Twitter rolled out an OLED-friendly dark mode called “Lights out” back in March, but it was only limited to iOS users. More than six months later, it’s rolling out to Android users as well, albeit on the alpha version of the app.
The lights out mode is different than the current dark mode and turns the UI of the app to pitch black instead of dark blue. This does a better job at…
Apple officially warns older iPhone and iPad users to update their software or risk a nasty GPS bug
October 19, 2019
A new Apple official warning calls for immediate action on older devices. Mainly the iPhone 5 and earlier as well as the iPad 4 and earlier models. Users on these devices need to go in their settings and update the software to the latest available version prior to…
Twitch has started testing a new feature that allows streamers to watch Prime Video with their viewers — as long as they’re also subscribers. Travis Shreffler, a content creator and author, has tweeted an email he received from Prime Video, inviting him to test…
HTC launches another blockchain phone - Exodus 1s
October 19, 2019
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Well, that’s not entirely fair if you are a firm believer in the future of blockchain technology and crypto currencies in the end user space. That was the spotlight feature on the original HTC Exodus 1 and the same is true for the newly announced Exodus 1s. The phone doubles as a hardware ledger and this time around has a few other crypto tricks up its…
The Google Stadia controller prototypes
October 19, 2019
An exclusive look at how Google designed its Stadia game controller
Stan Horaczek,
Popular Science
We’ve known for months that Google built its own controller for the upcoming Stadia game streaming service. But Popular Science recently got a behind-the-scenes look…
OnePlus has proved one of the fastest OEMs to push updates to Android 10, and today it’s delivering the first beta for that update to its OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T.
Launched just last year, it comes as no surprise that these smartphones are also being updated to…
Android TV started rolling out its new Play Store to users this week in a limited capacity, and we’ve now confirmed with Google a few details about the updated experience including when you’ll get it on your device.
Google confirmed to that the new Play Store will be rolling out to Android TV users over the “next few weeks.” This won’t apply to some older Android TV…
Xiaomi has started recruiting beta testers for the MIUI 11 Global Stable ROM in India which was announced three days ago.
The Chinese phone maker is recruiting MIUI 11 Global Stable beta testers for eight smartphones: Redmi K20 (aka Mi 9T), Redmi K20 Pro (aka Mi 9T…
If you have become an Apple fan in the past decade or so, you are used to yearly operating system updates for . If you have been a Mac user longer than that, you remember actually for OS updates every 18 months or so. I know Halloween is coming up, so I’ll inform you of…
The Twitch app for iOS has added support for subscribing to streamers, but with a catch. What costs you $5 through the Twitch website and other platforms will cost you an extra $1 through the iOS app.
As Twitch details in a blog post, you can now purchase “iOS Sub Tokens” for $5.99 each, which can then be redeemed for a one-month Tier 1 subscription. Through Twitch’s website and other…
