Mobile

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, we’re getting our first look at the data from the big holiday shopping weekend. Sensor Tower reports that Black Friday marked a major increase in downloads for shopping apps on the App Store. According to that data, the overall number of first-time app downloads in the Shopping category on the App Store increased 8% year-over-year. In…

After years on the fringes of the budget and affordable segment, Motorola has announced plans to re-enter the premium smartphone space. At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, the company reiterated plans to target the more premium end of the market, with a heavy reliance on the newly announced Snapdragon 865 chipset. “Motorola will continue leading the 5G era with our expanded lineup of…

Google has announced that 80% of Android apps now encrypt all traffic by default, thanks to the increased uptake of transport layer security (TLS). TLS is a cryptographic protocol used by all HTTPS domains to secure traffic over a network. Since the launch of Android 7 back in 2016, Google has allowed developers to configure their network security settings without changing the app’s code…

According to a new report coming from , Samsung’s upcoming Fold 2 will be a considerably cheaper than the current model due to several factors including a significant change in the design. Sources familiar with the matter say that the Fold 2 will adopt the clamshell design as the reborn Motorola Razr. The smaller area of the foldable screen combined with the further drop in cost of production…