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Magme - Icon Pack v1.3 APK

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Magme - Icon Pack Magme - Icon Pack com.daviidh.magme Features - 900+ high quality icons, alot more are coming! - Many alternative icons to choose from! - Good amount of drawers and folder icons! - Expect almost daily updates for the 1-2 weeks! - Regular weekly updates after 1-2 weeks! - 30+ Wallpapers in 3k resolution, more to come! - Beautiful material dashboard - Smart and easy to use icon request feature! - Search icon feature to find desired icon! Supported Launchers Most of the popular launchers supported! Any launcher that wont work? Let me know! IMPORTANT Wallpapers does not show full quality when in preview. You have to apply them as background to get full 3k quality from it! What's in this version :   (Updated : 13 July 2016) 24 new icons added! More activity added! If you enjoying Magme , leave a rate ;) Required Android O/S :   4.2 and up Screenshots : Download  :   9.3M APK
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Google Play Points reward program is official, but only in Japan for now

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... Earlier this month, Cody discovered evidence for a loyalty program  in a teardown of the Google Play app, and now we're seeing the first official word about it. The rewards scheme is called Play Points and has gone live in Japan, according to a support page for the app. Users can join the program by navigating to the 'Play Points' section in the app's hamburger menu. To begin with, one point will be awarded for every ¥100 (about $0.90) spent on apps and games — to be used on IAPs or converted to Google Play credit — but as you progress, higher levels can be achieved with even greater rewards. Check out the different levels below: Bronze level  (up to 249 points): 1 point earned for every ¥100 spent Silver level  (250–999 points): 1.25 points earned for every ¥100 spent 1 ¥300 credit for in-app items 1 ¥100 movie rental Gold level  (1,000–3,999 points): 1.5 points earned for every ¥100 spent +...
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Samsung Display remains the leader in global display market

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The latest data from IHS Markit shows that Samsung Display has retained its dominant position as the top global smartphone display vendor in the first quarter of this year. It was able to do that as more smartphone manufacturers opted for OLED panels for their premium devices. Samsung picked up the bulk of those orders. Samsung's display affiliate is estimated to have shipped $3.4 billion worth of smartphone displays in the first quarter ending March 2019. It accounted for 40.2 percent of the smartphone display market in this period. Samsung Display also accounted for 80 percent of OLED panel supplies. Samsung Display retains its leadership It's pertinent to mention here that Samsung's Q1 market share is 6.6 percentage points lower than it was in the same period last year. However, the company has been able to keep its market share over 40 percent for eight consecutive months. None of its competitors are even close in terms of market share. Japan Display came in sec...
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Wide Color Photos Are Coming to Android: Things You Need to Know to be Prepared

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Posted by Peiyong Lin, Software Engineer Android is now at the point where sRGB color gamut with 8 bits per color channel is not enough to take advantage of the display and camera technology. At Android we have been working to make wide color photography happen end-to-end, e.g. more bits and bigger gamuts. This means, eventually users will be able to capture the richness of the scenes, share a wide color pictures with friends and view wide color pictures on their phones. And now with Android Q, it's starting to get really close to reality: wide color photography is coming to Android. So, it's very important to applications to be wide color gamut ready. This article will show how you can test your application to see whether it's wide color gamut ready and wide color gamut capable, and the steps you need to take to be ready for wide color gamut photography. But before we dive in, why wide color photography? Display panels and camera sensors on mobile are getting better an...
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Brazilians love the Galaxy S10 a lot more than the Galaxy S9

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Samsung has announced that Galaxy S10 sales are outperforming Galaxy S9 and S9+ sales by 80 percent in Brazil a month after launch. The Galaxy S10 lineup had received twice as many pre-orders as the Galaxy S9 and S9+ in the country , and it looks like things got even better once the devices went on sale. Samsung isn't breaking down numbers by device, however, so we don't know which of the three Galaxy S10s is doing the best. Of course, one can assume it's the Galaxy S10+ leading the charge, but there's no way to say for certain. One can hope the Galaxy S10e is also showing good sales performance, as it turned out to be a surprisingly good compact flagship that trumps the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S9. Galaxy S10 lineup also doing well in other markets The Galaxy S10 trio are also doing well for Samsung in other parts of the world. Samsung saw its market share in North America grow on the back of Galaxy S10 sales , even though smartphone shipments in general hit a fiv...
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