Those of us with older cars often feel envious of those with nifty connected cars, featuring OnStar and other similar services. We may not go and purchase new cars just to get those features, but Verizon has just announced a new product that could ease your dumb car pains. They call it the Hum. What exactly is this thing? Well, it’s actually a bundle with a couple products. The first component is a module that connects into your OBD (on-board diagnostics) port.

Over the past few years, people seem to have been voting with their wallets — big phones are here to stay. Unfortunately, companies are now spending fewer resources on making decent small phones. There just aren’t that many of them out there. I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently, mainly because Google’s upcoming Pixel 4a looks like the right size for me and I’ve been so far unimpressed with the Pixel 4 XL.

What is Best of Android?                 In Best of Android, we aim to answer the single most important question that we get asked every day: what's the best Android phone you can buy right now? Looking at 2016, here are the 10 phones we feel make up the best currently available on the market from each of these manufacturers Check out the rest of this year's edition and find out more here; Best of Android.

What is Civiballs? Civiballs is a puzzle game from Herocraft. In each level, there is at least one green ball and red ball. Your goal is to use the elements in the level to move the balls to their designated spots. There are also bonus diamonds in each level that you can grab if you work your way through the level in the appropriate fashion. Behind it all is a lighthearted story that involves time travel.

It’s November and for football (soccer to everyone in the U.S.) and gaming fans that can mean only one thing — the latest instalment in the Football Manager series is here! Football Manager 2019 Mobile is available for download from today on Android (and iOS) phones and tablets via the Google Play Store for $8.99. For the first time in the series’ history, the mobile version launches on the same day as the full fat PC/Mac release, as well as Football Manager 2019 Touch which is also compatible with high-end Android tablets (and iPads).

Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced several exclusive Android features heading to Samsung’s new devices. The Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8 series will bring additional quality-of-life improvements. New Google Duo and Messages functionality, baked-in Voice Access, and more are incoming. First off, these two lines are gaining a few new tricks relating to Google’s apps. Google Duo users can use a new collaboration feature in the form of live sharing.

I have long suspected that poodles are really up to no good, and now I have proof. Today Google researchers published news of a new dreaded poodle (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) attack, which can effectively circumvent SSL protections, the same protocol that Heartbleed targeted earlier this year. The bug isn’t nearly as serious or far-reaching as heartbleed, but still a threat nonetheless. What does this bug do exactly? Basically SSL protects data that’s in transit between a website and a user, and so this bug could make it possible for an attacker to replace data in transit and open the door to all sorts of attacks.

If you want to check out your Quick Settings in Android, you first need to pull down the notification shade. Doing so will show you your notifications (obviously) as well as the six top-most Quick Settings on your list. To see the full list, you swipe down a second time. This might change, though, in Android 11. According to some code tinkering conducted by XDA Developers, Google could be testing a shortcut to quickly access Quick Settings without needing that double swipe.

Update, October 28, 2020 (04:10 PM ET): According to Phil from Modern Dad, Google is now emailing Nest Secure owners with an update on the security system’s future. In the original article below, we discuss how Google previously confirmed Nest Secure had been discontinued. In a screenshot of the email, Google appears to say that it is still “committed to bringing you the same feature and software support you’ve always had with Nest Secure, including cross-product integrations within the Nest ecosystem.

By far one of the coolest features Google’s new Allo messenger brings to the table is the ability to chat in incognito mode. Allo’s incognito mode allows you to take advantage of expiring chats and private notifications. And since all your messages are end-to-end encrypted, they’ll only be seen by you and the person you’re talking to. Also, Google can’t read any of your messages, so you can’t use Smart Reply or Google Assistant.