Every big name in mobile seem to be eager to join in on the artificial intelligence (AI) party, and Huawei, generally considered by many as the third largest smartphone vendor in the world (and briefly, the second biggest), is no exception. The Chinese tech giant is debuting two new devices -- the Mate 10 and the Mate 10 Pro -- and yup, these handsets were built around AI. Let us tackle the basic specifications first. The Mate 10 phablet offers a 5.9 inch Full View display (specifically a 16:9... Read more →
Back in February earlier this year during the annual Mobile World Congress held in the beautiful city of Barcelona in Spain, Motorola had hinted that it had been busy experimenting with the idea of integrating Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant to its Moto smartphone devices, of course by way of a Moto Mod. Fast forwarding about eight months later... Read more →
Venmo, the fund transfer service owned by PayPal, can now be used as a payment option when purchasing items at more than 2 million retailers’ mobile websites in America (including familiar retail brands such as Walmart, Target, and Forever 21, among many others). By taking full advantage of PayPal’s current network, Venmo has managed to gain... Read more →
Just a week ago, rumors of Apple developing a foldable iPhone model surfaced in the interwebs. The talk was that the tech giant was teaming up with LG in order to start building a smartphone with a foldable OLED screen possibly three years from now. Well, unlike the iPhone maker, ZTE is not waiting until the end of the decade to showcase its own... Read more →
According to the results of an online study recently conducted by Gartner, worldwide smartphone sales in 2018 will see some growth for the first time since 2015. The last couple of years have seen industry growth stall a bit, but by next year, the volume of smartphone units shipped across the globe is expected to reach an estimated 1.9 billion... Read more →
A report recently published by TechCrunch says that mobile phone companies are still giving users’ phone numbers and location information to third parties. The article then reported about Philip Neustrom, the co-founder of Shotwell Labs, who came across a couple of websites that that sent back various user data when accessed from a mobile data... Read more →
Less than a week ago, it was reported that OnePlus was gathering tons of data from mobile devices powered by its OxygenOS, apparently without the consent of the owners of those devices. A software engineer named Chris Moore had discovered the phone maker’s data collection activities, and thereafter, various users have been demanding an explanation... Read more →
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