The recent controversy about Google using homeless people as test subjects to improve the Pixel phone face unlock feature seems to have not affected the company at all. Google continues the life as if nothing happened. In fact, it just started releasing new updates and even acquiring more companies. Here are some of the latest news you should know about Google and Android: Google to compete with TikTok via purchasing Firework TikTok is one of the fastest-growing social networks today.…
Microsoft's Surface recognition and the adoption of a once-rival platform receives the software titan again into the cell game. When Microsoft announced on Wednesday its return to making its very own smartphones, imparting its first take on the gadgets seeing that its $7 billion buys of Nokia went up in smoke 4 years ago, the software program giant said a lot of the things you would expect. It talked about how its new Surface Duo, wearing two 5.6-inch displays and coming subsequent year,…
We know we focus more on Android, but we also turn our attention to games which is rapidly rising in the mobile world. Talking about games, Google Stadia, when it launches this November 2019, is set to shake up the video game industry. Google Stadia will allow anyone to stream major PC and console games from Google’s cloud servers, up to 4K resolution and with almost no latency, as long as players have a Chromecast Ultra on a TV or a Chrome browser on tablets, laptops, desktops and Pixel…
It is the Chinese-owned quick video-sharing site that you may also no longer have heard of if you are over 30 and if you neither an iPhone or Android user. But on Tech Tent this week we discover why TikTok may want to be the largest threat to Facebook. We learned two vital things about TikTok this week - it is earning a stunning amount of money, and Mark Zuckerberg sees it as a serious rival. Figures obtained via the Reuters news organization showed that its proprietor ByteDance…
Earlier this year, Google publicly reported that they have conducted a so-called "field research" for its new face unlock feature for the anticipates Pixel 4 phone. The report stated that the company sends teams out to approach random people and offer them $5 gift cards in exchange for scanning their faces. The tests were done to help Google collect data for the purpose of training algorithms and make the face unlock feature as accurate as possible. It was sad to be carried out by temporary…
This year, foldable phones have started launching. Unfortunately, the hype was not as mind-blowing as expected. What truly blew our mind is the part that these phones are still technologies away from perfection. If you’re looking to buy a foldable phone today, you first need to consider the issues mentioned below: Royole Flexpai is the first foldable phones introduced to the smartphone market. It achieved the main feature a foldable phone needs to be called one – a foldable or…
Platform games are one of the oldest genres in all of the video games and it’s also among the most popular. Most gamers call them classic games or genres which survived the fast-evolving technology. The Mario franchise, for example, is among the most successful franchises of all time in any genre. There are some decent mobile platformers out there. You can play these games on Android today: Blackmoor 2 Blackmoor 2 is a mix of platformer, beat ’em up, and arcade action elements.…
Google Pixel 4 is one of the best smartphones today and it easily competes with the boastful Huawei Mate 30 Pro, or even the new iPhone 11. The flagship consists of many new features a smartphone can have, and the brand does not stop improving the phone from the launch. Recently, Google announces new updates and apps exclusive for Google Pixel 4 that should put a big smile on Pixel 4 users. Here’s everything you need to know: Pixel 4 Motion Sense will work in 38 markets It was first…
The mobile world is evolving every year. First, we only have black and white cellular phones which only have call and text functions. Now, we have overpowered phones and even foldable ones. The innovation continues to grow, and the industry has not failed to surprise us many times, both good and bad, though. Here are the latest news you need to know. Over-charge users using a Play Store loophole You don’t have to pay to get basic apps such as calculators and QR code scanners on the…
Google recently announced that Android 10 is complete. In fact, the beta series is finally over and we finally got a glimpse of the final version of Android 10. In case you didn’t know, Android 10 is supposedly Android Q, but Google changed it to numerical to make Android versions easier to remember. Android 10 came with a lot of new and great features. Apparently, Google is kind enough to ensure that not only premium phones will get to experience these features, but budget phones as…
