According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, Apple’s iPhone XR the cheapest of the three iPhones released in 2018 was the best-selling smartphone in the world last year, taking 3 percent of the global market. Apple will likely be even happier with the performance of the iPhone 11. Praised for having many of the iPhone 11 […]
Facebook is the latest tech company to cancel an event due to the coronavirus outbreak. F8 was originally scheduled to take place on May 5th and May 6th later this year, but it’s not going to happen this year. Facebook said that the “growing concerns around COVID-19” made it necessary to cancel the “in-person” component […]
Plague Inc., where you create a disease with the goal of spreading it across the world, has been removed from the App Store in China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. “We’ve just been informed that Plague Inc. ‘includes content that is illegal in China as determined by the Cyberspace Administration of China’ and has been […]
Spotify is rolling out a new look to its iPhone app. The adjustments prioritize common icons and visible indicators over written phrases, which Spotify says makes the app a extra accessible expertise for customers all around the world. First, Spotify has ditched the word-based “shuffle play” button that seems on an artist or playlist web […]
Google has asked the US government for a license to deal with the Chinese giant once again. After Huawei was added to an entity list last May that prevented it from doing business with US companies without a license, the firm was unable to use Google Mobile Services (GMS), such as the Play Store, Gmail, […]
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 is not even on the market yet, but reviewers from publications including PC Mag have already experienced bugs with the cameras. Samsung has now responded, saying that it’s working on a fix. “The Galaxy S20 features a groundbreaking, advanced camera system,” Samsung told The Verge. “We are constantly working to optimize performance […]
Apple will be opening its first retail outlet in India in 2021, CEO Tim Cook has advised to shareholders, marking the iPhone maker’s initial self-owned outlet in an important potential market. Apple was waiting for government approval to run the branded stores itself rather than relying on a local partner. Apple doesn’t want “somebody else […]
Streaming accounted for nearly 80 percent of American music revenue in 2019 according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s just-released full-year music report. The RIAA has reported that streaming represented 79 percent ($8.8 billion) of American music revenue in 2019, compared to 75 percent the year before. And crucially, more of those were paid […]
The coronavirus crisis is now serious with a toll of 81,292 cases and 2,770 deaths as of writing that tech giants are starting to carefully consider how they moderate related content posted on their social platforms. According to a report from Business Insider, Facebook is crafting tighter rules for what content is acceptable on the […]
LG’s smartphone business spent most of last year struggling to turn a profit. LG is now getting out in front with its third dual-screen smartphone. The trick to LG’s approach, if you’re unfamiliar, is the second display is part of a case that can be separated from the main phone whenever you don’t want the added weight […]
Microsoft started publicly demonstrating Android on its Surface Duo device last month, but the company hasn’t shown all of the software features that will be part of this new dual-screen device. A leaked video shared on Twitter shows a Surface Duo opened just slightly. The time and notifications are clustered on the right side of […]
Microsoft is rolling out its new Xbox One dashboard design to all consoles this week. The new design focuses on overhauling the home page of the Xbox One dashboard, with frequently used games and apps available immediately. The new Home design also includes the ability to add or remove rows to customize it further, and […]
Qualcomm announced the XR2 virtual reality platform at its Snapdragon Summit in December, but now the company is revealing a new reference design for the chipset. The design was built by electronics company Goertek, and shows off a number of the chipset’s capabilities — including support for up to seven cameras. The headset itself looks […]
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 device lineup has become the first to receive USB certification for their support of the Programmable Power Supply (PPS) and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 standards, the USB Implementers Forum announced today. It means that the phones should have no problem working with third-party fast chargers, so long as they’re also […]
Apple and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up to conduct a new health study to determine if the iPhone and Apple Watch can reduce the risk of stroke. The study is made possible through a new Heartline app for the iPhone that combines data from the Apple Watch ECG app. The study is open to […]