Abstract: This application discloses a sound masking method and apparatus, and a terminal device. When the terminal device uses a receiver as an output end of an audio signal, the terminal device determines, based on the audio signal, a masking sound signal, and then transmits the masking sound signal by using a speaker. The masking sound signal is determined based on the audio signal, and a difference between a distance from the speaker to a far field and a distance from the receiver to the far field is small. Therefore, the masking sound signal can better mask a leaked sound of the receiver and prevent information leakage in a call sound.

Abstract: A method of providing updates from a social network to a desktop application is provided. An update is created in an application and if the application has permission, it creates an entry in a recent activity queue. The queue is then subject to analysis to reduce the number of entries in the queue. Subscribers that have permission to receive updates from the publisher and the publishing application then receive updates from the publisher.

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking progress toward goals are described. An example computing system for a dynamic progress-towards-goal tracker includes a display, a logic machine, and a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to visually present a graph with an axis having an initial scale, and for each of a plurality of successive durations, receive a completion magnitude indicative of progress towards completion of a sub-goal for that duration. The instructions are further executable to, responsive to the completion magnitude exceeding a threshold for any duration, automatically increase a scale of the axis to an expanded scale that is greater than the initial scale, and, for each of the plurality of successive durations, visually present via the display a graphical element on the graph, the graphical element having a size that visually indicates, relative to the axis, the completion magnitude for that duration.

Abstract: A method of providing updates from a social network to a desktop application is provided. An update is created in an application and if the application has permission, it creates an entry in a recent activity queue. The queue is then subject to analysis to reduce the number of entries in the queue. Subscribers that have permission to receive updates from the publisher and the publishing application then receive updates from the publisher.

Abstract: A method of providing updates from a social network to a desktop application is provided. An update is created in an application and if the application has permission, it creates an entry in a recent activity queue. The queue is then subject to analysis to reduce the number of entries in the queue. Subscribers that have permission to receive updates from the publisher and the publishing application then receive updates from the publisher.

Abstract: A method of providing updates from a social network to a desktop application is provided. An update is created in an application and if the application has permission, it creates an entry in a recent activity queue. The queue is then subject to analysis to reduce the number of entries in the queue. Subscribers that have permission to receive updates from the publisher and the publishing application then receive updates from the publisher.