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Razer launched the "Razer Phone 2" today, and it retains many features that made Razer's first phone stand out. Like the original, it has a 120hz 2560x1440 LCD with support for variable refresh rate input, HDR content, and a 120hz touch sampling rate. Combined with the Snapdragon 845, a vapor...

https://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/47337-phone-vendors-are-not-updating-their-linux-kernels From an interview with Greg Kroah-Hartman describes how big of a mess it is in the mobile environment regarding secure devices from several vendors.

Chevrolet has developed the "Call Me Out" app to combat distracted driving. If a driver picks up their phone while the phone's GPS detects that the car is moving, then you lose points in the companion app. It also repeatedly plays prerecorded messages from friends and family reminding the...

So, I'm a little surprised there isn't a Pie thread here yet. Who is using it thus far and what do you think? I just got it on my 1st gen Pixel. I feel like the new adaptive brightness and adaptive battery features are nice, and should help with battery life. Everything else I'm kind of meh...

A Russian Telegram account owner has leaked images and an unboxing video of the upcoming Google Pixel 3 XL. It features USB-C headphones and 4GB of ram. More specifications and images are in the articles. A hardware specifications app again confirms the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor...

Android 9 Pie is out and it contains a lot of new features. First of all Essential Phone users have day one access to Android 9 Pie as Essential Products was one of seven device maker partners that enrolled their flagship devices into the beta for the software update. The update features new...

The Dolphin Emulator is back on the Google Play store after a long hiatus. As always you have to acquire and own the Gamecube and Wii games that you run on the emulator. If you're not interested in running an emulator on your potato phone, then the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions can be found...

Sony Xperia Touch is an Android device which projects its "screen" ona table or wall surface. It has much more potential than projecting a recipe on the kitchen wall while you are cooking. Have you already used it in work or maybe are you going to?

Google has been fined $5 billion by the European Union (EU) for anti-competitive practices. First Google required Android phone manufacturers to bundle Google search and other Google web services with every device as the default in exchange for access to the Google Play store. Secondly, Google...

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If you have a late model Galaxy device, you may want to go ahead and delete "that" folder for a little while. Aroid Central is reporting that the default texting app is randomly sending pictures to random contacts without any permission. Even better, when it does send the unauthorized pic, it...

YouTube videos that link to scam versions of Fortnite for Android are causing lots of uninformed people to download the app and infect their device with malware. The fact that Google Play Store isn't hosting any of these Fortnite scam apps is the good news. However, these videos keep springing...

Google announced earlier this year that Android Messages users would soon be able to send and receive text messages from your PC desktop. That feature is rolling out this week, if you don't already have it on your Android phone. This page has the full instructions on this which uses a QR code...

If you like riding and fighting dinos as well as building bases out in the middle of nowhere then you might want to try the latest version of Ark: Survival Evolved that's coming out F2P on iOS and Android. This game has been out on the PC for quite some time now and those of you that like mobile...

I have had a lot of phones result in bloated batteries over the years. Many of the phones cost about the same as a replacement battery. Today, I lucked out and had one model (3 phones) that I could wire up so that I didn't need a battery. That makes 12 more ARM cores dedicated to the cause...

In a report from PhoneArena, a Reddit user noticed that when he accidentally typed an extra period into a google search for "the1975..com" instead of a search result, he received a page showing his text messages. The same page that appears if you asked Google to "show me my text messages."...

The Android wallet application does not actually do "real mining". Rather it does "simulated mining". That means it shows you what the application would look like if it were to really be using your device to mine. It does not pull very much system resources (CPU, battery, data, etc...). It can...

In a "State of Mobile" press release today, Fortnite developer Epic Games went over some in-development improvements to the mobile battle-royale carpal tunnel inducer. Such upgrades are a customizable in-game HUD, voice chat, performance, and stats. However buried in the middle of the post...

If you're in the market for a new smartphone you might want to hold out a bit and take in the specs of the new ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1. This bad boy has 6" of screen real estate running with a resolution of 1800X2160. It's using the new Snapdragon 636 and comes with a massive 5,000 mAh battery...

Since it's announce back in July of 2017, not much has been revealed about the RED Hydrogen smartphone. Aside from a preview video here, and a little tidbit of the technology that drives its holographic display there, RED has been rather quiet about its first flagship smartphone. Today Android...

SMartphone apps and games are designed to be addictive, and the addiction is becoming a problem. Scientists have been researching chemical imbalances in the brain to find an underlying causes, and designers have been making "substitute phones" to try and help people who are addicted to...

I am interested in doing interviews for live streaming and was trying to figure out a solution in which I could hear alerts via a bluetooth earpiece connected to my phone but also have the freedom to have a standalone microphone that I could carry and conduct interviews with that would pick up...

Due to my new employers BYOD policy I've decided to move back to iOS for the next year, so I've decided to part ways with my beloved Note 8. She's been well taken care since launch, so no dings/cracks/scratches on the exterior or screen. This sale includes the Note 8 retail box with all...

In the latest news from the battle between Google and Oracle ongoing since 2010, Bloomberg is reporting that the U.S Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Google's use of Java shortcuts to develop Android was too far, and a violation of Oracle's copyrights. Oracle was originally seeking $8.8...

Microsoft has announced today that Microsoft Edge is now available for free on the Apple Store and the Google Play Store. The mobile versions allow you to share favorites, reading lists, and passwords across all your devices, and is available a few languages, including 5 versions of English for...

Google has released their fourth annual Android security report and they believe their OS is as secure as iOS. According to the report, one of the things that makes Android secure is their use of machine learning to find malware within the Play store. Additionally, every year they have been...

While the Windows phone may be dead, Microsoft is selling the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ on it's website, and it doesn't come with Windows Mobile. The phone is being sold unlocked, and with the "Microsoft Launcher," as well as Skype, Cortana, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Word. In a statement...

Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC. or CIRP has released new research that finds that Android users are more loyal to their platform that iOS users. They survey of 500 people shows that Android has a 91% loyalty rate while iOS loyalty is at 86%, which is as high as the research company...

Androidcenteral is reporting that the Essential Phone 2 may come with a front facing camera that can pop out from the top of the frame, then get stored when not in use. The news comes after a tweet from Essential's Andy Rubin showed a patent for the design from May of 2016. The reason for this...

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft is planning on integrating Cortana into Outlook mobile. The article states that the integration is currently being tested internally by Microsoft, and will allow people to listen and respond to email using their voice. If feedback from the internal testing...

BGR is speculating that Google will likely release Android P later this month. Both Android N and Android O were released in March for developer preview, and according to the article. Since Google likes to be a bit clever, and Android P is rumored to have "pie" in the name, the speculation is...

Hackers have infected thousands of Android phones and smart TVs, turning the devices into Monero miners. Chinese cyber security firm 360Netlab announced that the attack affected more than 7,000 devices in China by taking advantage of an open port 5555. The report says that scan traffic for port...

Google announced in a blog post yesterday that in 2017 they removed more than 700,000 apps that violated the Google Play policies, 70% more than the apps taken down in 2016. The most impressive stat is that 99% of apps with abusive contents were identified and rejected before anyone could...

SOLD Up for sale is a Nexus 6p 128GB version in mint condition. I received this phone as a refurbished replacement from Google. I only used this device for around two weeks while waiting for my new phone, and I can't find any markings or scratches on it. The screen has always had a tempered...

In a post on a Google Home Help page, Google has announced they have identified the bug that was causing many users' router to be hammered with requests and subsequently freezing. The post by Google is a bit confusing to me, while it's on the "Google Home Help" page, it says it's a bug for...

Jason, over at Micro Soldering Supply, has successfully recovered a Mycelium BTC wallet from a dead Android phone. He managed to do this after removing the EMMC chip from the phone. After that, he put it in an EMMC reader and copied the wallet database to another phone. Apparently he was able...

I have bad news for you If you've been wanting a Pixel C and were just holding out for a bit longer. The Pixel C has been dropped from the Google Store. It's not clear at this time what this means for Google and android tablets, but it could mean Google is done with this market and plans to...

Believe it or not, new analysis by security firm High-Tech Bridge has found that 66 percent of popular cryptocurrency apps don't use HTTPS to encrypt information in transit. To make matters worse 94 percent of these apps had at least three medium-risk vulnerabilities. If you're using one of...

I know you're looking at the headline and thinking I'm trying to start a fanboy war, but I'm not. Andrew Orlowski, over at the Register, came up with the headline and his own opinion on why Google has won the smartphone war. You have to admit Android has come a long way in the last 10 years...

I've got a Nexus 6P that I bought from Google early this year. It shipped with Android 6 and in September it finally updated to 7. I had read about Nougat bricking a lot of phones, including the 6P and 5X, so I was apprehensive about the update. I've never had any trouble with the phone or...