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New Emoji are Coming to Android…New Emoji are Coming to Android!

Kellen October 23, 2015 109

The emoji game on Android is weak. The folks over on iOS tell us often, though sometimes indirectly when they post cute little emoji-fied messages that we can't even see. Really, it's hard out here for an emoji enthusiast on Android. But fret not, Android...

Credit Cards Being Charged for Nexus 6P Orders, Should be Time for Shipment (Updated: Shipping Now!)

Kellen October 23, 2015 123

On October 15, Google began charging credit cards for pre-orders placed on one of their new phones, the Nexus 5X. Four days later, on October 19, Google announced that those early Nexus 5X orders were to begin shipping. And sure enough, they did. Last night,...

Chrome Beta 47 Adds Splash Screens, Auto Dismissing Notifications

Kellen October 22, 2015 8

Chrome Beta 47 arrived last night for all with a changelog posted to the Chromium blog not far behind it. The update introduces splash screens, better desktop notification management support, and a bunch of security fixes. Splash screens are a new feature that...

Swiftkey 6.0 Hits Public Beta, Adds Double-Word Prediction and Revamped Emoji Panel

Kellen October 22, 2015 36

Swiftkey is pushing a version 6.0 of its popular keyboard this morning to its public beta channel. The keyboard maker is calling it the "biggest launch of new features" since they made Swiftkey free to all last year. In the update, Swiftkey is introducing...

Nexus 5X Receiving Update Today to Build MDB08I

Kellen October 21, 2015 108

Nexus 5X devices that are arriving at the homes of Android fans today are receiving a small 42MB update almost immediately out of the box. The build is arriving as MDB08I, which is a build first seen as a factory image earlier in the week. Tough to know what'...

Fossil Announces the Q Founder, Its $275 Android Wear Watch

Kellen October 21, 2015 49

Without much noise, Fossil unveiled its Android Wear watch this morning. The watch is officially called the Q Founder and is a part of the Fossil Q line of wearable accessories, but we'll just refer to it as the Founder from here on out, to save everyone from...

Samsung Pay is Now Actually, Officially, Really, No Seriously, Available on Verizon

Kellen October 21, 2015 85

At the end of last week, owners of the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, and Galaxy Note 5 on Verizon began receiving an update that not only brought the latest round of Stagefright fixes, but also made each ready for Samsung Pay. Then on Monday, a...

This is How Blackberry “Secures the Android Platform” With the Priv

Kellen October 20, 2015 108

As Blackberry mentioned today in a blog post about securing Android, they have a "long and storied" history of being able to do so on mobile devices. They lay claim to things like being the first to secure email and other applications and deploy app...