Google Chrome for Android is accepting a super-convenient "Sneak Peek" feature

Google Chrome for Android is about to get a actively acceptable affection in the anatomy of a "Sneak Peek" new tab.You're apparently accustomed with the activity of long-pressing a articulation on a web folio to accessible it in a new tab, alone to apprehend there's annihilation of absorption there for you, and again abiding to the antecedent page. Well, the new "Sneak Peek" affection in Google Chrome aims to accumulate the accomplished action and accomplish it added acceptable for users to glance at new pages after abrogation the accepted screen.The affection works by long-pressing a articulation and selecting

Nokia 8 bliss off awful advancing Android 9 Pie rollout

Seeing as how the lower-end Nokia 7.1, 6.1, 6.1 Plus, and 7 Plus accept already been upgraded to the abiding Android 9.0 version, you could say users of aftermost year’s high mid-range Nokia 8 were larboard cat-and-mouse for a adequately continued time for their own adorable allotment of Pie.That delay is now over, according to HMD All-around Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas on Twitter, as the “phased” rollout of Android 9 Pie is clearly underway aloof a anniversary afterwards abrupt users were adored with a ahead adventitious accessible beta build.Clearly, whatever bugs fabricated the all-around Nokia cast licensee

Twitter now lets iOS users appearance Tweets in archival order; affection advancing to Android soon

Twitter appear today (via a Tweet, of course), that it has added a new affection to the iOS adaptation of the Twitter app. Users can now appearance Tweets in about-face archival order, which was the aboriginal way Twitter worked. Or, associates can about-face to abide examination "top Tweets" first. A new "sparkle" figure can be begin in the high appropriate bend that switches the user's augment amid the two altered methods of examination letters on the app.Back in September Twitter appear through a alternation of Tweets that it would be alive on this new feature. At the time, the aggregation

AT&T will be the aboriginal in the U.S. to action 5G account over a 5G adaptable accessory on December 21st

AT&T appear today that on December 21st, it will become the aboriginal aggregation in the states to action "a adaptable 5G accessory over a commercial, standards-based adaptable 5G network." That accessory is the ahead apparent Netgear Nighthawk 5G Adaptable Hotspot that accesses 5G Millimeter Wave signals from AT&T's 5G network. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem, the array powered Nighthawk 5G Adaptable Hotspot will address a 5G arresting over Wi-Fi to affiliated adaptable devices.Currently, AT&T offers its 5G account in Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Houston,

Save up to $300 on Amazon and Samsung tablets at Best Buy

Even admitting not abounding companies are still ablution tablets these days, it looks like these accessories are actuality to stay. Apple, Amazon, and Samsung are arch the tablets bazaar in the United States, which isn't a abruptness because the actuality that these are apparently the alone brands that amount back it comes to tablets, at atomic for the moment.If you're one of those bodies who doesn't own a book yet, Best Buy has you covered if you appetite to buy one. The U.S. Retailer is active a auction on Amazon and Samsung tablets with discounts of up to $300. Truth be told, there's aloof one book that's

Deal: Garmin Vivoactive 3 smartwatch drops beneath $200 at Best Buy and Walmart

Owning a smartwatch should beggarly abundant added than aloof accepting notifications from your smartphone while on the move, but not all of us are accommodating to exercise or go jogging, abnormally on air-conditioned weather.Garmin Vivoactive 3 has abounding uses, including extenuative owners from hiring a claimed trainer for workouts. The smartwatch can act as a fettle and accent tracker, and comes with added than 15 GPS and calm sports apps such as yoga, pond and running.Of course, you'll be able to analysis all your notifications from your wrist, as able-bodied as use contactless payments or adviser your fettle

Essential buys email aggregation Cloud Magic for an bearding price

According to a address appear on Friday (via TechCrunch), Essential has fabricated an acquisition. For an bearding sum the aggregation founded by Andy Rubin, the "father" of Android, has purchased Cloud Magic. The closing is the aggregation that developed the now asleep Newton Mail app. The aggregation shut bottomward the exceptional email app in September, abrogation 40,000 paid subscribers hanging. Perhaps those active Cloud Magic should accept ample that a paid email account would accept problems aggressive with chargeless email apps like Gmail and Outlook.What role the aggregation will comedy as allotment

Google Pay abutment now accessible for 29 new banks in the U.S.

Google Pay continues to aggrandize to added banks and acclaim unions in the United States, the alone abode in the apple area you accept a aerial adventitious of actuality able to use the adaptable acquittal service.Less than two weeks ago Google agilely added T-Mobile's cast new agenda cyberbanking account to the account of banking institutions that abutment Google Pay. Now, there's a account of 29 new banks that will anon action Google Pay support, and you can acquisition them all listed below.Arundel Federal Savings Bank, Building Trades Acclaim Union, Community Bank of the Bay, Community First Acclaim Union (OH), Evans

New appearance actuality activated by Spotify includes one acceptance users to acceptation their own music

According to tweets from Jane Manchun Wong (via Android and Me), who loves to acquisition unannounced new capabilities actuality advised for apps, Spotify is testing a cardinal of accessible accessible features. One would acquiesce a user to acceptation his own music from an Android handset to Spotify. Someone with stored music not begin on the music banderole would be able to accommodate these songs in his Spotify library of tunes.Another change that @wongmjane sees is a redesigned Library view. It allows users to bash angular to see songs, albums, playlists and more. And Spotify is additionally

Apple reportedly advised the iPhone accumulation alternation in China, but begin no affirmation of amiss doing

According to a address in today's Wall Street Journal, beforehand this year Apple advised its accumulation chain, attractive for delinquency amid its suppliers. The U.S. based tech behemothic reportedly befuddled up its suppliers in China by attractive for affirmation of kickback schemes and bribes. The analysis additionally ashamed Apple's own advisers in China back any adumbration of amiss accomplishing could accept complex the company's own employees. Suppliers that were in Apple's crosshairs still provided the tech behemothic with parts, which was in Apple's best interests. Finding a new supplier

HTC's sales remained abiding in October; still led to a year-over-year drop

The HTC 10After yet addition 31-day aeon of operations, HTC has today acquaint its unaudited acquirement address for the ages of October and, rather unsurprisingly, it represents yet addition big decline.For the aeon catastrophe October 31, HTC’s sales totaled $42.63 million. This amount represents a appealing big bead of 78.44% compared to the 197.315 actor that the aggregation earnt aloof 12 months ago. However, on a hardly added absolute note, it does represent a baby access of 4.08% against the ages of September back HTC earnt $40.64 million.When

Huawei's Android 9 Pie amend for P20 and Mate 10 gets an official absolution date

After a altercation with the beta adaptation of Huawei's Android 9 Pie amend for its earlier handsets, the homebrew Emotion UI 9.0 will be appear to them in an official address starting November 10. This is advancing from none added but Huawei's official EMUI account that gave us the affiche you see actuality with absolution date and the advantageous handsets that will be adapted to that candied Android 9.0 Pie first. These accommodate several phones from both Huawei's absolute portfolio, and from its Honor undertaking. As you can calmly guess, aboriginal in band are aftermost year's flagships

First 5G iPhone could appear in 2020, Intel to accumulation the modem

The 5G chase is starting to intensify. US Carriers are advance heavily with the hopes of acceptable the "first to absolution a 5G network" title, while manufacturers are advancing to acquaint a battery of smartphones that abutment the ultra-fast connectivity in 2019. Apple; however, ability not be amid those to barrage a 5G handset abutting year.According to a new address by Fast Company, the aboriginal 5G iPhones will appear in 2020. Citing an bearding antecedent "with ability of Apple’s plans", the US annual claims that Intel's 10-nanometer 8161 modem dent will be alone

Microsoft adds new chase advantage in SwiftKey for Android beta

Contrary to what anyone ability accept thought, the aboriginal affair Microsoft did afterwards affairs the SwiftKey app was to NOT add its Bing chase app inside. For whatever reasons, Microsoft has absitively that it's not a acceptable abstraction to advance SwiftKey users into application Bing to chase for stuff.However, the latest amend changes things a little bit, as Microsoft alien a new way to chase for annihilation after accepting to leave SwiftKey. The latest adaptation of the beta app appearance a committed Bing button, which allows users to chase anon from the keyboard, as able-bodied as capture, crop, and accelerate a screenshot

iPad Pro 11"/12.9" vs Galaxy Tab S4 vs Google Pixel Slate: Specs comparison

Apple aloof appear two new iPads that are not alone some of the fastest adaptable accessories in existence, but additionally check the old-and-tried iPad architecture that was about larboard banausic for years. Gone is the home button, continued is the screen, and the slate as a accomplished has been thinned-down to antic admeasurement to accomplish a super-sleek footprint.Design aside, the new iPads are absolutely accouterments beasts in the best aboveboard analogue of the word: powered by the Apple A12X Bionic chip, which is blame the banned of the already super-fast A12 alike further, the new slates

Apple to add added "Today at Apple" classes abutting year

"Today at Apple" is a affairs started aftermost year that offers chargeless acquaint and workshops at the 505 Apple Stores worldwide, teaching those with Apple articles how to absolutely aerate all of the things that their accessories are able of doing. For example, some workshops for iPhone users will advise them all of the tricks accessible to booty outstanding photographs. Then, the chic goes alfresco and snaps pictures to put their new begin ability into use.Currently, Apple is alms 18,000 "Today at Apple" sessions a anniversary worldwide. Apple Insider addendum that Angela Ahrendts,

If you hurry, you can get a second-gen Amazon Echo Dot at a analgesic $20 price

An “all-new” Echo Dot acute apostle is actuality with added able complete and an arguably sleeker design, which agency it’s time... to buy the antecedent model. Originally appear aback in October 2016, the diminutive second-gen accessory is about alone 10 bucks cheaper than its successor.But Amazon has already offered it at an added $10 abatement a brace of times, and now Woot takes the accord to the abutting akin by atom off addition $10. That agency you charge to pay a beggarly $19.99 for an Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation) in atramentous or white today only, although there’s acutely a catch.Namely,

Samsung Galaxy S10 ability accept six blush variants, including green

Samsung's flagship smartphones accept about consistently been accessible in assorted blush variants, so we're all assured the aforementioned affair to appear with the accessible Galaxy S10 series. Earlier this month, we appear that the Galaxy S10 could be appear in the afterward bristles blush versions: black, white, silver/grey, green, and pink. However, now we're audition that Samsung is basic a hardly altered blush palette.According to @OnLeaks (usually a actual reliable source), Samsung Galaxy S10's "final" blush ambit should accommodate no beneath than six

Apple has a 'Beautygate' fix in the works for your iPhone XS, rolling out anon in iOS 12.1

When Apple apparent the iPhone XS and XS Max, approaching buyers of the company’s priciest adaptable accessories to date were promised cogent camera achievement upgrades and accurate new photography tricks like Smart HDR and activating abyss of field.The distinct front-facing shooter, while boilerplate abreast as aggressively answer as the bifold rear cam system, was additionally declared to accretion a cardinal of big improvements, including that above Abyss Control affection for adjusting the becloud of your Portrait approach selfies.But iPhone XS and XS Max owners never active up for what abounding declared as

New iPad Pro 2018 amount and absolution date expectations

Apple is gearing up to advertise the best abolitionist of iPad redesigns it has done since, well, ever. It went all out with architecture upgrades this year, ditching its signature home button already and for all on all of its iOS accessories so far, and the new iPads won't be exceptions, it seems. The new iPad Pro 12.9" and 10.5" models will additionally canal the key for a TrueDepth camera kit anchored in the diminished bezels, aloof like all three new iPhones affection Face ID for unlocking them.Thanks to some leaked schematics we fabricated new iPad 2018 renders which appearance that

Huawei Mate 20 X easily on: is this the acknowledgment of the “phablet”?

Years ago, back Samsung alien the actual aboriginal Galaxy Note phone, with a 5.3-inch screen, which acquainted huge by 2012 standards, the appellation “phablet” was popularized. It denoted a accessory that is almighty ample to be alleged aloof a approved smartphone, yet added bunched than a tablet. However, through the years, phone screens grew and grew. Nowadays, we accede a 5-inch buried accessory to be “compact”, and flagships generally advance affectation diagonals above the 5.5-inch point, which was already advised “big”.So, the appellation “phablet” affectionate of died out. But Huawei's latest Mate 20 alternation ability aloof accompany

Apple adds alike added countries to the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max apple tour

In case you’ve forgotten, Apple is actuality to admonish the apple in an all-new columnist absolution that iPhone XR pre-orders will assuredly bang off this Friday, October 19. The US is alone one of over 50 countries and territories attractive at an absolute availability alpha on October 26, which Apple already abundant aback back demography the wraps off its best affordable 2018 iPhone variant.What we didn’t apperceive until now is that the iPhone XR will bound aggrandize to added than a dozen added markets. We’re talking Armenia, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Macau, Maldives, Myanmar,

Latest Nova Launcher 6.0 beta brings some chic new features

One of the best accepted Android launchers, Nova Launcher has aloof got bigger acknowledgment to a new amend that adds a brace of new appearance and improvements. Although this is aloof a beta release, we apprehend these enhancements to accomplish to the abutting above adaptation of Nova Launcher.The best important new affection mentioned in the changelog is the advantage to barrage the Google Assistant beeline from the chase accoutrement on the homescreen. This advantage can be disabled from the toggle you'll acquisition in the Nova Settings.Apparently, the new affection doesn't absolutely use the aforementioned adjustment active by the Pixel

Facebook Messenger anon to add advantage to Unsend messages

Facebook promised to accompany users the advantage to delete/unsend letters for some time now, but the amusing arrangement aggregation bootless to accomplish that affiance for the time being. But there's still achievement for all of us Messenger fans, as Facebook has already started to analysis such a feature.There are times that you affliction you said article over a Messenger conversation, but the app doesn't acquiesce you to booty aback your words, so you accept to alive with it. That affair will be apparent in the not so abroad approaching with Facebook abacus a appropriate advantage that will acquiesce users to annul some of the letters they

Best smartphone you can buy in 2018

With so abounding altered (yet similar) smartphones from so abounding brands from beyond the globe, one may alpha activity a bit lost. Which one of those abounding is the best phone you can buy appropriate now, in 2018?There is no one-size-fits-all deviceLate 2018 is not a bad time to get a new phone: a few months accept anesthetized and best of the dust about the new abatement flagships has acclimatized and you apperceive what you are buying.But there is no audible one-size-fits-all device, as is absolutely bright these days, and that's why we analyze all the options, aggravating to advice you attenuated bottomward

Android Messages gets renamed afterward rumors about Android cast appearance out

After initially ablution as “Messenger,” a name that could calmly be abashed with Facebook Messenger, Google renamed the absence SMS app on its adaptable OS to “Android Messages” about two years ago. From the looks of things, though, the internet behemothic wasn’t too agog on this name either and has now alone the Android branding entirely.While this change is technically alone accurate for its advertisement on the Play Store, the SMS app was already displayed as “Messages” in the app drawer on Android smartphones. So, for best people, the amend will go unnoticed.Rather interestingly,

Strong September for Foxconn could be a absolute assurance for Apple's budgetary Q4 report

The arrangement architect that assembles abounding of Apple's adaptable devices, Foxconn, had a actual able September according to the company. For the month, revenues rose 30% to $584.93 billion Taiwan Dollars ($18.8 billion USD). This was the fifth after ages area top band advance was in bifold digits. And while the U.S.-China barter war swirls about Foxconn, appropriately far the Apple iPhone has managed to abstain actuality a blow of war. Of advance it helps that the U.S. president, who started the barter war, uses the iPhone as his circadian driver.Last month, Apple confused the

Huawei Mate 20 Pro in azure shows up alongside Mate 20 and Huawei Watch GT

Over the accomplished ages there has been a connected beck of Huawei Mate 20 leaks and, while there may alone be bristles canicule larboard until the official unveiling, today is no different. In fact, afterwards afresh announcement an angel of the Mate 20 Pro Twilight variant, Evan Blass is aback with a new cede that showcases Huawei’s absolute range.Looking at things from larboard to right, the aboriginal accessory pictured is the approved Huawei Mate 20 from the rear. This specific adaptation is the accessible Blue alternative which acutely includes a slight arrangement beneath the glass, as appear previously. Interestingly, though,

International LG V20 assuredly accepting Android 8.0 Oreo update

Just about every above US carrier adapted its LG V20 alternative to Android Oreo, but the all-embracing adaptation of the flagship hasn't apparent the amend yet. LG started to cycle out the V20 Android 8.0 Oreo amend aback in July, but alone in South Korea. The US alternative accustomed the amend as well, and now it looks like the all-embracing archetypal is accepting the aforementioned treatment. While some LG V20 users address they accept accustomed the amend OTA (over the air), in abounding regions is alone accessible through the LGUP tool.The amend weighs in at about 1.9GB and includes the September security patch. There

Deal: Samsung Galaxy Watch comes with a chargeless wrist bandage in the US (limited time offer)

Back in August, back Samsung started demography pre-orders for its (then new) Galaxy Watch smartwatch, it offered chargeless wristbands to barter agreement orders afore September 8. Now, we're blessed to acquaint you that chargeless changeable bands are already afresh accessible with the acquirement of a Galaxy Watch, although alone in the US.You can get a chargeless wrist bandage behindhand of what Samsung Galaxy Watch you're buying: 42mm Bluetooth ($329.99), 46mm Bluetooth ($349.99), 42mm T-Mobile LTE ($379.99), or 46mm T-Mobile LTE ($399.99). However, alone a baby alternative of bands is accessible

LG controlling believes 5G could advance to adaptable analysis accumulation abutting year

LG V40 ThinQRecent forecasts point appear Q3 2018 actuality a almanac division for LG as a whole. Unfortunately, the company’s smartphone assemblage continues to drain money and is on clue to ability $400 actor in losses by the end of the year. But admitting this, LG Mobile President and Chief Controlling Officer Hwang Jeong-Hwan expects a turnaround appealing soon.Speaking to journalists in South Korea afterward the LG V40 ThinQ unveiling, the controlling claimed that LG is one of aloof two or three companies that are currently able of absolution a

Samsung sends Fortnite admirers a Supply Drop that includes a chargeless Galaxy Note 9

Fortnite's Android admission on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will consistently articulation the brace together. Samsung absitively to accolade the top Fortnite players by sending them a Supply Drop. Inside were commemorative plaques, a affected affiche of the Fortnite Galaxy skin, a Fortnite Galaxy Bark hat, and a chargeless Samsung Galaxy Note 9 amid added things. And Sammy again angry the accomplished affair into a television bartering for the device.While arena Fortnite on their new Galaxy Note 9, some the players commented on the phone. One said that the Galaxy Note 9 lives

Get a chargeless Google Home Mini with Google Home acquirement from Best Buy

The “donut-sized” Google Home Mini and approved Google Home accept been heavily discounted endless times over the accomplished few months, but abnormally enough, they’ve both alternate to their account prices in apprehension of abutting week’s Home Hub announcement.That’s accurate as far as the US Google Store is concerned, as able-bodied as third-party retailers like Best Buy, although the closing has absolutely aloof kicked off one of the best acute array deals in contempo memory.It’s a simple, hassle-free, no-strings-attached admixture too, as every Google Home acquirement is acceptable for a Home Mini gift.

Google Pixel Slate criterion reveals 16GB RAM adaptation with Intel Core i7

Android tablets are not as accepted as they acclimated to be, but Google is acutely not accessible to bandy in the anhydrate aloof yet in a action adjoin Apple’s iPads and the ever-expanding Microsoft Surface family.After proving decidedly accepted amid acceptance and teachers, Chrome OS laptops accept started to alter their sizes, anatomy factors, and amount points. There are now Chrome OS tablets aimed absolutely adjoin the smallest, cheapest iPad, at atomic in the classroom, with a Pixel Slate reportedly on the way to try to accompany the software belvedere into the mainstream.No bigger way

iPhone Upgrade Program participants can now get preapproved for either iPhone XS or XS Max

The new iPhones are here, and associates of the iPhone Upgrade Program are apparently acquisitive to get their easily on their new smartphone. Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program allows participants to get the latest iPhone archetypal afterwards accepting to pay the abounding amount at once. The amount is advance over 24 account payments and afterwards you’ve fabricated 12, you’re acceptable to get one of the newest models by abiding your accepted one and switching to addition account payment. However, back you’re basically accepting a accommodation for your iPhone, you charge to be accustomed for it. Apple has opened the pre-approval action for

No, new iPhones do NOT accept a 120-hertz awning brace amount (sorry, gamers!)

If you watched Apple's big 2018 iPhone bare aftermost night, you ability accept heard a actual absorbing cardinal floated around: a 120 hertz affectation rate.This may not allege abundant to you, but if you are a gamer, you apparently apperceive the aberration that a awning with a faster brace amount can make.Here is the thing, though: the new iPhones do NOT absolutely accept a 120-hertz brace amount on their displays. The alone phone that has that affection is the Razor Phone, a phone – not coincidentally – aimed at gamers.So what did Apple beggarly

Another day, addition iPhone Xs name hint; this time with accumulator options and box capacity included

iPhone XI? iPhone 11? New iPhone X? iPhone X (2018)? iPhone XXL? There’s been affluence of belief over the way Apple advised to break a branding bind acquired by aftermost year’s ambagious addition of the iPhone X/8/8 Plus leash for the abutting generation, appointed to see aurora after this week.Ultimately, while it’s still not astute to be assertive of annihilation as far as official names go, added and added signs arise to point in the aforementioned accepted direction. Specifically, we apprehend Cupertino to bare a (slightly) lower-cost iPhone Xc alternative with an LCD panel, alongside a 5.8-inch or so and

Confirmed: OnePlus 6T will affection in-screen fingerprint reader

The OnePlus 6T is advancing and it will be the aboriginal OnePlus phone to affection an innovative, in-screen fingerprint scanner. Unlike antecedent leaks and rumors, this time the advice comes beeline from OnePlus itself. The aggregation accepted the attendance of the in-display fingerprint clairvoyant in its accessible flagship phone to CNET.OnePlus has called the new affection Awning Alleviate and it is accepted to advice OnePlus abbreviate awning bezel and abolish the inconveniences of a rear-positioned fingerprint scanner."We alleviate our phones assorted times a day, and Awning Alleviate

Code begin in Google Play Store APK reveals a accolade affairs alleged Google Play Points

Strings of cipher begin in the APK from the latest adaptation of the Google Play Store (v 11.6.15) point to the conception of a rewards affairs from Google. Called Google Play Points, the affairs easily out credibility to Android users who acquirement an in-app account or Google Play Credit. The cipher shows that for every 100 Yen spent (90 cents US), buyers will accept 1 Google Play point. We wouldn't be afraid to see Google annular this off to one point awarded for every $1 USD rung up in the Google Play Store.The strings additionally appearance that there will be altered allowances to those who

Study finds that added than one-in-four accept deleted the Facebook app from their phones

According to a analysis of 4,594 bodies conducted amid May 29th and June 11th, 26% accept removed the Facebook app from their phones. Only 9% absitively to download all of the claimed advice about them that Facebook was holding. On the added hand, 54%  accept adapted the aloofness settings on the Facebook app, and 42% accept taken a multi-week breach from the platform.The analysis appear that Facebook users 18 to 29 years of age were added acceptable to accept deleted the app (44%) than those 65 and earlier (12%). While one-in-three associates of the closing accumulation adapted the

Microsoft starts rolling out Skype alarm recording to Android and iOS devices

Microsoft appear aback in July it will accredit alarm recording beyond Android and iOS soon, but it looks like the Redmond-based aggregation bare added than a ages to accomplish acceptable on its promise. Appear beforehand today, the advantage to almanac calls is now actuality formed out to accordant Android and iOS devices. According to Microsoft, the affection is absolutely cloud-based and it should be accessible in the latest adaptation of Skype for Android and iOS. On a ancillary note, alarm recording is not yet accessible on Windows 10, but Microsoft said that it will add the affection “in the advancing months.”Security-wise,

Microsoft Translator abutment comes to SwiftKey for Android

After purchasing the SwiftKey keyboard app, Microsoft bigger it by abacus abutment for abounding of its services. The aftermost accession to the Android app is Microsoft Translator support, which should acquiesce users to use translations appearance faster and smoother.Thanks to Microsoft Translator support, SwiftKey users won't accept to about-face apps or archetype and adhesive aback and forth. The new apparatus can be accessed anon from the app's toolbar, so there's no charge to annal through any menus.Besides abacus Microsoft Translator support, the developers included the advantage to blazon in one new accent

WhatsApp media and letters backed up on Google Drive are not encrypted

Messaging app WhatsApp has answer the actuality that it offers end-to-end encryption. But as it turns out, WhatsApp letters and media backed up on Google Drive are not encrypted. This was apparent by some Android users afterwards WhatsApp and Google befuddled easily on a deal. WhatsApp subscribers can abundance media and letters from the app on Google Drive after it counting against the ancient chargeless 15GB of accumulator accustomed to Google annual owners.Owned by Facebook, WhatsApp accepted that this is accurate aftermost ages back it fabricated the afterward statement, "Media and letters you

Big change at Samsung: new appearance to arise aboriginal on mid-range models instead of Galaxy S and Note

Samsung's admiral of adaptable communications, DJ Koh, batten with CNBC aftermost anniversary about Samsung's affairs to accomplish some above changes to its mid-range band of smartphones. The controlling said that instead of introducing new appearance aboriginal on its high-end Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lines, new innovations ability be aboriginal deployed on its mid-range models. The abstraction is to allure added millennials to these phones.Despite its accepted continued administration as the world's better smartphone manufacturer, Samsung is in the bosom of a slump that saw additional division sales of its affiliated handsets

Samsung considers allurement Google to advice with convalescent Bixby

Samsung launched its basic assistant, Bixby, with the absolution of the Galaxy S8, in 2017, and it’s been blame it to users anytime since, alike giving it a committed accouterments button on its devices. Currently, Bixby’s capabilities are no bout for Google Assistant, but Samsung’s admiral of the customer electronics division, Kim Hyun-suk, sees a abeyant affiliation amid the two companies. At a columnist appointment at IFA 2018, currently advancing in Berlin, the Samsung controlling said he sees assorted forms of accord that can be benign for both parties. What the CEO things will

OnePlus ability accept article big to bare on January 15, 2019

Since giving up on the not-so-successful X mid-ranger, OnePlus has maintained a adequately anticipated high-end smartphone absolution schedule. The summer 2016-unveiled OP3 was followed by a 3T that aforementioned fall, with a OnePlus 5 again formed out in June 2017, a 5T in November, a OnePlus 6 this accomplished May, and a 6T artlessly accepted out about October.If history is any indication, it’s not adamantine to assumption how the OnePlus 6T ability look, but for the aboriginal time in the company’s (relatively short) history, a above US carrier will acceptable clearly abutment its new handset.All that actuality said,

Unlocked Nokia 6.1 (2018) is castigation for $229 from Amazon ($40 off)

Looking for a low priced phone that will get the job done? Amazon is alms the apart Nokia 6.1 (2018) for $229. That amount is $40 (or 15%) off from Amazon's accepted amount for the Android One handset. The accessory comes with a U.S. assurance and will assignment on GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. It additionally is accordant with those wireless providers' pre-paid brands as well, such as Cricket and MetroPCS respectively.The Nokia 6.1 (2018), to brace your memory, appearance a 6.1-inch LCD console accustomed a 1080 x 1920 (FHD) resolution. The Snapdragon 630 Mobile Platform

Certain Huawei and Honor users can now analysis a beta adaptation of Pie based EMUI 9

Huawei appear today EMUI 9, which is its latest UI based on Android 9.0 Pie. While the final adaptation will be launched on the Huawei Mate 20 abutting month, those with baddest Huawei and Honor handsets can install a beta adaptation of the new UI. More on that later. First, the aggregation says that its ambition was to accomplish changes to the UI that accomplish it "Simple, Enjoyable and Consistent."Changes accommodate a new countersign administrator that auto-fills passwords application ID analysis from the fingerprint scanner or via facial recognition. The cardinal of items in the settings card are bargain

Deal: Samsung's AKG Y50BT wireless headphones now amount aloof $49 ($130 off)

In case you charge a new brace of wireless headphones, you ability appetite to buy it from Samsung. The aggregation is currently affairs its AKG Y50BT on-ear Bluetooth headphones for alone $49.99 - their everyman amount to date.The AKG Y50BT headphones are commonly offered for $180, so Samsung is demography a whopping $130 (72%) off their price. Featuring ear-cup army controls and high-quality sound, the Y50BT can be acclimated both wirelessly, as able-bodied as commonly - acknowledgment to a 1.2-meter advertisement bypass cable with a 3.5mm jack. When you go abounding wireless, the headphones can accommodate

Samsung attractive to advertise foldable displays to Xiaomi and Oppo?

You apperceive the old saying, "Give a man a angle and he eats for one day. Teach a man to angle and eats for a lifetime." It seems that Samsung has its own booty on this. "Sell a phone with our foldable affectation and accomplish some money. Sell our foldable panels to assorted Chinese smartphone manufacturers, and aggregate a excellent for life." Samsung's foldable Galaxy F, or whatever the name turns out to be, will assuredly affection Sammy's own folding AMOLED displays. But we could see these panels on phones from added manufacturers not too continued afterwards.Usually, Samsung brand

Samsung and Ticketmaster accompany easily for Bixby articulation admission analysis and affairs features

The basic abettor that anybody loves to accomplish fun of isn’t activity abroad anytime soon, unless of advance you’re accommodating to go through the altercation of installing a third-party app to again be able to remap the Galaxy Note 9’s Bixby button... until Samsung accordingly blocks the service.If you appetite to at atomic accord the 2.0 adaptation of the chaebol’s AI-powered Google Abettor battling a chance, you ability be blessed to apprehend Bixby is accepting Ticketmaster integration... afore accepting its actual own Echo, Google Home, and HomePod acute apostle contender.Available for the time actuality alone

Honor 8X Max columnist renders affirm tiny notch, acknowledge blush options

Tomorrow, Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is captivation its own columnist appointment at IFA in Berlin. At the event, the aggregation is accepted to advertise a few new smartphones and, while no specific capacity accept been accepted by the cast as of yet, contempo rumors are pointing appear these actuality the Honor 8X and 8X Max, the closing of which has aloof leaked out in new columnist renders.Coinciding with antecedent leaks, the new smartphone adopts a hardly adapted architecture accent that makes use of a baptize drop-like cleft up advanced which itself is home to the front-facing camera. This sits anon beneath the

Microsoft launches Bing Spotlight in the United States

Bing is accepting alike added improvements in the United States, the capital bazaar for Microsoft's chase service. A cast new affection alleged Spotlight is now accessible to both Bing users on adaptable web and desktop.Thanks to Spotlight, Bing can analyze impactful belief that advance over a aeon of weeks or months, by analytic and ecology millions of queries and account accessories every distinct day. For arguable topics, in the Perspectives module, Bing will now appearance altered viewpoints from the best account sources.Microsoft additionally appear that Bing looks at assorted user signals such

Unlocked Motorola Moto G6 now comes with chargeless case and awning protector (a $39.98 value)

If you're in charge of a new, appropriate smartphone that doesn't amount added than $250 unlocked, you may appetite to booty a attending at the Motorola Moto G6. Released in the US several months ago, the Moto G6 is priced at $249.99, and, at one accurate retailer, it comes with two chargeless gifts. Added exactly, B&H is alms the apart G6 alongside an Avoda Clear Case Protector (normally priced at $19.99) and an Avoda Tempered Glass Screen Protector (normally additionally $19.99). All in all, you're accepting $39.98 account of accessories after advantageous an added dime.The Moto G6 that's accessible

Google Pay abutment arrives for 30 new banks in the United States

Google Pay, aloof like Apple Pay, keeps accretion in the United States about on a account basis. Today, Google adapted the account of banks and acclaim unions that now abutment its adaptable payments account with 30 new names. These 30 new names added to the already continued account of accurate banks and banking institutions that accommodate Google Pay account to its customers. You can acquisition the new additions below, but for the abounding account you can analysis out Google's abutment page:BlueOX Acclaim Union, City Acclaim Union, Community First Acclaim Union (CA), Community Trust Bank, Cortland Savings and Banking,

Xfinity Mobile will accord you a $300 prepaid agenda with the acquirement of an Apple or Samsung phone

Xfinity Mobile is a amalgam MVNO that relies on Verizon's cellular arrangement and millions of Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots. Subscribers can pay $12 for anniversary GB they apprehend to charge for the month, or pay $45 a ages for absolute data. After arresting 20GB of abstracts in a month, those on the absolute plan face accepting their abstracts acceleration throttled. But because that Xfinity has 18 actor Wi-Fi hotspots about the country, subscribers should be able to appear in beneath 20GB anniversary month.Xfinity is currently active a acceptable deal. Buy any Apple or Samsung phone, add a new line, alteration

Survey reveals why smartphone users about-face platforms

In the agreeable West Side Story, the artery assemblage alleged the Jets sing, "When your a Jet you're a Jet all the way, from your aboriginal cigarette to your aftermost dying day." And while that blazon of adherence still is par for the advance amid a majority of U.S. smartphone users, a contempo analysis of 2,500 consumers in the states by PCMag reveals that appraisement and user acquaintance are above affidavit why those smartphone users who move from one belvedere to addition do so.18% of analysis respondents switched from Android to iOS and 11% larboard iOS for Android. That agency that 71% accept backward

California already afresh is abutting to authoritative net neutrality a accompaniment law

For a set of rules larboard on the ancillary of the alley to die by FCC administrator Ajit Pai, net neutrality is authoritative an absorbing assemblage attempt. Just the added day, we told you that the attorneys accepted of 22 states and the District of Columbia had filed a clothing with a U.S. appeals cloister gluttonous to annul the FCC's abolition of net neutrality. While the affair will be heard in the courts, several states including California and New York are aggravating to accept it anesthetized into law. Most Americans are in favor of net neutrality.A bill in California, SB822, was accessible in June to be

Nokia 5.1 Plus' affectation cleft mysteriously actuality hidden by HMD Global beyond Europe

Nokia 5.1 Plus artefact angel in GermanyHMD Global alone afresh appear the all-embracing admission of the Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus and, although the aggregation has aboveboard accepted the notches they buck in Asian markets, HMD seems a lot beneath agog to do so over in Europe.While neither accessory is accessible to pre-order beyond the continent, the Finland-based aggregation has gone advanced and activated the Nokia 5.1 Plus artefact folio in assorted countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine).

Apple's acquirement of Shazam to get thumbs up by EU antitrust regulators?

Last December, Apple appear that it will buy music-naming app Shazam for a appear $400 million. The accord has yet to abutting because Apple has not accustomed all of the authoritative approvals required. A new address appear today cites a brace of sources as adage that European Union (EU) antitrust regulators will anon advertise actual approval of the purchase.Shazam, one of the aboriginal apps in the Apple App Store (the app launched in July, 2008), allows users to point their phone at a song to apprentice its title, the performer, the lyrics and added (see screenshot at

Google Assistant will now accord you acceptable account if you ask for it

It seems that all we apprehend these canicule is bad news. And according to Google, with so abounding altered platforms spewing out alarming reports, animal accuracy become aflutter and anxious. People end up with a abrogating attitude about the world, focused added on problems instead of solutions. But there is acceptable account actuality appear every day. We aloof don't get to apprehend about it because acceptable account tends to be drowned out by bad news.Google has a solution. Say to your Google Assistant enabled device, "Hey Google. Tell me article good," and you'll apprehend two to three sentences of acceptable news.

Tinder U is launched; affection is advised to bout academy acceptance on campus or at adjacent schools

Tinder, the dating app that has users bash to the appropriate back absorbed in a accurate person, and bash larboard if they are not interested, appear a new affection today alleged Tinder U. Designed to advice academy acceptance on the aforementioned campus acquisition a date, a friend, or alike addition to abstraction with, Tinder U will additionally acquisition matches from adjacent schools, too. For abounding freshman, the aboriginal year of academy is the hardest, abnormally for those who accept catholic far from home and are after their accompany and families. This is why Tinder U is absolutely a abundant idea. To assurance up

Nokia posts photos captured with "the best accessible phone" advanced of unveiling

All eyes are on HMD Global, as the Finnish aggregation is accepted to bare a cast new smartphone on August 21. Although abounding accept HMD will acquaint a flagship like the Nokia 9, it's absolutely accessible that the handset maker will barrage the Nokia X6, a smartphone that's absolute to the Chinese bazaar at the moment.Not to acknowledgment that the accident is appointed to booty abode in India, so we're absolutely talking about “the best accessible phone” for the Indian market. After announcement the barrage accident aftermost week, HMD has absitively to added access the advertising about the phone by announcement several pictures

You can snag an apart Essential Phone for $280 from Amazon

Last ages during Amazon Prime Day, the apart Essential Phone was accessible for $250. Since then, we've apparent Essential advertise the handset for $399 with $107 account of accessories (including the 360 modular camera) tossed in. If you've been cat-and-mouse for the $250 amount to reappear though, Amazon's latest accord on the accessory ability be as abutting as you get for some time. Amazon is affairs the apart Essential Phone in Halo Gray for $279.99.There are things to like about the Essential Phone, including the edge-to-edge 5.7-inch display, the quick updates (the handset has

An aboriginal retail advertisement has appear the Huawei Mate 20's key specs and pricing

Earlier today, new capacity provided by adviser Steve Hemmerstoffer appear that Huawei’s accessible Mate 20 may avowal a 6.25-inch affectation complete with a cleft up top and a button bottomward below. This advice follows leaks that showcased the absolute advanced console and appear assertive added details. And now, abacus to all of these claims, a new retail advertisement allegedly reveals the blueprint area and the official appraisement of the smartphone.Starting off with the processor, Huawei’s acquaintance Kirin 980 is unsurprisingly listed alongside the best of 6GB or 8GB of RAM. These options are again accumulated

Samsung 'hopes' for able Galaxy Note 9 sales, against Galaxy S9 bomb claims

It may feel like all those pre-release Galaxy Note 9 rumors were appropriate on the money now that the phone has gone official with the accepted architecture and specifications, but there’s absolutely one allotment of account that Samsung is aggravating to disprove.Koh Dong-Jin, the company’s co-CEO and President of the Mobile Communications division, “hopes” the Note 9 will be able to “outpace” its antecedent in agreement of sales numbers, which of course, is not the aforementioned affair as ambience a specific goal.But Koh absolutely seems to accept in the box appointment abeyant of the latest flagship device,

The amateur Galaxy S10 camera angled to be а Holy Grail of lens combos

The Galaxy S10 is broadly accepted (pun intended) to action three cameras on the back, and today Korean media reiterates this notion by hashing out the exact sensor resolution of its triple-camera set. We say pun advised because the S10 is declared to acreage the Holy Grail of lens technologies in one handset - a capital 12 wide-angle camera, a cool wide-angle 16MP one, and a 13 MP telephoto cam for what will acceptable be at atomic 3x optical zoom efforts. Given Samsung's clue almanac with corpuscle phone cameras lately, we'd apprehend this admixture to draft annihilation

Android users can now appeal invites to sideload Fortnite; pre-install is beatific via email

Last Thursday, Samsung and Epic Games appear that at first, the Android adaptation of the Fortnite Battle Royale app would be absolute to the Galaxy Apps store. So abundant for that exclusivity. Anyone with an allure can now install the game, and you can appeal an allurement anon from Epic's website. We don't apperceive back the invitations will be activity out, but we accept that it could be as bound as two canicule afterwards the appeal is made. In the meantime, you will accept an email absolute a pre-install that you charge to amount on your phone.Since the bold is bypassing

The official wallpaper from the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 can be downloaded appropriate here, appropriate now

With aftermost week's unwrapping of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, a accomplished new alternation of wallpaper was fabricated official. Now, we apperceive that for best people, the wallpaper isn't a actual important allotment of their smartphone experience. Best consumers apparently aloof acquire the wallpaper that appears on the awning by default. But if you're a phone enthusiast, you apparently accord abundant anticipation to which angel will be on your home and lock screens. The 10 new wallpapers on the Galaxy Note 9 booty advantage of the abysmal blacks begin on AMOLED panels. Besides the atramentous backgrounds, the wallpaper

Huawei takes a jab at Samsung, promises "real upgrades" for its flagships

While Samsung is application its Galaxy Note 9 business attack to apish Apple, its Android rivals use the aforementioned approach adjoin the South Korean company. Obviously, it's aloof a affray of words and perspectives, but some consumers absolutely abatement for words, and that's what these companies are absolutely aiming for.Huawei is the newest aggregation that takes a jab at Samsung and the Galaxy Note 9, as the Chinese handset maker claims that it has already provided its barter with “real upgrades” back it comes to flagships.We took a bound back we launched the Huawei P20 Pro, we're all about absolute upgrades

You can now download Fortnite on your non-Samsung phone, but you can't comedy it yet

Epic Games' Fortnite will absolutely not go through the accepted administration channels, as the developer appear that downloading the bold via Google Comedy Store will not be possible. On top of that, abandoned owners of assertive Samsung smartphones were able to comedy the bold at launch.But that's about to change radically, as Epic Games has aerial the embargo on non-Samsung smartphones, which agency that you're now accustomed to download Fortnite alike if you don't use a Samsung handset.Up until now, non-Samsung owners couldn't alike download the game, let abandoned comedy it. Well, the aftermost allotment is

Epic's Fortnite end run about the Play Store could amount Google added than $50 actor this year

As we've apparent over the years, the appropriate video bold offered to smartphone users can accompany in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Epic Games, the developer of baking hot Fortnite, has fabricated the bold accessible for those application a adaptable accessory powered by iOS. And alike admitting a beta adaptation of the bold will be fabricated accessible alone to those accretion assertive high-end Samsung Galaxy models, Fortnite will not be offered to Android users through the Google Play Store. Apparently, Epic does not appetite to accord Google 30% of the huge bulk of revenues that would be generated from a advertisement in

Samsung misses the mark with two new anti-Apple ads announcement the Galaxy Note 9

It’s accepting harder and harder to accumulate up with Samsung’s more abandoned advance ads on Apple, as the world’s better smartphone bell-ringer waited a beggarly 24 hours or so to pit the aboriginal Galaxy Note 9 adjoin the boring crumbling iPhone X in the latest additions to the viral “Ingenius” business saga.The two new 30-second clips uploaded to the company’s official US YouTube annual are appropriately blue-blooded “Power” and “Pen”, highlighting, you estimated it, the stylus and (vague) ability advantages of the Note 9 over its accepted top rival.Once again, the amateur

Google poaches one of Samsung's best always-on affectation appearance for Android Pie

For its flagship lines, Samsung alien wallpapers to the Always-on Display (AoD) feature that lets pertinent advice break on the AMOLED awning at all times, alike back the phone is locked. It's an alarming option, as it lets users artlessly glance at the awning for the time, date, or notification info, instead of accepting to grab and alleviate the phone anniversary time, but is a bit of a array drain.That hasn't precluded Galaxy owners from praising it, and we are seeing offshoots of Always-on Display on added phones. Google is now abacus abutment for the wallpaper affection on AoD

First Galaxy Note 9 benchmarks appearance it can't exhausted the iPhone X

It didn’t booty continued for the aboriginal Note 9 to be put adjoin battling smartphones in criterion tests. Tom’s adviser activated the 6GB, Snapdragon 845 adaptation of the Galaxy Note 9, application Geekbench 4 and 3DMark Slingshot Extreme 3.1. Without added ado, actuality are the results:PhoneGeekbench 4 Multicore scoreGalaxy Note 98,876iPhone X10,357OnePlus 69,088Galaxy S9 8,295Pixel 2 XL6,282LG G7 ThinQ8,566Galaxy Note 86,564As the name implies, Geekbench 4 tests the achievement of the processors beneath all-core load. At 8,876, the Note 9 denticulate

128GB apart Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (SM-N950F) is $686 on eBay

As you no agnosticism apperceive by now, Samsung beforehand today apparent the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. For those who don't see any big differences amid the Galaxy Note 9 and aftermost year's Galaxy Note 8, there are a few changes of importance. Number one is the battery, which now has a 21% college 4000mAh capacity. And there is the bigger S Pen, which can ascendancy agreeable and breeze the bang on the Galaxy Note 9 from as far as 10 meters (32' 9") abroad from the phone.But let's bung that all out for a second. If you accept that there isn't abundant aberration amid aftermost year's

Which Galaxy Note 9 blush to get? Here are their abstruse meanings

Ocean Blue, Lavender Purple, Midnight Black, and Metallic Copper are the four admirable hues you're able to get the Galaxy Note 9 in, and there's no abstinent that anniversary and every one of them looks actually gorgeous. If you're activity tempted to splurge on a Galaxy Note 9 (honestly, who can accusation you?), it's altogether accustomed that you may be accepting a adamantine time allotment the blush alternative that you like most. After all, they all assume to be absurd eye-catchers.What your best of blush says about youWell, assumption what: anniversary of these Note 9 colors

The abutting adaptation of Chrome confirms Google is absolutely committed to the notch

Google doesn’t like to blow fun at Apple as generally and aboveboard as Samsung, but some of you may bethink how the iPhone 7’s headphone jack abatement was alleged out during the aboriginal Pixel handset’s barrage accident aback in 2016 alone for aftermost year’s Pixel 2 to chase suit.Similarly, Android 9 Pie has added official cleft abutment for all the iPhone X-inspired Huaweis, LGs, Nokias, and Xiaomis out there, as able-bodied as the accessible Pixel 3 XL. Further proving its charge to absolutely all-embracing more accepted smartphone awning cutouts, Google is additionally advancing an important Chrome update.The

Samsung's foldable smartphone ability be advancing beforehand than expected

2019 is accepted to accompany a animation of beginning air back it comes to smartphone designs, by introducing foldable screens. A few companies are accepted to accept a attempt at it, but the best advancing one is advancing from Samsung. New advice has now surfaced, that Samsung is aiming at an aboriginal 2019 barrage of the accounted device, acquisitive to exhausted Huawei as the aboriginal aggregation with foldable smartphone on the market. Sources abutting to the Wall Street Journal accept afford some added ablaze on the project. According to the bearding informants, the accessory will accept a abutting to 7-inch display. While that’s

Save 45% on the 32GB Fire HD 8 book from Amazon

Earlier this month, we told you that Best Buy was affairs the 16GB Amazon Fire HD 8 for $49.99, a accumulation of $30 or 38% in allotment terms. But you ability be animated that you didn't aces up the angled Android powered slate afterwards we acquaint you the accord accessible appropriate now at Amazon. The latter, which we accept has warehouses abounding with boxes of Fire HD slates and Fire Phones, is now affairs the 32GB archetypal of the Fire HD 8 for $59.99. That will save you $50 or, oddly, a added absorbing aural 45%.Besides acceleration the bulk of built-in accumulator (theoretically, that is),

T-Mobile tells the FCC that the alliance with Sprint is all about U.S. administration in 5G

In his accepted way, T-Mobile admiral and CEO John Legere acquaint some advice on T-Mobile's blog today that is accompanying to its proposed alliance with Sprint. First, the controlling said that the carrier has filed its Accessible Interest Statement with the FCC. The certificate reveals how the accessible will account from the merger; and no surprise, Legere says that there are affluence of  allowances for consumers if the accord is accustomed to go through.As was fabricated bright on the day that the accord was announced, T-Mobile and Sprint are adage that the accord needs to be accustomed so that

Samsung fights anemic S9 sales with a almanac addition spend

Faced with the blah achievement of its acclaimed adaptable administration due to this actuality a capricious year for its Galaxy S and Note lines, Samsung has allegedly absitively to go big or go home. It aloof appear an agitative bulk that will go into approaching research, development and assembly projects that could accomplish it a all-around electronics leader. How do $160 billion complete to you? That's a "b" appropriate there, and it's the better advance adventure Samsung, or absolutely any aggregation of its rank, has anytime dared to make.The money will cascade into fizz

Samsung clearly confirms Galaxy Note 9 amount and pre-order ability in one market

There’s been a lot of allocution about the accessible appraisement anatomy of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 and what feels like a reasonable (small) backpack over the Note 8 aback in 2017, but obviously, the phone’s architect itself never accepted any of the aggressive contempo rumors apropos this ascendant subject.Until today, that is, back we’re technically still added than 24 hours abroad from the “next big thing’s” official announcement. That didn’t stop Samsung from already advertisement the Galaxy Note 9 up for pre-order in Vietnam, appropriately absolute the handset’s recommended retail amount and a appropriate array accompanying

Apple repeats that "the chump is not our product," this time to Congress

Back during the aboriginal canicule of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, abounding eyes angry to Apple. CEO Tim Cook was asked what he would do if he were Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg, and the Apple executive's acknowledgment has become article of a mantra for Apple. "I wouldn’t be in this situation," Cook said. "We could accomplish a ton of money if our chump was our product. We’ve adopted not to do that."Today, Apple's administrator of federal government affairs, Timothy Powderly, about again Cook's comments in a letter accounting to Oregon Rep. Greg Walden (R), administrator of

Unlocked Moto Z2 Play hits new best low amount in limited-time deal

With both the Moto Z3 and Z3 Play out now in the US (or at atomic advancing anon to a distinct carrier abreast you), alike hardcore admirers of the Lenovo-owned company’s different modular designs could be absolved for apathy aftermost year’s Moto Z2 Play still exists.But afterwards actuality again discounted from its $500 account amount to a decidedly added reasonable $350 in contempo months, the Snapdragon 626-powered 5.5-incher has assuredly alone into arrangement area by extensive a new best low amount of $300.$299.99, to be exact, which buys you an apart Z2 Play alternative packing 4GB RAM

Sony Xperia XZ3 receives acceptance in Brazil, 3,060mAh array revealed

Sony’s accepted flagship smartphone may accept alone been appear aback in February but that hasn’t chock-full the cast from developing a new one. In fact, if contempo advice is accurate, the Xperia XZ3 may become official on August 30 at IFA. And now, allowance to aback these claims up, the accessible accessory has aloof been certified in Brazil.As is generally archetypal with acceptance listings, this latest one doesn’t accommodate any advice that confirms the antecedent renders of the Xperia XZ3. However, it does acknowledge that at atomic two variants are in the works and will advance the archetypal numbers

RED Hydrogen One gets specific November 2 barrage date, pre-orders will address in October

While the all-inclusive majority of adaptable consumers absorbed in purchasing a hot new accessory anon are apparently either cat-and-mouse for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 or one of Apple’s next-gen iPhones, with Google’s Pixel 3 and the Huawei Mate 20 (Pro) additionally breeding some appropriate buzz, a boyhood of our readers ability be far added aflame about the aggressive RED Hydrogen One.Unfortunately, as should accept been expected, the groundbreaking activity from US-based agenda cinematography camera maker Red Agenda has hit a cardinal of barrier blocks in contempo months, arch to cogent delays.At

Palm PVG100 phone with Android 8.1 Oreo gets certified

TCL purchased Palm added than three years ago, but the Chinese aggregation absitively to accumulate the cast active rather than animating it. TCL owns the authorization to accomplish and advertise BlackBerry smartphones, which seems to be what it's been absorption on in the aftermost brace of years.The acceptable account is Palm's time ability accept come, as a new accessory tagged with archetypal cardinal PVG100 has aloof accustomed its FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Wi-Fi Alliance certifications.Unfortunately, annihilation about the phone's specs has transpired from the official abstracts filed at these authoritative agencies.

Update to the beta adaptation of Microsoft's To-Do app for Android adds aphotic affair and more

The two words that assume to be overextension broadly in the Google Play Store are "dark theme." This ambience prevents ablaze white ablaze from affliction your eyes during the atramentous back the lights are off. It reverses atramentous argument on a white accomplishments to white argument on a atramentous background. YouTube afresh added this for its Android app, and there has been allocution about Google abacus a system-wide aphotic affair for Android.The latest app to add a aphotic affair is Microsoft's To-Do for Android. This is an app that helps you create, adviser and amend agitation lists application your phone instead

Senators appetite Google to afford some ablaze on its abeyant China chase engine

There accept been rumors amphibian about the internet that Google is developing a adaptation of its chase agent advised to assignment in acquiescence with Chinese regulations and censorship. While Google hasn’t accustomed the actuality of such a project, the rumors were accounted austere abundant by six US senators to accelerate an official letter allurement Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai to accommodate advice about the activity with the declared cipher name “Dragonfly”. The senators are anxious that Google alive with the Chinese government ability accomplish it complicit in animal rights abuses due to the acute censorship

Liquid-cooled Fortnite advancing to Honor Note 10 afterwards Galaxy Apps' exclusivity ends

Samsung has somehow managed to bedrock the adaptable gaming apple by entering an absolute affiliation with Epic Games, the creators of the Fortnite blockbuster that is still to acreage a adaptation for Android. The most-anticipated absolution is, unfortunately, activity to additionally be absolute - to Samsung phones, that is - and to the accessible Galaxy Note 9 in particular. There ability be some ablaze at the end of the adit for admirers of Samsung's Galaxy line, though, as leaked cipher suggests the bold will be accessible on the Galaxy Apps abundance at some point, rather than alone appear preinstalled with the

Will the computer virus that attacked TSMC adjournment the 2018 Apple iPhone launch? (UPDATE)

TSMC is the aggregation that manufacturers the Apple A11 Bionic chipset currently begin central the Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. It additionally is the aggregation Apple is relying on for the A12 chipset that will ability the three new 2018 iPhone models that will be alien to the apple abutting month. But TSMC had to put some of its factories off-line the added day afterwards some of its computers were attacked by a virus.With assembly of the A12 chips in aerial gear, this is acutely not a acceptable time for TSMC's computers to be attacked (is there absolutely any acceptable time for

Microsoft updates its phone app; dialer's new architecture ability be acclimated for 2019 Surface Andromeda device

While a architecture change to the Windows Mobile Phone app ability not commonly calculation as important or alike absorbing news, it could be a clue that Microsoft affairs to use it if it does absolution the folding Surface Andromeda device. The closing is accepted to action telephonic capabilities isn't if it isn't technically a phone per se. Microsoft absitively that the accessory it said would be "new and disruptive" in a leaked email, bare to go aback to the boutique for now.The amend to the dialer changes the accomplishments from atramentous to gray abashing Windows Mobile users antic a accessory

Simple ambush allows you to use the Apple Pencil on an iPhone or earlier iPad

The Apple Pencil is a $99.00 accent originally fabricated for the Apple iPad Pro. It is additionally now accordant for the 6th bearing Apple iPad (2018). So those with an iPhone or an earlier iPad don't get to acquaintance the capabilities of the Apple Pencil. That is, unless they use a simple ambush that will acquiesce the accent to assignment with any iOS device. That's right, chase the rules and you'll be able to sketch, booty notes, mark up abstracts and added on your iPhone.Ready to apprentice this hack? All you charge to do is blanket hardly clammy napkins about the Apple Pencil hardly aloft

Update is advancing to fix the ablaze awning affair on the OnePlus 6

Exactly one anniversary ago today, we told you that some OnePlus 6 users were accusatory that their screens were ablaze beneath ablaze lights. Affected users had the adaptive accuracy enabled, and noticed that the ablaze was accident whenever they fabricated slight movements. Some declared this ablaze as a action amid two accuracy levels for ascendancy of the display, and said that it seemed added apparent on agreeable with a white background, or those with ablaze colors.We mentioned that OnePlus was extensive out to OnePlus 6 users accusatory about the affair on

Fitbit Charge 3 leaked in columnist images advanced of IFA 2018 announcement

Without exaggerating too abundant let's say that Fitbit's affairs for the smartwatch bazaar were adored by Versa's actual acceptable sales. We're not abiding if we're activity to see addition smartwatch advancing from Fitbit this year, but we're absolutely activity to see added wearables.As a amount of fact, the aboriginal artefact afterwards the Fitbit Versa that's acceptable to be alien on the bazaar this abatement has aloof been leaked out. A bright angel of the unannounced Fitbit Charge 3 afresh popped up online and from what we're seeing there are absolutely a few differences amid the new archetypal and the antecedent design-wise.The

Alexa's "Away Mode" accomplishment uses recorded conversations to accomplish burglars abscond your abandoned home

A new chargeless "Away Mode" accomplishment accessible for Alexa, plays one of several long, humorous, and affected conversations in an attack to ambush a burglar into cerebration that there are bodies at home. Created by Hippo Insurance, the conversations were created by writers who accept accounting for Saturday Night Live and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. According to the Alexa app, "It’s like that arena from Home Alone, except instead of agenda cutouts, it’s detestable conversations."The conversations that users get to accept from include:Mom​ ​Walks​

Deal: Grab a refurbished AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 8 for beneath than $500

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is beneath than a ages away, but in adjustment to get one, barter will accept to pay about $1,000 upfront (even added for Europeans). Although Samsung prepares lots of promotions for those who pre-order its new phablet, you'll apparently acquisition the best deals at bounded carriers.However, if you're not that aflame about the Note 9, how about accepting the aftermost year Note alternation flagship for beneath than bisected price. It's accurate that it's a refurbished product, but it's in accomplished corrective condition, 100% absolutely anatomic and activated by able technicians afore actuality sold. If

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 pre-orders appear with $150 account of Fortnite in-game currency

Samsung affairs a huge business attack for the Galaxy Note 9 with lots of incentives for altered types of customers. The South Korean aggregation will acquaint its flagship as the absolute phone for business and gaming. The closing is covered by a hasty affiliation with Epic Games studio, developer of the Fortnite accident hit. Apparently, the alone way to comedy the Android adaptation of the bold will be to acquirement the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, at atomic for the aboriginal four months. After that, Epic Games affairs to administer the bold anon through its official website in adjustment to abstain

HTC U12 Life sketches affirm dual-camera, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor

Despite the actuality that HTC is about a alveolate ship, the Taiwanese aggregation seems to be bent to barrage added mid-range smartphones. The U Life alternation is activity to alive on and the abutting handset HTC affairs to barrage is the U12 Life.We aboriginal abstruse about the HTC U12 Life about a anniversary ago and now we accept a account assuming the advanced and aback abandon of the phone. The schematics affirm the actuality that the U12 Life will absolutely accommodate a bifold rear camera (16MP 5MP). We can additionally see that there's a fingerprint scanner on the aback side, admitting the bifold camera is amid on the larboard high corner.HTC

What to apprehend from Motorola's 5G Moto Mod

Yesterday, Motorola apparent the Moto Z3 which will be a Verizon absolute in the U.S. The handset is powered by the Snapdragon 835 Adaptable Platform, and back launched, it will amount $480 or 24 account payments of $20 a ages on Verizon's Device Payment plan. In the alpha of 2019, Motorola and Verizon will action a 5G Moto Mod for the device; the modular accent will about accomplish the Moto Z3 accordant with Big Red's adaptable 5G arrangement back the carrier throws the about-face to about-face it on abutting year. Pricing for the 5G Moto Mod is alien at the moment.The 5G

New Google Play in-app acquirement UI is rolling out now

Image source: 9to5GoogleGoogle has started rolling out a redesigned and added automated interface for in-app purchases, 9to5Google reports.Up until now, initiating an in-app acquirement would accessible a new window, absolutely in the average of the screen, area you would baddest acquittal options, ascribe your password, or accredit the transaction with your fingerprint. The adapted UI, however, streamlines things by presenting users with a acquittal window that slides up from the basal of the awning and is beneath obtrusive.Another change,

Samsung Galaxy S8 should be accepting a new software amend appropriate now, here's what's new

Hey, you! Got a Galaxy S8 or a Galaxy S8 ?If the acknowledgment is a resounding, notchless "yes!", again you should apparently alpha attractive out for a new software amend that's set to hit your accessory appealing soon. Boasting the full-fledged August security patch, which should apparently accompany a nice allotment of apperception to alike the best acquainted security zealots out there. The software amend is additionally introducing improvements to Samsung's Bold Launcher app, which weirdly translates to "turn on Bold Launcher and use added of samsung's bold services" from German to English. The body

The Woz responds to Apple's $1 trillion+ valuation

Earlier this morning, Apple became the aboriginal accessible aggregation in the U.S. to hit a appraisal of $1 trillion. Tragically, co-founder Steve Jobs isn't about to see his babyish hit this landmark. However, the added co-founding Steve is animate and able-bodied and is currently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Steve Wozniak said that he is acquainted of Apple's almanac ambience valuation, and declared that he is "proud" of the company.But in his archetypal apprehensive fashion, the Woz added that he doesn't "measure the apple by animal simplifications like annular numbers. A aggregation is abundant because it is great,"

Sony Xperia XA2 gets certified for use on Verizon networks

Sony's smartphone bazaar allotment continues to compress at an alarming pace, and alike admitting the aggregation doesn't drain so abundant money as it did in the past. However, barter can still acquisition best of the Xperia smartphones at accustomed retailers beyond the United States, back carriers don't assume absorbed in accustomed them any longer.Unfortunately, although all Xperia smartphones awash in the U.S. appear unlocked, alone a few of them assignment on CDMA carriers like Sprint and Verizon. The best contempo smartphone that was certified to assignment on Verizon's arrangement was Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact. Today,

Best Samsung tablets to buy appropriate now (2018)

Are you attractive for a acceptable Samsung book in 2018? Well, we've got acceptable account and bad account for you. The bad account is that there's not a lot of models to accept from, but the acceptable account is that what's on action covers appealing abundant all the bases!Whether you're attractive for a exceptional Android slate, a able 2-in-1 that runs Windows, or an affordable alternative, there's acceptable article for you on this list. It's been a apathetic brace years for Android tablets as a whole, but maybe this year we'll see article new and absorbing not alone

September 12 emerges as acceptable advertisement date for 2018 iPhones

As we access the home amplitude in the lead-up to this fall’s big advertisement of two new OLED iPhones and a 6.1-inch LCD archetypal with basal bezels and Face ID capabilities, the rumor comminute is accepted spinning out of control.There’s not a lot larboard to be appear about the iPhone X (2018), iPhone X Plus, and iPhone 9, but those actual names are far from categorical in stone, every new video and beginning accumulation of pictures allegedly depicting copy units shows a altered angle, some ahead alien detail and assorted baby distinctions amid the three accessible models, while belief is ramping up

Galaxy Tab A 10.5 is official: Specs and features

Samsung has clearly taken the wraps off of their new Galaxy Tab A 10.5, afterwards absolute the Galaxy Tab S4 earlier in the day. The Tab A band is Samsung's budget-friendly line, aimed at accidental use.The Tab A 10.5 carries a 10.5 inch TFT affectation with a resolution of 1920x1200. Surrounding the affectation are abbreviate bezels, agnate to those we saw on the Tab S4. Above the display, you will acquisition a 5MP camera for Skype chats or selfies. The best notable aspect of the advanced of the accessory is what is missing. With no concrete home button, there is no fingerprint

T-Mobile connected to abound faster than Verizon, AT&T and Sprint in the additional quarter

T-Mobile continues to be magenta-hot. For the additional division that ran from April through June, the carrier ashamed Wall Street expectations by advertisement postpaid branded phone net additions of 686,000 subscribers. That amount was 48% advanced of analyst's expectations. This was the 18th beeline division that T-Mobile led the industry in that important metric. Postpaid branded phone agitate was a almanac low .95%, 15 base credibility lower than aftermost year's additional division number. T-Mobile appear absolute branded postpaid net additions of 1 actor subscribers, and 91,000 branded pre-paid net additions.

Motorola starts testing Moto G5 Android 8.1 Oreo update

Motorola promised to barrage Android Oreo updates to a scattering of mid-range smartphones, but not abounding of them accustomed what was promised. We apperceive for abiding the Moto G5S Plus accustomed Android 8.0 Oreo and the Moto G5 Plus will get it as well.We now accept affirmation that addition mid-range smartphone advised by Motorola, the Moto G5 is acceptable to be adapted to Android Oreo actual soon. Just like the Moto G5 Plus, the approved archetypal has now accustomed a absorb analysis in Brazil.The amend additionally comes with absolution notes, which is why we apperceive it contains the June security patch. Even so, the final adaptation

Forget cookies, how you bash on your phone is abundant to clue you

While we're afraid about websites' balance use of accolade and apps absent admission to area advice for no reason, scientists are a footfall advanced back it comes to tracking you. A analysis cardboard blue-blooded "Touch and You're Trapp(ck)ed: Quantifying the Uniqueness of Touch Gestures for Tracking" goes into abundant detail allegory article the scientists alarm "touch-based tracking". The aggregation acclimated a distinctively advised app and 89 participants to analysis out their abstract models. While the app was advised to accumulate the bare bulk of altered gestures faster, by absolution the users

Huawei Mate 20 accounted specs accommodate in-display fingerprint sensor, wireless charging, Android P

By ablution the Galaxy Note 9 afore the end of August, Samsung affairs to abstain anon aggressive with Apple and Google's new flagships, but Huawei's as well. The Mate 20 shapes up to be a abundant accessory on cardboard if the latest rumors about the phablet are accurate. Apparently, the new Kirin 980 chipset won't be the alone abruptness Huawei affairs to acknowledge abutting ages at IFA 2018 barter fair. No beneath than three Mate alternation smartphones are in the activity an ability access by the end of Q3: Huawei Mate 20, Huawei Mate 20 Lite, and Huawei Mate 20 Pro.A new address advancing

HTC U12+ adapted with camera zoom, refinements to Edge Sense, added (UPDATED)

UPDATE: The HTC U12 amend that fabricated it to Taiwan initially is now rolling out in the United States. The changelog shows it's absolutely the aforementioned amend with the aforementioned improvements, but a altered adaptation number. Enjoy!Great account for HTC admirers who are actively application the company's latest flagship, the U12 , as a new amend is now authoritative its way to accessories in assorted genitalia of the world. If you alive in Taiwan, you'll best acceptable accept the amend appropriate away, otherwise, you'll accept to delay a while longer.HTC's Global PR Jeff Gordon has aloof accepted that the amend

Unlocked LG G7+ ThinQ with 6GB RAM costs $630 in latest eBay deal

The LG G7 ThinQ is acutely not the world’s best aboriginal high-end Android smartphone, and alike admitting the 6.1-incher has alone been accessible stateside for a brace of months, you can already buy an arguably prettier and bluff accessory from the aforementioned manufacturer.Of course, the V35 ThinQ is additionally decidedly costlier, abnormally alfresco assorted promotional periods. Unfortunately, that candied B&H accord on the apart G7 ThinQ has afresh asleep as well, while Amazon currently lists both the “Aurora Black” and “Platinum Grey” models as “temporarily out of stock.”Luckily,

Sony's freefall continues as aloof 2 actor smartphones were alien in Q2

With the company’s abatement in the smartphone bazaar assuming no signs of slowing down, Sony’s latest banking address has appear that it awash aloof 2 actor smartphone units during the division catastrophe June 2018, bottomward from the 3.4 actor it alien a year ago.Overall, Sony's smartphones generated $1.18 billion in acquirement throughout the three-month period, apery a abatement of 27% back compared to the antecedent year. This abatement was attributed mainly to a big abatement in sales beyond Europe and Japan, although

Claimed iPad Pro 2018 schematics characterize a rear architecture mystery

The next-gen iPads may about-face out to be as advocate (at atomic for Apple) as the next-gen iPhones this year. After a tip that the accessible iPad Pro 2018 won't be antic an audio jack (the horror!), now addition awe-inspiring thingy has been appropriate about its design. Posted by a actual aboveboard leakster, the declared iPad Pro 2018 CAD book you see aloft depicts a abstruse egg-shaped aspect sits on the aback of the tablet, abreast the charging port. The antecedent does acquaint that he can't vouch for the actuality of this CAD schematic as he usually does, but there accept already been

Even if you abhorrence the notch, you'll like the Oppo F9 and F9 Pro 'waterdrop' screen

Ranked amid the world’s top bristles smartphone vendors due about absolutely to its acceptance in markets like China and India, Oppo is assuredly accepting austere about a Western expansion. Unfortunately, while the Find X takes a atypical access to eliminating awning bezels that works abundant from a architecture standpoint, the new flagship handset’s backbone leaves a lot to be desired.Far from elegant, the cleft charcoal an able band-aid to the age-old problem, but there’s added than one way to cut out a affectation in adjustment to accomplish allowance for a selfie shooter. Apple may accept aggressive hordes of iPhone

Microsoft receives apparent for three-way video alive on a multi-screen device

Even admitting Microsoft won't absolution its accounted Andromeda accessory this year, the aggregation continues to accept patents for a dual-screened device. The apparent is blue-blooded "Three-way video calling on hinged multi-screen device," and according to the patent, it covers a dual-screened hinged accessory with a processor and accelerometer. Each allotment appearance a camera and a screen. Under assertive conditions, both displays will appearance images streamed by the additional camera, and from a alien device. You can see what the apparent is talking about by examination the angel at the top of this article.Users

Asus ZenFone 5Z now accessible for pre-order in the US (at a appropriate price)

Not continued ago, Asus told us that its ZenFone 5Z smartphone would be appear in the US in mid or backward August. If you're absorbed in this handset, we're animated to acquaint you that it can now be pre-ordered via Amazon, and should alpha aircraft on August 13.Update: Asus is now accepting ZenFone 5Z pre-orders via its own web abundance (see the aboriginal antecedent articulation below). The handset costs $499 and its estimated commitment date is August 6.At the moment, alone the midnight dejected alternative of the Asus ZenFone 5Z can be pre-ordered,

Upset over his burst phone, man drives into a Verizon store

What do you do back your smartphone breaks? While upsetting, best of us would be able to go on, authoritative affairs to either get the old phone anchored or align the acquirement of a new one. But 74-year old Charles Michael Hager had a different, added agitated acknowledgment that resulted in the badge charging him with advance with a baleful weapon, and damaging property. In this case, the alarming weapon was Hager's 2006 Volkswagen Jetta and the acreage was a North Carolina Verizon abundance in an alfresco mall.Located in the average of a active arcade

Users accuse that beneath assertive conditions, the awning on the OnePlus 6 flickers

A cardinal of OnePlus 6 users accept taken to Reddit, the OnePlus 6 abutment appointment and added sites to accuse about an affair with the phone's display. Apparently, with adaptive accuracy enabled, the awning flickers beneath actual ablaze sunlight. Actual slight movements by the being captivation the accessory assume to bang off the ablaze as it appears to be alive aback and alternating amid two altered accuracy levels. Those who accept accomplished the bug say that it is added apparent with agreeable that is mostly white, and those featuring active colors.The affair aboriginal appeared

New address abnormal allocution of issues with the assembly of Full-Active LCD panels for Apple iPhone 9

Back in January, we told you that the phone dubbed the Apple iPhone 9 ability use a blazon of LCD awning alleged Full-Active  Flex LCD. Similar to the added big-ticket OLED screens, these LCD displays are adjustable abundant to board the notch; and back the affectation appearance a .5mm bend on all sides, the iPhone 9, alike with an LCD screen, could affection the abreast bezel-less attending apparent on the AMOLED able iPhone X. The Full-Active Flex LCD awning was created by Japan Display, and the panels not alone are added adjustable than approved LCD screens, they additionally absorb beneath energy.A

Flagship Moto Z3 could be appear as Verizon absolute alongside 5G Moto Mod

Exactly one ages ago today, Motorola accepted that an alien big advertisement would be demography abode abutting anniversary at its address in Chicago. At the time, this was speculated to be the brand’s abutting flagship model, and today this acceptance has been backed up by new information.While no capacity in agreement of the device’s blueprint were provided, it’s claimed that Motorola’s abutting flagship will canal both the adamantine affectation and the Force Edition branding and will instead be awash as the Motorola Moto Z3. Moreover, clashing aftermost year’s Moto Z2 Force Edition that was fabricated accessible

That's a wrap: MoviePass borrows $5 actor afterwards some associates are abandoned at the box office

For those of you apprehensive how MoviePass is authoritative money by acceptance subscribers to see a cine every day for $9.95 a month, actuality is your answer; the account isn't assisting at all. In fact, things are so bad and the banal so low, that a brace of canicule ago ancestor aggregation Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. engineered an absurd 1-for-250 about-face breach to get the banal amount up to a akin area funds could buy it. And on Thursday, associates were accepting problems application their MoviePass agenda to check-in at theaters, although e-ticketing was still working.A cheep from

T-Mobile launches the affordable Moto E5 Play and Moto E5 Plus, actuality are the prices

As expected, T-Mobile has aloof outed two of the cheapest smartphones that barter can acquisition at its stores, the Moto E5 Play and Moto E5 Plus. Both entry-level handsets are accessible starting today via T-Mobile's online abundance for either absolute or account prices.Motorola Moto E5 Plus is the best expensive, as you'll accept to pay $255 to get one, but T-Mobile allows barter to aces one up for aloof $9 upfront and $9 per ages for 24 months. On the added hand, the Moto E5 Play costs aloof $150 absolute or $6 bottomward and $6 per ages for 24 months.Both Motorola smartphones backpack abutment

OneDrive for Android adapted with fingerprint lock option

Microsoft has a appealing appropriate OneDrive adaptable app on Android, but that doesn't beggarly there's no allowance for improvement. The amend appear today brings alike added alternatives to how OneDrive users can assure their abstracts stored via the app.So, in accession to a PIN Code, anyone application OneDrive on their Android accessories can now use a fingerprint to lock the app as an added precaution. Although this seems to be the best important improvement, there's a bit added being that fabricated it in the update.According to Microsoft, its engineers accept bigger the app's filigree appearance to advice photos angle out

Save $50 on the 10-inch Lenovo Smart Display at Costco

Lenovo's Acute Displays launched today. As we told you yesterday, there is a adaptation that carries an 8-inch display, and addition archetypal with a 10-inch screen. Powered by the Google Abettor basic claimed assistant, the accessory can do the aforementioned tasks as a Google Home acute speaker, except with a beheld aspect to it. The Lenovo Acute Accessory additionally appearance YouTube and Google Photos integration.The 10-inch archetypal is priced at $249.99 by Lenovo, but is already $50 cheaper at associates barn club Costco. But a associates to Costco costs $60 a year, so if you do adjudge

All Fortnite Season 5 Week 3 chargeless and Battle Pass challenges, additional new SMG stats

Fortnite just launched a beginning set of new Battle Royale Season 5 challenged for Week 3, as Epic Games rolls those out to PC, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and adaptable players (soon to be appear on Android, too!) As usual, there are two categories of challenges, for Battle Pass owners, and all added peons. Here's what you charge to do to prove your animation in Week 3:Fortnite Season 5 Week 3 chargeless and Battle Pass challenges Chargeless Deal accident to opponents in a distinct bout

Massive Honor Note 10 array accepted advanced of July 31 debut

In accession to Mate and P-series accessories accustomed Huawei’s name, the aggregation has been absolution assorted able-bodied Honor-branded high-enders in markets as assorted as China, the US, and Western Europe. These are acceptable a little confusing, as the Honor View 10 and Honor 10, for instance, action agnate but not identical specifications, as able-bodied as altered designs.We’ve additionally accepted for absolutely some time that a jumbo-sized Honor Note 10 is in the pipeline, eyeing a calm admission aboriginal abutting week, possibly followed by a European amplification backward abutting month. Unlike what the name suggests, this isn’t

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 users won't charge DeX to get the amount desktop experience

Samsung has been appealing absolute afore announcement a new artefact on the market, which is why we're a bit afraid to apprentice that an accent binding for those attractive to get a desktop acquaintance with their Samsung flagships will become accidental in some cases, namely the DeX Pad.According to sources accustomed with Samsung's plans, the accessible Galaxy Note 9 won't charge a DeX Pad to action users the amount desktop experience. The accent that allows those who own contempo Galaxy and Note alternation flagships to affix their phones to monitors, as able-bodied as add keyboard and mouse, will not be

Report: Global Apple Watch shipments rose 30% to hit 3.5 actor units in the additional quarter

Say what you appetite about Apple, but the aggregation has done an amazing job with the Apple Watch. Last year, we told you that the Apple Watch is the top affairs watch in the world. Let that bore in for a second. It's not aloof the top affairs smartwatch, it is the best accepted watch on the planet. Look, not aggregate Apple touches turns to gold (see HomePod). But back you accede how able-bodied its smartwatch is accomplishing in such a aggressive bazaar afterwards ablution aloof a little over three years ago, you accept to accord acclaim area acclaim is due.Take a attending at the latest abstracts aggregate

Best Buy Black Friday in July: everyman amount on Apple Watch Series 3 ever

Best Buy is blame off its Black Friday in July sales accident and amid the abounding deals that you will find, there are a few that we appetite to highlight.The best Apple accord on action has to be the amount cut on the latest Apple Watch Series 3 model.Best Buy is slashing $50 to $75 off the aboriginal amount of the Apple Watch Series, so you can get the 38mm GPS archetypal for as low as $280 ($50 off), while the 42mm adaptation amount has been bargain to $310 ($50 off). And these bout the everyman prices that we accept anytime apparent on the Apple Watch Series 3.And

Detailed Motorola One Power blueprint area reveals huge battery, ample display

Acting as aberrant breed to aftermost year’s Moto X4, both the Motorola One and One Power are set to become Motorola's latest Android One smartphones aloft launch. Yesterday, the Power copy of the accessory was certified by TENAA in China, suggesting a absolution could be aloof about the corner. And today, that acceptance advertisement has been adapted to acknowledge the device’s blueprint area entirely.Starting off with some of the exoteric characteristics, a alveolate affectation that sits at 6.2-inches in admeasurement and boasts a resolution of 2246 x 1180p is featured. Also, the cleft included is home to a front-facing

Fortnite Season 5 barrage boosts iOS acquirement to over $150 million

Despite afresh adulatory its one-year anniversary, cross-platform bold Fornite is assuming no signs of slowing down. And acknowledgment to the game’s growing acceptance and the contempo Season 5 launch, absolute iOS revenues accept now surpassed $150 million, aloof one ages afterwards the $100 actor anniversary was reached.Following in the footsteps of best adaptable games, Fortnite capitalizes on the freemium archetypal by acceptance users to acquirement in-game bill accepted as “V-Bucks” that can again be acclimated to acquirement assorted account such as apparel and gliders. Additionally, users can additionally acquirement melancholia Battle

Android P Developer Preview 5 appear for Google Pixel phones, the aftermost afore launch

Google has aloof appear the aftermost Android P Developer Preview afore the new adaptation of the OS gets launched on the market. For those who appetite to accumulate it as absolute as possible, this is Android P Developer Preview 5 or Android P Beta 4, but that's aloof from a absolutely advisory point of view.Since this could be the aftermost Developer Preview, it would accomplish absolute faculty to be the best abiding Google appear until now. According to Google, this specific body includes final arrangement behaviors and the official Android P APIs, which were accessible back Beta 2.Additionally, Android P Developer

Motorola One Power moves one footfall afterpiece to a absolution with official certification

Under Google’s administration from 2012, and as a Lenovo accessory starting a brace of years later, Motorola boring phased out its capital brand, abundantly transitioning to a shorter, sweeter and catchier Moto name for its all-encompassing Android smartphone portfolio.But out of nowhere, rumors of an approaching Motorola One Power handset emerged aback in May, accurate with adamantine affirmation of the phone’s actuality in consecutive weeks, as able-bodied as the acceptable advancing of a non-Power Motorola One variant.Curiously enough, the floodgates abruptly bankrupt about a ages ago, afore the Motorola One

The Xperia XZ3 could address with Sony's new 48-megapixel angel sensor

Just as expected, Sony’s Xperia XZ3 represents a baby architecture change over the current-generation Xperia XZ2. However, adverse to contempo rumors and rather unexpectedly, the accessory includes alone a distinct rear camera, article that a new criterion advertisement appears to explain.While antecedent rumors surrounding Sony’s smartphone appropriate that a dual-camera bureaucracy would be included, abundant like the one featured on the Xperia XZ2 Premium, the new GFXBench after-effects acutely account a 47-megapixel rear camera able of capturing 4K video. This coincides with the new IMX586 angel sensor which was appear

LG V90 cast suggests cast has abiding affairs for V-series

Eventually complementing both the V30S ThinQ and V35 ThinQ which were fabricated official beforehand this year, LG’s accessible V40 ThinQ is accepted to accomplish its admission in the fall. However, if a new cast is annihilation to go by, the South Korean cast may additionally accept some appealing abiding affairs for its lineup.Although LG has advanced declared that it will alone absolution smartphones back it deems them necessary, the aggregation has gone advanced and trademarked the LG V90 moniker in Mexico, hinting at the brand’s absorbed to abide the band of smartphones for as abounding as six ancestors starting with this year’s

WhatsApp for iPhone amend adds new Siri-related feature

WhatsApp is authoritative added changes to its iOS app and this time it's article accompanying to Siri. If you're application the babble app on your iPhone, you will now be able to accelerate letters to WhatsApp groups by artlessly application Siri.Until the aftermost update, WhatsApp users could alone accelerate letters via Siri to alone chats, so this seems a acceptable improvement. Sending letters to a WhatsApp accumulation via Siri is aloof as accessible as it sounds: artlessly baddest the accumulation you appetite to accelerate your bulletin to and alpha dictating it. At the end of the message, Siri will ask for your confirmation, so accord her the blooming

WhatsApp durably rejects India's alarm for an end to encryption

Not decidedly accepted in the US, WhatsApp beyond the all-around 1.5 billion account alive user mark about six months ago. That agency this is currently Facebook’s second-largest product, abaft the company’s namesake amusing network, but advanced of both Facebook Messenger and Instagram.However, with abundant ability comes abundant responsibility, and affected account has been addictive the berserk acknowledged burning messaging account in means you may not appetite to apprehend about. One of the thorniest and scariest problems associated with WhatsApp’s acceleration of backward is an credible articulation amid the accessible broadcasting

Samsung could be planning a complete check of its account calendar abutting year

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)A few canicule back, new cast filings appropriate that Samsung may be afterlight the allotment action of its Galaxy A alternation abutting year. But according to one industry insider, the South Korean cast may accept modifications in the works for anniversary and every one of its smartphone lineups.Commencing in the exceptional segment, contempo letters claimed that Samsung would activate amalgamation the Galaxy Note and Galaxy S curve due to the actuality that there's actual little that differentiates them. According to the newest information, though,

YouTube adds beginning Explore tab in the iPhone app

You've apparently apprehend about YouTube's latest abstracts with its adaptable apps area the aggregation adds assorted appearance that are actuality activated by a baby cardinal of users and again implemented for the accepted use after on.Well, it appears that bodies aren't blessed at all that YouTube is testing new appearance after aboriginal announcement them, which is the capital acumen the developers accept absitively to detail their abutting beginning project.The new Explore tab is meant to advice YouTube users ascertain videos on the capacity they usually follow, but advancing from creators they didn't know. The tab is still

Google ancestor Alphabet letters bigger than accepted Q2 earnings; banal hits best high

Google ancestor Alphabet appear additional division balance of $10.58 a share, crushing Wall Street expectations of $9.52 a share. The balance were absolutely $11.75 for anniversary allotment afore accounting for the $5 billion accomplished that was levied on the aggregation by the EU Competition Commission aftermost week. The EU says that by ambitious that Android phone manufacturers install assertive Google apps back they use Android on their phones, Google abandoned antitrust regulations. Google additionally had $1.1 billion in advance assets that was afar from the final balance figure. Alphabet's operating accumulation allowance

New AR Emoji amend introduces added customization options

We afresh appear that Samsung is activity to absolution an amend for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 , that, amid added things, contains improvements to the alienated AR Emoji platform. The amend is now alive and we accept an official Samsung blog column that goes over the improvements alien to the 3D emoji characters.Among the new features, there's bigger facial tracking, as able-bodied as fresh, new customization options that acquiesce users to accomplish basic avatars that bigger resemble their looks. The adroitness of AR Emoji is that it automatically turns your mug

Kirin 980 SoC gets abundant with 2.8GHz alarm acceleration & custom GPU

Huawei Mate 10 ProWith the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro set to accomplish their admission in October, Huawei is accepted to formally advertise the processor that will be central the accessories at this year’s IFA event, as it has done in the past. But, with over a ages to go, sources from China accept abundant what can be accepted from the brand’s abutting flagship SoC.The new processor, which will be accepted as the HiSilicon Kirin 980, looks set to avowal an octa-core setup, as is archetypal these days. This will be formed by four Cortex-A55 cores that will

Twitter burying far-right activists in its chase results?

According to a address arise today, it appears that Twitter has been burying assertive accounts in its chase results. The accounts mentioned in the address accord to far-right activists like Jason Kessler and Richard Spencer. The brace organized the Unite the Right assemblage in Charlottesville that led to outbreaks of abandon aftermost August. Neither one's Twitter name or @handle arise on Twitter's dropdown chase results. Twitter users accept told the aggregation that it would like to see accounts run by white nationalists, cabal trolls and neo-Nazis removed from the

Snapchat puts an end to its money alteration venture

Back in 2014, Snapchat partnered with Square to action a associate to associate money alteration account accepted as Snapcash. Initially, it was billed as a way for accompany who are out calm to pay for a collective bill or added scenarios. Sadly, best apparently admit it for account account it as a way for users to alleviate adult, clandestine agreeable for a fee. Besides the bad press, the account has affluence of antagonism from added accepted casework such as Venmo or PayPal.Snapcash will end August 30th, 2018.Snapchat has apparent a appropriate bulk of bad press, abnormally apropos

Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G6 accepting Android 8.0 Oreo at U.S. Cellular

If you haven't yet accustomed Android 8.0 Oreo on your Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 bend purchased from U.S. Cellular, you can now download it via Samsung Kier desktop software. The aftermost above U.S. carrier to amend the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, U.S. Cellular afresh active its software folio to reflect the new changes.Regardless of whichever of the two Samsung smartphones you own, Galaxy S7 or S7 edge, you should be attractive for firmware adaptation G930R4TYU4CRF2, which will amend your phone to Android 8.0 Oreo.No advice is accessible about what added improvements the amend contains abreast

HMD Global confirms Nokia X5 (5.1 Plus) will anon be accessible alfresco China

In a hasty about-face of events, Finnish aggregation HMD Global somewhat accepted that the Nokia X5 won't abide a China absolute for too long. It's accurate that afore the smartphone was clearly apparent beforehand this week, rumors claimed it could be launched globally as Nokia 5.1 Plus.HMD's Juho Sarvikas afresh replied to a Nokia fan that the X5 won't charge a poll so that the aggregation can adjudge whether or not to accompany it to added markets. Despite the actuality that the mid-range Nokia X5 has been accepted to access in added countries, Sarvikas didn't say back we can apprehend to be able to acquirement

Samsung's new ads booty aim at Apple's accessories and Genius Bar

Samsung has a continued history of throwing adumbration at Apple and its fans. This dates all the way aback to 2011 aback Sammy produced an ad assuming Apple admirers cat-and-mouse on band to buy the iPhone 4s. Suddenly, a Samsung Galaxy S II buyer happens adjacent and all of a sudden, that phone is accepting all the absorption except for one laid aback guy who says, "I could never get a Samsung. I'm too creative." His pal comes up with a abundant put bottomward line. "Dude, You're a barista." Samsung milked that line, giving abroad t-shirts with the animadversion bashed in front. It still charcoal a abundant ad, and you can watch

Microsoft CEO proudly displays software on iOS and Android

Inspire is a appointment for Microsoft ally captivated already a year. It was captivated in the accomplished anniversary and during the conference, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took time out to affectation the company's apps active on both iOS as able-bodied as Android. It is no abstruse that Microsoft has accustomed up on its own band of adaptable accessories and switched focus to its software. Many Windows 10 Adaptable admirers accept autonomous for Android and begin some akin of abundance in the bulk of options accessible from Microsoft in the Google Play Store. Of course, there are options on iOS as well, admitting with beneath adaptability than what Android

Press cede leaks absolute the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in Lilac Purple

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is accepted to be apparent on August 9th. Consumers will reportedly get their aboriginal befalling at reserving a assemblage on August 14th, with the barrage of the phablet allegedly demography abode on August 24th. Just yesterday, we showed you some leaked photos of the phone, including one alive snapshot of the device. Now, we accept a columnist cede of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 dressed up in Lilac Purple.The Galaxy Note 9 is accepted to hit the bazaar accustomed a 6.3-inch Super AMOLED display, with a resolution of 1440 x 2960. In the U.S. and China, the Snapdragon

Motorsport Manager Mobile 3 hits Android and iOS devices

The aftereffect to the Motorsport Manager Mobile 2 that fabricated its admission on Android and iOS absolutely one year ago has aloof been appear in the App Store and Google Comedy Store. Aloof like the predecessor, it doesn't appear for free, but it's not that big-ticket either. The bold can be purchased for $3.99 behindhand of what belvedere you accept to comedy it on. If you're a fan of the series, you'll be blessed to apperceive that the third chapter in the alternation appearance abounding improvements over the antecedent titles. It has a cast new Supplier Network affection that allows players to accomplish their team's attendance accepted

Larger Samsung Galaxy Watch with 1.3-inch awning vists the FCC

A brace of canicule ago, we anesthetized forth the account that the Samsung Galaxy Watch had accustomed thumbs up from the FCC. The models that were included in the acceptance were SM-R815U for the U.S. and SM-R815W for Canada. Today, a altered Galaxy Watch model, SM-R805U accustomed its approval from the U.S. authoritative agency. This archetypal is beyond as it weighs in at 48mm with a 1.3-inch display. That compares with the 43.4mm case and 1.2-inch awning on the SM-R815.Both variants of the Samsung Galaxy Watch abutment the aforementioned LTE bands, which agency that the beyond assemblage will additionally

U.S. carriers to cycle out Android 8.0 Oreo for Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) soon

Samsung has already adapted best of its flagships smartphones acceptable for Android Oreo updates, and it has aloof started to accommodate agnate updates to abounding of its mid-range handsets. The aftermost year Galaxy J7 is acceptable to be amid the phones that Samsung will amend to Android 8.0 Oreo actual soon, as a contempo Wi-Fi Alliance advertisement suggests.The Galaxy J7 (2017) fabricated its admission in the United States aftermost year, but abounding carriers in the country accept it on auction beneath altered names. Even so, the archetypal names of the smartphone are about agnate and they've all been spotted at the Wi-Fi Alliance

Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium set to access in Europe at the end of September

Despite actuality appear aback in April, Sony’s Xperia XZ2 Premium is still alone accessible in a bound cardinal of countries – in the US the smartphone doesn’t address until July 30 – but now, acknowledgment to online banker Clove, it’s been appear that the accessory will assuredly access in Europe appear the end of September.Launching in the UK first, the smartphone will be accessible to acquirement for £799 with VAT included, a somewhat unsurprising amount point back the $999.99 amount in the US is taken into account. While no exact absolution date has been provided as of yet, it’s account acquainted that UK consumers

The Galaxy S9 is Samsung's aboriginal flagship alternation to advertise beneath units in Q2 than in Q1

Following a bead in profits aftermost division which was attributed to apathetic Galaxy S9 and S9 sales, and added antagonism from account brands, a new address is now claiming that Samsung’s flagship calendar alien alone 9 actor units during the three-month aeon catastrophe June.While this cardinal is absolutely still absorbing and surpasses the absolute sales of Huawei’s P20 and P20 Pro duo, it marks a bright abatement over the aboriginal division back the cast alien 10.2 actor Galaxy S9 units. Moreover, the actuality Q1 sales were stronger than those of Q2 is an indicator of how apathetic Samsung’s flagship sales

LinkedIn Messaging is accepting a massive amend on mobile

LinkedIn is accepting a allusive amend for a change, one that brings new appearance and improvements that are actually advantageous for those that actually charge the adaptable app. Speaking of which, LinkedIn Messaging is mostly acclimated for able conversations, which could booty a cardinal of formats: formal, chat-like, or in a group.So, the new amend allows LinkedIn Messaging users to move out of the chat-like interface and aggrandize the bulletin compose box beyond platforms. More importantly, you'll now be able to allotment accessories in the anatomy of PDF, DOC, XLS, and PPT files anon in a babble window.Unsurprisingly,

Xiaomi and Samsung anniversary had 30% of the Indian smartphone bazaar during the additional quarter

The added day, we told you that Apple is disturbing in the world's additional better smartphone market, which happens to be India. Today, a new address appropriate that HTC is abrogation the bazaar for now. But there were some big winners in India amid smartphone manufacturers during the additional quarter. Xiaomi, which sells amount priced handsets, and Samsung anniversary alien 9.9 actor smartphones in India during the three ages aeon from April through the end of June. For both firms, that was a almanac cardinal of handsets alien into the country during a distinct quarter.Still,

Samsung's Bixby added apostle is about here, and it comes with a aggressive amount tag

Samsung continues to advance its own basic abettor and appears it is now accessible to accomplish it a allotment of your home by absolution a apostle with Bixby capabilities. The new accessory is accepted to be launched abutting month, apparently alongside the new Galaxy Note 9 (scheduled for August 9). According to the sources, the apostle will be bowl-shaped (upside-down basin is what you should apparently imagine), acceptable featuring assorted speakers adverse altered directions, agnate to Apple's HomePod. The speakers will accommodate a affection alleged "sound shifting", which is a action that advance the being

Corning adds new Gorilla Glass DX and DX+ aimed at wearables

Besides the advertisement of the abutting bearing Gorilla Bottle 6, Corning appear bygone two new articles – Gorilla Bottle DX and DX , accurately fabricated to action sun glare. It appears that the new band is marketed added appear acute watches rather than smartphones, which leads us to accept that this blazon of bottle will be decidedly added expensive. According to the company, the charge for these new articles comes from barter absent bigger affectation readability in sunlight, a account we absolutely accede with. Corning states that the new band will advance advanced apparent absorption

Gorilla Glass 6 can advice your phone's affectation survive up to 15 drops from as aerial as 3 feet

So you say you have, oops, butterfingers. You've alone your phone added times than you can remember, and the salesman at your wireless provider's bounded abundance invites you to Thanksgiving every year. But there is some acceptable account today. Thanks to Corning's bigger Gorilla Bottle 6, you ability absolutely be hosting Thanksgiving this year. According to Corning, phones with the new awning bottle survived 15 drops of 1 beat (3.28 feet) assimilate asperous surfaces. Corning says that the aegis afforded by Gorilla Bottle 6 is alert as abundant as the aegis offered by its predecessor.The