Samsung has a new flip phone, SM-W2016, coming powered by Android. It's essentially a Galaxy S6 for flip phone lovers. Here are the details.
Carnegie Mellon University's Qeexo team is reporting that it has a technology that is capable of detecting the angle with which a finger is making contact with a screen. Here's how it works.
Smartphone manufacturers are consistently working behind the scenes to introduce hardware into that market that ships with new and innovative, but ultimately mass appealing feature sets. We've recently seen Apple introduce the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with pressure sensitive detection built into the display. The last twelve months have also witnessed a boom in devices that ship with biometric detection and fast-charging capabilities. Chinese manufacturer Huawei has latched onto the importance of being able to rapidly charge a device by introducing battery technology that accelerates the charging process.
There's more bad news for the Android ecosystem from a security perspective. Guang Gong, a security researcher employed by Quihoo 360, has presented findings at this year's PacSec conference in Tokyo that demonstrates a serious vulnerability in the Android platform. The vulnerability that can easily be exploited by those with the correct knowledge is accessible thanks to a gaping security oversight in Android's native Chrome browser, but is made even more terrifying by the fact that it applies to every single version of Android with the latest version of Chrome installed.
Google today has released a new app for iOS and Android users called YouTube Music. The app is available for free download and lets users discover and stream music from the vast library on YouTube.
Here's how to install Firefox OS 2.5 Developer Preview experimental app on your Android device to experience and test drive Firefox OS.
Google has announced a major update to its Google Maps app for Android and iOS. The updated app adds full offline functionality not only for the maps, but also for navigation and business information lookup.
This is just in. Apple has finally flipped the switch and released Apple Music app for Android. You can download it now on the Google Play Store.
Tag Heuer Connected Android Wear watch has been announced. Costs $1500 and is available for purchase today. It is also compatible with iPhones.
Looks like Google's and Huawei's Nexus 6P may have a design flaw. The latest shots to be taken of the device are notably worrying as the glass seems to be cracking without being dropped or coming under any blunt force trauma from an external object. Just spontaneous and unexplained cracking of the Gorilla Glass 4.
