Last year — following an antitrust ruling by the European Union — Google announced it would start offering a choice of search providers to Android users. The “choice screen” set to appear on Android devices shipped in Europe from March 1st is designed to mitigate Google’s search engine monopoly, and give other providers the chance to get in front of users. These other…
As it has done for the past several years, Apple is celebrating Chinese New Year with a short film as part of its “Shot on iPhone” series. The short film comes in at 8-minutes long and is entitled…
This week’s top stories: Best of CES 2020, ‘iPhone 9’ leak, new Shot on iPhone competition, more
January 13, 2020
In this week’s top stories: CES 2020 brings HomeKit, AirPlay 2, and more, Apple’s Breathe app on Apple Watch, a new “Shot on iPhone” competition, and more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.
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LG hasn’t made a profit from its smartphone division for years, but it reckons the tide is about to turn. Speaking at a press conference at CES, the company’s chief executive Kwon Bong-seok said, “LG Electronics mobile business is going to be profitable by 2021. I can say we can make that happen as LG Electronics will expand our mobile lineup and steadily release new ones…
LG’s past few years in the smartphone market have been less than impressive and it seems things are just getting worse. At CES 2020, though, one LG chief vowed that the company’s mobile division would turn a profit by next year.
Looking back at the past few years, LG has…
LG G9 case renders leak, confirming the design
January 9, 2020
Renders of a transparent case for the LG G9 have leaked, perfectly matching the OnLeaks renders. However, there may have been some confusion this might actually be the LG V60 (the back panel of which we saw yesterday).
Either way, chances are that the G9 and V60 will…
While the Huawei Mate 30 Pro is a fantastic smartphone, it has faced an uphill struggle outside of its Chinese homeland. However, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has now officially launched outside of China for the first time after being introduced in the United Arab Emirates.
Despite lacking what many would consider the “necessary” official access to Google Mobile Services, the device was…
Despite still waiting for the Android 10 update, the OnePlus 5 and 5T are now receiving the stable OxygenOS 9.0.10 update.
Given that we’re expecting a full OS upgrade at some point in the near future, it should come as no surprise that as far as OxygenOS updates go…
DuckDuckGo trumps Bing in Google’s controversial Android ‘choice screen’ search engine auction
January 9, 2020
Google has announced the inaugural winners of its controversial Android “choice screen” search engine auction in Europe, with privacy-focused Google alternative DuckDuckGo emerging as one of the big winners. Microsoft’s Bing, by contrast, languished.
DuckDuckGo will be…
Vivo iQOO 3 5G passes certification on TENAA
January 9, 2020
Earlier this week we heard of an upcoming vivo device bearing the V1950A model number which is believed to be the iQOO 3 5G. The phone received its 3C certification, confirming the 44W fast charging and 5G support. Now, we get a few new clues through China’s TENAA.
vivo V1950A certification
The V1950A page is up and it revealsa 6.89-inch display and a 4,250mAh battery. We also get the…
