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Google today released the fourth preview of Android N, the next — and as of yet unnamed — version of its mobile operating system. As far as we can tell, the new preview does not include any major new features. Instead, the focus is on the various new APIs that developers will be able to access to make use of all the new features in Android N. These APIs (and the Android N SDK) are… Read More... →

We already know a good amount about Pokémon Go — the crazy, augmented reality Pokémon game for iOS/Android built by the team behind Ingress. Hell, I’ve played it! But one thing is still a mystery: the release date. The company has been super quiet about the launch timing, but it seems some details just trickled out… In a live streamed Q&A panel between Nintendo, The… Read More... →

We already know a good amount about Pokémon Go — the crazy, augmented reality Pokémon game for iOS/Android built by the team behind Ingress. Hell, I’ve played it! But one thing is still a mystery: the release date. The company has been super quiet about the launch timing, but it seems some details just trickled out… In a livestreamed Q&A between Nintendo, The Pokemon… Read More... →

Most smartphone users download zero apps per month, and only tend to use around a half-dozen of their installed apps on a regular basis. Meanwhile, there are millions of native applications available today that offer a better experience than using the mobile web. The problem is finding these apps and easily accessing them at the right time. Read More... →

Most smartphone users download zero apps per month, and only tend to use around a half-dozen of their installed apps on a regular basis. Meanwhile, there are millions of native applications available today which offer a better experience than using the mobile web. The problem is finding these apps and easily accessing them at the right time. A new startup called Evie aims to solve this… Read More... →

Facebook добавил в Messenger возможность отправлять и принимать SMS-сообщения. Об этом сообщается на официальной странице сервиса. Новая функция пока доступна только для пользователей Android. При этом отправленные через мессенджер  SMS-сообщения смогут получить владельцы устройств на любой платформе. Помимо стандартных текстовых сообщений, функция SMS в Messenger поддерживает приём и отправку изображений, видео и аудио, местоположения, эмодзи и стикеров. Чтобы пользователи […]... →

Теперь пользователи Messenger на Android смогут отправлять SMS через приложение.... →

Andy Rubin, the creator of Android — arguably the widest distributed operating system in the world — left Google a few years back to start a hardware incubator with a $300 million fund called Playground. Since then, he’s been pretty busy trying to envision the future of hardware. And that doesn’t just include robotics. At the Bloomberg technology conference he showed… Read More... →

Facebook добавила в свой мессенджер возможность принимать и отправлять SMS-сообщения в рамках приложения, говорится на официальной странице сервиса. Сейчас функция работает только на устройствах под управлением ОС Android.... →

A great phone doesn’t need a great back story. But it certainly doesn’t hurt. The world wasn’t exactly desperate for another player or a new spin on Android when OnePlus partnered with Cyanogen to announce the One in April 2014 (a measly five months after launching the company), but the company managed to build a passionate online following while impressing the pants… Read More... →

You can now read and send old-school text messages from inside Facebook Messenger for Android. This is Facebook’s surround-and-conquer strategy for getting people to switch from SMS to Messenger. With this global roll out of the SMS feature, Facebook is touting ease, as you won’t have to jump back and forth between chat interfaces if your friends are split between them.… Read More... →

Функция Nearby будет работать на Android 4.4 (KitKat) и более поздних версиях OC... →

Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — приложение App Cloner, которое позволяет создавать и запускать несколько копий одной программы на Android-устройстве.... →

Making it easier to type using emoji is something a number of companies are working on. Microsoft’s SwiftKey is testing an app that offers emoji suggestions as you type, for example. Google’s iOS keyboard app Gboard debuted with emoji search. Now there’s an app for Android users called Emojifi which has a new idea. Instead of making users switch to a new keyboard, Emojifi… Read More... →

Компания Google анонсировала новую функцию Nearby в операционной системе Android. Она будет оповещать пользователей о доступных полезных приложениях и сайтах при посещении ими различных мест. К примеру, в музее функция сообщит о наличии приложения-гида, в аэропорту – приложения конкретной авиакомпании и т.п. Подходящий контент Nearby будет определять при помощи данных о местоположении пользователя и Bluetooth-маячков, установленных в посещаемых им […]... →

Forgot to back up your phone again? The way we use smartphones has changed a lot, and many of us never even plug our smartphones into computers anymore. Meem’s new power cables for iOS and Android may just be the solution — they back up your device every time you plug it in. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Meem’s cables start shipping this month, after extensive delays. Read More... →

It’s 2pm on an SF day so perfect that I’m actually a little tired of small talk about how nice the weather is. We’re down on the Embarcadero, where the Bay Bridge dominates the horizon. To my left, a clearly overworked guy in a suit shouts into his phone. To my right, its either an outdoor yoga class or a really in-shape cult. It’s what sits between these two that I… Read More... →

No more frustrating zoom-in/zoom-out. Facebook finally made a modern way to view panoramas and VR photos with your phone. Its new feature “360 Photos” rolls out tomorrow on iOS, Android, web, and Gear VR, and it will democratize creation of 360 and VR content. Upload an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy panorama, or photo from 360 apps or cameras like the Ricoh Theta just like any other… Read More... →

At Google’s I/O conference last month, the company introduced the concept of “Instant Apps” – a way of more quickly downloading apps by breaking them into small, runnable pieces that deliver you just the part of the app you need. However, it didn’t address how users would come across these apps in the first place. Today, it’s taking a step toward… Read More... →

Deepak Chopra, a leading figure in the alternative health movement, is moving into the mobile app business with the launch of Jiyo. Chopra and his co-founder Poonacha Machaiah have been talking about Jiyo for a while, but today the app is generally available on iOS and Android. We got a quick demo yesterday, with Machaiah explaining that one of the goals is “no typing”. Using data… Read More... →