Instagram may let users start hiding hashtags from posts

If you want to boost your follower count without having to use an embarrassing amount of hashtags, Instagram is testing a feature that might let you hide hashtags from your captions. Developer Jane Manchun Wong tweeted a screenshot of the new feature, which lets you add an unlimited number of hashtags without having them appear in the final post.

In the tweet below, you can see she added four hashtags like #city and #hongkong:

And the hashtags donā€™t show up on the photo she posted on Instagram:

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VWā€™s I.D. Buzz Cargo is an electric delivery van with a hint of flower power

Thereā€™s a new entrant in Volkswagenā€™s playful I.D. lineup of electric concept cars: the I.D. Buzz Cargo van. The transporter concept was presented at the IAA Commercial Vehicles conference in Hannover, Germany, as a progressive sibling of the I.D. Buzz, the all-electric, autonomous Microbus concept first unveiled at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show.

Made for businesses that haul products from place to place, the I.D. Buzz Cargo is an office on wheels. The light commercial vehicle has a solar roof, three front-row seats, and a third row that folds down into a workstation with an integrated laptop. The photovoltaic system generates so much energy that it is able to extend the range by up to 15 kilometers a day. So the longer the concept vehicle…

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Googleā€™s Chrome OS tablet might have been leaked by keyboard maker

Product shots from Bluetooth keyboard manufacturer Brydge appear to give an early look at Googleā€™s rumored Chrome OS tablet, codenamed ā€œNocturne,ā€ which some are speculating will be announced alongside the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones on October 9th. The images, which were spotted by AboutChromebooks, show off a tablet with dual front-facing speakers, a USB Type-C port, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Since these shots were provided by a keyboard manufacturer, they understandably focus on the keyboard, which attaches to the tablet via a pair of clasps and appears to communicate over Bluetooth rather than a physical connection. Itā€™s also very possible that the tablet images are mock-ups from Brydge, not an actual Google-made…

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Samsung introduces its first phone with a triple-camera setup

Samsung has officially entered the three-camera array fray. The company announced its Galaxy A7 phone today for Europe and Asia: a midrange device that features a unique three-camera setup on the back. It includes a 24-megapixel sensor with autofocus, a 5-megapixel ā€œdepth lensā€ thatā€™s used for a bokeh effect, and an 8-megapixel wide angle lens that can capture up to a 120-degree field of view. The setup should cover all the shots youā€™d probably want to take with your phone.

The phone has a 6-inch, Full HD+ Super AMOLED display, a 3,300mAh battery, an octa-core 2.2GHz chipset, and up to 6GB of RAM with 128GB of expandable storage. Itā€™ll be running Android Oreo. We donā€™t yet have pricing on the phone, but itā€™ll be released on October…

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