IT&Software
Planet Computers' Astro Slide is a smartphone and PDA in one
It follows Planet Computers' previous Cosmo Communicator and the company's original Gemini PDA , which promised similar flexibility. The firm's latest device is the Astro Slide , which has so many features packed into it that it's nearly a surprise not to find the kitchen sink in there too. [Full Article...]
Google stops selling Pixel 3 series phones on its store
Google is no longer selling its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones in its online store. The only mobile devices now available through the Australian store is the Google Pixel 4 and 4XL along with the Pixel 3a . If you can't get one, the Pixel 3a is excellent and reasonably priced, while the Pixel 4 is a very intelligent flagship phone, albeit with a few problems. [Full Article...]
COVID-19 Impact: Google cancels April Fools' jokes
San Francisco: Google has chose to cancel this years April Fools prank out of respect for those fighting new coronavirus pandemic globally. We've already stopped any centralised April Fool's efforts but realise there may be smaller projects within teams that we don't know about. [Full Article...]
Nokia 7.2 Starts Receiving Android 10 Update, New Features Added
Android 10 now available for Nokia 7.2! Worth noting that the Nokia 7.2 still is a relatively new smartphone. Although it, like most other Nokias, is part of the Android One program, which in theory should ensure quick Android OS upgrades, obviously that's not working out as it should. [Full Article...]
WhatsApp to support multiple devices under one account and expiring messages
According to WABetaInfo , the devs behind WhatsApp will likely introduce this feature in the near future. The folks at WABetaInfo first discovered hints of this feature back in November 2019. WhatsApp is set to soon join the likes of rival messaging apps like Telegram with one feature we've been highly requesting for years on end by its over 2 billion users worldwide. [Full Article...]
Huawei Warns US About Potential Counterattack by China For Trade Ban
The consumer business, which accounts for nearly half of the whole business, continued to see robust growth last year, up by 34 percent year on year at 467.3 billion yuan, with a total of 240 million smartphones shipped in 2019. It needs to persuade developers to write applications for its new system, a challenge in an industry dominated by Android and Apple's iOS-based applications. [Full Article...]
Microsoft has beaten Amazon to the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract
Nor, however, does an upheld JEDI award necessarily mean the future of cloud at DOD belongs to Microsoft . President Trump, who has always been critical of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and of Bezos-owned The Washington Post , openly interjected himself into contract process in July when he said to reporters that he "never had something where more people are complaining", according to a story... [Full Article...]
Apple buys popular weather app, Dark Sky - Android app will shut down
Today, the company announced it's been acquired by Apple. But for Dark Sky on Android , the sun has set. There is no better place to accomplish these goals than at Apple. Web services are also being gutted together with the Android app. As for its API , Dark Sky is going to eventually take that away, too. The company's API service is no longer accepting new signups, but it will cont... [Full Article...]