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the windows phone may be dead but that doesn't mean that the Windows operating system won't play an important role in the coming war of foldable devices according to the information on Winn future both Microsoft and Dell have plans to release a foldable smartphone laptop hybrid running on the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 chipset of course the latest and greatest chipset is the Snapdragon 845 which powers flagships like the s9 the 1 plus 6 HTC u12 plus but the Snapdragon 850 is reportedly just a Snapdragon 845 chipset that's been beefed up to be a bit faster as such the new chip could run the device design that microsoft recently patented an all screen foldable mobile device running Windows 10 that looks something like a mash-up between a surface book and a samsung galaxy note you're thinking too little too late Microsoft I'm thinking it could be fun now let's talk a google neighborly another attempt by mother Google at a social app the search giant just launched neighborly designed to get you as many answers about your neighbourhood from local residents as possible currently available in beta you can either type out your questions or use your voice as you wait for answers you can swipe through other questions and give answers of your own through text or voice again you can also share questions to get answers from those who do not use neighborly now keep in mind that neighborly is only available to current residents of Mumbai India but it does support English and eight other Indian languages also neighborly is only available on Android for the moment and your personal details like phone number full name and other contact information are kept private other people can only see your profile picture and your first name google has had a long difficult and storied history with social apps they haven't done them very well so I would love to hear from residents of Mumbai who have used neighborly and tell me what you think let me know in the comments below or on Twitter I'd like to hear if it's useful because when I looked at it I'm thinking you know a lot of these features are really sadist by Facebook groups right now so I'd like to hear your take on it now please bear with me for a moment because I know that I am old enough to be a dad to most of you let me be a dad and talk about smartphone addictions because recent actions from Apple and Google have made it real news with Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference only a couple days away rumors are starting to leak about what Apple will launch and discuss this year and one of the prominent rumors via Bloomberg is that Apple will announce new features in iOS to help curb smartphone addiction but Google also has done something very similar in its own software response to smartphone addictions at Google i/o 2018 it's called Android dashboard and it's meant to help you take control of your digital well-being the suite offers tools to monitor smartphone usage how many times you've unlocked your phone how many times you've used a specific app etc now call me jaded but let's get real here Apple and Google do not care about your specific well-being they are doing this because it's good PR and they know that smartphone addiction has reached epic proportions I mean whether you talk about a generation of people and I teach youth on a regular basis right I mean a generation of kids who do not seem to grasp the basic social skills that is appropriate for their age or the death and casualties that's happening from texting while driving it's it's insane it's like you've got to agree with me guys that it has reached stupid levels and it's it's hugely concerning I just point out to you that if you were to lose your phone or someone to take your phone away from you or you were to drop in the toilet or whatever just measure the panic and stress that that would cause you and if that would really unsettle you if that would really disturb you I would suggest to you that you have a problem and let's face it if you're watching youtube videos about a mobile operating system you probably already have a problem I'll talk to you later IT people know how this works you're trying to do focus productive on your screen but your screen lights up like a Christmas tree with IT alerts and notifications you're not being productive you're being distracted but you can reduce that noise with Moog soft AI ops by up to 99% Moog soft AI Ops is an algorithmic IT ops platform that reduces your IT alerts and tickets by up to 99 percent by integrating with your existing IT tools so you can focus on tackling stuff that matters visit Moog soft calm for a free demo that's Moog soft calm bang bang