In the image above you’ll see quite a few app icons on the Google Play Store. The Starbucks one is a circle, PUBG Mobile is a square, and the Lyft icon is a squircle — albeit a different squircle shape as compared to the Loffee app.
Google wants to do away with this disparity between icon shapes on the Google Play Store. In a new post on the Android Developers Blog, Google lays out the new rules for developers when it comes to their app and game icons — and it’s going to be all squircle all the time.
The Mobvoi TicWatch Pro is already one of the best Wear OS smartwatches you can buy. However, it’s outshined by a few competitors, most notably the Fossil Gen 5 smartwatch. One of the biggest reasons for this is the Fossil watch has twice the RAM over the TicWatch Pro.
Not so anymore! Mobvoi is giving the Pro a slight makeover this year. The new variant — appropriately referred to as the Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 2020 — will double the RAM and up the durability of the 2018 version.
Do you have very big fingers? Many users have problems typing on their mobile phones because they have big fingers, which in turn causes inaccurate typing because the letters on the onscreen keyboard are so small.
Because of this, many users have a hard time in composing messages and consume a significant amount of time just to type several words. To solve this problem there is now a new type of onscreen keyboard called MessagEase Keyboard which is developed to optimize the number of words that a person can type.
Users of the Samsung Link content sharing app got some unexpected, and rather shocking, news this week. Samsung sent out messages to those users informing them the app has been shut down. In fact, Samsung Link was closed earlier this week, on November 1, with no prior warning.
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SamMobile reported that the notifications were sent out to smartphone users this week, and the official Samsung Link website also has been replaced with a bare bones page revealing the close of the service.
The perfect gaming battle station is constantly growing and changing, but a solid PC is what lies at its heart. Of course, it’s also one of the easiest ways to blow stacks of cash if you’re not careful. If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your rig but you can’t afford to break the bank, it might be time to turn to some more affordable alternatives. With that in mind, here are the best cheap gaming PCs you can buy right now.
Yesterday, Cloudflare released its highly anticipated Warp VPN to the public after months of setbacks. It first announced Warp in April, and it allowed people to sign up for early access before the full release planned in July.
Before today, there were about two million people on the waitlist to try Warp. The demand for the service was higher than Cloudflare expected, and developing the VPN was harder than it initially thought, pushing its release back a couple of months.
Images from the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus aren’t bad. When we reviewed the phone, we found that it was overly-aggressive with HDR processing. While HDR helps you see more details in your images, a badly implemented HDR algorithm can actually make image quality drop. Samsung’s algorithm does a great job of raising shadows and showing you more details hidden in your image, but it also has a habit of smoothing photos far too much.
There are always naysayers when it comes to new technology, but the sheer amount of disinformation associated with the rollout of 5G is really something else. This is nothing new, of course. Scare stories about radiation, smartphones, and your health have been scratching at the edges of the industry for decades. 5G, however, has presented an opportunity for these deluded or mischievous agents to prey on consumer ignorance. Stoking familiar unfounded fears that their new 5G smartphone will be the death of them.
The OnePlus Nord is now out of the gate and it seems to be a solid mid-range phone for the price. Between the 5G connectivity, 90Hz OLED screen, and dual selfie cameras, there’s a lot to like here for just €399 (or £379 in the UK).
What if you don’t fancy the total package though and want to know what else is out there? Or are you still reeling that the phone won’t be coming to the US?
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Xiaomi has confirmed the global launch date for the Redmi Note 11 series. The phone line will debut on January 26, but it’s unclear if all three models will be made available. After making its Chinese debut in October 2021, Xiaomi has now confirmed the Redmi Note 11 series is launching globally before the end of the month. Per the Twitter teaser, the devices will launch on January 26 at 7:00 AM ET.