Tag: Technology

August 10, 2020

While Verizon is in no immediate danger of following AT&T’s suit to be overtaken by T-Mobile in terms of wireless subscribers, the nation’s number one carrier can certainly not afford to rest on its laurels as far as network infrastructure […]

July 31, 2020

Oppo is the next far-eastern star on the mobile horizon and the goal is obviously to catch up with Huawei and Xiaomi. Oppo is doing this by trying to push innovations like periscope cameras, in-display fingerprint scanners, and, of course, […]

July 24, 2020

Verizon is teaming up with Apple to introduce an exclusive robo- and scam call blocking on devices running iOS 14, even the public beta. According to the press release that Verizon sent us,”the integrated feature, Silence Junk Callers, is currently […]

June 19, 2020

In just a decade or so, mobile devices have become an indispensable thing in our daily lives. Few gadgets managed to become as omnipresent, and that is something to admire.  But this doesn’t come as a surprise; a mobile device […]

March 11, 2020

Mobile app development has reached new heights and it can now be seen as a standalone business. The downside is that, while this topic is gaining rapid popularity, there is still plenty of false information around. For those who want […]

November 1, 2019

Nowadays, nearly everything can be accomplished while you’re on the move. From taking conference calls while you’re in the airport to presenting on a video call during a train ride, the business and technology worlds move pretty fast. You definitely […]

October 31, 2019

While some vendors are attempting to establish a new paradigm for smartphone design, others are content using the technology to prey on our nostalgia. I’m sad to report that it’s working. On Thursday, a series of images leaked online purportedly […]

January 6, 2019

With the cyber threats faced by mobile phone users uprising at an alarming rate, app permissions became a crucial step in securing our devices. Kaspersky Lab detected almost 6 million malicious installation packages and more than 94.000 mobile banking Trojans. Mobile […]

November 22, 2018

It’s a familiar bugbear. There you are, watching a nice, long YouTube video, when an ad — usually with a stock soundtrack of a jangly ukulele and a glockenspiel — annoyingly rams itself somewhere midway. YouTube has a TV-inspired solution […]

May 21, 2018

For most people, Artificial Intelligence sounds like some far-off science fiction concept, but it’s actually behind a lot of things we encounter in our daily lives. For the past several years, Google has pursued research that reflects its commitment to […]

May 4, 2018

Privacy is on everyone’s minds It seems like privacy is an increasingly pressing issue for consumers, businesses, and now governments are following suit. New European privacy regulations and Google Play privacy policies are going into effect this spring, and according […]

March 2, 2018

While they’re not as big as cellphones yet, wearables devices are steadily establishing their place on the market. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, 125.5 million wearable devices will be shipped in 2017, 20.4% […]

October 2, 2017

A new vulnerability has been discovered that could allow an attacker to take control of a device using Bluetooth. As long as the victim has bluetooth activated and the attacker is within 32 feet, that is all that’s necessary to […]

September 29, 2017

Looks like it’s official: Google’s got new phones coming next month. Google today posted a video teaser called “Funny you should ask…” which shows someone typing questions about their smartphone into Google search. The questions include “What’s wrong with my […]

September 25, 2017

For the better part of the last decade, smartphone lovers everywhere have been doing the iPhone shuffle. It’s a simple maneuver, played out on a dance floor that stretches through the years. Big step, little step, big step, little step. […]

September 21, 2017

Apple upgraded the macOS Safari browser to version 11 this week, adding a feature that has drawn the ire of the online advertising industry. Safari 11 can be downloaded to Macs running 2016’s Sierra or 2015’s El Capitan from the […]

September 21, 2017

The sleek new Surface Laptop comes with it, and so do $300 two-in-one tablet PCs for education. But exactly what is Windows 10 S, and how is it different from other versions of Windows 10? The “S” in Windows 10 […]

September 14, 2017

One of the biggest announcements to come from yesterday’s Apple event was the reveal of the iPhone X, which was actually the third iPhone Apple announced yesterday in case you missed it. iPhone X was without question the showstopper of […]

September 14, 2017

Among everything Apple announced at its press conference this week, the Apple TV 4K was the only one lacking a killer hook. The new streaming box’s most noteworthy features are support for 4K HDR video—already table stakes in other high-end […]

August 28, 2017

Over the past couple of years, augmented reality (AR) has moved from science fiction into daily life. The most prominent example may be last year’s Pokemon Go craze, but the potential uses of overlaying visual data in a real-world environment are […]