According to a report by Condé Nast Traveler, you are more likely to be killed by taking a selfie than from an encounter with a Great White Shark. A Wikipedia page is devoted to those who paid the ultimate price for merely shooting a self-portrait, using the front-facing camera on…
Cyanogen now supports more mid-range Android models
Cyanogen says on the company’s blog that it has started supporting more mid-range Android handsets, such as the second-generation Motorola Moto E and third-generation Motorola Moto G. Both models will now support Cyanogen Mod 12. And for the first time since Cyanogen Mod 7, Huawei models such as the Huawei…
AC editors’ apps of the week: Voxer, Huedini, Untappd and more
Our weekly app picks It’s Appday Sunday and that means we’re back with more of our favorites to share. Every week we bring a handful of great apps to the table and share them with everyone. Sometimes they are new apps, sometimes old standards, but every time they are apps…
Xiaomi’s co-founders reveal more information about the Xiaomi Mi 4c
Executives from both Meizu and Xiaomi have been using their Weibo pages to push out information about their upcoming handsets. While the former has been promoting the Meizu Pro 5, Xiaomi has been revealing information about the Xiaomi Mi 4c. Today, Xiami co-founder and president Li Nan, and Chairman and…
Apple Watch to launch in three more countries on September 25th
Amid speculation that the Apple Watch will be available from U.S. carriers Sprint and T-Mobile starting on September 25th, Apple has announced that its smartwatch will launch in three more markets starting on that same date. Ireland, Austria and Denmark are the three countries expected to soon launch Apple’s smartwatch….
Apple’s iPhone upgrade plan helps the company rake in more money per phone
During last week’s new products announcement, Apple introduced a new plan that would allow someone to pay $32 a month for the Apple iPhone 6s, and exchange it for the newest version of the phone every 12 months. The key to the plan is that the customers signing up for…
Tim Cook talks removing stock apps, Siri privacy and more
Apparently, Tim Cook likes to drop in on Apple Stores unannounced while traveling, and during one of those trips he gave an interview to talk about new Apple products like the iPad Pro, features like the always-listening Siri, and older user inconveniences in iOS. One of those minor annoyances that…
Update to Motorola Connect app brings more watch faces for the Moto 360, a new UI and more
Motorola Connect is the app available from the Google Play Store, that is used to customize accessories for Motorola devices. These accessories would include the Moto Pulse wireless headset and the Moto Surround wireless earbuds to name a couple. Also included with the app are a number of new watch…
Benchmark battle: MediaTek’s Helio X20 vs. Helio X10 vs. Exynos 7420 vs. Snapdragon 810 and more
The MediaTek Helio X20, with its deca-core CPU and Mali-T880 MP4 GPU, recently was spotted powering up the HTC One A9 on GeekBench. Not surprisingly, the chipset scored very high. With that performance in mind, today we have a series of comparisons showing the MediaTek Helio X20 taking on the…
Software update brings video calling, Samsung Pay and more to T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge
Earlier this month, T-Mobile announced that it had enabled video calling for the Samsung Galaxy Note5 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+. At the time, the uncarrier said that it would soon send a software update that would allow the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge to also…