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Android Wear gets rebranded, will now be called Wear OS by Google

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Google on Thursday announced to rename its year old Android Wear brand to Wear OS. To simplify, Android Wear will henceforth be called Wear OS by Google. The new brand name for say makes a little more sense than Android Wear because alongside Android users, there are also some handful iPhone users who users Android watches. Looks like the new branding Wear OS will eventually show up on some of the watches and mobile applications in the forthcoming weeks. "So as the watch industry gears up for another Baselworld next week, we're announcing a new name that better reflects our technology, vision, and most important of all-the people who wear our watches. We're now Wear OS by Google, a wearables operating system for everyone," notes Google. To recall, the Android Wear brand was initially introduced just a year ago, in 2014. The change in name of the brand is mainly because, these wearable devices are not just by Android users but by iPhone users as well. Hence, naming

Apple is now getting really serious to curb iPhone addiction among children

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Apple was recently slammed by two of its two big investors over smartphone addiction in children and that company should take steps to give parents a better control over how their kids should use Apple products. The Cupertino-giant has finally responded to these concerns by launching a new 'Families' page on its official website. Apple's Families page educates parents over better parental controls for kids in Apple products. The page basically lists all the steps that Apple has taken since year 2008 to check use of iOS devices amongst kids. The page informs about the already available options for better controls and offers no new feature. " You know your kids better than anyone. That's why we've put a lot of thought into helping parents choose what their kids can do with their devices" the page reads. Here are some of the top features that Apple offers to help parents know when and how to control iOS usa

Did you know Margherita pizza was actually named after a queen?

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If you ever had to make a list of food items that you will never grow tired of eating, pizzas would definitely feature in the catalogue. Among the variety of mouth-watering pizzas that you savour, the simplest yet tastiest would be Margherita pizza. For those who still get confused between Margherita pizza and its counterparts, this form of pizza is a typical Neapolitan dish, made with tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh basil, salt and extra-virgin oil. As simple and commonplace as the pizza might seem to be, you will be surprised to know that Margherita pizza actually has royal connections. A widespread belief attributes the name of the pizza to the Queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy. Margherita of Savoy. Picture courtesy: Pinterest Legend has it that the queen grew tired of the gourmet French food that was being served on her trip to Naples, with her husband King Umberto I, in 1889. Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi, who w