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Home News Mobile Phones The latest Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro handsets (Image credit: Future / Alex Walker-Todd) We're still some way off from getting any real news about Android 14 from Google, but the tweaks and updates are still appearing for Android 13 – and one that's apparently in the pipeline will stop

Framesira/Shutterstock Android widgets are a unique functionality that allows for varied multitasking and improved productivity across all aspects of your typical smartphone usage. Android phones were once the undisputed king of widget use, since for a long time, iPhone users did not have this feature. However, with the rollout of iOS 16, widgets (dubbed "experiences")

Home News Computing (Image credit: Pixabay) The scam designed to intercept customer support calls and steal banking data using fake Android apps has returned, and it’s more effective than ever.Initially discovered almost a year ago, the malware known as FakeCalls has returned and researchers from cybersecurity firm Check Point (opens in new tab) have indicated

Although SMS remains the only way to be sure of reaching anyone with a mobile number, in any country, very few apps currently support it. That’s partly due to the age of the protocol, and partly to advancements by WhatsApp and other messaging apps.The latest Android app to drop SMS support is Signal (iOS apps

Home News Computing (Image credit: Microsoft) Microsoft hopes to make it even easier to find recently accessed files with its Microsoft 365 app for Android, and you don’t even have to have opened them from a Microsoft app for them to appear.The announcement (opens in new tab) comes from Sudheender Srinivasan, Microsoft 365 mobile app

Bildagentur Zoonar GmbH/Shutterstock By now, most people are used to the idea of tapping your phone to a payment terminal to complete a transaction. It feels like living in the future to pay for a pint of Ben & Jerry's with your phone. And in New York City, subway riders can now tap their phone

Home News Software (Image credit: Shutterstock / ImYanis) Making specific amendments to a PDF file on your Android device could soon be a lot more hands-on thanks to a new update.Google Drive has announced a new feature that will allow users to annotate or draw onto a PDF file when viewing a preview on their

They came up with the "Privacy Sandbox" name on opposite day — Rather than match iOS's tracking limits, Google built an additional tracking system. Ron Amadeo - Feb 14, 2023 10:29 pm UTC Apple blew up the advertising market in 2020 when it gave tracking an opt-in feature on iOS. Since then, Google—the world's biggest