Today at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, the company announced that its latest two chipsets will support a virtual drivers license or identification document via Androids Identity Credential API.
Were very excited to announce that Snapdragon will be the first mobile SoC to support Android Identity Credential APIs, which means that mobile drivers license and electronic ID will be…
Craigslist only took 11 years to make its own iOS app
December 4, 2019
Considering the App Store has been around for 11 years and Craigslist for 13 years before that, it’s astonishing the bastion of online classified ads hasn’t bothered to create an official, first-party iOS app until now. It just hit the App Store and, like…
Qualcomm president says ‘priority number one’ is working with Apple to develop a 5G iPhone
December 4, 2019
After agreeing to end a messy legal battle earlier this year, Qualcomm and Apple are now working closely on bringing 5G capabilities to the iPhone. Speaking at the company’s Snapdragon Tech Summit today, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon emphasized that the relationship…
Twitch is announcing a new set of features and tools for its Creator Dashboard. That’s a big deal, since the livestreaming platform has more than 3 million creators, or people who livestream. And the easy way to boost that number is to make better tools that make it easier to become a streamer.
While 3 million sounds like a lot of streamers, it’s a relatively small part of Twitch’s overall…
Microsoft may be building a disc-less next-gen Xbox after all
December 4, 2019
Just when it seemed Microsoft’s plans for Project Scarlett, its next-generation Xbox console, were getting simpler, there’s a new wrinkle to the narrative. According to Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier, Microsoft is “working” on a more affordable…
Sensor Tower — Call of Duty: Mobile hits $87 million and 172 million downloads in 2 months
December 4, 2019
Call of Duty: Mobile has reaped nearly $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in its first two months, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates.
While there have been a few Call of Duty mobile games in the past, none have…
Galaxy Buds+ support page goes live in South Korea
December 4, 2019
Samsungs Galaxy Buds were unveiled way back last February which means were due for an update in the coming months. Just in time, Samsung published a support page for a product bearing the SM-R175 model number which is rumored to be the upcoming Galaxy Buds+. The original Galaxy Buds which boast the R170 model number lack active noise cancellation which is one of the key features rumored to…
Qualcomm and Google announced today at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit that the company’s new Snapdragon SoCs — referring to the new Snapdragon 865 and 765 — will be the first to support the new Android Identity Credential APIs coming with Android R.
We’re…
When it came out earlier this year, there was one small omission to the otherwise excellent package that was Teenage Engineering’s diminutive but powerful OP-Z synth: you couldn’t use its handy companion app if you had an Android phone. Nine months after the…
Samsung Galaxy S9 to get second Android 10 beta next week
December 4, 2019
According to Samsung’s beta operations manager, last year’s flagships – the Galaxy S9/S9+, will start receiving the second iteration of One UI 2.0 beta based on Android 10 next week. And it’s about time because the Galaxy Note9, for example, received two major beta updates already.
We are probably still some way off from a stable version of the software – the Galaxy…
