Every now and then Google raids its own store in order to get rid of its more undesirable elements. That is what happened this time, too: Google has removed many of its trash-apps, like ones that only offer advertisements, cryptocurrency miners, apps that copy-past content of others or the infamous ”Elsagate”-esque apps that imitates child-friendly content but actually contains disturbing images and/or pornography.Bitcoin mining apps were particulary hard hit – ALL of the cryptocurrency mining applications are now gone from Google Play. The main reason for such drastic ...

It took a while but here it is. Those of us who enjoy being test subjects, as well as have Google Pixel smartphones, can now download and use the Android P Beta version 4 operating system. All they have to do is go to and register on this website. More good news is that the beta will soon be available on other smartphones as well:– Essential Phone,– Nokia 6.1,– Nokia 7,– Nokia 7 Plus,– Nokia 8 Sirocco,– OnePlus 6,– Oppo R15 Pro,– Sony Xperia XZ2,– Vivo X21 UD,– Vivo X21,– Xiaomi Mi Mix ...

Lucerne, Switzerland. A church bell of the town’s small catholic church is being renovated, but the faithful still need their ol’ and trusty bell to let them know when it is noon. How did the church solve this issue? It asked the, of all people, art students of the nearby college for help, and the students kind of delivered. What was their solution? Why, to install a loudspeaker in the church’ tower and have it blast smartphone ringtones, of course. What did you expect? Ringtones played by the church include the iPhone’s highly recognizable Marimba tune, which is ...

And all it took Microsoft to implement this option was fifteen years. Truly, the OS giant of personal computers is a force to be reckoned with… The record feature is to be implemented until the end of July. It will inform the other side of the conversation of being recorded – it is unsure whether that side will have to agree to it or will they be presented with fait accompli. Recorded conversations will be kept in the cloud (where Microsoft employees will probably spend lovely hours listening in on us, because that is what evil corps do). These conversations will then be ...

This penalty is so far the largest in the history of Google. Its official goal is to punish Google for its supposedly monopolistic practices, such as forcing smartphone producers to install Chrome web browsers and/or set it as a default browser in return for receiving the Google Play Services certificate. Personally I think it sounds like UE punishing Google for being good, but what do I know.Google has already announced that it will make an appeal. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Air flight is statistically the safest form of transporation; this old mantra may be about to change, all thanks to the drone owners. One of them, a daring/murderous idiot equipped with, according to people in the know-how, Parrot Anafi model, has caught a video of an A380 passenger plane taking off from the Plaine Magnien airport on Mauritius, Indian Ocean. This would not be dangerous in itself if not for the fact that the drone was only 300 feet (91.5 meters) away from the plane – distance which, in air flight terms, is ridiculously short. I do not care to think what could happen if ...

Blobmoji, seria dygaj±cych-kiwaj±cych emotek zamkniêta przez Google przy premierze Androida Oreo, wraca. Blobmoji s± teraz dostêpne jako „naklejki” w Klawiaturze Google GBoard. Poza tym, jak twierdzi The Verge, pojawi± siê one tak¿e w nastêpnej aktualizacji Android Messages. Wróciæ ma wiêkszo¶æ z setki istniej±cych Blobmoji, pojawiæ siê ma te¿ kilka nowych.Najlejki dla GBoard powinny ju¿ byæ dostêpne do pobrania z menu aplikacji. Nie wiemy, kiedy wydana zostanie ww. aktualizacja dla Android ...

Blobmoji, a series of wobbly-bobbly emoji killed off by Google at the Android Oreo release, are coming back. Blobmoji are now available as sticker packs on the Google Keyboard GBoard. According to The Verge, they will also appear in the next Android Messages update. Most but not all of the original hundred Blobmoji are to make a return, alongside an unknown number of new ones.Gboard sticker pack should be available already; just download the add-on from the application’s menu. We do not know when will the Android Message update be ...

Cool, it has been a while since I wrote about Chinese knockoffs. Following an Apple-made (and stupid, or so I believe) trend of smartphones with notches, a Chinese company HOMTOM has decided to release its own iPhone X-lookalike.Specifications:– 5.85′ display, 18,9:9 ratio, HD+ resolution,– MediaTek MT6750T CPU, 1,5 GHz, eight cores,– Mali-T860 MP2 GPU,– 4 GB RAM and 64 GB flash memory, microSD up to 128GB,– dual 16 Mpix + 2 Mpix main camera, 8 Mpix selfie shooter,– facial recognition, fingerprint scanner,– Android 8.1 Oreo. We know nothing ...

Except they are not coming to our planet from Cybertron; instead they are being made by humans in Japan. Shunji Yamanaka from the University of Tokyo and Takayuki Furuta of the Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo) at Chiba Institute of Technology have just unveiled their latest creation; a three-wheeler autonomous assistant slash self-driving vehicle. CanguRo performs two main functions. In his ”robot mode” he can follow you around and be basically your porter, carrying stuff for you. If you feel like walking is out of style and want to ride, he can transform into a ...