Browsing Tag: Mobile Smart Phones

 The Nintendo Switch is probably the best mobile gaming console ever created, but it’s still not great at going from playing on the go to big screen console experience when you’re not at home. A new dock accessory created by a company called YesOJO aims to change that, giving Switch the ability to project a screen of up to 150″ wherever you want to play. The ‘OJO’… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | This Nintendo Switch dock packs a built-in projector for big screen anywhere

 With the release of the new waterproof Oasis about a week out and the Kindle line’s 10th anniversary happening next month, it’s as good a time as any for the company to release an overhaul version of its reading app. Amazon releasing a new version of Kindle for iOS and Android today, featuring a redesign, much deeper Goodreads integration and persistent search. In spite of media… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Amazon revamps the Kindle app with a new design and deeper Goodreads integration

 Facebook has caused a 60-80 percent drop in referral traffic to news outlets in six countries due to a test that removed Page posts from the News Feed and relocated them to a separate, hard-to-find Explore Feed. But now Facebook’s VP of News Feed writes “We currently have no plans to roll this test out further.” Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Facebook downplays test banishing all Pages to buried Explore Feed

 In an update to Snapchat’s iOS app today, Snap began rolling out two important new features. You now can share links from other apps via the iOS share sheet, and rather than just turning live location sharing on or off permanently, you now can opt to hide in “Ghost Mode.” Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Snapchat dangles referral traffic with link sharing from other apps

 The Google Pixel 2 XL may have just launched this past week, but over the weekend reports began to surface that the device’s OLED screen was already exhibiting signs of burn-in, which left UI elements faintly evident after switching screens.
A Google spokesperson confirmed that the company was looking into the reports:
The Pixel 2 XL screen has been designed with an advanced POLED… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Google ‘actively investigating’ reports of OLED burn-in issues on Pixel 2 XL displays

 App downloads and revenue hit record levels in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new report out this morning from App Annie. Downloads across the two major app stores, Apple’s App Store and Google Play, reached nearly 26 billion worldwide – up 8 percent over the same time last year. That figure doesn’t include reinstalls or app updates, only new downloads. In other… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Global app revenue and downloads hit record levels in Q3

 Netflix today said it was raising a very large lump of debt for the typical laundry list of uses that you’ll find in a filing with the SEC — though, the timing comes as its content costs may hit as much as $8 billion next year. The announcement comes off a strong earnings report last week, where Netflix once again beat expectations for its subscriber growth. The company also said… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Netflix is raising .6B in debt as its content costs balloon

 While we are going to have to wait a little longer for Apple to launch payments in iMessage, this weekend, Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s VP of Apple Pay, announced a series of other milestones for the digital wallet and payments service that competes against the likes of Android Pay from Google (which today announced its own expansions), Samsung Pay, and others efforts from retailers and… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Apple Pay now in 20 markets, nabs 90% of all mobile contactless transactions where active

 Google announced today it’s launching a new way to pay on mobile devices, using any card you have on file – including those saved to your Google Account via products like Google Play, YouTube, Chrome, or Android Pay. This “pay with Google” option ties all these saved payment options together in a single interface, which app makers and retailers can then implement using… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | ‘Pay with Google’ goes live, allowing mobile users to pay with any card on file, not just those in Android Pay

 Essential has an offer that’s honestly very hard to refuse: The price of the Essential Phone (PH-1, going by technical model number), is now $200 cheaper, so $499 off-contract and unlocked. That’s an amazing price for their debut smartphone, which remains my favorite in terms of straight up industrial design (and it has one of the best color-tuned displays in devices right now in… Read More

Source: Tech Crunch Mobiles | Essential Phone gets a 0 price drop, existing customers get credit