Google's Maps service is about as popular as its search engine these days, and as well as the Web service, the Big G has made a concerted effort to improve navigation for mobile users. Those rocking an Android nearly always get the better end of the updates as far is Google is concerned, but in recognizing that iOS users are still an important demographic as far as reach is taken into account, the Android maker has just announced a rather sizeable update for those on iPhone and iPad as well as users running its own mobile OS.
The third iteration of the UP wristband from Jawbone - UP3 is the most advanced fitness tracker from the company so far. In a market abuzz with smartwatches, Jawbone is determined to excel further in what it does best.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer may not be everyone's first choice when it comes to picking a browser, but despite having conceded quite a bit of its market share to Chrome and Firefox in its time, the software maker has made some significant improvements of late both in terms of functionality and reach. Given that IE is only available on the software maker's own platforms, though, it's somewhat limited to a particular audience, and so in order to rectify this situation, Microsoft has launched a new system that allows users to test the most recent edition of its Web-surfing app through the likes of OS X and iOS as well as Google's Android.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 is no more a distant dream and news of Samsung upping its game this time don't seem that far stretched. The S6 will boast a new premium design, and just now, specs for Samsung's next flagship device have also surfaced.
On the same day that Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus roll-out continues across Brazil, Columbia and several other nations, Samsung will commence its Stateside retail of the Galaxy Note Edge. Announced alongside the Galaxy Note 4 way back at September's IFA trade show in Berlin, the Note Edge has almost been forgotten, but the handset featuring an intriguing curved display will become available to consumers in the United States as of next week Friday, November 14th.
The latest installment of Call of Duty is almost upon us once more, and in anticipation of that all-important release, the supplementary companion apps have been released for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Details, as well as download links, can be found after the leap.
Apple likes to build things that just work, requiring as little intervention as possible on the part of the user, and AirDrop, the company's local file-transfer service, typifies this notion. Google, Apple's main rival in the mobile industry, is apparently working on a similar feature of its own, with a number of blogs having been tipped off that a service named "Copresence" is currently in the works.
The new and updated Gmail 5.0 APK for Android is now available to download, and features the all-new Material Design user-interface, Exchange support and more.
Samsung will admit that it has a lot of work to do in order to halt declining smartphone sales in what has been described as "an extremely competitive mobile market". It's highly likely that we will see the company introduce a number of new devices into the market in the coming months in an attempt to find something that sticks and resonates with consumers in the same way that its 'S Series' of devices have in recent years. The first of those new devices, the A3 and A5, fall under the speculated 'A' family of hardware and has now officially been introduced by the Korean giant, and takes a lot of design cues from the Galaxy Alpha.
Things are definitely changing at Google, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the company's former head of Android Andy Rubin is leaving the company.
















