July 6, 2016
Google’s Now on Tap gets even smarter
Now on Tap was one of the marquee features of Android Marshmallow when Google first announced this update to its mobile operating system last year (which is now…
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June 30, 2016
How Mexico went from telecom laggard to mobile trailblazer
Twenty years ago only one out of 10 people in Mexico had a telephone of any kind. Today, more than 100 million people have cell phones and, more…
Read articleJune 28, 2016
The Moto G4 is arriving in the US July 12th, priced at $199
Looks like it won’t be too much longer until U.S. users can get their grubby paws on Motorola’s forthcoming fourth-gen Moto G. Announced last month right around Google…
Read articleJune 15, 2016
Apple Maps will remember where you parked your car
Apple has yet to confirm rumors it’s building a car but it is aiming to make drivers’ lives a little easier thanks to a new feature coming to…
Read articleJune 9, 2016
Hands-on with Moto’s modular Moto Z and a few of its crazy accessories
The Tango-powered (and weirdly named) Phab 2 Pro wasn’t the only crazy phone on display at Lenovo’s Tech World today. Joining it on stage was a new handset…
Read articleMay 27, 2016
Google app for iOS gets support for AMP and keyboard shortcuts
Google launched an updated version of its Google app for iOS today. Typically, these are minor updates, but today’s version brings a couple of interesting new features to…
Read articleMay 27, 2016
Jolla launches a community device program for its Sailfish mobile OS
Just when you thought Finnish mobile OS maker Jolla had given up on making its own hardware, given its recent financing troubles which led to it having to…
Read articleMay 26, 2016
Jury finds Google’s implementation of Java in Android was fair use
Software developers can breathe a massive sigh of relief — a jury found today that Google’s implementation of 37 Java APIs in Android qualified as fair use. However,…
Read articleMay 25, 2016
Microsoft is laying off 1,850 to “streamline” its smartphone business, takes $950M charge
Following last week’s news of Microsoft selling off its feature phone business for $350 million, today Microsoft turned its attention to smartphones: the company announced it would lay off 1,850…
Read articleMay 19, 2016
The average age for a child getting their first smartphone is now 10.3 years
This week I ended up with an advance copy of Influence Central’s new report called Kids & Tech: The Evolution of Today’s Digital Natives. The report details the way kids…
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