Amazon wants you to unlock your phone with your ear

Keeping smartphones secure has been a key concern since mobile devices became more than just calling and texting machines. These pieces of technology now hold information that could literally ruin our lives if they fall on the wrong hands. This is why we have all kinds of techniques for keeping our data private. There’s usual patterns, PIN numbers and passwords, but things have been getting a bit more complex. Just as the industry keeps making technology more powerful and convenient, they are also adopting more advanced ways of keeping your private data secure.

Avoid long checkout lines with the new Walmart Scan & Go app for Android

Long checkout lines in stores are one of the most annoying parts of shopping. Especially for people who are a bit impatient by nature. Retailers are trying different things to make the checkout process faster, but not all of them work as planned. Walmart is one of the retailers trying to fix this problem. The company has recently released its Scan & Go Android app that promises to speed up the shopping process.

Full HD who? 2560 x 1440 Quad HD LCDs for smartphones announced by LG Display

Will the LG G Pro 2 feature a 2560x1600 538 PPI 5.5 inch display? LG Display has announced a monster of a smartphone display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 and a pixel per inch (PPI) density of 538 on a 5.5-inch panel – a world’s first – which we could see in the future on Android devices. According to the press release, the Quad HD display is 1.21mm thin and has a 1.

Google Photos updated with new album tools and descriptions

You’ve probably had a chance to play around with the new Google Photos app by now, and Google has just added in some new tweaks and features to help us keep better track of all our pictures. The latest update brings Google Photos for Android up to version 1.2. Along with a selection of bug fixes and performance improvements, Google Photos now allows users to change the cover photo for their albums, and photos can now be added and removed from a particular album from the same screen.

Google Voice Access lets you control your smartphone entirely hands-free

Ever have one of those days when it was just too much to ask for you to have to use your fingers to work your smartphone? I mean, having all of mankind’s knowledge at our fingertips is nice and all, but must we really use our fingertips? Fortunately, Google has felt our pain. They’ve released an app called Voice Access that lets you cruise around on your phone entirely hands-free.

LG G2 to be the first phone with 3GB of RAM, followed by Note 3

The LG G2, the successor to the Optimus G2, shapes up to be one beast of a phone. The new Snapdragon 800 version of the Galaxy S4 stole a bit of its limelight by being the world’s first LTE-Advanced device, but LG will still have one “first” to boast about – the world’s first phone with 3GB of RAM. Competition is hot on the heels of the G2, according to the Korean publication Hankyung.

Make your app memory efficient, catch Android memory leaks

Regardless of whether you’re developing a free mobile app or a feature-packed piece of software that people will lay out some serious cash for, you should always pay careful attention to just how much memory your finished project is using. This becomes even more important when you’re developing for Android, as the memory available to your typical Android smartphone or tablet is significantly smaller than the memory available to other devices, such as desktops or laptops (disclaimer: understatement of the year!

Moto E5 Plus and E5 Play now available at T-Mobile starting at $150 (Update)

Update, July 29 at 12:03 p.m. ET: It’s official — the Moto E5 Plus and E5 Play are now available on T-Mobile. The beefier Moto E5 Plus, which comes with 32GB of built-in storage, can be yours for $225 outright or $9 down and $9 a month for 24 months. The Moto E5 Play comes with just 16GB of storage and is available for $150 outright or $6 down and $6 a month for 24 months.

Never lose another image, idea, or conversation with CloudApp

In 2018 business is done in the cloud. It’s not just for storage anymore, the biggest companies use the cloud for communications, transactions, and training. More specifically, they use CloudApp. If you’re just hearing the name. CloudApp is an all-inclusive platform for capturing, annotating, and sharing anything from screenshots and GIFs to screen video recordings. It’s a way of seamlessly communicating with your team and managing your business flow online. Honestly, the video above demonstrates how intuitive it is better than we ever could with words.

New leak suggests the Galaxy Note 20 will feature Google Nearby Sharing

TL;DR Unlike the S20, it doesn’t look the Note 20 Ultra features a 100x zoom. It appears Samsung has added support 21:9 video capture. It looks like the phone includes Google’s upcoming Nearby Sharing feature. We’re about two-and-a-half weeks out from Samsung announcing the Galaxy Note 20 on August 5, but the leaks continue to come. Following his earlier hands-on, YouTuber Jimmy is Promo has shared a new video detailing some of the Note 20 Ultra’s camera app settings and other features.