Podcasts are joining your music. Photo: Google
Google is finally embracing podcasts again on Android, three years after ditching its official Listen app. The company today announced that it is bringing podcasts to its Play Music app, and it will help you find new shows based on your mood.
Android Pay just one-upped Apple Pay with its Coca-Cola loyalty reward partnership. Photo: Coca-Cola
Android Pay, the newest kid on the block in mobile phone payments, has found a way to get people using their smartphones to pay for goods and services: loyalty reward systems.
Like similar retail, grocery and airline programs, Android Pay will soon include points for specific purchases to encourage us all to use our smartphones more and more to pay for the stuff we already buy.
Coke is the first program up, according to Google exec Sridhar Ramaswamy, with points to earn each time you use Android Pay to buy a Coke through any one of some 20,000 NFC-enabled Coca-Cola vending machines. You’ll get points that will let you get free Coke, Coca-Cola gets to know where and when people are buying its products and Google gets people to use Android Pay. It’s win-win-win.
The Nexus 6 just keeps getting cheaper. Photo: Google
If you’re not too excited about Google’s new Nexus smartphones, but you need pure Android, then check out this incredible deal on last year’s Nexus 6. Until supplies last, you can get a brand new 32GB model in midnight blue for just $289.99 on eBay.
Apple Watch is the coolest wearable yet, apparently. Photo: Apple
Apple Watch is by far the most successful smartwatch to date in terms of sales, so perhaps it’s no surprise that Apple has been voted the “coolest wearables brand” by smartphone users.
The Cupertino company not only beat technology rivals like Samsung and LG to the top of the list, but also high-end watchmakers and fashion brands like TAG Heuer, Rolex, and Ralph Lauren.
Nexus 6P should be shipping soon! Photo: Google
Google has begun charging customers’ credit cards for Nexus 6P pre-orders, indicating it will begin shipping its new handset very soon. The move comes after the Nexus 6P sold out on the Google Store for the U.S. on Wednesday.
