Android Wear 2.0 is designed specifically to improve upon those simple things. It has better fitness-tracking features, including automatic workout detection, easier access to your notifications, and customizable complications on the watchfaces. It’s a pattern followed across the industry —… Read More ›
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realMyst for Android
realMyst is all-things Myst, but amazingly more real. You can explore anywhere, unfettered, and in realtime! Pick your own path through the forest on Myst Island. Look lazily upward into the Channelwood Age trees. Relax next to the rippling fountain… Read More ›
Galaxy Note 7 Explosion Findings
After months of confusion about the real cause of the Galaxy Note 7 explosions, Samsung finally provided some answers on Sunday, releasing a detailed report on its findings into the problem. In a micro sense, the explosions were caused by… Read More ›
Donald Trump has surrendered his Android phone
Donald Trump has given up his beloved Android phone ahead of today’s inauguration, the Associated Press reports, though it is unclear what type of device he will use in the White House. According to The New York Times, Trump is… Read More ›
The HTC U Ultra
The other big change on the outside is the U Ultra’s second screen, which is a thin 2-inch strip residing to the right of the front-facing camera and immediately above the Super LCD 5 screen. The 5.7-inch Ultra has what… Read More ›
Samsung making a folding phone/tablet hybrid?
Samsung will announce a folding smartphone in Q3 2017, according to a report from The Korea Herald. Sources familiar with the matter told the Korean news site that Samsung is preparing 100,000 units of the device, which would also fold… Read More ›
Galaxy 8 to not have a headphone jack?
Apple invited a wave of controversy earlier this year when it decided to remove the iPhone’s headphone jack, replacing it with headphones that connected to the handset’s charging port, and was lampooned for describing the move as an act of… Read More ›
Android malware scares are rarely scary
Research like this is important work done by very smart people. But make no mistake, the goal is to drum up publicity and (eventually) sell you security software. That’s why new Android vulns come with catchy nicknames and sometimes even… Read More ›
Gooligan
Nicknamed “Gooligan,” the malware uses a phishing scam to steal authentication tokens for Google accounts, allowing it to download fake apps to the users’ Android phones and tablets without their knowledge, according to Checkpoint Security. Gooligan’s primary motivation appears to… Read More ›
Nokia is back
Nokia-branded mobile phones are on sale, once again, on the Finnish company’s website. For now, the range is limited to some pretty basic models, but that should change when Android-powered smartphones and tablets are added soon. It’s thanks to a… Read More ›