Android Nougat’s “Seamless Updates”, Explained

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Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The Dwarf Planet Ceres Has a 13,000-Foot Ice Volcano Cryovolcanism has been lifting Ahuna Mons to tower over the little dwarf planet. [Popular Science] Welcome to Uberville Uber wants to take over public transit, one small town at a time [The Verge] Create Your Own Stranger Things Score With This Dieter Rams Inspired Web Toy It's as fun as it sounds. [Wired] Android Nougat's "Seamless Updates", Explained In all generations of Android devices—up to an including Marshmallow—operating system updates have essentially worked the same way: the update is downloaded, the phone reboots, and the update is applied. During this time, the phone is rendered useless, at least until the update has been fully installed. With Nougat's new "Seamless Updates," this model is a thing of the past. Read This Article → How to Cast Your Windows or Android Display to a Windows 10 PC Windows 10’s Anniversary Update brings an interesting new feature: Any PC can now function as a wireless receiver for Miracast, allowing you to view the display from another Windows PC, an Android smartphone or tablet, or a Windows phone. Read This Article → How to Enable Android Nougat’s Direct Boot for Less Annoying Encryption If you've ever missed an alarm because your phone unexpectedly rebooted in the middle of the night and wouldn't start up until the correct PIN, pattern, or password was entered, Andorid Nougat’s new Direct Boot is the answer. Read This Article → How to Stop YouTube from Automatically Playing Videos on iOS, Android, and the Web Over at YouTube, they love it when you watch more YouTube. If you’re sick of YouTube automatically queuing up more videos for you, however, it’s easy enough to turn the autoplay feature off and go back to watching your videos at your own pace. Read This Article → How to Add Another Google Account to Your Android Device In order to set up an Android device, you have to sign in with a Google account. But you can also add more than one Google account, like a work or second personal account. Read This Article → How to Boost Performance on Your Older iPhone or iPad Every year, Apple comes out with new iPhones and iPads and a new version of iOS. While it’s a good idea to stay current on software, few can afford to buy new hardware every year, or even every few years. If your iPhone or iPad is showing its age, try these tricks to squeeze out a bit more performance. Read This Article → How to Convert PDF Files and Images into Google Docs Documents You probably know you can create and edit documents with Google Docs, but you can edit more than just .doc files. Google Drive can also convert PDF files and images of text to editable files through Google Docs. Here’s how. Read This Article → How to Enable Android Nougat’s Cat-Collecting Easter Egg One of the more fun parts of getting a new version of Android is discovering the hidden Easter Egg that's tucked way within the "About" menu. Over the years, we've seen them get more and more whimsical, with Nougat's Easter Egg possibly being the most bizarre (and interesting!) one yet: collecting cats. Read This Article → How to Sell Your Old Gadgets on Craigslist Chances are, you have some old gadgets lying around your house you no longer use. Why not get some money for them? Craigslist is one of the best places to sell your unused junk, and you can pretty much list anything you want on there. When it comes to selling your gadgets for the best price possible, though, there are a few things to keep in mind. Read This Article → Advertisement Download the Essentials of Information Security Kit: Includes a Free PC Security Handbook - 2nd Edition eBook The Essentials of Information Security brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your Information Security related decisions. Click here to download