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Realme's Dizo teases its first mobile phone

Realme’s AIoT sub-brand Dizo introduced a couple of wireless earphones last week, and the company is already teasing its next product, which isn’t an AIoT device but a mobile phone. Dizo shared a poster on Twitter to tease its mobile phone. The phone isn’t clearly visible, but a bit of editing reveals it is a feature phone with a circular island on the rear housing a camera and…
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Apple’s App Tracking Transparency enforcement pushes advertisers to Android instead

With Apple’s App Tracking Transparency having been available for several months now, advertisers have begun shifting their spending patterns. A new report indicates that the prices for mobile ads targeting iOS users have dropped, while prices targeting Android users have increased. When Apple released iOS 14.5 with the new App Tracking Transparency feature, a report by the Post-IDFA Alliance…
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Samsung pulls app support for its original Android smartwatch just ahead of Wear OS adoption

Samsung’s Tizen-based smartwatches are what has brought the company some success, but Android was what first filled that role. Now, though, the 2013-released Samsung Galaxy Gear is about to lose access to apps if it’s still running Android. The original Galaxy Gear has seen a bit of a roller-coaster ride since launch. In 2013, the product launched with a forked version of Android around the…
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Twitter appears to be on board with Google’s FLoC initiative

To say that FLoC, a technology built by Google to replace third-party cookies, has been controversial is almost an understatement. Many tech companies have spoken out against or deliberately avoided the tech, but it seems that Twitter may be on board with FLoC. Jane Wong…
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Google pulls a few Android apps from Play Store that could steal Facebook passwords

The Google Play Store is generally the safest place to obtain apps for your Android smartphone, but every once in a while, some bad actors find their way in. Recently, Google removed a handful of Android apps from the Play Store that tried to steal Facebook passwords. Dr. Web recently highlighted a “trojan” that was embedded within some Android apps that had the ability to trick users into…
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