AdWords Express is an express version of AdWords that lets you set up and track ad campaigns from a mobile phone without spending too much time. It’s not one of Google’s core apps, so it’s only now getting material design. Still, that’s plenty reason to give version 2.0 a look. You know, a brief one, right before getting back to work.

The changelog shows that there’s a little bit more to this release than a new appearance.

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AdWords Express Android App Goes Material In Version 2.0 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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If you’re already excited about the second-generation Google Glass, it may be time to tone it down a little. A new report claims the upcoming “Enterprise Edition” won’t be available to general consumers, but exclusively to those certified as Glass for Work partners. The original Google Glass wasn’t easy to obtain for consumers. You initially needed

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If you haven’t heard of the popular browser-based multiplayer game called Agar.io then you’ve been missing out. In the game, you are a cell that splits and absorbs other smaller cells to grow larger and you compete against players around the globe to become the biggest cell of them all.

“Play online with players around the world as you try to become the biggest cell of them all! Control your tiny cell and eat other players to grow larger! But watch out: players bigger than you will be trying to make you their lunch. Survive and eat long enough to become the biggest cell in the game!“

The game is incredibly addictive and a great time-killer, and because it’s in your browser can be played anywhere. Now, the addictive game just got even more addictive and accessible since it just got an Android companion app.

“With new controls developed especially for touchscreens, agar.io offers the same addictive gameplay that millions have already enjoyed on PC. Play online in free-for-all action and use splitting, shrinking and dodging tactics to catch other players – or avoid them! Use a variety of special secret skins with the right username!“

You can download Agar.io right now using the link below.

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Recently, there’s been a flurry of discussion about Google surreptitiously backing your photos up to the cloud without your knowledge, eating through mobile data plans and causing some users to incur overage charges.

So, are these assertions true?

Sort of… But it’s not so much nefarious as it is poor design choice.

What’s going on?

Well, those astute users of Android will notice that if they open the Google Photos app and go to Settings, there will be a number of options, one of which is “Back up & sync.”

“Settings” from within Google Photos app

“Google Photos Backup” from within Google Settings app

If you click on that option, an app transition occurs—you are taken from the “Settings” page in the Google Photos app to the “Google Photos Backup” page in the Google Settings app.

Notably, Google Photos Backup is a part of Google Settings; it has nothing, at all, to do with the actual Google Photos app.

…What?

Yes, Google Photos Backup is actually part of Google Play services, not the Google Photos app. The much-advertised cloud backup feature of Google Photos is actually separate from Google Photos, itself. That means that you can take advantage of Google’s Photo Backup feature without the Google Photos app actually being installed, and all your photos will still show up on photos.google.com. Conversely, you can turn off the Google Photos Backup feature within the Google Settings app (also accessible, as mentioned above, from within the Google Photos app) whilst still taking advantage of the offline functionality of the Google Photos app.

I think I get it…

So for a quick experiment, I took a few pictures with the following settings:

1. Google Photos uninstalled & Google Photos Backup ON
2. Google Photos uninstalled & Google Photos Backup OFF
3. Google Photos installed & Google Photos Backup OFF

I started with both the Google Photos app installed and the Google Photos Backup feature turned on. I uninstalled Google Photos, and I took a picture. The picture uploaded; I could see it on photos.google.com.

Then I went to the Google Settings app, clicked on the Google Photos Backup item, and turned off photo backups. Google warned me:

Any photos & videos taken while Auto Backup is turned off will be backed up if and when you turn it back on.

I took a picture. That picture did not upload.

Then, I re-installed Google Photos, ran through the first-run tutorials (making sure I didn’t accidentally enable any “Auto Backup” features), and I took another picture. It also did not upload.

Finally, I went to the Google Settings app and turned the Google Photos Backup option to ON. Instantly, both pictures that I took with Photo Backup turned OFF—with and without Google Photos installed—now uploaded.

Conclusions

So, Google hasn’t done a very good job explaining the Google Photos Backup feature to end-users. If you don’t want your photos to automatically backup to Google’s cloud, you need to go to your Google Settings app and disable the Google Photo Backup feature. The actual Google Photos app has nothing to do with it—in fact, you can keep it installed if you like its functionality. And if you ever turn Google Photos Backup to ON in the future, all of your photos—including ones you took prior—will be uploaded to Google’s cloud storage.

Oh, and by the way, toggling the Photo Backup feature on/off will reset your settings for “Upload size” (it defaults to Original instead of High quality). So if you want to take advantage of Google Photo’s unlimited cloud storage (the service, not the app), don’t forget to re-pick the “High quality” setting.

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If you haven’t heard of the popular browser-based multiplayer game called Agar.io then you’ve been missing out. In the game, you are a cell that splits and absorbs other smaller cells to grow larger and you compete against players around the globe to become the biggest cell of them all.

The game is incredibly addictive and a great time-killer, and because it’s in your browser can be played anywhere. Now, the addictive game just got even more addictive and accessible since it just got an Android companion app.

“Play online with players around the world as you try to become the biggest cell of them all! Control your tiny cell and eat other players to grow larger! But watch out: players bigger than you will be trying to make you their lunch. Survive and eat long enough to become the biggest cell in the game! With new controls developed especially for touchscreens, agar.io offers the same addictive gameplay that millions have already enjoyed on PC. Play online in free-for-all action and use splitting, shrinking and dodging tactics to catch other players – or avoid them! Use a variety of special secret skins with the right username!“

You can download Agar.io right now using the link below.

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After the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge on Sprint both received updates to Android 5.1 back towards the end of June, it’s now time for the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge to follow suit. The update — software version N915PVPU4COFE — should be hitting devices starting today and brings the Note Edge all the way up to Android 5.1.

There’s a few new features Samsung introduced in 5.1, so be on the lookout for some of those. Oh, and if for some reason your Quick Settings toggles disappear, you’ll need this official Samsung app to bring them back.

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Although some variants of the Galaxy Note Edge have just recently received the update to Android 5.0 Lollipop, Samsung’s curved screen phablet on Sprint’s network is now one big update ahead of the pack. Sprint has just started rolling out the Android 5.1 Lollipop update to the Galaxy Note Edge, which will bring the device’s software version up to N915PVPU4COFE.

Along with various bug fixes and software enhancements on Sprint’s side of things, this update brings a few user interface changes, factory reset protection, as well as a ton of performance improvements. Be sure to check out our “What’s new in Android 5.1 Lollipop” post for more details. Unfortunately Sprint’s changelog for this update isn’t very helpful, so we’re not entirely sure what changes are present in this new software version.

Android 5.1 may take a few days to make its way to your Note Edge, as is the case with most other software updates. If you’d like to check for the update manually, head to Settings>About device, then choose the “check for updates” button. And once you receive the update, be sure to let us know how you like it!

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[Dave Jones] over at EEVblog got his hands on a small safe with an electronic lock and decided to try his hand at safe cracking. But rather than breaking out the thermal drill or shaped charge, he hooked up his Rigol scope and attempted a safe cracking via signal analysis (YouTube link).

We have to say that safes Down Under seem much stouter than most of the inexpensive lock boxes we’ve seen in the US, at least in terms of the quality (and quantity) of the steel in the body of the safe. Even though [Dave] was looking for a way in through the electronics, he still needed to deal with all that steel to get himself out of a face-palm moment that resulted in a lockout. Once that was out of the way, he proceeded to capture usable signals from the internal microcontroller using the only two available contacts – the 9 volt battery connections. While he did get signals, he couldn’t find any signatures that would help determine the six digits in the PIN, and as he points out, even if he did, brute-forcing through the one million permutations to find the right code would take too long, given the wrong-code lockout feature of the lock.

Even though he failed to hack into this particular safe, there’s still plenty to be learned from his methods. And who’s to say that other similar locks aren’t a little more chatty about their internals? Maybe you could even manage to EMP your way past the lock.

Filed under: lockpicking hacks

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It’s been a while since Papyrus was updated. Actually, it’s been a long while like more than three years ago since we last featured this note-taking app from Steadfast Innovation. There may have been minor updates in between but the most recent one is the biggest so far because Material Design elements are now included. The Papyrus 2.0 now features what Material Design is all about and this is something users of the app will love.

The new look and feel of the app are very noticeable but what’s more impressive is the enhanced note-taking process that lets you “handwrite” text on a digital form. The app includes an interactive tutorial that will teach you to find and use the new features. With this update, you can also now import images and PDFs from an SD card directly. You can also export notes to the devices and move notes between notebooks. When it comes to navigation, you’ll see in the navigation drawer the “new notebook” and the notebook list actions. Backups can be created or restored on an SD card or straight to the device.

When it comes to PDF viewing, you can set privacy so only the thumbnail will show. You can also set password for security. The app won’t show the PDF unless intended or unlocked by the owner. Note thumbnails can show one’s previous position and page. You can now scrolling through them now boasts of an improved responsiveness. Or if you want to use a pen, you can go to the Active pen setting to choose ‘Input methods’.

The app has been downloaded almost 2.5 million times from different mobile app sources like the Amazon Appstore, Samsung GALAXY Apps, and Google Play. App is free to download but you can expect in-app items to be offered like Cloud Backup , Tool Pack, and PDF Import.

Thanks Amy!

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