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Google Cracks Down On Android Apps That Track Your Location In The Background

Google Cracks Down On Android Apps That Track Your Location In The Background

Google announced this week that it will no longer allow Android apps to indiscriminately track a user’s location in the background. Instead, all location-tracking features will be subject to a review process before launching on the Google Play Store. Developers are required to provide a strong justification for why their app needs to access background […]

4y ago

Preregistration For The Samsung Galaxy S20 Series Opens For U.S. Customers

Preregistration For The Samsung Galaxy S20 Series Opens For U.S. Customers

South Korean smartphones and electronics major Samsung Electronics has opened the preregistration formalities for its upcoming flagship grade Android smartphone lineup: the Samsung Galaxy S20 series. According to Android Authority, the Samsung USA website now has a link that directs users to a sign-up page. On this page, potential buyers of the Samsung Galaxy S20 […]

4y ago

‘Apex Legends’ Is Coming To Mobile Platforms

‘Apex Legends’ Is Coming To Mobile Platforms

Apex Legends is coming to iOS and Android platforms, as first reported by industry insider and analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter. While Ahmad wasn’t able to provide a specific date when fans of the popular shooter can expect its arrival, he did say publisher Electronic Arts has confirmed the news. He went on to say […]

4y ago

Samsung Launches The Galaxy Tab S6 5G, The World’s First 5G Tablet, In South Korea

Samsung Launches The Galaxy Tab S6 5G, The World’s First 5G Tablet, In South Korea

Earlier today, South Korean smartphones and electronics giant Samsung launched a 5G variant of its flagship Android tablet in its home country. The launch of the new device — called the Galaxy Tab S6 5G — was made public through a Korean-language press release in which Samsung outlined its detailed specifications and features. The company […]

4y ago

Motorola razr To Go On Sale In The U.S. Starting February 6 Following Delayed Launch

Motorola razr To Go On Sale In The U.S. Starting February 6 Following Delayed Launch

Motorola announced earlier today that it would begin sales of its upcoming foldable smartphone — the Motorola razr — in the U.S. following a delayed launch. According to The Verge, the Motorola razr, which was initially scheduled for launch earlier this month, will go on sale February 6. Customers will be able to preorder the […]

4y ago

Slew Of Google Pixel 4 Leaks Surround Apple’s iPhone 11 Event

Slew Of Google Pixel 4 Leaks Surround Apple’s iPhone 11 Event

In what could be the most conveniently timed “leaks” in recent memory, a slew of photos and vital information on Google’s upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone were released in the days (and hours) leading up to Apple’s iPhone 11 event, one covered by The Inquisitr yesterday. The most recent leak came from BGR, in the form […]

5y ago

Can’t Delete The Facebook App From Your Android Phone? Unfortunately, There’s Not Much You Can Do

Can’t Delete The Facebook App From Your Android Phone? Unfortunately, There’s Not Much You Can Do

Some Android users have recently discovered that they can’t delete the Facebook app from their phone. Rather than deleting the app, users are only given the option to disable it. TechCrunch reported on this, noting that “Facebook is the new crapware.” Meaning, thanks to an agreement between Facebook and certain mobile companies, the app comes […]

5y ago

Android Phones Easily Broken Into By Using 3D-Printed Face, But iPhone Remained Impenetrable

Android Phones Easily Broken Into By Using 3D-Printed Face, But iPhone Remained Impenetrable

Facial recognition has been lauded as the future of security, but as a simple experiment from Forbes cybersecurity journalist Thomas Brewster showed, it is quite easy to break into a bunch of Android phones using the feature. Brewster decided to test four Android phones and an iPhone with a 3D-printed likeness of his face. When […]

6y ago

Google Play Store Removes 13 Android Games For Containing Malware

Google Play Store Removes 13 Android Games For Containing Malware

Google Play store has recently removed several apps because they were found to contain malicious software (malware). As reported by the Daily Mail, some 13 offending apps — all of which were driving simulator games — were removed from Play Store. The apps asked the user to download an additional item on their phones called […]

6y ago

Over 500,000 Android Users Downloaded Malware From Google Play App Store

Over 500,000 Android Users Downloaded Malware From Google Play App Store

The Google Play Store is generally fairly safe, but it is possible for application developers to sneak malware into it. TechCrunch is reporting that more than 500,000 Android users have downloaded applications that contain malware without their knowledge. In total, 13 applications were released on the Google Play Store posing as driving and racing simulators. […]

6y ago

Mark Zuckerberg To Tim Cook, “iPhones Are Not Welcome At Facebook!”

Mark Zuckerberg To Tim Cook, “iPhones Are Not Welcome At Facebook!”

Remember that little public spat in the media between Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook regarding the Cambridge Analytica scandal? Well, it didn’t end there. Mr. Zuckerberg did not appreciate being called out like a school kid being scolded by the administrator. So he went and did what any rational adult CEO would do. According to […]

6y ago

App Subscriptions Are Gaining In Popularity

App Subscriptions Are Gaining In Popularity

Ulysses is one of the most popular writing apps on iOS and the Mac. One of the reasons is that it has apps for both platforms, and even works well on the iPhone. So no matter what device you are working on, you have all your iCloud synced documents on whatever device you happen to […]

6y ago

Apple Will Stop Reporting Unit Sales Starting Next Quarter

Apple Will Stop Reporting Unit Sales Starting Next Quarter

The biggest bombshell from Apple’s record-breaking Q4 earnings was not the staggering number of units they sold. It is the fact that they will no longer be sharing those numbers with the public going forward. CNBC put it this way, “Apple’s decision to stop breaking down unit sales of iPhones and iPads is a ‘defining […]

6y ago

iPhone XR Display Picked Over Higher Resolution Display In Blind Test

iPhone XR Display Picked Over Higher Resolution Display In Blind Test

Can you tell the difference between a 1080p display with over 400 PPI from one with lower specs? Just how important are specs when it comes to a pleasing display? As with most things, people tend to greatly overestimate their ability to distinguish the nature of highly complex things. Inverse explained why it is hard […]

6y ago

OnePlus 6T, A Well-Reviewed Android Smartphone That Won’t Break The Bank

OnePlus 6T, A Well-Reviewed Android Smartphone That Won’t Break The Bank

While all the companies refresh their smartphones this time each year, September and October belong to Apple’s iPhone. Nothing else is going to get as much press because nothing else is going to make that kind of dent in the market. What a company like Oppo releases has an effect on Oppo. What Apple releases […]

6y ago

President Trump’s iPhone Addiction Is Allowing China And Russia To Listen In On His Personal Calls

President Trump’s iPhone Addiction Is Allowing China And Russia To Listen In On His Personal Calls

Both current and former US officials have told the New York times that President Donald Trump’s personal calls are being monitored by the Chinese and Russians. Furthermore, Trump has been made aware of the situation yet refuses to change is behavior. “Mr. Trump’s aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, […]

6y ago

Android App Advertisers Scammed Out Of Millions Via Fraudulent Apps

Android App Advertisers Scammed Out Of Millions Via Fraudulent Apps

In an unusual twist, end users of Android phones were not the direct target of the latest exploit that took place on a massive scale. It was the advertisers in the crosshairs. Generally, not the sympathetic figure in the consumer electronics story, Advertisers were scammed out of millions of dollars with the use of fraudulent […]

6y ago

Google Announces Changes To Maps App, Including Exciting New Updates For Commuters

Google Announces Changes To Maps App, Including Exciting New Updates For Commuters

It’s hard to imagine how an app designed to give you simple travel directions can be improved in any appreciable way. But the people at Google have been hard at work doing so, and have announced new changes for the Maps app that will greatly benefit users. The changes will help individuals who are regular […]

6y ago

Looking Back At The First Android Phone Released 10 Years Ago Today, The HTC Dream, AKA T-Mobile G1

Looking Back At The First Android Phone Released 10 Years Ago Today, The HTC Dream, AKA T-Mobile G1

The Android phone was released just 10 years ago, and there are features from that first release that people still use. It’s incredible to think that the HTC Dream has morphed into a phone system that so many people use today. CNET took a look back at how the release of the Android phone changed […]

6y ago

How To Block Donald Trump’s ‘Presidential Alerts’ From Your Phone (Long Story Short: You Probably Can’t)

How To Block Donald Trump’s ‘Presidential Alerts’ From Your Phone (Long Story Short: You Probably Can’t)

If you don’t want “presidential alerts” on your smartphone, you are probably out of luck — but there are a few things you can do to try to mitigate the effects of the system on your phone. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced plans last week to implement […]

6y ago

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