Mobile Phone

Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in US, UK and Spain A new study on kids’ app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube’s dominance, as kids now split their time between Google’s online video platform and other apps, like TikTok, Netflix and …

Meditation and mindfulness apps continue their surge amid pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has led to a surge in downloads of mental wellness, and specifically, those focused on meditation, dealing with anxiety and helping users fall asleep. According to a new report from app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the world’s …

Rumor Points to New Foldable Moto Razr With 5G This Year Motorola was one of the first major smartphone makers to jump on the foldable phone bandwagon by reviving its long-dead Razr brand. The foldable Razr earned points for its slick design, but the specs and durability left something to …

Doesn’t Have an ‘X-ray’ Camera, but Here’s How It Sees Through Things There’s a rumor going around that the new OnePlus 8 camera can see through objects in a sort of x-ray effect. It can’t — that’s not what it does — but it does provide some slight visibility through …

Liberty’s Virgin Media and Telefonica’s O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the idea of divestment, and five years …

HTC’s Cryptocurrency Mining Phone Takes Half a Millennium to Pay for Itself Last year, HTC launched its blockchain/cryptocurrency-focused smartphone, the HTC Exodus. While the specs on the device are decidedly modest, it made a serious attempt to integrate blockchain-based security and cryptocurrency capabilities. I’m not here to talk about the …

Google universal watchlist for movies and TV to Google Search Google is adding a new feature to Search that will help you keep track of all the TV shows and movies you want to watch during these long weeks at home. The company had already been offering personalized TV and …

Google Play adds a ‘Teacher Approved’ section to its app store Google today is making it easier for families to find quality educational apps with the addition of a new “Teacher Approved” section to Google Play. All apps found in this section are vetted by a panel of reviewers, including …

Windows 10 Will Add Instant File Transfer for Samsung Phones Microsoft’s “Your Phone” app can help you get data and features from your phone on Windows, but the software maker has an exclusive partnership with Samsung to enhance this connection. Samsung owners already had semi-exclusive notification and call synchronization, and …

Google Might Use Custom 5nm Samsung Chip in Pixel 5 Instead of Snapdragon 865 Most high-end smartphones launching in 2020 will have the Snapdragon 865 inside, but that might not include Google’s upcoming Pixel 5. A new report claims Google and Samsung are working on a new custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) …