HTC cannot catch a break with its smartphone business – in another unfavorable development the Taiwanese company is now blocked from selling its phones through major retailers in the United Kingdom after a patent dispute with Munich-based company Ipcom.
The R&D entity claims it has licenses over a wireless technology developed for car phones and HTC has agreed to sell its devices with a…
AT&T’s LG V35 ThinQ received the Android Pie update back in June, and after more than a month, the unlocked units are also being updated with Pie.
Additionally, the update is also seeding for the Google Fi, Amazon, and AIO units of the V35 ThinQ.
The new firmware…
Redmi Y2 gets Android Pie update
August 6, 2019
Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has released the stable ROM of Android Pie for the Redmi S2 in China and the Redmi Y2 (rebranded S2) in India.
The new firmware requires a download of 1.4GB and sports version number MIUI V10.3.3. It lets you lock Google Contacts and comes with a fix…
While Samsung and Huawei refine their foldable devices, LG has introduced expanding hardware with its V50 ThinQ (shown above) that uses a case to add a second screen. The company’s invite to its unveiling event on September 6th at IFA 2019 in Germany suggests it will continue to develop that strategy, with a video done up in 8-bit style that expands from one narrow screen across a second…
Popular Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo made a bold prediction that iPhones in 2021 will have two biometric authentication methods. The company will keep the Face ID but also resurrect Touch ID in the form of an under the screen fingerprint reader.
Yes, we are doing predictions…
Sony is using AI to replace drummers, one beat at a time
August 6, 2019
Sony is the latest company to dip its toes into AI-powered music. The company revealed this week that its researchers have created a machine learning model that can create kick-drum tracking. According to Sony, the artificial intelligence is capable of building…
Report: Apple to provide ‘pre-jailbroken’ iPhones to researchers, launch macOS bug bounty program
August 6, 2019
Apple is reportedly set to provide security researchers with unique iPhone models that would allow them to more easily find weaknesses in iOS. reports that Apple will make this announcement at the Black Hat security conference later this week.
According to the report, the iPhones will be given to security researchers that participate in Apple’s invite-only bug bounty program.
The first promo video for the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 stars LA chef Roy Choi. In addition to cooking, hes a bit of an entrepreneur too he runs five businesses, but instead of an office, he prefers to do everything from his phone or his watch. Better yet, hes a…
We’re just over a month away from the expected announcement and release of the iPhone 11. At an investor event this week, SoftBank President Ken Miyauchi offered a hint at when we might expect the iPhone 11…
Asus Zenfone 6 now available for pre-order in the US
August 5, 2019
The Asus Zenfone 6 will soon be available in the US. B&H has it available for pre-order heres the link but note that the shipping date is yet to be set.
The 64GB model costs $500 and while the phone has a microSD slot, you may want to go up to the version with 128GB storage anyway thats $550. Both versions come with 6GB of RAM. By the way, the card slot can house two SIMs in…
