Fans of Inbox by Gmail will have to learn to love the plain-old Gmail app. On Wednesday, Google announced that it’s discontinuing Inbox at the end of March 2019. Unveiled in 2014, Google’s Inbox offered a more personalized email app than the standard Gmail app. It brought functions like snoozing emails, AI-powered Smart Reply and …
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The Google Pixelbook 2 leaks with thinner bezels, round keys
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL might not be the only things Google has in store for its Oct. 9 event. There have been leaks of an unreleased Chrome OS device, rumored to be a new Google Pixelbook. The mysterious device can be seen in the video below, which was posted by Chrome Unboxed. If you look closely at …
Read More »iPhone XR? iPhone XC? 2018 may be the year of weird iPhone names
Apple may throw a wrench in its usual iPhone naming scheme by using letters (and Roman numerals) instead of numbers. Reports say that Apple will call its iPhone X followup the “iPhone XS”, with the larger 2018 iPhone model being called the the “iPhone XS Max” instead of using the standard “iPhone … Plus” moniker. The “S” in the name implies that 2018 may be an “S” …
Read More »Samsung’s folding phone could appear in November
Stop teasing us with your folding phone, Samsung. It’s been years! But apparently we’re closer than ever. DJ Koh, the president of Samsung Mobile, told CNBC on Tuesday that Samsung will unveil details about its folding phone later this year. Koh hinted that the company may share more about it at its Samsung Developer Conference in November. Even though Samsung has confirmed that …
Read More »Windows 10 will soon show you your phone’s text messages
Soon you’ll be able to send and receive texts from your Windows 10 device without taking your phone out of your pocket. Microsoft is rolling out a Your Phone feature for Windows 10 that lets you send and receive texts from your Android phone, on your computer. Your Phone was first unveiled at Microsoft Build in May, and the company …
Read More »Huawei caught cheating on benchmark test, says it was just AI
Benchmark tests can give us an idea of how fast a phone performs, but not when that phone cheats to get a higher score. Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the creators of the 3DMark benchmark test, have accused Huawei of cheating on its tests. To catch Huawei, UL ran certain Huawei phones through two different benchmark tests. The first test was the …
Read More »Fortnite for Android adds voice chat, support for HTC and Sony phones
Epic Games just released v5.40 of the smash-hit game Fortnite. With the new update, the company is making Fortnite for Android playable on even more phones. According to the patch notes, Epic Games has expanded support to include Motorola, HTC and Sony Xperia devices. Previously, Epic Games listed the following phones as unsupported: HTC: 10, U Ultra, U11 / U11+, U12+ …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus could get blazing
5G, the next generation of super-fast mobile data, is expected to take off next year. Samsung’s next flagship phone may be able to take advantage of it. Samsung will reportedly release both 4G and 5G variants of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus next year, according to South Korean publication The Bell. Samsung may release three different models of the Galaxy …
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The Skydio R1 is a self-flying drone that uses 13 cameras and machine learning to automatically follow you around without crashing into obstacles. Sounds cool, right? But that $2,500 price tag? Not so much. Now Skydio has dropped the price of the R1 drone to $1,999. That’s still a good chunk of change, but the $500 discount makes it a …
Read More »Huawei Honor Band 4 and Band 3 Pro appear with heartrate, color screens
Looking for a new fitness tracker? Huawei may have up to three of them on the way. The first is the Huawei Honor Band 4. Huawei announced the Honor Band 4 at an event on Sept. 5 in China. The wearable has an AMOLED display, tracks your heartrate, is water resistant down to 50 meters, and is advertised as having …
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