Mobile payment methods are becoming all the rage these days and according to numerous rumors of a patent filed with the U.S Trademark and Patent office, LG may be trying to break into this new market. Both Apple and Samsung have launched their own versions of mobile payment methods called …
Read More »Android 6.0 Marshmallow AOSP available for Sony Xperia devices
Sony today unveiled that the AOSP build for Android 6.0 Marshmallow is now available for their Xperia line-up of devices. That doesn’t mean the update is available, it just means that developers can now use the Android 6.0 Marshmallow AOSP in order to create their own custom ROMs. There are …
Read More »Facebook’s spam filter temporarily blocks the phrase “everyone will know”
Sunday some Facebook users discovered that the phrase “everyone will know” would be flagged as spam by Facebook’s spam filter. Conspiracy theories started popping up everywhere and people were wondering if Facebook is trying to censor its users or if Zuckerberg was trying to control what can and can’t be …
Read More »‘Bye, Bye’ goes the Plugin. Mozilla Firefox joining the ‘war’ by the end of 2016.
What a wonderful relic of the past they are, but with technology, we have to constantly improve and older plugins like Java or Silverlight simply can’t keep up. Thus Chrome and other browsers decided to give them the boot. It seems that the guys and gals at Mozilla share the …
Read More »Apple blocks News app in China
Apple has blocked its own News app in China. The Apple News app is not supported in China, and even though it is not unexpected for people in China to be unable to access the News app, the block affects devices that have been registered and bought in the U.S …
Read More »BlackBerry might focus solely on software in the future
BlackBerry announces that it might focus only on software from now on. BlackBerry CEO John Chen announced that if BlackBerry’s new android phone Priv will not do well with consumers the company will start focusing on software alone. The BlackBerry Priv is a new smartphone from the company powered by …
Read More »Android M bug – a lingering battery issue
Apparently this Android M bug is an old Android problem, tracked back to Lollipop 5.0. Google’s multitasking operating system is a very complex software and is always being improved. But because Android is used on such a large scale of mobile devices from different manufacturers, who use different hardware it’s very …
Read More »Austria announces “hallo App Deutsch” language app
With the migrant crisis in full effect the Austrian government has taken it upon itself to launch a new language app called “hallo App Deutsch”. The language app is designed to help refugees learn German and thus improve their chances at integrating. Austria, along with Germany and many other European …
Read More »Overcast 2.0 Is Free
Overcast was considered to be the best podcast app on iOS. App users opted for Overcast due to its user- friendly interface and great features. It was also affordable for only $5. Now, the Overcast 2.0 was released and it is even better. Firstly it is completely free. Besides that, …
Read More »Cortana Hidden in the Xbox One
Microsoft representatives announced that the Cortana feature won’t get to the Xbox One this fall. Even so, it seems that some gamers figured out a way to enable the personal assistant on their Xbox One. And do this a few months before it was supposed to be released for general public …
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