Ask Jason Toff whether his Apple Design Award winner is a game or an app, and his answer is yes. “There’s no one-sentence description for Rooms, and that can be a blessing,” laughs Toff, CEO and head designer of Things, Inc. “It’s not entirely a game, and it’s not entirely a tool. It’s more like…
Google Wallet, while not the most exciting app in Google’s portfolio, is one of the Google apps I use all the time. It’s my default digital wallet on every Android phone I use. All of my store rewards/membership cards are in it, and it’s fantastic for concert tickets and airplane boarding passes. Over the last…
Android already has an existing permission for calendar access. Google Calendar appears to be working on a new setting that would prevent the app from sharing its own info with other calendar apps. Calendar is also experimenting with a bolder font option. What’s the most sensitive data on your phone? Your email? Health info? We…
The Android 16 Beta 3 release has introduced a minimize button to the header bar of apps opened in Android’s desktop windowing mode. Desktop windowing is a freeform windowing mode that Google introduced for tablets with Android 15 QPR1. In addition, apps like YouTube can now enter picture-in-picture mode while in desktop windowing. Tablets can…
US Mobile markets its End Game Dark Star promotion as having unlimited data, and yet at least one user saw their service shut off after using 281GB over the course of the month. US Mobile previously ran into controversy over this plan when it retroactively changed its unlimited hotspot access to a tiered system. Despite…
The new CLA offers more to customers in every dimension: more space, more refinement, more comfort, more intelligence and more efficiency compared to its predecessor. It is the most intelligent Mercedes-Benz model to date – and the first in a completely new family of vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. Each new model will be available with both…