Google’s Play Store is home to millions of useful apps, but isn’t always safe from software that hosts malware and obnoxious adware. Recently, the company has been attempting to clean up the Play Store and use it to push security updates. Untrustworthy app developers have found themselves in Google’s cross hairs, with major developers being banned from the store due to ad…
Xiaomi launches a Blue version of Redmi Note 8 Pro in Taiwan
November 7, 2019
Xiaomi is already selling the Redmi Note 8 Pro across the globe, but now it’s added an extra color to the available pallette. Called Deep Sea Blue the new paintjob debuted in Taiwan and is a gradient from Dark Blue to Aqua, similar to the oceans color.
The phone…
Japanese phone maker Sony has announced that its Email app will no longer support Xperia 5 and future devices.
Additionally, the company will also drop support for the ‘Backup – Powered by Amazon’ feature from its Album app on March 31, 2020. Sony said it…
Miso Robotics seeks $30 million in equity crowdfunding campaign
November 7, 2019
Pasadena, California-based Miso Robotics is pursuing an unconventional approach to fundraising. The robotics company announced that instead of securing a tranche from institutional investors, as is typical for young startups, it will kick off an equity crowdfunding round targeting $30 million, in collaboration with Circle’s SeedInvest and Wavemaker Labs. Reservations open this morning.
For the…
HTC October financial report shows another revenue crash
November 7, 2019
HTC is long past its glory days and while the companys new CEO Yves Maitres claimed a comeback to the flagship smartphone market is planned in the near future, the latest financial results show the company is not in an ideal place right now
Total revenue for the month of…
Samsung Galaxy S11 smartphone certified with 3,730 mAh battery
November 7, 2019
Samsung is already preparing for the launch of the Galaxy S11 series that traditionally sets place in February (four months from now). The SafetyKorea website has just released a certification for a battery with the model number EB-BG980ABY, which is meant to go in a Samsung…
Earlier this year, Bill Gates said Android winning mobile was his “greatest mistake ever.” The Microsoft founder today provided expanded thoughts and blamed Microsoft’s antitrust issues in the early 2000s for Windows Mobile not being the OS that people use today.
Speaking at the DealBook Conference hosted by (via , Gates was asked about the impact of the Justice Department’s antitrust…
Bill Gates thinks Windows Mobile would have beaten Android without Microsoft’s antitrust woes
November 6, 2019
Bill Gates has revealed that he thinks everyone would be using Windows Mobile right now if Microsoft hadn’t have been caught up in a US Justice Department antitrust investigation. Speaking at The New York Times’ DealBook Conference earlier today, Gates revealed his…
Apple has stopped signing iOS 13.1.2 and iOS 13.1.3 today. This comes after last week’s release of iOS 13.2, which included additional bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features.
Apple generally…
Earlier this year, Google showed off an Android TV operator dongle that could be used by companies to launch their own Android TV products. Now, Flipkart is offering an affordable Android TV dongle for India based on Google’s design.
The is an Android TV streaming dongle that costs just ₹3,499 or about $50 USD. The product runs on…
