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The BlackBerry Key2 will launch June 7

The Blackberry Key2 has been officially revealed. And yes, it has a physical keyboard. BlackBerry is not only still around, it’s announcing its next phone, the BlackBerry Key2, on June 7. The Key2 is the successor to 2017’s BlackBerry KeyOne, a premium Android phone with BlackBerry’s signature QWERTY keyboard. The phone will be announced in New York at 10 a.m. ET. BlackBerry …

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Snapchat’s overhauled redesign should be hitting your phone soon

Snapchat started to roll out its second redesign in six months to iPhone users late on Thursday. It’s hoping to win back the people it alienated with an overhaul introduced earlier this year. The redesign sees the company backtrack on some of the features that failed to resonate with users, including returning Snaps and Chats to chronological order and returning …

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Twitter has a dark mode. Here’s how to turn it on

You may know that YouTube has a dark mode for nighttime viewing, but did you know that Twitter also has a mode for nighttime tweeting? Or any scenario where you find the white background too bright? iOS has something approximating dark mode among other hidden features, but it’s more effective to enable it on an app-by-app basis. How to enable Night …

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Waffle, sloth and Saturn could become new emojis

If you’ve ever sent a text and lamented the lack of emojis depicting waffles, sloths, otters and the planet Saturn, you could be in luck.  Unicode — the consortium that governs the standard that includes emojis — has 104 proposed Emoji Candidates  (60 characters plus variants) that have advanced to Draft Candidate status for a possible release date in 2019.  This means …

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Moto Z3 Play kicks the home button to the curb

The Moto Z3 Play is now an actual real thing we’ve had our hands on! It arrives this summer for $499 with an extra battery pack.  Moto’s premium line of phones is due for an update, and new leaked renders of the Z3 Play give those who like their phones reasonably affordable something to be excited about. The phone will …

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Motorola foldable phone concept opens up into a tablet

Foldable smartphones could be the next big thing, and Motorola has at least one design patented and ready to go. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved a Motorola patent (via LetsGoDigital) for a folding phone design. The design includes a long rectangular screen that can be folded for a phone-like experience, or unfolded to work like a tablet. The …

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