Motorola today unveiled the second generation Moto 360, which it will be offering multiple sizes and variants. While the new Moto 360 looks largely like its predecessor, Motorola has tweaked the “classic and timeless design” further.
These kinds of app install ads are a bad search experience, says Google. Photo: Google
More and more these days, mobile websites will pop up a prompt to download an app associated with the site. This “app install interstitial” hides most of the actual web page and bugs users to essentially stop browsing the web and head to an app store and install an app. App install prompts suck.
“Our analysis shows that it is not a good search experience,” Google asserts in a new blog post, “and can be frustrating for users because they are expecting to see the content of the web page.”
As of Tuesday, web masters can use Google’s updated Mobile-Friendly Test page or Google’s mobile usability tools to find out if they have any offending pages.
LG’s new Nexus 5 looks good in white. Photo: Android Police
Our wait for Google’s new Nexus devices could be over this month.
Sources familiar with the search giant’s plans claim both the new Nexus 5 from LG and a second Nexus smartphone from Huawei will be unveiled at an event in San Francisco on September 29.
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Xperia Z5 Compact all in white. Photo: Sony
Alongside its new Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Premium, Sony today unveiled the Xperia Z5 Compact, which offers smartphone shoppers flagship specifications inside a smaller form factor.
The Xperia Z5 Compact packs almost everything you get in its bigger brothers but combines it with a significantly smaller 4.7-inch display that allows it to be much easier to handle.
