One of the best things about Android is the ability to install apps from anywhere, allowing you to side-step the Play Store if you want to. Now, one prominent third-party app store has launched a campaign against Google, saying the Mountain View company is hampering consumer freedom.
On its Google Play Fair website, Aptoide wrote: “Since summer 2018, Google Play Protect flags Aptoide as a harmful app, hiding it in users’ Android devices and requesting them to uninstall it.
Bolls is a turn-based Android strategy game that not only involves fighting off your opponent’s own Bolls but also gathering resources for them. That isn’t a typo you’re looking at. Bolls are the eponymous creatures of this online multiplayer strategy game. These creatures are circles with faces, mouths, and occasionally, hands, fangs, wings, or gills.
The aim of the game is to pit these cute creatures against your enemy’s own army of Bolls.
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AT&T describes it as “5G Evolution, The First Step to 5G,” which may be true in that it is slightly faster than traditional4G LTE connections. However, 5G Evolution is nowhere near as fast as actual 5G, and that’s because it is just a faster version of LTE and not real 5G at all. The company started using this branding in 2017, long before real 5G was ready for the masses.
Update (01/23/2018): Huawei is rolling out a new update for the Huawei P9 (international variant) that brings with it a couple of notable improvements to the phone's photography suite. The updated build (EVA-L19C185B393) adds Moving Picture mode which lets users take dynamic photos in the Camera app's Standard mode. There are also improvements to the Gallery app, including the ability to search for photos by date, location, or album name, and the addition of Highlights -- a feature that lets users select multiple images and videos to commemorate an occasion or moment.
It looks like an online retailer pushed the button a bit too early and revealed images and full hardware specs for both the upcoming Motorola Moto G5 and G5 Plus phones. Both devices are likely scheduled to be officially revealed at the 2017 Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain in less than two weeks.
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While images and specs for both the Moto G5 and G5 Plus have been leaked before today, the information from the K-Tronix site listings (which have since been deleted) is now out, complete with what looks like official marketing images from Motorola.
Need a good game to spend some time with through what’s left of the cold? Winter is coming… to an end. We suppose NVIDIA saw this as a good reason to offer discounts on some of the most popular games they have to offer.
These 8 NVIDIA Shield titles are discounted by up to 70%, an offer that will last from February 16 to February 19. Interested? Let’s take a look at the list and see which deals may catch your eye.
If you are a customer at one of the select five banks announced by Google, you can now easily add cards to Android Pay right from your mobile banking app.
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Though online payment platforms have yet to make a serious impact on how we make purchases both online and offline, Google is doing everything it can to ensure that Android Pay remains competitive.
If you’re looking for your New Year’s resolution, or just an excuse to avoid the family over Christmas, you could learn to code. It’s an interesting hobby, and it could lead to a lucrative new career if you stick with it. 2019 might not be so bad after all.
If you’re tempted by the idea then your starting point is theUltimate Learn to Code Bundle. It’s a one-stop shop for learning the most widely-used programming languages, and this week it’s just $41.
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A new partnership between PayPal and Google will make checking out online easier for you. Under the new program, if you link your PayPal account to one Google service, you’ll see your PayPal account throughout all of Google. This “sign up once, sign up forever” linking will make everything more cohesive. The world of mobile payments seems like a death match between dozens of companies all vying to be your payment method of choice.
Update: Earlier today we learned that Vertu had been sold to Chinese investors. Now we've learned a tiny bit more about the new owner's plans. According to Engadget, it turns out that Godin Holdings, one of the investors, is a four-month-old shell company of Godin Cyberspace Security Technology, which is currently working on its own secure smartphone OS called GOS. Not much is known about the OS, though it is likely based on Android with a similar concept as we’ve seen from devices like the Blackphone.