If you do not have the luxury of owning a car, then public transportation is the next best thing. However, public transport can get a bit complicated because to get to certain places, you might need to take the bus and then the train, or vice versa. This means that you definitely need to plan your trip before leaving.
With the recent Android releases, Google has been focusing on the ‘Digital Wellbeing’ feature to help you have a healthy lifestyle (rather than just looking at the smartphone all day).The features offered currently are quite helpful to reduce or control the screen time. You can put timers on every application and put a limit on its usage.However, to take the initiative up a notch, Google has announced about the digital […]
Many of us are probably familiar with Google Maps, but in case you did not know, Google also owns Waze, another navigation app that more or less does the same thing. However, one of the main differences between both apps is that with Waze, it comes with crowd-sourced information, where users can report accidents, traffic jams, and even police checkpoints.
As you might have heard, Samsung’s newer smartphones that use an in-display fingerprint sensor, have a vulnerability where it seems that using a cheap $3 screen protector is enough to fool it into unlocking for anyone. This has led to security concerns and as such, several banking institutions have started to blacklist the phone for the time-being from using their apps.
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While there are malicious apps on the Play Store, you should stay away from sideloading apps from 3rd party sources by downloading the APK files.Of course, you must be knowing about the risks when you install an app from an unknown source.However, there are certain popular apps which people still rely on (even if they are not available on the Play Store). One of the examples for that is – […]
With how many of us own smartphones, it would be silly for developers to ignore the mobile gaming market. This is why we’re starting to see a rise in video games that were traditionally for PC or console being released on mobile as well. We’ve also started to see developers create games simultaneously for both mobile and PC and/or console.
In recent times, we have started to notice a growing concern about people, especially kids, spending way too much time on their smartphones. This has resulted in companies like Apple and Google introduce tools that allow users to manage their time on their phones, and also more robust parental controls.
When it comes to smartphones, we’re seeing a lot of players from the US, Korea, Japan, and China. However, it seems that we could soon expect to see a potential player from Africa where it has been announced by President Kagame that there are plans the launch of a manufacturing plant in Rwanda for Mara Phones.
As some of you might know, Google’s Project Zero team is a group of security researchers who try to seek out vulnerabilities and exploits in apps and services in a bid to keep us safe. The team also regularly publishes their findings to make the public aware of what’s going on, and it seems that the team’s latest discovery comes in the form of an Android zero-day exploit.
Ever since Microsoft launched their Surface tablets and laptops, one device missing from that category is a smartphone. For years, we have heard rumors that a Surface smartphone could be in the works, and now it looks like the device has finally showed up, although not necessarily in the way you might think.
During the time of the Google Nexus phones, the goal was to offer users a vanilla/stock version of Android. However, with the Pixel phones, Google is starting to give users more reasons to buy their devices, such as by giving them exclusive apps and features. According to a recent discovery by XDA, it seems that the Pixel 4 could come with a new and upgraded Recorder app.