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Imagine a future where the devices in your life not only offer automated services, but also proactively keep your best interests in mind. According to the tenth edition of the Ericsson ConsumerLab 10 Hot Consumer Trends report, connected intelligent machines are set to build our skills and add creative reasoning to our daily choices, while making the world around us more responsive to implicit needs.

The Ericsson 10 Hot Consumer Trends 2030 report outlines ten different roles that consumers expect connected intelligent machines to take in everyday life during the coming decade. This could include ensuring your body is cared for with personalized recipes and posture adjustments; smart TV show curation to meet your specific interests; smart work-life balance planner that allows to plan home activities for all family members in order to minimize irritation and disturbances when working from home; self-driving cars that explain their decisions to you; smart signal locator that guides you to spots with optimal coverage even in crowded areas; and intelligent assistants that interact with neighbors or local communities — and perhaps even vote for you. Flip through the pages to know what roles intelligent connected machines to take on in everyday consumer life by 2030.

Talking about the #Cover Story, it highlights the “new features” that make certain apps worth downloading. For instance, the online ticketing platform BookMyShow has launched the transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) service called “Stream” in India to bring you a handpicked, specially curated library of some of the best, most celebrated and award-winning films and content from around the world as cinema halls and theatres still wait for people to show up in full capacity. You can rent or buy these films and watch them online. Details inside.

10 Hot Consumer Trends 2030- Connected Intelligent Machines

What roles can we expect machines to take on in everyday consumer life by 2030?

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How To Capture Stunning Floral Photos With Iphone 12 Pro Models

Taking beautiful professional-quality floral photos is now made even easier with iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. From Portrait mode to Apple ProRAW, Nathan Underwood, Co-founder and COO of Tulipina, one of the world’s leading floral design studios, said that the advanced camera systems on iPhone 12 Pro models have helped bring a fuller bloom to his floral photography.

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Gen X bets on work experience, Millennials focus on upskilling: LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, announced the findings of the latest LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index, a fortnightly pulse on the confidence of the Indian workforce. Based on the survey responses of 1,752 professionals, findings from January 1-29 reveal that professionals in India are confident about career progress despite growing uncertainties about the job market and financial future in the current environment.

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Madness awaits in ARKHAM HORROR: MOTHER'S EMBRACE, which is now available for Pre-order on Steam, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch

Asmodee Digital, a leader in video game entertainment inspired by board games, has recently announced that Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace, the upcoming narrative-driven tactical RPG based on the award-winning Lovecraftian adventure board game, is now available for pre-order on Steam, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, at $15.99 (/15,99 €).

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Twitter Acquired A Startup That Lets You Virtually Hang Out With Friends

Twitter has acquired Squad, an app that lets you hang out with your friends via screen-sharing and video chat. Squad will help Twitter “bring new ways for people to interact, express themselves, and join in the public conversation,” Twitter’s VP of product, Ilya Brown, said in a tweet.

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Adobe makes it easier to share Photoshop and Illustrator projects with collaborators

Adobe is making it easier for multiple people to work on the same file in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fresco. The three apps are getting a new feature called “invite to edit,” which will let you type in a collaborator’s email address to send them access to the file you’re working on.

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Facebook introduced BARS - a new Beta Test empowering Rappers to Create and Share

Designed to make it easy to create and share raps, so rappers can focus on and experiment with the content, rather than investing heavily in equipment and production, Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team has introduced BARS, a new app in closed beta that’s initially available for download through the Apple’s U.S. App Store. One can sign up for the waitlist in the app or follow the BARS page on Instagram to stay up to date on invites.

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Microsoft rolled out “Kids Mode” for Safe Browsing in Edge Browser

When kids are spending more time online nowadays, parents are equally more concerned about the incidental exposure of kids to inappropriate stuff. To address this issue, Microsoft has recently introduced “Kids Mode” — a convenient browsing mode inside Microsoft Edge that has been designed specifically for kids. This feature, however, is limited to US English on Windows and MacOS.

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5 Ways To Secure Your Hybrid Workforce In The New Normal

For many of us, home has become the new office and for a few, traveling to the office has begun and we all have adjusted well to the new normal where the hybrid working model has taken center stage. There is also an ongoing concern, especially when it comes to the security of confidential organizational data and information when working outside of your company’s secure networks.

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How Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Fend Off Cyberattacks: Know What Experts Have To Say

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of technology to think and act like a human and is being utilized to help fight off potential cyberattacks. Employing AI and machine learning to detect vulnerabilities significantly enhances human capabilities, as AI can analyze and report millions of cyberthreats in the time it might take a person to do the same.AI can get “smarter” and “learn;” as an AI algorithm continues to search and monitor data, it can improve its understanding of diverse types of potential attacks.According to a study by PwC and Data Security Council titled “Cyber Security India Market: What lies beneath,” Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will be powering the “cyberwar rooms” in organizations to help them protect from increasing cyberattacks, as well as detect, predict and respond to the same.

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Apps Unveiled Magazine Description:

Apps Unveiled is India’s first and only monthly magazine on mobile applications. It is owned by AppCrazy Media Private Limited, new print media start-up based in New Delhi, India.
Nowadays, the facilities offered by Smartphones through numerous mobile applications are becoming increasingly synonymous with our daily activities, both at home and at work. Undoubtedly, the presence of mobile applications is changing the way we work, live and interact with people. From paying bills to booking cabs, locating blood donor to managing diet plans , mobile banking to networking; mobile applications offers almost everything just at our fingertips, helping us to cope up with our hectic routines.
But as per our study, Smartphone users always stay confused which app to download or not to download. Moreover, they don’t have enough time to browse through the app market to gain firsthand experience. On the other side, there is a challenge for app developers or promoters to instigate the user to download their apps, given the burgeoning number of similar apps available across multiple operating platforms.
Keeping all these points into consideration, AppCrazy Media has launched a magazine “Apps Unveiled” with dedicated content on mobile applications (or apps). Our team will unveil selected mobile apps across different categories such as entertainment, games, lifestyle, utility, safety, security, health, productivity, travel etc. available on different operating platforms namely, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows, Java and Symbian after thorough ground work and research.
Our readers would get a chance to explore a whole new world of mobile apps apart from few commonly known apps. Also, they will understand how they can use their Smartphone’s more smartly by effectively using the mobile apps to meet their day to day need on the go.
For app developers or promoters, it’s more than a magazine, an opportunity to reach mass Smartphone user base in India and to inform them about in-depth functionality of their mobile applications. Advertise with us to reach the right audience in a smarter way.
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