Androids

Make Your iPhone and Android’s Reception Better With These 10 Tips and Tricks

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We live in a connected world, where losing your cell phone signal doesn’t just mean you can’t check Instagram. The stakes are now higher, and having no connection could mean getting stuck in the middle of nowhere without directions or missing out on important travel updates and advisories. That’s why it’s important to know the tips and … Read more

Androids may soon be getting a battery health indicator

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Google might finally start telling you when your Android phone has a degraded battery, Android expert Mishaal Rahman wrote in an article for Android Authority. Unlike iPhone users, who have been able to see their phone’s battery health stats from their settings for a long time, Android owners currently need a third-party app or must … Read more

These 10 Tips Can Help Enhance Your iPhone or Android’s Reception

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There’s no denying that we live in a connected world, where losing your cell phone signal doesn’t just mean you can’t check Instagram, it could be a matter of life and death. It doesn’t matter which type of phone you have or which cellular service provider you use, it’s inevitable that you’ll run into service disruptions, … Read more

Beeper Mini Rules, But It Doesn’t Solve Android’s Messaging Problem

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Note: As I was getting ready to publish this piece, Beeper’s servers began faltering. TechCrunch reports that Beeper Mini had lost access to Apple’s servers, though I’m still able to send text-based messages with a bit of delay. This piece covers the experience before this breaking news hit. I reached out to Beeper to ask … Read more

Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app

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It appears that Beeper Mini, an easy iMessage solution for Android, was simply too good to be true — or a short-lived dream, at least. On Friday, less than a week after its launch, the app started experiencing technical issues when users were suddenly unable to send and receive blue bubble messages. The problems grew … Read more

Beeper Mini Turns Android’s Green Bubbles Into Blue Bubbles on iPhones

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Earlier this year Gill had become intrigued by how Apple’s Push Notification service (APNs) works, and how these bidirectional notifications might offer some clues into breaking open Messages. First, Gill had to better understand how the Apple ID worked, so he reverse engineered how Apple Music operated on a Windows computer. He noted the traffic … Read more

A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees

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Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments, according to new testimony in the Epic v. Google trial. On the stand, Google head of global partnerships Don Harrison confirmed Spotify paid a 0 percent commission when users chose to buy subscriptions through Spotify’s own system. If … Read more

Android’s First 15 Years Changed the World. With AI, Google Could Change It Again

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In a sea of flip phones and full keyboard BlackBerrys, a single decision by Google laid waste to the competition. That determination also put Google’s Android mobile operating system on an enduring collision course with Apple’s iPhone.  As Android, a small California software company that Google had recently purchased, was tinkering away, Apple announced the … Read more

Android’s new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps

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Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Google announced in October the new real-time app scanning feature built into Google Play Protect that the company says can help catch … Read more