Of course Facebook was going to ruin Messenger with autoplay video ads
Facebook says it will start placing video ads inside the social media giant’s standalone Messaging service next week, an outgrowth of the company saying it’s …
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Hands-on video likely gives the world its first look at Apple’s next-gen iPhone designs
Apple will launch three new iPhones this September, and that’s something everyone seems to agree on. We’re looking at two iPhone X successors that will …
Android is still an unsecure mess compared to the iPhone even when it’s not on your phone
Google’s Android platform is the most popular mobile operating system in the world by a staggering margin. According to market research firm Net Marketshare’s latest …
New Galaxy Note 9 leak shows the phone’s refreshed design
Android smartphones are launching left and right these days, but there’s no doubt in anybody’s mind that the Galaxy Note 9 will be one of …
An Android vendor you hardly know just launched an all-screen, no-notch iPhone X rival
We’ve seen a bunch of new Android smartphones emerging from China in the past couple of weeks, both promising to offer users all-screen designs without …
Lawsuit blasting Apple’s App Store as anticompetitive headed to Supreme Court
Is Apple monopolistic in the way it distributes downloadable applications through its App Store? In the way it takes a 30 percent cut out of …
Of course Samsung is making its own graphics chip for Galaxy phones
If you already know which company is developing its own graphics processing unit for mobile devices, then you also know that where Apple leads, Samsung …
Huawei swears – again – that its phones don’t spy on you
One of Huawei’s key opinion leaders, Israeli-based tech blogger and adviser Hillel Fuld, tells BGR he thinks some of the pushback that Huawei gets over …
Samsung app gives us a few more hints about the ‘boring’ Galaxy Note 9
Like the Galaxy S9, the Note 9 probably isn’t going to bring the exciting redesign some Samsung fans may be waiting for. And that’s perfectly …
Google’s iMessage competitor just got a tiny bit better
Google is starting to plug the gaps, bit by bit, in what’s been an all-over-the-place messaging product until now. Starting today, for example, the company …
There’s only one day left to get AT&T’s killer iPhone X deal
The iPhone 8 and iPhone X have been on the market for nearly nine months now, so we’ve seen dozens of deals from all the …
This upcoming new all-screen phone looks stunning – and we really hope it’s not another lie
Back in early May, Lenovo teased image of what appeared to be the closest thing the world had ever seen to a true all-screen smartphone. …
Apple’s newest iOS 12 feature is an even bigger game-changer than you realize
According to research from the Federal Communications Commission, an improvement of just one minute in emergency response times could save up to 10,000 lives each …
Fresh Pixel 3 XL leak confirms at least one key detail
It was only a few days ago that a barrage of Pixel 3 rumors and leaks revealed that Google is both going to copy Apple …
iOS 12 will automatically share your iPhone’s location when you call 911
Despite having unveiled iOS 12 and detailed the software at WWDC 2018 earlier this month, Apple is still announcing new features for the update. On …
The 512GB Galaxy Note 9 is supposedly real, but you’ll have a tough time buying one
In less than two months, Samsung will reportedly unveil its next best thing, a Galaxy Note version that will look a lot like last year …
Thank heavens Samsung canceled this fugly foldable Samsung Galaxy phone
If you see a device packing two screens adjoining smartphone screens that calls itself a foldable smartphone — or ZTE Axon M — run for …
One Chinese city has opened a lane specifically for people walking and texting
If you’ve never run into anyone while walking down a sidewalk texting a friend or scrolling through Instagram, you’ve probably come pretty close. As a …
Apple might steal HTC’s signature squeeze control for the iPhone, but it will actually be good
HTC called it Edge Sense when the U11 came out last year, and then Google borrowed the function for the Pixel 2 phones, changing its …
T-Mobile is trolling AT&T with a $900 deal for switchers
For T-Mobile CEO John Legere, poking fun at Verizon and AT&T is seemingly part of his job description. Whether he’s picking up their disgruntled customers …
New leak may have just revealed sizes of all three of Apple’s next-gen iPhones
With WWDC now firmly behind us, we can now turn our attention to Apple’s forthcoming 2018 iPhone lineup. Though nothing is ever 100% certain until …
Forget the iPhone X, cheaper iPhones are on the way
Apple is going to launch three new iPhone models this coming September, all featuring the same notch design as the current iPhone X. But the …
A collection of underrated iPhone features you probably forgot about
When Apple’s original iPhone first debuted in 2007, it was the simple alternative to a market full of overcomplicated smartphones. Platforms like Symbian, BlackBerry OS, …
Will you pay almost $2,000 for the most innovative smartphone of 2019?
When all is said and done, 2018 will be a year Samsung smartphone fans will be happy to put behind them. The Galaxy S9 and …
The Galaxy Note 9 isn’t getting a new hardware button, new leak says
The Galaxy Note 9 will largely be similar to the Galaxy Note 8, most reports say, and that makes perfect sense given what Samsung did …
Apple blocked iPhone hacking via USB, so hackers found a way to beat it
Apple just confirmed that it’ll prevent iPhone hackers from bypassing encryption by brute-forcing passwords via machines designed expressly to obtain access to locked handsets. Machines …
A Korean carrier is selling iPhones for $40, but there’s a huge catch
The dawn of 5G is near, and we’ll soon surf the web from increasingly larger phones at speeds above anything we’d have dreamed of just …
Sprint is killing its $15 unlimited data promo this Friday because it was too popular
Seven innocent days ago, we told you about a Sprint promotion that was offering unlimited data to anyone willing to switch onto the network for …
It looks like the iPhone X Plus won’t have a triple-lens camera, despite what you might have heard
A report earlier this week claimed that the iPhone X Plus, the 6.5-inch iPhone X successor expected to launch this fall alongside two new other …
Snapchat’s new feature focuses on privacy, so Facebook probably won’t steal this
It was just a few weeks ago, during an onstage interview at the Code Conference, when Snap CEO Evan Spiegel zinged the blue juggernaut that’s …
