The venerable Egon Spangler once said, "print is dead." The statement may have been premature, but today it feels a little more on point because Google | Continue reading
Nearly ten years ago, Google shipped an unassuming, totally unbranded laptop to a large group of journalists and tech enthusiasts as part of a 60,000 unit | Continue reading
So-called "smart" security cameras have had some pretty dumb security problems recently, but a recent report regarding a Xiaomi camera linked to a Google | Continue reading
Google announced that it was killing Inbox all the way back in 2018. Though its death would ultimately be delayed until April of 2019, the news still hit | Continue reading
Four years after Cerberus made headlines when it invalidated free lifetime licenses, the device security app is back in the spotlight for the same | Continue reading
In what should come as a surprise to no one, it turns out just making your smartphone's screen kind of yellow won't magically stop it from keeping you | Continue reading
Original article below: According to Samsung Electronics President Sohn Young, who participated at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in Berlin yesterday, there | Continue reading
One of the most vital services the government offers is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It runs around the clock every day of the year and is | Continue reading
Google has a serious problem with draconian, overreaching app removal policies in the Play Store. Instead of taking the time to discuss minor issues with | Continue reading
A few months ago, Google Photos product lead, David Lieb, told us that manually tagging faces was on the app's update roadmap. We didn't hear anything | Continue reading
Google's history of draconian and arbitrary decisions regarding developer infractions on the Play Store is extensively documented. In this latest episode, | Continue reading
Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, but it has always used a heavily-modified version with changes from OEMs, chip manufacturers like Qualcomm | Continue reading
Smartphones have become boring. And I don't mean that in some kind of ultra-enthusiast, super geeky, and technical way. I mean that, for most people, | Continue reading
Most flagship Android phones are generous with internal storage these days; the Galaxy S10 comes with a minimum of 128GB internal storage, and some | Continue reading
Smartwatches as a concept are not something I've ever really been able to get into. It turns out that's mostly because they're all pretty terrible — | Continue reading
Chrome 77 has pretty much finished its rollout across desktop and mobile platforms, so v78 has moved up to the beta channel. This update is jam-packed | Continue reading
When you're traveling to a new country, region, or even an unfamiliar part of your own town, and hailing a ride, you may be suspicious of the driver | Continue reading
Despite the Pixel 4's multitude of new camera chops, you can still reproach it for a few missing features. It lacks a wide-angle camera, it doesn't have | Continue reading
The desktop environment that turns your Samsung phone or tablet into a PC when connected to an external display, nicknamed 'DeX,' has been around for a | Continue reading
Yesterday, I posted (and shared via Android Police's official Twitter account) that Android Police will no longer be accepting any access from Andy | Continue reading
The Android security update situation is confusing and messy despite Google's best efforts, such as mandating companies to provide at least two years of | Continue reading
Peer-to-peer media sharing apps have gone through all of their growth phases — from Snapchat opening people up to private pics to competition with | Continue reading
Back at I/O, Google announced a major expansion to its Assistant-based concierge automation engine, Duplex. Up until then, it would help people book | Continue reading
According to the official Stadia Twitter account, the Founder's Edition pack that includes the lovely Night Blue controller and 3 months of Stadia Pro for | Continue reading
Google launched a new hyperlocal news service in early 2018 called Bulletin. It's understandable if you don't remember—Bulletin still hasn't moved | Continue reading
Fitbit has been on a rollercoaster of success and uncertainty since releasing their first step tracker all the way back in 2007, and now the fitness tech | Continue reading
The wait is over. Android 10 lands today — at least, for Google's Pixels. An update delivering Google's latest flavor of Android will be rolling out | Continue reading
The security of Android app updates hinges on the secrecy of a given app's signing key. It's how app updates are verified as secure, and if it falls into | Continue reading
One of Google Photos' neatest (or creepiest, depending on who you ask) tricks is its ability to recognize the same face across different angles, lighting | Continue reading
The last dessert to grace the name of a version of Google's Android operating system will officially be pie. At a meeting in the Android team's new office | Continue reading
Nest security cam owners have received an email from Google on Wednesday that left many disgruntled, to put it lightly. The company is introducing a new | Continue reading
Gestures are one of the smoothest interactions on a smartphone. Though often hidden and only discoverable inadvertently or by trial-and-error, they can | Continue reading
In case you were living under a rock this past week, it was hard to miss Samsung's big reveal for the Galaxy Note10. It was all over social media, news | Continue reading
Samsung DeX is a neat way of turning your phone or tablet into an actual computer. At first, the system required you to connect your device to a dock, but | Continue reading
Google Assistant has always been able to read SMS texts sent to you over the native Messages app or Hangouts. But billions of users around the world rely | Continue reading
Google Voice takes your phone subscription to the next level, thanks to advanced features such as voicemail transcription and web texting and calling. The | Continue reading
Google AdSense is the largest web advertising platform in existence, and it's what powers ads on almost every website out there. The Android and iOS apps... by Corbin Davenport in Applications, Google, News | Continue reading
Late last year, Google launched a blog management tool named 'Blog Compass.' It could connect to sites running either WordPress or Blogger, and provided... by Corbin Davenport in Applications, Google, News | Continue reading
Google's history with social networking has been tumultuous, to say the least. The most successful attempt has been Google+, which gave competitors... by Cody Toombs in Applications, Google, News | Continue reading
Ever since Microsoft's Windows Phone plans failed, the company has doubled down on bringing its services to Android and making them feel right at home... by Manuel Vonau in Applications, Microsoft, News | Continue reading
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger still has potential to materialize and it seems like we're in a holding pattern at the moment, waiting to see if it will... by Jules Wang in Google, Google Fi, News, Rumors, Sprint, T-Mobile | Continue reading
And now, for some perspective: Like many of Microsoft's sidecars — the Windows 10 Mobile OS, the Zune music player, cross-platform ecosystems, you... by Jules Wang in Microsoft, News | Continue reading
The latest tech trade show, MWC Shanghai, is just getting started and one of the first exhibitors is Chinese tech manufacturer Oppo. It didn't talk about... by Jules Wang in News, Oppo | Continue reading
Fans of third-party cloud storage providers will be excited when Chrome OS 75 finally reaches the Stable Channel. The update will deliver an optional flag... by Ryne Hager in Applications, Chrome OS, News | Continue reading
Huawei has a strong, well-known smartphone brand globally. And that's proving to be a liability more than an advantage these days. When PCMag attempted to... by David Ruddock in Editorials, Huawei, News | Continue reading
We've all received a spam email telling us we've won millions of dollars or need to reset our online banking password. Although these are widespread, most... by Hagop Kavafian in Applications, Google, News | Continue reading
Advertising has a time and a place, and the place is never on the lock screen of a smartphone you paid a lot of money for. As if Huawei didn't need more... by Corbin Davenport in Huawei, News | Continue reading
In the wake of the $5 billion antitrust fine it received from the European Commission last year, Google laid out plans to prompt Android users in Europe... by Scott Scrivens in Android OS, Chrome, Europe, Legal, News | Continue reading