It's natural to assume that once you've deleted an app from your Android device, the functionality contained within it will cease to exist as well. However, it would appear that in some instances, namely when Google Photos is involved, merely making the conscious decision to remove the app from your phone or tablet is not enough to prevent the search engine giant from receiving uploads of your treasured Android device's photos / videos and storing them against your account.
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The 'Battle of the Sixes' report has been published by and it makes for some interesting reading. GameBench created the report as an opportunity to create the "first objective comparison of the Apple iPhone 6 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 on the basis of real-world gaming performance." Put simply, if you're heavily into high-end mobile gaming on your smartphone, are you better off investing in Apple's iPhone 6 or Samsung's Galaxy S6? It seems that last year's iPhone 6 is still capable of edging out this year's competition by a good 10% "average lead."
Apple has done a seriously impressive job of continually pushing the boundaries of what we thought was possible on a smartphone since the launch of the original iPhone back in 2007. And if the speculation regarding the next-generation iPhone turns out to be true then it looks like we could be in for yet another treat this coming September. With that said, wouldn't you just like them to go all out and build an utterly insane device that steps away from the norm and bring some serious next-level features? That's exactly what artist Jermaine Smith has done with his insane iPhone concept.
Another week has passed and Apple has yet again updated the App Store with a number of newly featured apps as well as its weekly free 'App of the Week' choice. If you're new to the App Store, then this represents your chance to download and keep an app of Apple's choosing that usually carries a premium price-tag. This week it's the turn of 'Card Wars - An Adventure Time Card Game' to be offered up for free (normally $3.99) which is inspired by a particular episode of Cartoon Network's popular children's cartoon.
Samsung, creator of the famous Galaxy S Series of devices and one of the largest smartphone vendors in the world, is reportedly so anxious about the upcoming release of Apple's iPhone 6s that it's rushing to try and hit the market with its own next-generation "phablet" - the Galaxy Note 5.
It's difficult to believe that Star Wars, one of the most iconic franchises ever to exist, has been in our lives since 1977, spanning a total of six movies so far, with more to come, and it hasn't had an official native mobile app presence - until now. After acquiring Lucasfilm for approximately $4.05 billion back in 2012, Disney has now launched an official mobile app for iPhone and Android that acts as a mobile centric gateway to everything Star Wars.
Microsoft has continued the development of its iOS and Android Xbox Music apps with yet another new version being pushed out to both the App Store and Google Play Store for respective device owners. The app and underlying service, which will shortly undergo a full rebrand to become Groove, is following in the footsteps of the Windows desktop version that benefitted from the addition of the same new features back in March.
Following a successful beta trial period that began in March, the final version of Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is now available for download to the general public. After taking into account invaluable feedback from the Office community, Microsoft has made significant changes to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote apps in order to release the latest versions into 139 countries in 16 different languages.
Facebook's continued investment of resources and the procuring of the best engineering talent across the globe has meant that it's been able to not only position itself at the forefront of social networking, but also branch out in other areas via the acquisition of startups and other companies. As part of that continued development into its core business, it has invested effort into improving one of the most important key areas of the site - the constantly evolving News Feed.
Apple yesterday released iOS 9 beta 3 to registered developers as part of the operating system's roadmap to an eventual public release this fall. In addition to the usual bug fixes, stability improvements, and continued progress, the company also introduced a new two-factor authentication mechanism that attempts to improve the current security system for Apple IDs.
















