Google has made its monthly security patches available to select Android devices. October’s patches plug a handful of security holes that threaten Android devices. Google found several dozen vulnerabilities, most of which were classified as moderately dangerous. Some of problems are related to specific hardware and the associated software drivers that control them, such as components […]
Microsoft today announced changes to its music offering for Windows devices that will see it transition from its own Groove Music service to Spotify. According to Microsoft, the Groove Music media player application will continue to work for playing back owned music on Windows devices, but it will no longer offer the option to stream, […]
Apple has made available versions of its iOS 11 and macOS 10.13 kernels through GitHub. The kernels are both compatible with ARM-based mobile chips, but are far from complete operating systems. The kernel is the core source code for iOS and macOS, and doesn’t include the user interface or application framework, which means anyone interested in […]
Google has made its Family Link tool available to parents in the United States without an invitation. Family Link is a service that lets parents set up and monitor their children’s Android smartphones. Parents can use the app to create Google accounts for kids younger than age 13, which are linked to the parent’s Google […]
OnePlus recently made the OxygenOS 4.5 system update available to its 2016 OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones. The platform puts the 3/3T on feature parity with the newer OnePlus 5 flagship the company released in June. Some of the new features for the 3/3T include a gaming do not disturb mode, network speed status […]
Apple has changed its Siri voice assistant to use Google for web searches instead of Microsoft’s Bing. The change affects direct requests to search the web, as well as default results when Siri cannot return a more specific, intelligent answer or action. Apple says the switch is intended to make web search more consistent, as […]
Twitter executive Biz Stone today said the company is testing the limits of how many characters will work in a single tweet. “Originally, our constraint was 160 (limit of a text) minus username,” explained Stone. “For fairness, we chose 140. Now texts are unlimited. Also, we realize that 140 isn’t fair — there are differences between […]
Google has made it easier for businesses to configure and deploy Android handsets to employees with a new tool called zero-touch enrollment. Google says zero-touch lets companies configure purchased devices and ship them directly to employees completely preconfigured with corporate policies and controls all in place. Users need only sign in to gain access to their […]
Apple‘s new mobile operating system, iOS 11, introduces some counter-intuitive behaviors with respect to Control Center and the wireless radios. Tapping the WiFi or Bluetooth toggles in Control Center does not actually turn off these radios. “In iOS 11 and later, when you toggle the WiFi or Bluetooth buttons in Control Center, your device will immediately […]
Google has announced what it says are the first headphones optimized to work with Google Assistant. The Bose QC35 II wireless cans have a dedicated action button for interacting with Google Assistant. A quick press of the action button allows people to listen to incoming messages or check their calendar; access playlists, skip tracks, and listen […]
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