After sitting back and watching Apple take most of the consumer tech headlines this last fortnight, Amazon has now played its' own hand, and it's a good one. In fact, it's one that will see its rivalry with Apple kicked into overdrive as we approach the extremely lucrative holiday shopping season. The online retailer has lifted the lid on three new TV-related devices that will thrust it into direct competition with the recently revealed fourth-generation Apple TV.
YouTube has taken the opportunity to capture the collective attention of a captive audience during this year's Tokyo Game Show with an announcement relating to mobile gaming. Executives from the Google-owned video streaming service have told those in attendance at the show that Android gamers will soon be able to live stream their gaming sessions directly to YouTube from an array of Android devices.
With the next James Bond movie, Spectre, set to hit theaters soon, Sony will be launching a special edition, all-black Xpera Z5 dubbed the 'Bond Phone.'
Ever wondered why we can't just have a smartphone release without someone on the Internet getting their underwear in a twist about it? Given the way far too many people seem to treat smartphones as some sort of technological religion, we really shouldn't be surprised. Yet we are, year after year, and the very recently announced iPhone 6s serves as a prime example.
It is becoming increasingly rare for few days to pass by without us hearing about yet another malicious Android app that is loaded with ransomware, and sent out into the wild to wreak havoc amongst unsuspecting users. Just a few days back we heard about a ransomware which communicated over XMPP, and now a new strain, being dubbed Android/Lockerpin.A, appears to be taking things to a higher, more sophisticated level, by setting or resetting the PIN that is required to grant access to the Android device. Device owners are then forced to perform a factory reset and wipe all data from the device, or shell out $500 to the malicious individuals operating the malware, which is the really the standard course of action now.
Today, Google's Director of Product Management, Android Pay, Pali Bhat, took to the official Android blog to announce the official roll out of Android Pay across more than a million locations in the United States. The payment solution allows you to use your Android smartphone to make payments at vendors that accept tap and pay solutions.
Here's how to get timely notifications for Android apps when they go on sale on the Google Play Store. A must for those who spend a lot on buying apps from the Play Store.
September is shaping up to be an extremely busy, and highly interesting month for the smartphone industry. We've got Apple holding an event this coming Wednesday to introduce the highly anticipated next-generation iPhone. We also have elevated expectations surrounding LG this month, with the hope being that the Korean company will officially unveil the next iteration of its Nexus 5 at some point during September. To increase excitement around the possibility of that introduction, we're also now seeing some leaked images that purportedly show the "Nexus 5X" in its final form.
If you've been put off buying a Nexus 6 because of that price, then you'll be overjoyed to learn that Amazon currently has them available for a heavy discount.
Here's how to set up and use any Android Wear watch like Moto 360 with iPhone running iOS 8.2 or above, complete with illustrated step by step instructions.
















