A Gboard bug is turning some people’s typing into gibberish, and it’s pretty funny — for everyone except the person trying to type. Gboard is Google’s smart keyboard baked into Android phones (and available on iOS devices too), and several people on Reddit have reported running into problems that make typing on it near impossible. …
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The phone parade continues, as Google appears to be getting ready to announce the Pixel 3 and 3 XL. Google on Thursday teased its upcoming phones with a page featuring a large “3” in the middle. And on Friday, it launched an interactive page on its Japanese site with the outline of a phone alongside the phrase “Coming Soon,” 9to5 Google reported. …
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LG is bringing its next flagship smartphone to the Big Apple. The Korean consumer electronics conglomerate sent out a save-the-date note for its LG V40 ThinQ launch event, to be held Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT in New York. There’s little to the message beyond the tagline, “Take 5.” Is the smartphone going to be smart enough …
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The ad-blocking Brave web browser startup has landed two blows on Google: It dumped the search engine for rival Qwant in France and Germany, and it lodged a formal complaint in Europe against Google’s ad privacy practices. Brave picked Qwant, which bills itself as “the search engine that respects your privacy,” as part of its effort to capitalize on privacy …
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If you are taking a pass on Apple’s new flagship phone, the iPhone XS Max, and are ready to make the leap to a big-screen Android phone — say, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, the LG V30 or the upcoming Pixel 3 XL — here are a few tips to help you make the switch. …
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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 organized folder bundles. With these …
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Google and Samsung are working together to make texting on Android a lot more like Apple’s iMessages. On Wednesday, the duo announced that they have partnered to bring Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging to Android phones. RCS messaging brings new features to standard SMS texting. With RCS you can do things like text over WiFi, see when someone is typing, …
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Apple took to the stage today to announce three phones and a brand new smartwatch. Read about the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, Apple Watch 4 here. You can watch (or rewatch) Apple’s livestream here. Today’s the day. The biggest iPhone release ever — both literally and figuratively — is just hours away. Apple will kick the proceedings …
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Apple is dropping the price of its Watch Series 3. The smartwatch now starts at $279 for the GPS model, the company announced at its product event in Cupertino, California, on Wednesday. Customers can get the smartwatch at the new price after the event. It previously started at $329 on Apple’s site. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch 4 gets larger screens, …
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Apple’s new iPhone XS and XS Max smartphones got two big camera features that today’s iPhone X lacks: an improved HDR mode and a bokeh adjustment slider. HDR, short for high dynamic range, is a technology that marries multiple photos into one shot to better capture both shadow details and bright highlights. A new technique called Smart HDR does better, …
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