Dark Mode is one of the tentpole features of iOS 13 this year, and is rolling out quickly tothird-party appsandwebsites. A new test fromPhoneBuffthis weekend aims to discover just how much better Dark Mode is for battery life than Light Mode.
Using an iPhone XS as the test devices, PhoneBuff employed robotic arms to do various things throughout iOS while in Light Mode…
The OnePlus 7T Pro is off to a rocky start
October 20, 2019
The OnePlus 7T Pro went on sale in India on October 12, in China on the 15th and in Europe on the 18th (and it’s not coming to the US). We’ll wait to see the initial sales numbers, but if last week’s poll is any indication, the new Pro is not off to a good…
HTC has launched its flagship Exodus 1s smartphone in Europe and a limited number of other countries as part of its attempt to drive universal cryptocurrency trading and usage.
The HTC Exodus 1s has a full Bitcoin node embedded in the device’s hardware, allowing users to…
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…
