Category: Mobile

Google’s Play Points program rewards you for downloading apps

[ad_1] To join the program, launch the Play Store app on your Android smartphone and then tap the three lines icon located inside the search bar at the top interface. You’ll then see a menu item called “Play Points.” The program is free to join, and you can earn points on everything you buy from […]

US will grant Huawei trade ban exemptions ‘very shortly’

[ad_1] Ross didn’t give hints as to which firms had applied for licenses. However, the trade ban has conspicuously affected Google more than some companies. Huawei can’t offer new phones with a version of Android using Google apps so long as the blacklisting remains in effect, and its ability to update existing phones will go […]

The Morning After: Google bought Fitbit

[ad_1] What can Fitbit do to help Wear OS?Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion The search and advertising giant will swallow up the wearable device company — pending approval by shareholders and regulators — making Fitbit a part of its hardware team. According to FitBit CEO James Park, “Fitbit will be able to accelerate innovation […]

Motorola’s foldable RAZR may have been spotted in the wild

[ad_1] Yesterday a flurry of leaked photos showed Motorola’s upcoming RAZR posed for press pics, but now a picture has surfaced on China’s Weibo network claiming to show one in the wild. Sunniton posted this picture saying it was the real thing, showing the device fully unfolded, in someone’s hands. The chunky bottom chin is […]

How did Google get Pixel 4 face unlock this wrong?

[ad_1] If you’re a privacy and security nerd, or pay attention to headlines about hack attacks at all, the “eyes closed” issue with Pixel 4 tears at the already-frayed edges of your sanity. Imagining everything that could go wrong with your security and log-in tool should be everyone’s job on every team, everywhere, especially at […]

Adobe brings its enormous font library to iPhone and iPad

[ad_1] Developers can enable these typefaces in third-party apps by using Adobe’s custom API called Fonts. In other words, not all apps on your device will be able to use the typefaces; compatibility has to be specifically added as a feature. Of course, any Adobe app is going to work with the API. Users can […]

TikTok-owner Bytedance reveals its first smartphone

[ad_1] As we learned earlier this year, ByteDance acquired a bunch of Smartisan patents and talent. ByteDance then helped make the Nut Pro 3 and packed it with branded features. Apparently, it didn’t decide to change the naming scheme. Users will be able to launch Douyin — the Chinese version of TikTok — by swiping […]

Google’s voice recorder app is heading to older Pixel phones

[ad_1] Google has often added features it debuts on its latest flagship handsets to its older devices and even its iOS apps, so the news it’d make Recorder more broadly available was somewhat expected from the jump. The app is useful for people who hate taking notes or need to quote speech accurately (such as […]

Apple TV+ shows and movies premiere today

[ad_1] The Apple TV+ service will cost $4.99 per month, but there’s a seven day free trial available to everyone, and if you purchase new hardware — iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac — then there’s a free year waiting. If your device was purchased since Apple’s press conference on September 10th, then […]