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Facebook’s Messenger app for kids now on Android

by Staff on Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Just before the end of last year, the world’s most widely used social media platform had debuted its Messenger mobile app for kids, but only made it available for owners of Apple devices. The following month, Facebook would later on launch Messenger Kids on Amazon Fire tablets.

Appears in: Mobile

ARM introduces two new AI processors

by Staff on Tuesday, February 13, 2018

It is fair to say that ARM’s brand is not as recognizable as that of other chip maker giants like Qualcomm or Intel, at least for the average consumer. But the way the company designs its chips is integrated in practically every central processing unit (CPU) present in today’s mobile devices (smartphones and tablets), cameras, and even Internet of Things (IoT) ready gadgets.

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Report: Facebook’s popularity among teens decreasing

by Staff on Monday, February 12, 2018

According to projections made by eMarketer, it appears that the world’s most popular social media platform is becoming less and less popular among teenage users.

Appears in: Mobile

Alexa now lets users create and edit playlists

by Staff on Friday, February 09, 2018

Here is some good news for Alexa users who are also music fans -- Amazon’s digital assistant now allows people to create and even modify music playlists. Users are now granted the ability to either fashion a completely new playlist (even from just one track) and then expand existing playlists by adding new songs.

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Scribd launches new unlimited plan

by Staff on Thursday, February 08, 2018

Scribd has recently revealed that it is planning to resurrect (of sorts) an unlimited plan that gives its subscribers unrestricted access to e-books, audio books, news sources, m

Appears in: Internet, Mobile

Android Nougat now the most widely used Android version

by Staff on Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Just a little more than 17 months after it was officially rolled out (back in the summer of 2016), Android Nougat has now become the most popular version of Google’s Android mobile operating system, surpassing Android Marshmallow in the process.

Appears in: android, Mobile

Tech insider coalition and advocacy group launch new campaign to protect kids from too much tech

by Staff on Tuesday, February 06, 2018

The Center for Humane Technology has decided to join forces with Common Sense in order to introduce a new campaign called Truth About Tech.

Appears in: Internet, Mobile, Wireless

NIH study: Still no definite evidence smartphone radiation can harm people

by Staff on Monday, February 05, 2018

The United States National Institute of Health (NIH) has this special division called the National Toxicology Program, and just recently, its research team has released the results of its most recent studies on whether radiation levels from mobile devices are enough to actually pose a health r

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless

Google’s YouTube Go to expand to more than 130 countries

by Staff on Friday, February 02, 2018

As indicated in a blog post published earlier this week, Google is looking to further expand YouTube Go, the data light version of its YouTube service, to over 130 mobile markets across the globe.

Appears in: android, Internet, internet access, Mobile

WhatsApp Now Has Reached 1.5 Billion Monthly Users

by Staff on Thursday, February 01, 2018

As part of his company’s fourth quarter earnings call held recently this week, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive officer of Facebook, also took the opportunity to reveal that WhatsApp now has reached 1.5 billion users on a monthly basis, with a face melting 60 billion messages sent every day.

Appears in: Internet, Mobile, text message, text messaging

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