Posts by John Brownlee

Google and Vizio might be teaming up on Chromecast. Photo: Spotify

Google and Vizio might be teaming up on Chromecast. Photo: Spotify

So far, Google hasn’t had much luck infiltrating the living room. Android TV was a huge bust, making the Chromecast Google’s biggest success when it comes to television so far.

It looks like Google’s planning on doubling-down on Chromecast. A new report suggests that the search giant is looking to bake the Chromecast’s streaming functionalities right into Vizio-brand HDTVs.

F.lux is coming soon to Android. Photo: F.lux

F.lux is coming soon to Android. Photo: F.lux

Apple may have killed the anti-eyestrain app F.lux on the iPhone, in favor of their own ‘Night Shift’ mode. But fans of F.lux on the Mac and PC will be happy to know it is now coming to Android.

Facebook Messenger's about to get ads.

Facebook Messenger’s about to get ads.

Rely on Facebook Messenger to keep in touch with friends and family? Still wondering why Facebook split it out into its separate app? To the first question, it’s about to get more annoying. And to the second? It’s because Facebook’s about to let companies start messaging you in Messenger.

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The ReFlex, a prototype flexible smartphone, might make you want to get the bends. Photo: Queens University

I’ve never really understood the appeal of flexible smartphones before I saw this video. Now it’s changed things forever to me. I want a Flexible iPhone! Or, better yet, an iPad! Because it’s going to open up whole new ways to interact with a device.

Google CEO Sundar Pinchai thinks Apple is doing the right thing on Encryption. Photo: Google

Google CEO Sundar Pinchai thinks Apple is doing the right thing on Encryption. Photo: Google

Google and Apple don’t always see eye-to-eye, but in the matter of encryption, they’re total allies.

Today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai today tweeted words of support to Apple in the aftermath of Tim Cook’s open letter, explaining why Apple was defying a federal order to provide backdoor access to a terrorism suspect’s iPhone 5c.

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