Ed Boon, the co-creator Mortal Kombat, will be inducted into video game’s hall of fame.
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the industry group that puts on the annual DICE Summit, said Boon will be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame at the 25th annual DICE Awards ceremony during the summit on February 22 to February 24 in Las Vegas.
Boon is the chief creative officer at…
At CES earlier this month, TCL launched its latest duo of Android smartphones with the TCL 30 series. Now, the carrier-branded devices are starting to make their stateside debuts with the TCL 30 V launching today on Verizon Wireless.
Available , the TCL 30 V is a mid-range…
The danger of AI micro-targeting in the metaverse
January 28, 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
If you ask most people to name the key technologies of the metaverse, they’ll usually focus on the eyewear and graphics engines. If they’re…
First spotted in November with a wider rollout already underway, Google today made official the new “Offers” tab for the Play Store on Android.
According to Google, the Play Store’s Offers tab is meant to “help you discover deals in games and apps across travel, shopping, media & entertainment, fitness, and more.” There are various sections, including the personalized “Offers for…
In this past week alone, there’s been a flurry of developments around Google and buzzy, emerging technologies. The latest sees Google Cloud ramp up a digital assets division focused on helping other companies adopt the blockchain.
Google’s enterprise offers various…
In recent days, some Pixel Superfans received a free Nest Audio (a not too thematic inclusion), Pixel 6 Pro socks, and coloring book. That last item of the care package looks to have inadvertently revealed that Google’s next phone will be named the “Pixel…
The Google Play Store offers several ways to pay for apps and subscriptions, including the option of adding the charge to your carrier bill. Verizon, though, is now dropping support for carrier billing in the Play Store.
Google has confirmed on a support page that Verizon is dropping support for carrier billing as of January 2022:
As of January 2022, Verizon Wireless will no longer be an…
Google Messages is preparing a new setting that will keep you from accidentally zooming and increasing the size of your text.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store.
Google’s online coloring book goes in-depth on hardware hues while offering wearable hints
January 28, 2022
Besides the physical comic book that looks to have confirmed the “Pixel 6a” name, Google also made an online version to celebrate the “inspiration, beauty, and application of hardware colors developed” and used for its products.
At colors.withgoogle.com, you’ll…
Hands-on: Motorola’s wireless Android Auto dongle is dead simple, and very quick to pair
January 28, 2022
Wireless Android Auto support is something rarely seen built into cars, but the rise of third-party dongles has made it much easier to bring this functionality to cars that don’t already have it. Tomorrow, a new wireless Android Auto dongle under the Motorola brand will officially launch, and – based on our brief first impressions – the Motorola MA1 seems like a great option.
The Motorola*…
