“Have fun, be supportive. Hate must not win.” This is the opening mantra for a large group of indie Android developers that are paying homage to the fallen Flappy Bird by creating their own games with a similar style.
The objective of the Flappy Jam project is not to create clones of the original, but simply to create a painfully difficult, yet oh-so-simple game that draws design inspiration from classic video games.
LG just took the wraps off of its latest flagship, the G4, combining design elements from previous generations with some from its Flex series, making for an impressive overall package. One of the key aspects of the LG G4, as has been teased by the company for a while, is the availability of genuine leather back covers for the device. As we found out though, polycarbonate options are also up for grabs, if you’re looking to not be too flashy.
Ad-blocking remains a controversial but popular feature of today’s web browsers, and Opera has just updated its main and Mini Android browsers to include a new ad-blocking feature as a core part of the apps, rather than as an optional add-on extension. Interestingly, the option appears under the data saving menu within the apps, data saving and compression being one of Opera’s most popular features.
Opera leaves ad-blocking disabled by default, but it can be easily enabled by heading into Settings > Data Saving and then ticking the Block Ads box.
Soon you can charge your smartphone while sunbathing, with a gallium arsenide solar cell chemistry from Alta Devices.
Power efficiency can make or break a mobile device. If we weren’t constrained with the power supply, then our mobile devices would probably be even faster and more powerful than they are now. But even as mobile CPUs and GPUs are increasingly becoming power efficient, we still find ourselves finding the need to plug in at the end of the day (or even at the middle of the day).
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According to a new report, Samsung is no longer the top smartphone brand in Africa. Transsion’s Tecno became the continent’s biggest smartphone shipper in 2020. The likes of Itel, Xiaomi, and Oppo also grew their market share portions. Samsung may be the biggest smartphone maker globally, but this isn’t the case in Africa. According to a new report from research firm Counterpoint, the dominant Korean smartphone maker was bested by little known Chinese brand Tecno in 2020.
Based on some strings of code XDA-Developers found earlier today, Xiaomi is working on a smartphone with a 64MP primary camera.
Found in the latest MIUI 10 China Developer ROM for the Redmi K20 Pro, the strings reference a 64MP “ultra-pixel” mode several times. The strings also reference a “64MP DUAL CAMERA” watermark for images.
This lines up with information from Ice Universe published on Weibo. According to the known leaker, Xiaomi subsidiary Redmi is working on a smartphone with a 64MP camera.
To put it bluntly, not every developer makes good decisions when releasing or updating their applications. Wrong moves get made, people get angry, and we have ourselves a good old fashioned controversy. 2015 was a more tame year than usual, but we still had some moves that made people angry. Buckle up, folks, here are the most controversial apps and games of 2015!
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Android Pay was announced to heavy fanfare at Google I/O.
Getting your future told by a fortune teller with her or his magical crystal ball and power can be a scary and exciting experience. Not only can you catch a glimpse of your future; you will also feel curious about how these fortune experts managed to forecast your fortunes with dead accuracy.
Thanks to modern day technology, knowing your future will never be a problem as there are applications tailored to tell your fortune.
I am constantly amazed at the range of Android tablets that are coming out of China. As the song goes there are short ones, tall ones, fine ones, kind ones – okay maybe not kind ones, but there are tablets for almost every need. However the 9.7 inch category still remains popular due to the success of the iPad. Many Android tablet makers including Google (with its Nexus 10) have tried to push the 10.
LG is gearing up to launch a 5G-enabled V-series smartphone at MWC 2019, according to a report from ETNews. The South Korean website also suggested the LG G8 ThinQ — an LTE device — would launch at the same Barcelona event on February 24.
LG V40 ThinQ international giveaway!
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This would be the first time LG’s V and G series launch simultaneously. According to ETNews, LG has leveraged the V-series brand name for its 5G mobile product to avoid the time and costs of launching a new smartphone brand.