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A banner on Google Play teased the appearance of a dedicated audiobooks section. That section looks to also show up in Google Play Books. The link to it currently does not work, though that could change very soon. Already home to apps, movies, TV shows, musics, books, and more, Google Play looks to add another category in the form of audiobooks.
9to5Google reports that a banner seems to have shown up for users using the mobile Google Play app and the desktop version.
The beginning of a new year sees a plethora of reports and statistics detailing the performance of various smartphone companies over the past year. This time it’s the turn of Strategy Analytics, who has published a report looking at the total number of units shipped by each manufacturer in the smartphone market.The report found that a massive 1.6 billion mobile phones were shipped out across the globe in 2012, 700 million of which were smartphones.
Looking for a budget tablet that ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box? You may want to consider what Ematic has to offer. The latest and largest variant in the company’s tablet lineup is the recently introduced Ematic eGlide Pro X.
The Ematic eGlide Pro X comes with a 9.7-inch display and 4:3 aspect ratio, which should satisfy those who are looking beyond the more prevalent widescreen format Android tablet.
We’ve all seen the power of the rumor mill, with the crazy speculation whirlwind that preceded the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S3.
While some of the pre-launch gossip was spot on (Exynos 4412 quad-core processor), some was, as expected, way off-base (2GB RAM). One rumor that had us all excited was the possibility that the Samsung Galaxy S3 would feature a Super AMOLED HD Plus display using the RGB matrix. With this type of display almost ready for production, our expectations weren’t unrealistic, but unfortunately, the final launch left display-fanatics quite disappointed.
Update, May 17: The Google Spaces Android app is now available in the Play Store.
Original post, May 16: Google has been trying to cut down on the amount of app-hopping that you have to do when using your device on the regular. Their recent changes to Google Translate, for instance, greatly reduced the amount of copy-and-pasting that goes into using the app on your mobile device, and naturally Google Now in its entirety echoes this no-hopping sentiment as well by contextually searching based on the content on your screen.
How important is privacy to you? Those who really care about it will pay a hefty amount of money to keep all their communications safe. That is the audience ARCHOS and Sikur are betting on with their GranitePhone, a privacy-focused handset they unveiled at MWC, this year.
These companies are now celebrating the announcement of the GranitePhone’s availability, as you can go directly to the official website and pre-order the device.
Samsung’s laptops and tablets will in the future house OLED displays instead of LCDs, according to a report from Korean site ETnews. This follows a current trend in the consumer tech industry where a number of manufacturers are turning to OLED technology for smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
OLED displays became less costly to produce than LCDs for the first time last year, and coupled with the increased contrast they provide and (marginally) superior efficiency, the demand for them is expected to continue to grow over the next few years.
Gone are the days when only downloading from Google Play was enough to stay safe. Anti-virus and security company Symantec has released details of a new piece of Windows malware that tries to infect Android devices when they are plugged into a compromised PC.The new malware, called Trojan.Droidpak, installs itself as a system service on a Windows PC and then downloads a malicious banking .apk file. It will also probably download the Android debugging tool ADB.
If you haven’t been following the seemingly never-ending drama that is the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, let me recap.
Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone was hailed with much praise and success when it first launched, but unfortunately the flagship device proved to have a nasty habit of exploding. The company issued a swift recall of the devices which were then outfitted with new batteries and freshly colored notification lights, letting people know that their phone was fixed and would not be blowing up in their face.
According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Samsung may have found some shady business practices within its own U.S. marketing team. Two thing are for certain, though: the company abruptly laid off many of its marketing employees and the head of marketing, Marc Mathieu, abruptly resigned last week.
Reportedly, Samsung ran the internal audit on its own team. Although we don’t know what the results of that audit were, The Wall Street Journal report heavily implies that it could have been related to kickbacks and bribery related to social media influencers, particularly on YouTube.