A day after Google cut off Huawei from using Android on its phones, the US Commerce Department scaled back its restrictions on Huawei’s access to American components and software that go into its devices. The department on Monday created a temporary general license that will allow the China-based phone maker to keep existing networks and …
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Huawei apparently sought out partners last year to fill up its app store. The embattled Chinese phone maker tempted app makers with the prospect of getting a foothold in its home market, the most populous country in the world, if they would create software for its App Gallery, Bloomberg reported Monday. Huawei reportedly told the app makers that they’d reach …
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Last year Vizio’s customary place as best TV for the money was usurped by the TCL 6 series, which beat out Vizio’s M-Series for CNET’s Editors’ Choice award. Meanwhile, at the higher-end, an LG OLED got the award, but the superb Vizio P-Series Quantum earned a nod as the ideal OLED alternative for video-quality snobs without money to burn. Now four series …
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It’s 2019, and guess what? Google just unveiled its newest version of Glass. It’s not made to be a widespread consumer product, but there are business users who will care. And the latest Glass Enterprise Edition 2, with key upgraded specs, shows where most smartglasses are at. You might remember Glass as a strange 2013 footnote, but Glass has stuck …
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Google’s new Pixel 3a has earned rave reviews for offering an amazing camera at the comparatively low price of $399. (Read CNET’s Pixel 3a review to learn more.) Want it for even less? For a limited time, Best Buy is offering the Google Pixel 3a (64GB) for $299.99 when you activate the phone on Sprint. That price includes a free …
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Microsoft released a test version of its Edge browser for MacOS on Monday, 16 years after competition from Apple’s own Safari led it to stop developing Internet Explorer for the Mac. Edge for MacOS is available on the Microsoft Edge Insider site, but so far only in the very rough Canary version that changes rapidly and isn’t as deeply tested …
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Adobe released a slew of Lightroom updates last week. But one thing didn’t change: the awkward split between two versions of the photo editing and cataloging software. Lightroom got its start in 2006 on MacOS and later Windows, storing the photo library right there on your personal computer. But modernizing for smartphones, tablets and cloud computing put Adobe in a pickle. It …
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Owning a Huawei phone in the US became a lot less appealing over the weekend when it was revealed that Google will stop providing Huawei support for its Android phones. The decision wasn’t Google’s, but instead the company is complying with an executive order recently signed by President Donald Trump. The Chinese company currently holds the second spot in global smartphone marketshare, but without …
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Google Pixel 3a and 3A XL phones have been randomly shutting down, some users say. According to one post on Reddit, the phone continually dies, and each time it requires a hard reset by holding the power button down for 30 seconds. “I had three shutdowns yesterday, including overnight, causing me to miss my wake alarm,” the post said. “And another …
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Google has suspended business with Huawei that isn’t covered under open-source licensing, Reuters reported Sunday, following the Trump administration’s decision to effectively ban the Chinese company in the US. Huawei is losing Android operating system updates, a source close to the matter told Reuters, and Huawei’s upcoming phones outside China will no longer get access to apps and services like …
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