Apple Pay will reach CVS and 7-Eleven retail locations later this year, said Apple CEO Tim Cook during the company’s earnings call with investors. The company didn’t say when Apple Pay will reach these retailers, but they are on deck. Apple noted that Apple Pay was responsible for more mobile payments than Square and PayPal […]
Facebook and Instagram today both introduced new tools meant to help people control their time spent on the two social networks. The new dashboard, which Facebook says it developed with mental health experts, lets people see how much time they’ve spent using either app with the average time for that particular app. People can set daily […]
Samsung has made new AR emoji stickers available to its Galaxy S9 and S9+ phones. Owners of these devices can download an AR pack that contains characters from Disney’s movie Frozen, including Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff. The S9/S9+ launched with access to several core Disney characters, including Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Donald Duck, and […]
OnePlus say its OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T phones will both be updated to Android P. The company had originally said updates for these phones, which are two years old, would stop with Android Oreo. They currently run Android 8.0. OnePlus says it will skip the Android 8.1 update and go straight to Android P. “After […]
Apple has made new betas of iOS 12 available to its developer community and public testers alike. iOS 12 developer beta 5 was released earlier this week and iOS 12 public beta 4 was released late yesterday. Apple didn’t spell out any specific changes in these builds. iOS 12 includes a number of new features, […]
Essential Products has announced said of the Essential Phone who are participating in the Android P beta can download the latest code. The news follows Google’s recent release of the near-final OS. In addition to Android P, the software update from Essential includes bug fixes and performance improvements. Details are available on Essential’s web site.
Google has released Android P beta version 4, what it calls the final preview of P before the operating system is fully released. Android P adds features for end users and developers alike. For example, it tackles notifications for messaging, adds image previews in notifications, and creates selectable auto-responses. A new API gives developers more power […]
All Facebook Groups around the globe can now share and watch videos together in real time. Facebook expanded the availability of Watch Party, which the social network has been testing since January, to everyone. With Watch Party, a group leader sets up a group video chat and adds videos for watching. Once others have joined the group, […]
Google has made YouTube VR is available on more platforms and devices. For example, owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S devices and the accompanying Samsung Gear VR headset can now download YouTube VR from the Oculus store and experience YouTube VR on their existing headset. A new “watch together” icon now appears in YouTube VR, allowing […]
Google announced its new Gmail design is generally available to everyone, following an early access program that launched in April. For the moment the new Gmail is still opt-in, but that is going to change over the next few months. Google says people and G Suite customers who don’t opt in within eight weeks […]