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  2. It is easier than ever to disable Location Sharing on your ...

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    Google Maps Location Sharing is now built into Android settings; no need for Maps settings. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses the welcome improvement for Android users.

  3. Nearby Share - Wikipedia

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    Before Nearby Share, Google launched Android Beam in 2011. [4] By 2017, ComputerWorld included Android Beam in a list of "once-trumpeted features that quietly faded away", observing that "despite the admirable marketing effort, Beam never quite worked particularly well, and numerous other systems for sharing stuff proved to be simpler and more reliable."

  4. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    Using an open public network is the easiest way to create a free hotspot. All that is needed is a Wi-Fi router. Similarly, when users of private wireless routers turn off their authentication requirements, opening their connection, intentionally or not, they permit piggybacking (sharing) by anyone in range. [16]

  5. GSM services - Wikipedia

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    Once a mobile phone has successfully attached to a GSM network as described above, calls may be made from the phone to any other phone on the global Public Switched Telephone Network. The user dials the telephone number , presses the send or talk key, and the mobile phone sends a call setup request message to the mobile phone network via the ...

  6. Find My Device - Wikipedia

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    Find My Device locates and traces missing Android-powered smartphones, tablets, headphones/earphones, and Wear OS-powered smartwatches.Users have options to play a sound at maximum volume for 5 minutes, secure the device & force it to sign out of its associated Google Account, or erase the device entirely, including sensitive cards such as keys and IDs in Wallet.

  7. Network switching subsystem - Wikipedia

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    The mobile switching center server is a soft-switch variant (therefore it may be referred to as mobile soft switch, MSS) of the mobile switching center, which provides circuit-switched calling mobility management, and GSM services to the mobile phones roaming within the area that it serves. The functionality enables split control between ...

  8. Shared resource - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a shared resource, or network share, is a computer resource made available from one host to other hosts on a computer network. [1] [2] It is a device or piece of information on a computer that can be remotely accessed from another computer transparently as if it were a resource in the local machine.

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