[ad_1] Many of these requests come from relatively new “geofence” warrants that asks Google to hand over location info for every device that passed through a given area over a certain period of time. Google anonymizes the data at first, but it will provide names and other sensitive info if police believe it matches the […]
Category: Mobile
Apple may be spending ‘hundreds of millions’ to land games for Arcade
[ad_1] Apple has declined to comment. If accurate, it’s a large commitment — roughly half the $1 billion set aside for the initial Apple TV+ show roster. That kind of spending isn’t outlandish given the company’s aims, though. A subscription game service won’t fly if it doesn’t have marquee games to bring you in. Arcade […]
The Morning After: ‘Star Wars’ and Coachella
[ad_1] Who will have the last laugh?The first ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ trailer is here A teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode 9 has arrived, along with a few more details about the final installment of the Skywalker saga from a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. Director JJ Abrams said The Rise of […]
Coachella built an AR experience for festival-goers
[ad_1] While attending shows in the Sahara Tent, show-goers see a countdown clock on a major screen that will alert them when the AR experience is available. At that point, they will able to pull up Coachella Cameras from within the Coachella app, point their phones at the screen and see the AR action. Attendees […]
'Pokémon Go' challenges you to photograph its AR creatures
[ad_1] Now that Pokémon Go has a photo mode, Niantic is encouraging you to use it the best way it knows how: the promise of goodies. It's launching a Go Snapshot Challenge that rewards you for taking photos that include the game's augmented reality… [ad_2] Source link
FCC announces 5G airwave auction and $20 billion rural broadband fund
[ad_1] Tens of millions of Americans don’t have access to broadband speeds, and the FCC has announced a series of measures to help connect them to faster internet speeds. With its latest measure, the agency is repurposing funds create the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. It seeks to connect up to four million rural homes and […]
Skype adds screen sharing to its iOS and Android apps
[ad_1] Microsoft imagines you’ll use it to show a colleague your PowerPoint presentation or to swipe through Tinder with a BFF. It also sets Skype apart from its biggest rivals (Messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat) which all surprisingly lack the feature. Its absence on bigger platforms has allowed smaller apps that offer mobile screen sharing, like Squad, […]
Facebook explores folding Messenger back into the main app
[ad_1] So why is Facebook going back to 2011? According to Wong, the company is starting to lay the groundwork for integrated messaging across all its services. The company reportedly plans to unify its Whatsapp, Messenger and Instagram messaging apps, adding end-to-end encryption to ensure user privacy. They’ll continue to work as standalone apps, but […]
Apple now asks you to confirm App Store subscriptions
[ad_1] App developer David Barnard first noticed the change, and 9to5Mac has confirmed that it’s already live. The feature apparently started rolling out last week. Whoa! Apple added an additional confirmation step for subscriptions. This new alert comes after you confirm with Touch ID/Face ID. I hope they address this in a more elegant way […]
Google and Huawei will pay Nexus 6P owners for battery woes
[ad_1] This isn’t the first such lawsuit in recent memory. As The Verge pointed out, LG faced a similar lawsuit after multiple phone models (including the Nexus 5X) suffered from their own boot loop troubles. In January 2018, it paid $425 (or $700 via rebate) per person for the fault. While incidents like this are […]