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  • Smart TVs from LG Electronics will soon have NFTs

    Smart TVs from LG Electronics will soon have NFTs

    Today, LG announced that it has released LG Art Lab, its “very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform.” In a news release, the company talked about how the NFT platform gives people who have smart TVs at home a simple, all-in-one way to watch and trade NFTs. “The platform is now available in the United States only to those with LG TVs running webOS 5.0 or later and is accessible directly from the home screen,” LG said. “The platform is now available only to those with LG TVs in the United States.”

    Hashgraph is a blockchain alternative utilised on the LG Art Lab platform. LG says that the “most used, sustainable, enterprise public ledger for the decentralized economy” is the “hashgraph.” Users can buy, sell, and trade NFTs, and these transactions may be viewed on the smart TVs produced by the brand.

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    What blockchain are they using?

    The blockchain being utilised is called Hedera, and LG is a member of the Governing Council for Hedera. After users have completed the most current software update, they can work with the platform. TechCrunch said in a report that the partnership between Hedera and LG Electronics started in 2020 when LG joined the governing council of Hedera. Google, IBM, Deutsche Telekom, the Indian Institute of Technology, and several other groups are also on this council.

    How will LG Art Lab and NFTs work?

    LG is working to make it easier for customers to access NFTs.
    Everyone who has an LG TV that supports WebOS 5.0 or higher will be able to gain access to new digital artwork thanks to LG’s Art Lab, which will simplify the process of purchasing and selling NFT collectibles. It will use Wallypto, LG’s mobile cryptocurrency wallet, and NFTs can be bought by scanning a QR code. Then, they can be sold on the LG Art Lab Marketplace. Accessibility is a crucial aspect of LG’s strategy.

    The platform also gives users detailed descriptions of the artwork and short films that show how their favourite NFTs were made by the artists who made them. This is done so that users can learn more about the people who made their favorite NFTs and how they came up with them. Users will be able to follow each artist and learn more about them through the profile section of the app, and they will also have the opportunity to meet some of the artists at upcoming art events supported by LG.

    When will it be available?

    The first NFT collection was created by artist Barry X Ball, known for reinterpreting classical and modernist sculptures using the most recent advancements in 3D scanning and printing technology. It will be available on September 22. Because it is so new, the platform does not yet have many features. Nonetheless, consumers can obtain one NFT by scanning the associated QR code with LG’s Wallypto app.

    In January of 2022, LG made the initial announcement that the firm would be working with digital art. With the launch of LG Art Lab, the company is now a key competitor to LG’s local tech rival Samsung in the market for selling NFTs through its televisions.

    About LG

    LG Electronics, Inc. is a multinational electronics corporation based in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a subsidiary of LG Corporation, South Korea’s fourth largest chaebol and the company’s crown jewel. There are four divisions within the company, all of which serve different markets: consumer electronics, wireless networking, HVAC systems, and auto parts. LG Display was the leading display manufacturer in the world by revenue in 2020, and LG Electronics purchased Zenith in 1995 to become its major shareholder. If you can’t find a citation, LG Electronics is the world’s largest producer of televisions, behind only Samsung Electronics. The firm operates in 128 locations and employs over 83,000 employees.

  • Google: Enterprise Application Can Benefit From Android 13

    Google: Enterprise Application Can Benefit From Android 13

    Google and Ericsson continue to show off the package on network slicing by introducing several network slices on a single device that support both consumer and enterprise applications, bringing the full spectrum of 5G advantages closer to consumers.

    Together, the ecosystem partners supported multiple slices on an Android 13 smartphone, supporting consumer and enterprise (work profile) applications on the Ericsson network infrastructure.

    Most people utilize several devices to do their job, and with Android 13, multitasking between laptops, tablets, and Chromebooks is now simpler than ever.

    Users may now stream messaging apps from an Android device directly to a Chromebook, allowing them to continue talking on the phone while seated and on a laptop. This includes Google Messages and many other messaging apps; you won’t need to drop your phone on the desk or look down frequently to hear it buzz or beep.

    It will be simpler to work between the two thanks to cross-device copy and paste, which makes it easy to copy a URL, a text excerpt, or an image from an Android phone and move it to a tablet or vice versa. Consequently, productivity is no longer hindered by form factor.

    Android 13 Release

    In August 2022, Android 13 was formally released by Google LLC, and the source code was made accessible to developers through the Android Open Source Project.

    The system is jam-packed with fresh functions and applications that the Android team at Google has been working on over the previous few months. They are focused on media options, more developer control, language settings, user privacy and security, and productivity.

    Google announced its intention to make Android 13 available on other smartphones during the launch, including Samsung Galaxy, Asus, Motorola, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Nokia phones, and more.

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    According to a blog post by Sameer Samat, vice president of Product at Android and Play, “Android 13 helps guarantee your devices feel unique to you on your terms.” It has a tonne of new features for your phone and tablet, like the ability to copy text and video from one Android device and paste it to another with just a click, expanding app colour theming to even more apps, and letting you define language preferences at the app level, and improved privacy controls.

    More Information On Android 13 Enterprise Boost

    Additionally, for the first time, communications service providers (CSP) will have more flexibility to offer customized goods and capabilities thanks to a slice for carrier-branded services.

    Network slicing has long been regarded as essential to maximizing the benefits a 5G network may offer CSPs and businesses. According to the GSMA, the enterprise network slicing industry alone is expected to reach $300 billion by 2025. Google and Ericsson have provided a means to bridge the gap between the three significant user groups by demonstrating that a single device can utilize numerous slices, which are employed in accordance with the on-device user-profiles and network policies specified at the CSP level.

    On Google Pixel 6 (Pro) devices running Android 13, the outcomes were attained in an environment for interoperability device testing (IODT). The ability for businesses to assign network slicing to applications through User Equipment Route Selection Policy (URSP) rules, which is the functionality that allows one Android device to connect to several network slices at once, is expanded in the latest release.

    A device’s consumer profile makes two additional types of slices available in addition to the standard mobile broadband (MBB) slice. Now, app developers can choose the connection category (latency or bandwidth) their app will require, and a suitable slice will be chosen whose properties are determined by the mobile network. According to the needs of the programme, either latency or bandwidth might be prioritized in this fashion.

    In addition to the network slicing capability provided by Android 12, Android 13 will additionally permit the device’s work profile to use up to five enterprise-defined slices. Carriers can set up their network so traffic from work profile apps can fall back to a pre-configured enterprise APN (Access Point Name) connection in cases where USRP rules are not available. This ensures that the device will always maintain a separate mobile data connection for enterprise-related traffic, even in cases where the network does not support URSP delivery.

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    Operation and Theme in Android 13

    The recently launched Android 13 expands upon Material You, a design element toolkit from Android 12 that simplifies display elements so they instantly adapt to the theme specified by the user. Now, whenever consumers change their displays, all developers need to do is add a monochromatic app icon, and it will adapt to meet the wallpaper or theme.

    Through the use of per-app languages, app developers can now support multilingual users more easily. The “official” language of the phone can be changed under Android’s system settings, but users can now instruct individual apps to localise to a certain language.

    Along with language changes, Android 13 also features improvements to the text, such as quicker hyphenation, which speeds up rendering by up to 200% and makes text simpler to read. In order to speed up searching and auto-completion when utilizing phonetic letters for languages like Japanese, Chinese, and others, the Text conversion programming interfaces have also been updated.

    Security and privacy in Android 13

    By providing consumers with a new method of accessing and sharing their media, the new release places a premium on privacy and security. To make it simpler for users to view photographs and videos with an app while preventing the programme from having full access to all media files on the device, the photo picker now extends Android’s document picker.

    As a result, the photo picker only grants access to the particular media assets that the user chooses to utilize with the programme. It is now available to users running Android 11 and higher with Google Play updates switched on.

    Android 13 adds “notification permissions” that now mandate that apps ask the user for permission before posting notifications in order to increase security. That is intended to make the user’s lock screen experience become less cluttered from the countless unwanted alerts that appear throughout the day.

    By extending the 12L upgrade, which enlarged the operating system for large screens, Android 13 was created for tablets. Users will find it much simpler to use across a variety of form factors, including tablets, foldable, and huge devices, thanks to increased computability and navigation optimized for large-screen layouts.

  • Algeria Telecom Deploys 5G-Ready IP Metro Network

    Algeria Telecom Deploys 5G-Ready IP Metro Network

    Algeria Telecom has partnered with NEC Corporation (a leading global IT and network transformation services provider) and Juniper Networks to build a modern, nationwide IP metro commercial network. The goal of these infrastructure improvements is to support the current demand for increased capacity, as well as future needs driven by 5G and FTTx (a generic term for any broadband network architecture that uses optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for last-mile telecommunications).

    NEC and Juniper have successfully delivered Algeria Telecom’s next-generation IP metro network while ensuring the quality of service which will ensure the best possible user experience.

    Algeria Telecom has formed a mid-term strategic plan to implement a transport network with a homogenized, optimized topology as well as automation capabilities that guarantee bandwidth and future-proofing of its infrastructure in a growing market.

     

    The 5G-Ready IP Metro Network.

    As the innovative foundation of the new platform, Algeria Telecom has selected high-performing, secure solutions from the Juniper Networks portfolio for SDN-ready, cloud-grade networking, and feature-rich, simple, and secure connectivity at scale, deployed as access nodes to create separate pre-aggregation, aggregation, and access domains for optimal reliability.

     

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    Elements of the Juniper Paragon Automation cloud-native solution suite, Paragon Pathfinder and Paragon Planner have been deployed, enabling Algeria Telecom to achieve deep visibility and simplified operations of its network and services. This paves the way for assured user experiences within complex 5G and multicloud services. All of the Juniper platforms run on a single operating system, Junos® OS, to create an easily-managed, simplified and open solution.

     

    NEC’s One-Stop Network Integrator.

    Leveraging on its extensive transport network integration and engineering capabilities NEC delivers best-in-class solutions that are well suited to Algeria Telecom’s requirements.

    NEC has ensured that the total project is a `One-Stop Network Integrator’, having capitalized on its professional services based on global and local experiences ranging from network analysis and consulting, to design, implementation, migration, and operation of high-capacity networks.

    In addition, NEC and Juniper’s solid partnership, built on a track record of delivering innovative networking to hundreds of customers across the globe, has enabled the tight coordination between the parties to achieve Algeria Telecom’s objective of providing a high-capacity innovative network to accommodate surging data traffic and a future of diversified 5G use cases.

     

    Algeria Telecom’s Statement.

    “The successful completion of the IP metro network modernization project by our partners, NEC Corporation and Juniper Networks, will allow us to make the migration to IPV6 and the initiation of digital transformation, as well as the implementation of high-speed internet, as we best satisfy the needs of Algeria Telecom customers,” said Mr. Adel Bentoumi, CEO of Algeria Telecom.

     

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    “The rapid growth of network traffic is a clear indication of the need for modernization and expansion of network capacity,” said Allahoum Hocine, Head of IP Core, Algeria Telecom. “NEC and Juniper have been extremely attentive to our needs, both technical and commercial, working as an extension of our team with their outstanding local engineering abilities, as well as their relentless efforts to assure the quality of experience and on-time delivery. Overall, the innovative solutions from Juniper to enable this automated metro cloud architecture have helped us achieve our strategic goals and thrive as we pave the way for 5G.”

     

    About Algeria Telecom

    Algeria Telecommunications Corporation (Arabic: إتصالات الجزائر, French: Algérie Télécom) is the state owned telecom operator in Algeria. It is a public company active in the fields of fix and mobile telephony, Internet, and satellite communications. Algérie Télécom was created on 5 August 2000.

     

    About Juniper Networks

    Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security, and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world’s greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability, and equality.

     

    About NEC Corporation

    NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness, and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.

  • Apple unveils watchOS 9 New Health Features

    Apple unveils watchOS 9 New Health Features

    Apple has released a major update to watchOS 9 during the WWDC 2022 keynote which includes new health features. Apple will introduce new apps such as AFib history, a workout app, a sleep tracking app, and so on.

    Apple’s VP of health Dr. Sumbul Desai, operations chief Jeff Williams, and VP of fitness technologies Jay Blahnik spoke with TechCrunch’s Darrell Etherington following the WWDC 2022 keynote last week about new health features in watchOS 9. During this interview, they discussed elaborately the new and improved health-related functions that are available in watchOS 9.

    New Health Features for WatchOS 9

    The Apple Watch’s new health features include:

    AFib History

    This feature allows people who have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation to see how often their heart is in this type of arrhythmia. 

    Apple states that the feature is intended for individuals diagnosed with atrial fibrillation who are at least 22 years old. Desai confirmed that the AFib History feature received FDA approval in the United States following clinical validation.

     

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    “As Jeff alluded to, everything we do in health is based on the science, and AFib history was validated in a clinical study, with participants wearing both Apple Watch and an FDA-cleared reference device,” said Desai. “In that study, the average difference in weekly measurements between the two devices is actually less than 1%.”

     

    Sleep Stage Tracking

    Additionally, the Apple Watch is equipped with sleep stage tracking, which enables the wearer to view the amount of time spent in each of the three stages of sleep (REM, core, and deep sleep), as well as the time at which they may have awakened. (Apple uses the term “core sleep” to refer to what is commonly referred to as “light sleep.”)

    “Prior to sleep stages, we were really focused on helping people meet their sleep duration goals since that’s really important — that consistency — but we wanted to go a little further and dig into the science, and provide users with more information around their sleep cycles,” said Desai. “So using the signals from Apple Watch’s accelerometer and heart rate sensor, users will now be able to see their sleep stages while they’re in REM, core, and deep sleep.”

     

    Fitness Tracking

    The company developed its fitness features from relatively simple activity tracking to an advanced suite of metrics management and a variety of professional, guided workouts. This includes three new metrics for runners that can help avoid injuries, including stride length, ground contact time, and vertical oscillation

    With this app, you can keep track of a variety of personal data, including your heart rate zone, power, and elevation. 

    According to Blahnik, this application will be beneficial for “advanced as well as beginner athletes.”

  • OnwardMobility discards the 5G BlackBerry project following the loss of the rights to the BlackBerry brand.

    OnwardMobility discards the 5G BlackBerry project following the loss of the rights to the BlackBerry brand.

    It was only last month that it was confirmed that a new BlackBerry 5G phone with a keyboard would be released this year. This was supposed to be the first BlackBerry smartphone in years, but it appears that the device has been canceled after OnwardMobility lost the rights to the BlackBerry name.

    OnwardMobility was announced as the latest licensee for the BB brand for smartphones in August 2020. While the BlackBerry 5G phone was delayed, OnwardMobility insisted that it was on its way. However, according to an AndroidPolice report, the 5G BB project appears to be dead. The news comes from Kevin Michaluk, the founder of CrackBerry, and other sources have revealed that OnwardMobility will no longer work on the project.



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    Despite having obtained a license to use the American phone maker’s name, the company is said to have canceled the project. Furthermore, BlackBerry is attempting to distance itself from its previous identity as a smartphone vendor, having sold the remainder of its mobile patents earlier this month for 600 million US dollars. While there have been no leaks of OnwardMobility’s 5G BlackBerry phone, it was expected to have a design similar to the previously launched BB Priv, which was an Android slider phone.

     

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    For those who are unaware, the new 5G BB phone was supposed to be released in mid-2021, but it was delayed due to supply chain issues, which led to BlackBerry CEO John Chen changing his decision to have another OEM try to revive the brand on another smartphone. As a result of OnwardMobility losing the license to its name, we may not see another BlackBerry phone for quite some time.