After years of customers complaining that the Snapchat app on Android was inferior to the iOS version, the company rebuilt it from scratch as an “investment.” As it turns out, that investment has paid off in a big way, with the new Snapchat app leading to a huge boost in Android users.
Reuters reports that Snapchat has seen a 22% year-over-year increase in daily active users during the first…
TTartisan releases its $98 50mm F1.2 APS-C lens for Leica L and Nikon Z mount camera systems
April 26, 2021
Chinese optics manufacturer TTartisan has announced its 50mm F1.2 manual lens for APS-C mirrorless camera systems is now available for Nikon Z and Leica L mounts.
Since its release, the lens has been available for Canon EF-M, Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds (MFT) and Sony E…
Huawei announced the nova 8 Pro 5G last December, and now the company has followed it up with a 4G version, which is actually a nova 8 Pro 5G without 5G support. That means the nova 8 Pro 4G comes with a Kirin 985 SoC, Android 10-based EMUI 11.0, and two memory options…
Just like almost every Android version, there’s some change to notifications, even if it’s just a minor improvement and not a full-fledged functionality. Which is the case with the latest Android 12 DP3 update.
Android 11 and Android 12 DP3
The re-design of the notification cards isn’t big as it just relocates the notification count for stacked cards. For instance, in Android…
Realme introduced the Realme 8 5G in India a few days ago, and on the occasion of the launch, we spoke with Mr. Madhav Sheth – Vice President of Realme and CEO of Realme India and Europe – allowing us to learn more about the company’s ambitions for 2021…
A couple of weeks ago we looked back at some phones with true star power – phones featured in blockbuster movies. Since Marvel characters featured heavily in that (Tony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America and others), we thought that this week we can have a look…
Has the post-PC era finally arrived? Apple has been promising it since the original iPad launched, but its slates (while quite popular) never truly replaced PCs. The new iPad Pro models that were unveiled on Tuesday are the first one we can believe are a credible threat.
That is because in a way they are PCs – the iPad Pro 11 (2021) and 12.9 (2021) are powered by the same Apple M1 chipset as the…
Following a widely-received ad during the NCAA Final Four at the start of April, Google at the 93rd Oscars aired “A CODA Story” to highlight another way COVID-19 has impacted family and communication.
Tony, a Google employee, starts by introducing the term “child of…
Google is celebrating the 94th birthday of Anne McLaren, one of the biologists credited for the development of in vitro fertilization, with a homepage Doodle.
Life of Anne McLaren
Anne McLaren was born on April 26, 1927, in London. During her childhood, Anne McLaren was…
When will Apple release iOS 14.5 to the public?
April 26, 2021
Update: Apple has confirmed that iOS 14.5 will be released to the public this week, likely on Monday, April 26 or Tuesday, April 27 at 10 a.m.
As Apple continues beta testing iOS 14.5, speculation is starting to mount about a potential release to the public. Currently, all signs point to a release sometime in the spring. Read on as we recap everything we know about iOS 14.5 so far.
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