February 1, 2016
Jolla Confirms The Sailfish Tablet Is Dead
Hardware is always hard. But if you’re playing at the margins of a mobile ecosystem dominated by Android and iOS, well, it’s best described as a bloodbath. To…
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January 26, 2016
China’s Oppo Sold 50M Smartphones In 2015
In the game of thrones that is the Android OEM space, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo’s star is rising. It said today it sold 50 million smartphones in the…
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Defumblr’s Smarter Android Lockscreen Takes Cues From Apple’s “Proactive” Features
A new mobile application from a co-founder of Reputation.com wants to re-imagine how consumers interact with their smartphones. Instead of unlocking the device and launching apps for common actions…
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Google Tests “Tap 10,” A Rewards Program For Android Pay Users
Google confirmed it’s now running a limited promotion in the U.S. dubbed “Tap 10,” which is aimed at increasing usage of its Android Pay mobile payments service, a…
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Google Play Adds Support For Promo Codes, Including In-App Purchases
Promo codes are coming to Google Play! Android developers will finally be able to market their applications, as well as distribute copies of paid apps for free, and…
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Report: Apple Devices, “Phablets” Dominate Holiday Sales
More consumers were unwrapping new “phablet” devices this holiday season, according to a report out this afternoon from Flurry. The big-screened form factor, whose name is a mashup…
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Review: Google’s High-End Pixel C Tablet
Until now, the Pixel brand was all about Chrome OS laptops. But in September, the company surprised us all when it announced its Surface competitor, the 10.2-inch Pixel…
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Google Turns On Safe Browsing In Chrome For Android
Google’s Safe Browsing technology is now enabled by default on Android to protect mobile Chrome users from accessing phishing sites and web pages that harbor malware. Until now,…
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How Tech Titans Know To Pull The Plug On Projects
Not every new idea is destined to be great. Sometimes even the most promising concepts end up in the scrap pile. You probably never heard about Google Here,…
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Google Launches Android Studio 2.0 With Improved Android Emulator And New Instant Run Feature
Google today launched version 2.0 of its Android Studio integrated development environment (IDE) for writing apps for its mobile operating system. Android Studio, which is based on IntelliJ,…
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