The Android Marketplace (the Google Play Store) is a remarkable place to find the latest and greatest time killers around. Certainly, any mobile device user can tell you that the games and apps you find while perusing the Google Play Store will likely eat through your leisure hours as you try to best your score. […]
As the mobile technology market continues to expand—and along with it, our interconnectedness—our need for better security also continues to expand. Because of this, Google has chosen to release a new way of carrying out the two-step verification we have all come to expect—and somewhat dread—when attempting to log into a Google account. Fortunately, this […]
Just last month, Google launched the Android Pay program in the United Kingdom. This app, of course, is yet another digital payment system available to mobile users but designed to specifically for streamlined use on Android phones. Now perhaps the Brits are not quiet ready for such an offering or maybe Apply Pay beat Google […]
Retro video games are a big hit these days, but while it can certainly be a lot of fun to revisit the early days of the first major console wars, it is not quite the same to play these games using usb Windows controllers or smartphone touch screens. Well, that might soon be a thing […]
I don’t know about you but I often find that mobile devices are getting to be really expensive. Sure, all the new features are pretty cool but do you really need the latest and greatest bezel or screen innovation or resolution or processor? Well, if you use your phone a lot, on the go, maybe […]
In the United States, there are really only a few trusted mobile device brands, my frustration for which I will save for another day. But the good thing about the internet is that we can learn about all the other device makers on the market, reaching happy users through Asia and the United Kingdom. For […]
It was only a few years ago that the digital payments industry was dominated—and mostly limited—by PayPal. Owned by eBay, PayPal has long been the industry standard for secure online payments without using a credit or debit card. And while there really are no other systems like it online, alternative payments continue to grow as […]
Over the past decade or so Google has made major headway in the realm of artificial intelligence (no pun intended) and continues to press onward as a leader in machine learning. And, perhaps in an effort to take a firm lead in this industry, Google has opened a new AI research facility in Europe. This […]
In June of 2015, Google opened its Android Security Rewards program. The program offered what amounts to cash bounties to anyone who finds vulnerabilities and other bugs within Android and Nexus phones and tablets. This program is basically a specialized extension of Google’s much more broad Security Rewards Program that has been operating since 2010. […]