April, 2018

• 25 April

  Samsung makes a lot of money from chips, but phones struggle

  

  The smartphone slowdown is real.  Samsung’s first-quarter revenue and profits soared, but it warned of tougher times ahead in the mobile market — including a slowdown in demand for its newest phones, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus.  The South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday reported a 20 percent jump in revenue and a 58 percent rise in …

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• 25 April

  Google swaps out gun emoji for water pistol

  

  Android users opting for a gun emoji might notice the gray and brown pistol has morphed into a colorful toy water gun. The update is rolling out to Android users, Emojipedia reported Tuesday. “We’re always evaluating our emoji designs to ensure that messages are displayed consistently across platforms,” a Google representative said via email. Google isn’t the first to replace …

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• 25 April

  5 things to know about Google’s new Tasks app

  

  Users are starting to gain access to the new Gmail design and features. One of those features is a right-side panel where users can find a new app called Tasks. Now playing: Watch this: The new Gmail is here 1:24 Tasks is Google’s latest attempt to create a reminder or to-do service, and hopefully this time it doesn’t end up …

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• 25 April

  How mobile money could help the world’s poor

  

  This story is part of “Follow the Money,” a look at how digital cash is changing the way we save, shop and work. John Kunze walked into a check-cashing store along Lexington Avenue in Manhattan a few months ago. It had red neon signs in the windows, cold fluorescent lights and a loop of muzak piping through the speakers. He …

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• 25 April

  Self

  

  Big changes are coming for the millions of workers who use G Suite, the professional version of Gmail and Google’s other productivity apps. Google says new changes rolling out starting today will “help the more than 4 million paying businesses that use G Suite work safer, smarter and more efficiently.” Rumors of a major Gmail update have been floating around for …

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• 25 April

  Snapchat launches Snappables AR experiences

  

  Snapchat is launching new augmented-reality Lenses for gaming with friends, the company announced in a post Wednesday.  Snappables is a new form of Lenses, the augemented-reality filters that apply special effects within the Snapchat app. Snappables expands Lenses to create shared experiences and gaming capabilities between users. Snapchat introduced Snappables AR Lenses Wednesday.  Snapchat Snappables live within Snapchat’s Lens Carousel …

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• 25 April

  How to get the new Gmail right now

  

  Google just announced a huge update to Gmail, adding new features such as high-priority notifications, confidential mode and better offline support. Now playing: Watch this: The new Gmail is here 1:24 Not all features will be available at launch. Those immediately available include smart replies (similar to the Gmail mobile version), the option to snooze emails as in Inbox and …

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• 25 April

  Gal Gadot: I didn’t cheat on Huawei Mate 10 Pro with iPhone

  

  For a moment there, Gal Gadot, better known for her role in the Wonder Woman movie, joined the ranks of phone brand ambassadors caught using an iPhone when they shouldn’t have.   Gadot, who became Huawei’s US brand ambassador for the Huawei Mate 10 Pro in January, appeared to have been caught using an iPhone to tweet about about her love of an iPhone …

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• 25 April

  Everything we know about the OnePlus 6

  

  The Oneplus 6 has now been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus.  With the success of its 2017 lineup — the 5 and 5T — the Chinese phonemaker solidified its reputation for premium phones equipped with top-tier …

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• 25 April

  How Spotify’s free tier gets smarter with recommendations

  

  Spotify’s revamped mobile app unshackles free users from shuffle mode — and opens up a cache of new data in the process.  The world’s largest music-streaming service said Tuesday that after years of limiting mobile users of its free tier to shuffled songs, it’s opening up about 40 hours of on-demand music from 15 playlists like your personalized Discover Weekly …

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