifications from a select few apps as this update will allow you to toggle notifications on and off for any of the apps you have installed on your smartphone.

On top of these features, the update also purportedly wipes out a few of the pre-installed apps on these smartphones, such as Asus Calendar, Asus Messenger and Asus EmaiOn top of these features, the update also purportedly wipes out a few of the pre-installed apps on these smartphones, such as Asus Calendar, Asus Messenger and Asus Emaion these smartphones, such as Asus Calendar, Asus Messenger and Asus Email.

The smartphone runs Windows Phone 8.1, the latest version and it doesn't have the huge bloatware that we recently saw on the Lumia 535 from Microsoft, though a few of those apps were essential and might be something a user might miss on the Win 400.

Since you haven't given yourself much time to compare rates across a few weeks in a given season, or keep tabs on prices with a smartphone app that delivers price alerts, you'll need to explore other ways to snag a great deal on that weekend getaway or last - minute retreat.