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Google’s new Voice Access app lets you use Android hands-free

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 7:46 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Google has a new free Android app that lets you get around your phone, tap buttons, and type across the interface and all your apps using just your voice. It’s called Voice Access, and it works similar to how you use voice commands with Google Assistant. The company says it was designed to help people with debilitating diseases like Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis, but it should come in handy for folks who are multitasking or simply have their hands full. Once you’ve got it set up, you can launch apps, scroll up and down, and tap on things without lifting…

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Report: Netflix is the internet’s top bandwidth hog

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 7:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, world


If you’re a Netflix subscriber, chances are that you are contributing to 15 percent of the downlink traffic of the internet. A report by Sandvine – a network equipment company – suggests that the streaming service is the biggest contributor to the volume of downstream traffic worldwide. Netflix, which added almost 27 million subscribers in the past year, leads the front in video streaming services as well, with a global market share of 26.58 percent. The report says that video streaming is the top traffic contributor of the internet followed by web browsing and gaming. Interestingly, file sharing website Openload (which…

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Instagram is down for many users

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 7:25 am
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Instagram seems to be down for a lot of users worldwide. Its website and app both are inaccessible at the momentum. Several of my colleagues at TNW across countries were unable to access Instagram on desktop and mobile. And as usual, people are flocking Twitter to complain about Instagram (and life).  There is no word yet on what is causing Instagram to be available.   is instagram down or is it just me — spook(a)y 👻 (@tfkaylg) October 3, 2018 Instagram is down — Uldouz (@Uldouz) October 3, 2018 When Instagram is down and every one flocks to Twitter. #instagramdown…

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