It’s barely a secret that BlackBerry is working on expanding its influence to other platforms. And not only as a service provider, the company is said to be working on the BlackBerry Venice, an Android smartphone with a slide-out keyboard. But how will they keep this Google-powered handset as secure as their industry-leading BB10 products? Their latest acquisition could very well be part of the strategy.
BlackBerry has just purchased Good Technology for $425 million.
Food delivery service DoorDash has confirmed that data of 4.7 million customers, workers, and merchant partners has been compromised.
The breach was made public through an official blog post. DoorDash has established that hackers were able to access physical addresses, order histories, phone numbers as well as hashed, salted passwords of those affected.
The data theft happened on May 4 but it was only detected earlier this month. It took five months for DoorDash to detect the attack and inform users.
Electronic Arts (EA) has just unveiled the action-packed Mass Effect Infiltrator, now available on Google Play. As you might have guessed from the title, the third-person shooter is another game in the Mass Effect franchise, and ties in nicely with the console/PC game Mass Effect 3, which has caused such an uproar earlier this year because of its disappointing ending.
One of the most attractive things about playing ME:Infiltrator is the fact that you can influence the outcome in ME3.
When Google finally released the Pixel 4a earlier this month, we declared it the company’s best phone in years. Between its bright camera, solid performance, and fantastic display, the Pixel 4a has a lot going for it. But you might be wondering how much of an upgrade is it over its predecessor, the Pixel 3a. Thankfully, our own Gary Sims has the answer with his latest Speed Test G challenge.
Google Stadia officially launched on Tuesday and it’s been a hot topic all week, leaving people divided about the potential of the cloud-based game streaming service. Some say it’s the future of gaming while others are predicting a premature death, but no one really knows how the platform will grow over the next few years.
While both of these issues are clearly damning, there’s a big problem you need to dig a little deeper to see.
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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a new mobile title launching this Spring. It will see players create and play as a Hogwarts student, attending classes and learning new spells. You can check out its latest trailer below. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, a new entry into the Harry Potter game series, is coming Spring 2018. We first heard about the new title back in December, but a press release from developer Jam City has now provided us with some more details on what it’s going to offer.
Sprint and Verizon have rolled out some sumptuous deals on the latest LG flagship, the LG G8 ThinQ. The handset normally starts at $840, but with these offers, you could save some serious cheddar.
SprintSprint’s deal sees you pay $15 per month for the device on a new line with an 18-month lease, plus you can get a $150 gift card thrown in if you buy $75 worth of accessories. You’ll need an approved credit card to get the deal, and a $20 monthly credit will be applied within the first two bills.
A benchmark test is a tool that you can use to compare the speed and performance of any given set-up/device. The idea is simple: the program runs a series of complex, arbitrary operations and then measures how long it takes. If the same function takes longer on one device than another, then you can generally conclude that the faster device is the more powerful one. You’ve probably seen benchmark tools used in a number of device reviews, with popular choices on Android being AnTuTu and Geekbench (check out a selection of benchmark tools here).
In a recent update to the Android operating system, Google made some changes to how external SD cards can be handled by apps within the system. The result, basically, is that applications have been stripped of their former ability and permissions to read and write files on an sd card. With file explorer apps being some of the hardest hit by this change, ES File Explorer has decided to fight back, having launched an update to their app that brings back full SD card read/write access, at least for those that have their phone rooted.
Exactly 203 days from the launch of the Mi 5, Xiaomi is back with another affordable powerhouse. At a Beijing event today, the company revealed the Xiaomi Mi 6, and from what we could gather so far, it’s another impressive installment in the franchise.
Xiaomi Mi 6 design Let’s start with the phone’s appearance. The Mi 6 was leaked thoroughly ahead of its debut today, but most of the leaks showed just the black version.