Apps on tap with no downloading? I’ll take it!
Downloading apps to your smartphone could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a software streaming service reportedly being developed by Google.
A new report claims the search giant wants to make apps available on-demand without the need to install them locally first — and Google has already acquired the company that could make it happen.
The battle over holiday destinations could be linked to your phone choice.
Would you rather have weekends away in Paris and Dubai or Bangkok and Koala Lumpur? According to U.K.-based hotel search tool Trivago, your answer may have a lot to do with whether you’re an iPhone or Android user.
Looking through its searches, as made from both iOS and Android devices, Trivago concludes that iPhone users opt for popular, pricier destinations averaging £113 ($180) per night, while Android users are more likely to seek out cheaper, offbeat destinations with an average price of just £92 ($146).
Photo: Pierre Cerveau
Ever imagined what it would be like if Sony, not Apple, had delivered the first truly modern smartphone? If the Walkman had never gone out of style, just evolved with the times?
Well, it’d probably look something like this.
Better try harder Samsung!
Another day, another Samsung PR error that tries to knock Apple but winds up just making the South Korean tech company look a bit foolish.
This time, Cleveland baseball player Trevor Bauer tweeted out a list of demands, similar to the joke ransom note Tim Cook showed off at the start of last week’s WWDC. As you would expect, the demands this time were for a variety of Samsung products instead of Apple devices.
The problem? The tweet was sent from an iPhone.
Follow him if you want to live. Or need the nearest McDonald’s.
The Terminator may have struggled to find John Connor, but he’ll know exactly where you’re going the next time you need directions behind the wheel.
To celebrate the launch of Terminator Genisys, Arnold Schwarzenegger has lent his voice to Google-owned navigation app Waze, so you can get voice-guided directions from the Terminator wherever you go. Just don’t let him talk you into murdering anyone.
