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Apple teams up with 100cameras nonprofit to teach students photography and storytelling using iPhone

November 20, 2019

In a new press release today, Apple announced that it has partnered with the nonprofit organization 100cameras to give students in Chicago the new iPhone 11. Through this partnership, the students are taught how to express themselves through visual storytelling with the iPhone. The iPhones were distributed to students from DRW College Prep, as part of a course on using photography to tell the…

Xiaomi is adding early earthquake warnings to MIUI phones in China

November 20, 2019

Xiaomi smartphone and set-top box owners in China will soon have access to potentially life-saving early earthquake warnings right on their devices. At its annual Mi Developer conference in Bejing, the Chinese electronics company said its MIUI 11-based smartphones and Mi TV…

Porsche CEO talks iPhone vs Android popularity among owners in the United States and China

November 20, 2019

Speaking today at the Automobility conference in Los Angeles, Porsche’s North American president and CEO, Klaus Zellmer, touched on the popularity of iPhone and Android among Porsche owners. Zellmer also explained how those statistics affect development of Porsche…

Brawlhalla comes to Android, iOS next year w/ cross-play, closed beta opens soon

November 20, 2019

There’s been a trend over the past couple of years of bringing titles from consoles and PC over to mobile, and now another hit is making the jump. Next year, Brawlhalla is coming to Android and iOS. Blue Mammoth Games, the developers behind Brawlhalla, announced on Twitter this week that the game would be coming to Android and iOS in the near…

Xiaomi’s Xiao AI assistant passes 49.9 million users

November 20, 2019

Today marked the kickoff of Xiaomi’s annual Mi Developer conference in Beijing, and the tech giant wasted no time in announcing updates across its AI portfolio. It took the wraps off the latest release of Mobile AI Compute Engine (MACE), its open source machine learning…

AirPods Pro pack ‘significant’ sound quality upgrades, but Galaxy Buds still best

November 16, 2019

AirPods Pro have earned widespread praise since their release last month thanks to sound quality improvements, noise cancellation, and more. Consumer Reports is now out with its full review of AirPods Pro, and those improvements seemingly aren’t enough to take the…

Microsoft is killing off its Cortana app for iOS and Android in January

November 16, 2019

Microsoft has revealed that it’s planning to kill off its Cortana app for iOS and Android in January. The software maker has posted a new support article for Cortana users in the UK, Canada, and Australia that reveals Cortana for iOS and Android is disappearing in at least those markets. “To make your personal digital assistant as helpful as possible, we’re integrating Cortana into your…

Huawei’s foldable Mate X launches after months of delays, but only in China

November 15, 2019

Huawei’s Mate X foldable smartphone was announced just weeks after the Samsung Galaxy Fold, but the two products have had wildly different rides in the time since. Now, after months of delays, Huawei has finally launched the Mate X. Available for the equivalent of $2,400…

Supreme Court to hear Google v. Oracle case over Android’s Java usage

November 15, 2019

In 2010, Oracle sued Google over alleged Java infringement during the development of Android. Appeal courts have repeatedly overturned lower court decisions that sided with Google. This legal case is now going to the Supreme Court in what could be a landmark decision. This…

Pre-installed apps on low-end Android phones are full of security holes

November 15, 2019

In what has become an annual reckoning, security research company Kryptowire recently published its 2019 report on the state of manufacturer-installed software and firmware for Android devices and, to no one’s surprise, they found more than 140 bugs which could be exploited for malicious purposes. The DHS-funded report uncovered 146 apps, which come pre-installed on inexpensive Android…