New court documents show that Fortnite didn’t rely on Apple’s platform for much of its overall revenue. According to files seen by the Verge from Epic’s trial against Apple, the iOS system was one of the smallest platforms in terms of revenue for Epic Games.
Court documents reveal that PlayStation 4 generated 46.8% of Fortnite’s total revenues from March 2018 through July 2020, while…
Leaked Facebook memo reveals how advertisers will be impacted following iOS 14.5 release
April 29, 2021
Apple finally introduced iOS 14.5 this week, which comes with the long-awaited App Tracking Transparency feature to prevent third-party apps from tracking users across the web. Since the announcement of this feature, Facebook has been complaining about the impact this option…
Assistant gets better at understanding context as Google touts ‘nearly’ perfect alarm/timer responses
April 29, 2021
Google today announced a trio of updates for Google Assistant that leverage AI to improve pronunciation accuracy and context.
Similar to how you can already teach Assistant to pronounce your name, Google is expanding this capability to contacts. Users will be asked to…
Google-run Android Earthquake Alerts System is now providing warnings in first two countries
April 29, 2021
Back in August, Google announced that it would turn your Android phone into a seismometer to form the “world’s largest earthquake detection network.” The Android Earthquake Alerts System will now start sending warning notifications in Greece and New Zealand.
Establishing a ground network of seismometers, like in California, is not always possible. Google’s solution is to use the…
You’ve probably noticed over the past few years that more and more websites are prompting users to enable notifications. While useful from time to time, it can be annoying, too. Here’s how to stop any and all websites from asking to send notifications in Google…
Google posts I/O 2021 schedule, starting with Sundar Pichai keynote on May 18 at 10 a.m.
April 29, 2021
As we get closer to I/O 2021, Google today posted the schedule of sessions and other events for its three-day developer conference next month.
‘New look’ for Android 12 widgets, Wear drops the ‘OS,’ & more from Google I/O 2021 sessions
It starts with the…
Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the app will add group video calls starting next month. This feature has been long anticipated by many Telegram users.
As reported by Yahoo Finance, Durov made the announcement via a text message posted to his official Telegram channel today. He wrote:
“We will be adding a video dimension to our voice chats in May, making Telegram a powerful platform…
AT&T, Delta, and Apple have announced a new partnership that will see the airline upgrade its fleet of devices to 5G-capable iPhone 12 models. Through this partnership, Delta will equip all 19,000 of its flight attendants with an iPhone 12 device.
In a press release…
The May 2021 security update or patch has started rolling out for a number of Samsung devices including the likes of the Galaxy S21 and more.
As we’ve seen previously with older patches, the May security patch isn’t technically fully released yet even though Samsung…
Google Clock ticks past 1 billion Play Store downloads
April 28, 2021
Although a long time coming, the Google Clock app has now clocked up a very impressive 1 billion downloads on the Play Store.
The Google Clock app has become one of the go-to apps for setting alarms and timers, and now with added features and functions, it really is a very good alarm clock to have installed on your device. The Bedtime feature is one such Digital Wellbeing option that helps…
