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Bad photos on Androids via third-party apps like Instagram and Snapchat is not exactly a new phenomenon. This issue has been present since Android’s early days, and the OS’ vast device fragmentation is the one to blame. Also, since the Pixel 2, Google shipped the series with a dedicated Pixel Visual Core chip that handled the device camera’s software processing needs. The chip was essentially a NPU, which stands for Neural Processing Unit. The Google Pixel 5 Neural cores are designed to handle logical instructions and shave some burden off the main CPU. This accelerates image processing algorithms and results in quicker processed images. Google’s changed strategy with the onset of the new Pixel 5 series has led to the chip’s omission from the device though. But this does not mean that the new Pixels will miss out on features offered by the previous generations. However, users say that while image quality via the built-in Google Camera app has largely remained the same, if not better, it has taken a hit when clicked via third-party apps like Instagram and Snapchat. I believe I read somewhere that snapchat doesn’t actually use the picture that you take, but instead it uses a screenshot of the photo on android, so they don’t have to optimize for every phone/display/camera. I’m pretty sure insta does the same thing. There are just a handful of devices that run iOS, and that’s why everything always just works better on iPhones. Developers can make sure their apps work on all of those Apple devices. Source It appears that Instagram made use of the Pixel Visual Core to slightly enhance photos. But since the omission, it is unable to do so. Pixel visual core used to communicate with third party apps directly but that’s not present on pixel 5…

– The “30 Days of The Deadman” celebration will continue on the WWE Network this Sunday with a documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Paul Bearer. “The Mortician: The Story of Paul Bearer” will premiere at 10am ET in the on-demand section, and then will air on the live feed at 8pm ET. The documentary will profile The Undertaker’s longtime confidant and manager, looking at “how William Moody went from ordinary mortician to one of the most unique and enduring figures in WWE history.” Below is a new preview for the documentary: – WWE’s new exclusive lens for The Undertaker has launched on Snapchat. You can scan the Snapchat code below to begin your “supernatural metamorphosis” on the social media platform. WWE is encouraging fans to share their “Phenom form” with friends and family all month long, leading up to The Undertaker’s “Final Farewell” on November 22 at the Survivor Series pay-per-view. Before @undertaker's final farewell at #SurvivorSeries, transform yourself into The Deadman with a special lens now available on @Snapchat! #Undertaker30 https://t.co/zRAOU6angC — WWE (@WWE) November 6, 2020

Facebook Ads has earned a reputation for being particularly glitchy and unpredictable. Over the past 12 to 18 hours, many advertisers experienced issues with temporary ad disapprovals and accounts being disabled. I'm just sitting in front of the computer watching accounts be disabled one by one.— Ameet Khabra ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 (@adwordsgirl) November 6, 2020 “This is the second widespread bug that we’ve seen impact Facebook campaigns in the last 4 weeks. The most recent bug caused multiple accounts (across various verticals) to receive ad disapprovals starting around 6pm Central Time yesterday,” Zenia Johnson, account lead at performance agency 3Q Digital, told Search Engine Land Friday. Another agency I spoke with Friday morning said roughly 10 to 20% of its client accounts experienced issues last night. Facebook confirmed the problem at 11:15 p.m. EDT Thursday. “There was a technical issue that caused some FB ads & ad accounts to be mistakenly disabled,” Rob Leathern, Facebook director of product management, said on Twitter. “We identified and resolved the issues within a couple of hours, and access should be restored.” There was a technical issue that caused some FB ads & ad accounts to be mistakenly disabled. We identified and resolved the issue within a couple of hours, and access should now be restored— Rob Leathern (@robleathern) November 6, 2020 “Account access should be restored. Some ad rejections may still take some time to run through the system – should be sorted out soon however,” Leathern added in a reply. Opening a door to other channels? The ongoing platform problems have some social media buyers looking at alternative channels. Clients are starting to prioritize channel diversification, noted Johnson. “It’s a good time to start testing other traffic sources,” said Adomas Pranevicius at Lastclick.media, adding that he’s looking at Pinterest Ads. Snapchat also stands to…

Lately, first responders have been pushing us to stay home to avoid anymore spikes of Covid-19 cases. One particular RN shared her personal two cents about staying home to enjoy the time with your family. The RN who is asking El Paso to stay home is Mrs. Munoz. She wanted to share her personal opinion about the struggles her friends and family are experiencing due to Covid-19 on her Snapchat story. Hopefully, she doesn't make her husband sleep in the doghouse for sharing her video. I was on Twitter and came across the video Christopher Munoz (her husband) had shared on his Twitter. Watching Mrs. Munoz, his wife and RN get emotional towards the end got me emotional. If you know someone in the medical field then you know their every day 12 hours of struggle they encounter. Hell, you will even see the physical evidence on their faces. Mrs. Munoz used Snapchat to make her plea about staying home. You can see her plea about staying home below. It is crazy to think that El Paso didn't do a good job of keeping our positive Covid-19 cases number down. There is one way we can do our part and help out El Paso's medical staff, by staying home. IN El Paso, we have all been witnessing Covid-19 spread faster than butter on toasted bread. Plus, different places of business have had to shut their doors due to an outbreak of positive cases. Staying home can save lives and help out the others who save lives for a living. Let's help our city get better and lower the numbers by staying home. I hope Mrs. Munoz an RN and the rest of El Paso's first responders stay safe and rona free.Enter your number to get our free mobile app

Snapchat continues to make investments in its platform, creating new opportunities for digital advertisers, attracting more users and competing with fellow social media giants. With Snapchat’s newest feature, vertical navigation, now in the official testing phase, the social platform is beginning to mirror – and become better equipped to compete with – fan-favorite app, TikTok. What Is Snapchat Vertical Navigation? Snapchat recently shared it is testing a new vertical swiping feature, similar to that of TikTok, for users browsing through public content shown on Snapchat’s Discover page. The update to vertical navigation allows users to easily swipe through content on the Snapchat platform in the same way users swipe through the TikTok platform, with a vertical swiping motion, rather than horizontal. “TikTok’s navigation style is vertical, and some users consider it a more natural and engaging way to view videos on a smartphone,” noted eMarketer reporter, Jasmine Enberg. The new feature is currently being tested only on public content, as opposed to private stories shared by a user’s Snapchat friend.  Snapchat has shared limited details on the new vertical navigation feature, noting the updated layout is still very much in the early testing stages and only available to select users. The social platform did, however, note the latest feature is part of Snapchat’s continued investment in expanding its content offerings to users, with a Snapchat spokesperson stating, “We’re always experimenting with new ways to bring immersive and engaging content to our mobile-first Snapchat community.” Can Snapchat’s Latest Updates Help The Social Platform Compete With TikTok? As rumors continue to swirl about the future of TikTok, competing social platforms are looking to take advantage of the potential opportunity to fill a major void among social media users should TikTok be removed. Instagram, for example, recently introduced Instagram Reels, a new video…

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A 27-year-old man from Fontana was arrested after he allegedly posed as a 16-year-old to communicate online with female juveniles, according to the Fontana Police Department.On Oct. 28, detectives from the Fontana P.D.'s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force were contacted by investigators from Grapevine, Texas regarding a 12-year-old female victim who had been contacted on Snapchat. The victim was sent an unsolicited, vulgar sexual photograph.The investigation revealed the Snapchat user was Edgar Carrizalez, who had an address in the 9300 block of Kempster Avenue. ICAC detectives conducted a parole search at Carrizalez’ residence.Detectives said Carrizalez was using the following social media platforms: Snapchat; Frog - What’s Up Friend; Kik; Discord; Spotafriend - Meet Teens App; and Tiktok.Carrizalez would often use the screen names Kekid45 and Kyleyou1 to communicate with the girls, police said.Additionally, ICAC detectives discovered Carrizalez was allegedly in possession of child pornography on his electronic devices.Detectives believe there may be additional victims in this investigation. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the ICAC Task Force at: HKOUROUBACALIS@FONTANA.ORG

Chicago Tribune | Nov 03, 2020 at 10:21 AM When a 17-year-old thrust a gun in Roberto Avila-Juarez’s face in an attempt to rob him, Avila-Juarez, 20, made a quick calculation that helped him narrowly escape into his Hoffman Estates home on Oct. 26, according to prosecutors. But the following morning, in a window of about 30 minutes during which Avila-Juarez was alone in the home, the 17-year-old, Christian Armstrong, returned, entering through the unlocked front door and shot Avila-Juarez in the head at close range, killing him, according to Cook County prosecutors. Armstrong, of the 900 block of Grand Canyon Parkway in the northwest suburb, turned himself in to Hoffman Estates police Friday and was charged as an adult with attempted armed robbery and first-degree murder in connection with Avila-Juarez’s death, according to court records. He appeared in Rolling Meadows branch court before Cook County Judge Jill Cerone-Marisie, who ordered him held Monday in lieu of $100,000 bail with electronic monitoring should he post the $10,000 bond necessary to be released, according to court records and state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton. The day before his death, Avila-Juarez had met up with two people, one of them Armstrong, who he previously had sold marijuana to, and Armstrong’s girlfriend, who contacted him on the video messaging app Snapchat to arrange a drug transaction, according to prosecutors. After the girlfriend drove Armstrong and Avila-Juarez somewhere else so Armstrong could buy marijuana, Armstrong, who was in the front seat, turned to Avila-Juarez in the back seat, pulled a gun and demanded his property, prosecutors said. Avila-Juarez said any additional property would be in his home in the 200 block of West Berkley Lane, according to court and police information. A witness told investigators she saw two males get out of a vehicle…

A Fort Lauderdale man has been arrested twice in the past month on charges related to crimes against children after Broward Sheriff's Office officials said he used Snapchat to prey on young girls. Keivon McBride, 22, was arrested Sept. 28 on five counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child over the age of 12 and under 16, BSO officials said. He was arrested again on Oct. 28 on 12 additional charges of lewd and lascivious battery, possession of child pornography and transmission of child pornography over the internet, officials said. BSO officials said McBride meets girls between the ages of 12 and 14 through Snapchat, then arranges to meet them in person at locations throughout Broward. Broward Sheriff's OfficeKeivon McBride McBride is known to drive a silver Toyota Corolla and is currently out on bail, officials said. Local Investigators are asking anyone who may have come in contact with McBride to contact them at 954-321-4243.