Thursday, August 31, 2017

Microsoft’s new Mixer Create app lets you live stream games from your phone

 Microsoft’s mobile game streaming app Mixer Create is launching out of beta testing today on iOS and Android, allowing gamers to broadcast the games they’re playing right from their phone. This feature works on Android with all games, but is more limited on iOS. On iPhone, select games that have enabled Apple’s ReplayKit functionality will work, the company notes. That… Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/2wlBEIE

SanDisk’s 400GB microSD card is an Android phone’s best friend

 SanDisk has a new record-breaking microSD coming to market, which will deliver so much storage you might be at a loss as to what to do with it all. The new 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card is the world’s highest capacity card of its type, and is ideally suited for use in Android smartphones that feature an expansion slot. Android’s most recent versions allow you to adopt… Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/2vIzNdP

Google brings stickers and Bitmoji support to its Gboard for Android

Gboard for Android is getting support for stickers for all those times you just can’t find the right GIF. Words, after all, can’t always express how we really feel. Read More


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Sony’s Xperia XZ1 will ship with Android Oreo and a camera that doubles as a 3D scanner

 It’s hard to shake the feeling that Sony’s Xperia line exists primarily as a method for getting its camera technology out in the world. It’s not that they’re not solid phones, it’s just the company doesn’t seem particularly concerned with selling a lot of them, or doing much innovating outside of the imaging side of things. Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/2x8EzVI

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Duolingo’s Tinycards comes to Android

 The popular language learning service Duolingo today announced that Tinycards, it flashcards app, is now available on Android. Tinycards, which marked Duolingo’s first foray beyond its flagship language learning service, launched as an iOS-only app in 2016 and came to the web in 2017. Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/2wUqR9v

Fossil is betting big on fashion-focused Android Wear watches in 2018

 Fossil Group is doubling down on its Android Wear smartwatch investment with a range of new wearables, many of which feature full-round AMOLED displays, which offer perfectly circular touchscreen interfaces without any cutouts like those found on previous generations. Some of the new watches are on display at IFA this year, and will go on sale in time for both fall and holiday shopping season… Read More


Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/2xLK4qv

NYPD: Whoops, Turns Out Our New Windows Phones Are Now Worthless

It’s been roughly two years since Microsoft released a new Windows Phone, and it looks like the company has basically decided its awful, single-digit market share warrants a reimagined approach which might not come for some time. So it’s a little strange the NYPD, which is so much larger and well equipped than any…

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Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/2vpZqEi

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Google's Got a Plan to Put Splashy AR Powers on Millions of Android Phones 

This isn’t hyperbole. Between Apple’s ARKit and the new ARCore tool announced by Google, a viable form of augmented reality, the ability to witness an computer augmented version of our world, is about to come to a whole lot of phones, and will be available on every Android and iOS phones going forward. That sci-fi…

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Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/2x1HO0W

Uber to end controversial post-trip tracking as part of privacy drive

 Uber is set to reverse a controversial decision to collect users’ location information after their trip ends, Reuters reports, with the privacy u-turn coming first to the iPhone app — expected to get the update this week — and subsequently to Uber’s Android app.  Read More


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