The above information comes from one Dave2D, reasonably well known Tweetster and YouTube tech reviewer. Dave2D’s claim is somewhat backed by the fact that Essential Phone became available for pre-order in Canada merely a day after his announcement. According to Telus, the store that offers the PH-1 as a Canada-exlusive, device will cost CA$1050. Specific date of the phone’s release is unknown, but rumoured to be the second week of September. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Some believe it will be Oreo; others swear it will be Oatmeal. David Ruddock from Android Police may or may not know which name it will be called, but he does claim to know when will we know the name. According to Mr Ruddock, Android will hold some sort of event on August 21rd – day of solar eclipse, by the way – during which the company will reveal the mysterious new OS’ real name. It did not occur to me, but sun in eclipse looks a bit like an Oreo, does it not? Perhaps there is a subtle hint towards the system’s name in ...

Google Hangouts is down in multiple parts of the USA due to an unknown issue. If you attempt to send a message via a Hangout, all you will get is a ”Message not delivered” notice. As of now there is no word on the nature of the problem and when will it be solved. This kind of glitches usually does not take long, though, so be patient. I am sure that later today Hangouts will be fixed. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Renders have surfaced on the Russian Facebook-esque social network VKontakte (because rusky cannot play with everyone else and have to do everything their own way). Their Yota Phone 3 is quite an original project. Its main feature seems to be dual display setup; phone has both a regular front screen and a monochromatic one on the back cover. Why the secondary screen is not in colour, I do not know. Maybe to save power. The secondary display will reportedly be used for some applications, mainly communicators, as well as for reading e-books. What else is there?Specification:– 5 or ...

Do you know a company called Shenzhen Neo Electronic? It is a chinese tech manufacturer who produces, among other things, Internet cameras that can be installed in a varity of household items. Now imagine yourself buying their webcam and installing it in your child’s teddy bear, so you can keep an eye on her/him even when away from home. After some time you find out something disturbing on the Internet. You continue to dig into the topic… and eventually learn that your teddy bear camera was hacked so that some pervert can leer over your kid. Brr… Well, according to one ...

It did not work out with smartphones, so now FB is trying out a different device avenue. Word on the e-street is that FB is working on a video chat device nowadays. The thing is said to be the size of a laptop; its features include touchscreen and ”smart camera”. Everything else that we know is that it is in prototype phase and that it will not come out sooner than in 2018. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Oren Peli, writer and director of the infamous ”Paranormal Activity”, works on an app that will allow its users to find, create and join events in their neighbourhood. Application is called Spot. Surprised? Do not be. Before venturing into the creepy movies industry, Mr. Peli worked as a computer software programmer (according to WikiPedia, he was one of the developers of Photon Paint, a graphic program for Amiga), so you can see him making an app less as a weird curio and more like the man going back to his roots.Well, that is all dandy, but by now you probably want to learn ...

Device’s specs have not yet been revealed, but it is believed that it will share more or less of its specification with its predecessor (same Android 7.0 OS, same dual rear camera setting), BL5000, while improving on some. BL7000’s improvements are said to include a huge 7060mAh battery (compared to BL5000’s already very impressive 5050mAh – I think I see the pattern in their names) and a leather battery cover.Sadly, we do not know BL7000’s price nor date of release, though the latter is said to take place ”in ...

”Smartphone zombies”, they are called – people who walk the streets with their heads bent down to their smartphone screens, unaware of their environment. They are prone to walking into other people or objects on their way, sometimes saying ”Excuse me” before going back to whatever their smartphone’s screens offer them at the moment. These zombies are more and more often the cause of traffic accidents, especially when they walk the crosswalk without looking around – after all, why waste valuable time when they can instead gawk at their 5.5′ ...

Hurray! Or not, if you like it. I am the one writing this article, though, and I utterly hated Instant Search, so deal with it. Again, hurray!Introduced to Google in 2010, Instant Search is a feature that you all know, even if not by name. You know how, when typing something into a Google Search Engine, suggestions used to appear under the text window, changing depending on what you type further on? That was the Instant Search. Spearheaded by Marissa Mayer, vice president of search and user experience back in the day, Instant Search’s point was to save the user’s time by ...