VideoLAN, a nonprofit that builds open-source media player software, says it’s blocking Huawei phones from downloading its free VLC for Android app from the Google Play Store. The decision came in response to the Chinese phone maker’s decision to cut off all background apps except its own, which stops VLC’s audio playback, VideoLAN said in …
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Recently, Google launched YouTube Music and YouTube Premium. One of those is a streaming music service that offers features similar to what you’d expect in Google Play Music. The other is a streaming music service, with the added bonus of an ad-free YouTube experience. Now playing: Watch this: Google replaces YouTube Red with YouTube Premium 1:55 But here’s the deal: …
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Instagram Lite launched on the Google Play Store without announcement Wednesday, offering users a cut-down version of the photosharing app. The Lite app is just 573KB, compared to the regular Instagram’s 32MB. Users can post photos, add filters, view stories and use the Explore tab. The ability to message friends and share videos will be added later, the Google Play …
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Using PayPal to purchase things with Google Pay is nothing new. That specific partnership was announced over a year ago, but the two companies recently decided to extend their partnership. Starting later this year, you will be able to use PayPal in Google Play, YouTube and Gmail. Here’s how to set it up and what to be aware of. How …
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YouTube is remixing its subscription services, relaunching its Spotify-like YouTube Music as a $10-a-month membership mostly devoid of video and recasting YouTube Red’s ad-free, paywalled video tier as YouTube Premium — with a $2 price bump. In addition, Google Play Music, the other subscription streaming music service from the same parent company as YouTube, will be going away eventually. In a …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have come to fight for Apple’s phone crown with new features and supercharged cameras. But the iPhone X won’t go down easily, and deciding between the newest Galaxy and iPhone may prove tougher than ever. Now that we’ve reviewed both phones, we can help break down how each performs to help you decide which …
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ZTE’s has been playing the US market on hard mode in recent months, but now it’s looking more like mission impossible. After ZTE was caught shipping goods to Iran, the US Commerce Department on Monday banned US companies from selling hardware and software to the Chinese electronics company for seven years. Now, a source tells Reuters this could preclude Google …
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You’ll now be able to try out Android games before buying them. Google on Monday rolled out Google Play Instant in its Google Play store. You can tap on one of the games listed and play it without having to buy or download it first. Some of the initial games include Clash Royale, Words with Friends 2 and Final Fantasy …
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In the list of big security flaws that could let hackers compromise phones, there’s one name that comes up a lot: Android. In 2015, we learned that Google’s operating system for phones was vulnerable to the StageFright bug, which hackers could exploit just by sending a text message. In 2016, security researchers revealed that millions of Android phones were infected …
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