Google Maps has been making a lot of changes recently, including adding expanded support for electric vehicles, letting users see estimated toll prices, and much more. One interesting UI change may have gone unnoticed though. Google Maps has made an adjustment to the shared location user icon.
Shared locations has been a huge part of for a good while now. I personally use it quite often. It makes…
The Google-Samsung relationship has improved a great deal in recent years with the latter often appearing at the former’s keynotes, while there have been joint ad campaigns. The latest highlights a slew of Google services running on Samsung hardware.
Update 7/14: The…
EA's new 'Skate' is a free-to-play live service game
July 15, 2022
It’s been just over two years since we learned that EA was working on the first entry in the Skate series since 2010’s Skate 3. Although the publisher isn’t quite ready to announce the release window, it revealed some more details, including the fact the…
Many creators use a control pad like Elgato’s Stream Deck to help them manage livestreams and create art. Razer is looking to make moves in the space with its own control pad, the Stream Controller.
The company is working with Loupedeck on the device, which seems to be a rebadged version of the Loupedeck Live with Razer’s marketing muscle behind it. The Stream Controller has 12 haptic…
The iPhone chipmaker TSMC predicts Q3 revenue of up to $19.8-$20.6 billion from $14.88 billion year-over-year, thanks to increased demand for the iPhone 13. TSMC seems confident in long-term chip demand.
As reported by Reuters, TSMC follows “blow-out results for the…
The Messages app gets some valuable upgrades this year with iOS 16. One of the interesting features is the ability to unsend iMessages on iPhone. Follow along for a hands-on look at how the feature works, its limitations, and what the experience is like for the person on the…
Text-to-image generation is the hot algorithmic process right now, with OpenAI’s Craiyon (formerly DALL-E mini) and Google’s Imagen AIs unleashing tidal waves of wonderfully weird procedurally generated art synthesized from human and computer imaginations. On Tuesday, Meta revealed that it too has developed an AI image generation engine, one that it hopes will help to build immersive worlds in…
Elon Musk does the impossible and manages expectations on Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving update
July 14, 2022
Elon Musk, who is known to hype Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software updates with adjectives like “fire” and “mind-blowing,” surprises by actually managing expectations on Tesla’s upcoming v11 FSD Beta software update.
FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles…
Canoo to supply its Multi-Purpose Platform to the US Army for ‘analysis and demonstration’
July 14, 2022
EV startup Canoo continues its occupation of the news cycle this week with an announcement that the United States Army has selected Canoo’s Multi-Purpose Platform for analysis and demonstration as it looks to incorporate scalable EV technologies into its…
Google Maps to offer energy-efficient routes tailored to electric vehicles, hybrids, more
July 14, 2022
Google Maps is preparing to expand its fuel-efficient routing options by specifically tailoring to electric vehicles, hybrids, and more.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of…
