Growing up, I was a video game junkie. I played games in all my free time. My first game system was the NES, and the final one I personally owned was the PS2 and original Xbox. I even worked at EBGames (I still don’t accept the EBGames/GameStop merger). I have fond memories of playing Halo at LAN parties, the first time I played Madden online, and being scared to death of Resident Evil 1 when I…
Gboard for Android combines old emoji to create new ones
February 13, 2020
Google has launched a new feature for Gboard on Android, which uses existing emoji as ingredients to create new stickers. The tech giant aptly calls it Emoji Kitchen, and it’s rolling out to Android users starting today. Unfortunately, you can’t create your own…
Activision Blizzard pulls its games from GeForce Now
February 13, 2020
GeForce Now, NVIDIA’s game streaming service, went live for everyone last week. It allows you to play hundreds of games from dozens of publishers in the cloud, but Activision Blizzard’s titles are no longer among the options after the publisher asked NVIDIA to…
Foxconn has denied a report which claimed to describe its iPhone production targets as it struggles to deal with disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
had claimed that chairman Liu Young-Way was aiming to be at 50% of normal production levels by the end of this month, and 80% in March…
Taiwan’s Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told…
Samsung Galaxy A50s starts getting Android 10 with One UI 2.0
February 13, 2020
Samsung has introduced the Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71, but it hasn’t forgotten about its older smartphones. The Galaxy A50s has started receiving a software update to Android 10 with One UI 2.0.
Devices in Vietnam are already receiving notifications about an incoming…
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro tops DxOMark camera chart
February 13, 2020
Earlier today Xiaomi introduced its flagship Mi 10 series smartphones which among other things boast some of the more impressive camera arrays around. In fact the Mi 10 Pro has the most impressive camera DxOMark has reviewed so far, posting a score of 124 and eclipsing…
Digitimes: Coronavirus production delays will not affect iPhone 12 September launch, high demand for 5G A14 chips
February 13, 2020
In a pair of Digitimes reports, the supply chain publication notes that the impacts of the coronavirus will cause disruption to the standard next-gen iPhone manufacturing schedule, but it is unlikely to mean Apple will need to delay the usual September launch timeframe for the iPhone 12 series.
Demand for the A14 chip is also said to be high, with orders more than 50% higher than the equivalent…
Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro arrive with 108MP camera, Snapdragon 865
February 13, 2020
The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro are finally official with four cameras apiece and Snapdragon 865. Both phones support wireless charging and are the first Mi branded devices with a punch hole in the display for the selfie camera.
Their headline feature is on the back…
New Google Maps widely available on Android and iOS
February 13, 2020
Google last week celebrated the 15th birthday of Maps with an icon redesign and by previewing several new features. The first of those to become widely available is an Android and iOS redesign.
The primary aim of this redesign is to centralize key controls in the bottom bar…
Oppo Reno3 Pro with dual selfie cameras listed by retailers
February 13, 2020
Earlier this month we saw a photo of an Oppo Reno3 Pro with dual selfie cameras which was expected to be the international 4G version of the smartphone. Today, the company launched promo pages of the upcoming device on both Amazon India and Flipkart’s websites, confirming the dual punch hole camera design for the Reno3 Pro.
The current Oppo Reno3 Pro comes with a Snapdragon 765G chipset…
