Статьи по тегу «android»

Three months after acquiring iconic audio tech company THX, Razer is making another move to expand its business beyond hardware and software for the gaming community. The company has acquired Nextbit, the startup behind the Robin smartphone, founded by Android veterans who had set out with high hopes (and some decent funding) to rethink how to build a mobile phone that leant on cloud… Read More... →

Google выпустил 56-ю версию браузера Chrome для Windows, Mac, Linux и Android. Теперь страницы, на которых собираются пароли или данные кредитных карт пользователей и не используется HTTPS, будут помечаться в нём как небезопасные. В прошлой версии Chrome возле адреса HTTPS-сайтов начало отображаться слово «Надёжный». HTTP-ресурсы помечались нейтральной иконкой. В 56 версии разработчики добавили серую плашку «Ненадёжный» для тех […]... →

The League, the dating app known for its exclusivity, has now officially launched on Android. The company has been accused of elitism, though founder and CEO Amanda Bradford has said her vision is more about creating a service that welcomes ambitious women. The app still makes users apply to join, and it screens them based on their Facebook and LinkedIn profiles, but it also redesigned… Read More... →

Среди них – новый алгоритм ранжирования видео и слайд-шоу в приложении для Android... →

If you are of a certain age you will grin at the sound of the world “Myst,” recalling the game that originally debuted in 1993 and enthralled computer gamers with its weird, atmospheric puzzles and amazing (for the time) graphics. Riven came not too long after, debuting in 1997 and spanned five CDs. Myst is available on Android today, via both the Google Play and Amazon App stores,… Read More... →

This past summer, Facebook introduced a new photo-sharing sharing tool called Slideshow that’s able to turn your photos and videos into mini-movies that also include themed music and transitions. The feature had originated in Facebook’s private photo-sharing app Moments before making its way over to the main social network. The idea is to offer Facebook users an easier way to… Read More... →

In August, Fender’s slow expansion into non-guitar products continued with the company’s first app. Of course, the iconic Strat-maker played it pretty close to its base, releasing a fairly straight-forward guitar tuning app for the iPhone. I played around with it, I liked it. It wasn’t anything exceptional as far as guitar tuning apps go (I’ve since gone back to… Read More... →

Google Translate could already translate Japanese text into English from a captured photo, but now the app skips a step, letting you point your camera at signs, menus and other things that might contain printed Japanese words, and get a translation to English on the fly (and vice versa). The feature is available via Word Lens in both the iOS and the Android versions of the Google Translate… Read More... →

Rapper and actor Ludacris has teamed up with startup founder Edwin Benton to launch Slang N’ Friendz, a mobile word game for iOS and Android. “I thought it was a perfect partnership just because hip hop is a genre that is known for creating slang and some of that slang even making it into the dictionary or having double entendres or things of that nature,” Christopher… Read More... →

CEO Facebook Марк Цукерберг официально заявил, что бывший вице-президент Xiaomi Хьюго Барра возглавит VR-направление компании. Барра займёт пост вице-президента по виртуальной реальности. Он будет руководить командой Oculus и другими VR-проектами Facebook. «Я знаю Хьюго уже давно, начиная с того времени, когда он участвовал в разработке операционной системы Android, и заканчивая последними несколькими годами его работы в Xiaomi, […]... →

Facebook добавил новый раздел Stories («Истории») в свои приложения для iOS и Android – аналог Instagram Stories. Пока он доступен только в Ирландии, но в ближайшие месяцы появится по всему миру. По мнению TechCrunch, на решение о создании нового раздела могла повлиять популярность Instagram Stories. Через пять месяцев после запуска «Историями» в сервисе фотошеринга пользуются 150 млн человек в […]... →

Бывший вице-президент по международному развитию китайской Xiaomi Хьюго Барра перешёл на пост руководителям VR-подразделения Facebook, сообщил на своей странице основатель и глава соцсети Марк Цукерберг. Барра работал в Xiaomi с 2013 года, до этого он возглавлял разработку системы Android в Google.... →

Hugo Barra, who previously held a positions as a key VP for Android at Google, and led Xiaomi’s international efforts in a VP role at the Chinese company, is now joining Facebook. Barra announced his departure from Xiaomi on January 22, after a three-and-a-half year stint at the company. Barra will lead all of Facebook’s VR efforts, including Oculus, according to Facebook CEO… Read More... →

Donald Trump loves Twitter! The president prefers to communicate policy decisions and condemnations of various news outlets via tweet, and has continued using his insecure Android phone to access Twitter, despite discouragement from aides and the Secret Service. Read More... →

Last week, we reported that Trump had somewhat begrudgingly trading his beloved Android phone in for something more secure. An unnamed encrypted device with a phone number that “few people possess.” At the time, it seemed to put to rest the question of whether the new president would finally abandon his personal Twitter machine for the sake of national security. Now, deep in a… Read More... →

Instagram put a dent in Snapchat by putting its own version of Snapchat Stories atop its feed, and now Facebook is doing the same. Today Facebook launched Facebook Stories in Ireland on iOS and Android, with plans to bring it to more countries in the coming months. The feature lets you share ephemeral photos and videos in a slideshow that disappears 24 hours later. The little circles to… Read More... →

Google подала жалобу в Верховный суд России в рамках спора с Федеральной антимонопольной службой (ФАС) по делу недопуске приложений конкурентов к устройствам на Android. Это следует из картотеки арбитражных дел.... →

Корпорация «Ростелеком» запустила мессенджер «Аллё доступный роуминг», который позволит обмениваться аудио- и видеозвонками. Об этом сообщили «Известия». Пользователю приложения присваивается российский номер телефона с городским кодом. Можно звонить на городские и мобильные номера. Звонки из-за границы тарифицируются как местные российские. Пользователи мессенжера могут общаться между собой бесплатно. К середине 2017 года в сервисе появятся текстовые сообщения. Приложение доступно для пользователей Android... →

Apple is finally going to give its developers a way to respond to customer reviews on its App Store and Mac App Store – a feature that’s long been available to Android developers on Google Play, much to the chagrin of the Apple developer community. According to developer documentation for the iOS 10.3 beta, when this version of Apple’s mobile operating ships,… Read More... →

After a bit of a delay, the launch of Android Wear 2.0 is finally drawing near. Today, Google launched the fifth and final developer preview of Wear 2.0 ahead of its consumer launch in early February. There aren’t any major surprises here, but with this release, Android Wear 2.0 is getting finally getting full iOS support, too, which was missing from the previews — but not Wear… Read More... →