Spotify is officially rolling out its redesigned experience which puts a greater emphasis on podcasts. The company today announced a new version of its “Your Library” section is being rolled out now to paying subscribers on its Premium plan. Its goal is to make it easier to move between Music and Podcasts and find the […]
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Monzo’s app-only banking is coming to the US
British fintech start-up Monzo has launched in the United States, as it looks to challenge the country’s established banking giants. Monzo has unveiled plans to roll out service to the US in the “next few months,” including the mobile app and a Mastercard debit card. It’ll build the audience slowly by connecting with hundreds of […]
Huawei trademarks its own mobile OS following US ban
China’s Huawei has applied to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a U.N. body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as U.S. sanctions threaten its business model. Huawei has previously suggested the system could roll out as early […]
Jabra Elite 85h Review
The Jabra Elite 85h offer incredible battery life and terrific noise cancelling in a very stylish package. Purists may be put off by the lack of high-end audio codecs like AAC, aptX or LDAC, but the Elite 85h sound almost as good as Bose’s QuietComfort 35 II but not quite. Good Class-leading battery life Excellent […]
AT&T cancels Galaxy Fold pre-orders due to lengthy delay
AT&T has sent out notices to anyone who pre-ordered the $1,980 Galaxy Fold, informing them that their foldable phone order has been cancelled. Customers who pre-ordered the device will be able to place their orders again once Samsung sets a new launch date. Samsung was supposed to start shipping the Fold in late April until […]
Firefox gets new logo as Mozilla looks to diversify
Mozilla’s Firefox is getting a new logo that is meant to reflect that the brand now stands for more than a browser. “The ‘Firefox’ you’ve always known as a browser is stretching to cover a family of products and services united by putting you and your privacy first,” Mozilla explained. “Firefox is a browser AND […]
Your Android phone can sign you into Google on iOS devices
Google is expanding the ability to use an Android phone as a physical two-factor authentication security key to include iOS devices. If you have Google’s Smart Lock app installed on your iPad or iPhone and have 2-Step Verification enabled on your account, you can hold the volume down button on your Android hardware (when prompted) […]
Samsung patent shows rollable phone displays
Samsung is still figuring out how to release its futuristic Galaxy Fold. But has also been busy on another based on a new patent filing which has been made publicly available, which details a Samsung device with what appears to be a vertically scrolling display which can slide in and out of the handset’s body. […]
Samsung’s The Wall Luxury TV turns any surface into an 8K cinema
The Wall Luxury is the latest version of Samsung’s expandable MicroLED-based TV tech, and it can scale from a modest 73 inches in 2K definition all the way up to 292 inches (about 24 feet) in 8K definition. As if 8K at 292 inches weren’t enough to set your techno-salivary glands watering, The Wall Luxury […]
Google will stop syncing files between Drive and Photos
Google wants to “simplify” how Google Drive and Google Photos work together. What does that mean? Well, it essentially means that Google Photos will stop syncing to Drive and the change is set to happen in July. You’ll be able to import files from Drive into Photos using the Upload from Drive option. However, there […]
LaLiga fined for tracking fans to bars televising games without a license
Spain’s data protection agency has fined the country’s soccer league, LaLiga, €250,000 (about $280,000) for allegedly violating EU data privacy and transparency laws. The app, which is used for keeping track of games and stats, was using the phone’s microphone and GPS to track bars illegally streaming soccer games, Spanish newspaper El País reported. The […]
Google confirmed the Pixel 4
Just yesterday, we reported about the leaked Pixel 4 renders that were going around. Google’s photo confirms that those renders were actually correct. The Pixel 4 will indeed change from a single rear facing camera to a multi-camera setup. Entire enclosure will be in a square enclosure similar to the rumored camera bump of the […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 release date, price and specs 10 August launch date leaks
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 release is fast approaching, and rumours suggest it will have a host of significant updates to Samsung’s big-screened smartphone lineup. Expect three versions of the Note 10 to arrive in August; the Note 10, Note 10 Lite and Note 10 Pro, the latter two of which will reportedly be made available […]
Facebook’s blood donation feature is now live in the US
Facebook says its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Pakistan has been doing so well, over 35 million users have signed up to be donors. In India and Brazil, over 20 percent of the people who go to blood banks say their decision was influenced by the social network. Now, the company has […]
Nintendo starts producing new Switch models outside China
Nintendo has begun producing two new variants of its Switch console, and some of them are being manufactured outside of China in order to evade new tariffs on US imports. The Wall Street Journal reports that sources within Nintendo’s supply chain have confirmed the movement of production to Southeast Asia, and that the company aims […]