Even before Android 5.0 Lollipop became available to devices, Google was busy updating specific apps to reflect its new Material Design aesthetic. The makeover treatment continues as the company has unveiled the new, and better-than-ever Google Contacts, which not only showcases the Material Design look, but also comes back to life with new features. The new look is certainly MD in its design, with the floating action button on the bottom right of the display for good measure....

Google has been working to improve its Messaging app’s issue, like correctly displaying emoji reactions sent by iPhone users. So, Google introduces some new features for its messaging app, which we will see in the upcoming update. The beta already showed us some upcoming features that support iMessage reactions, powerful photo editing tools that let users blur pictures within the chat, a grammar correction tool, live transcription, and other features....

Google is sending out emails to some ‘loyal’ Nexus customers offering them a 20 percent discount towards the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The discount is valid until February 28, though Google is sending out emails to potential customers living in the United States. Surprisingly, Google has only sent out emails regarding the discount to only Nexus owners and not to original Pixel owners. Thanks to the discount, the Pixel 2 (64GB) is now available for $519, while the 128GB variant can be had for $599....

Google has finally made the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL official at its Made by Google event today. Among the most important Android smartphone launches of this year, there is plenty of hype surrounding the new Pixels. If you are already smitten by the new Pixel handsets and want to go through their official spec sheet for your drooling please, look below. The Pixel 2 comes with a slightly smaller display and battery capacity....

The Pixel 7 series only launched one month ago, and we already have the first possible Pixel 8 series’ leaked specifications. A new report from WinFuture – citing publicly available code sources – suggests Google is working on two devices, codenamed “Shibu” and “Husky.” Apparently, these two codenames could belong to the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, but the publication suggests taking it with a pinch of salt. The Mountain View-based organization traditionally gives Pixel phone animal codenames....

Google has some big plans for its Nexus Pixel smartphones this year. The company is abandoning its Nexus lineup in favor of a new Pixel branding. And just like OEMs, Google seems to be planning on customizing the OS to its liking. With the company all set to unveil its new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones on October 4th, the hype surrounding the devices is on the verge of reaching its peak....

Are you an existing Google Play Music subscriber and confused about the launch of the upcoming YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launch as to what it would mean for your existing subscription? Well, Google is grandfathering existing Google Play Music subscribers into YouTube Premium, and not just YouTube Music. This means that for the same price, you are now getting more value for money as apart from your existing Google Play Music subscription, you will also get access to YouTube Music, an ad-free YouTube experience, and access to YouTube’s original content....

It was in May of this same year when the tech giant Google’s Brain researchers announced the creation of this initiative, an automatic learning algorithm that learns to build other machine learning algorithms. The intention was to see what an artificial intelligence was capable of, creating another artificial intelligence without human intervention, with the ultimate aim of achieving greater deployment of these technologies. There are few humans capable of developing them, they are highly coveted and similar projects would help bring artificial intelligence to many other fields and companies, much more quickly....

Folks living in San Francisco are going to like the new Google Shopping Express service. The program offers same-day delivery service from stores like Target, Whole Foods and more. Customers can order from the web and, if they own an Android phone, they also can also place their orders directly from their device. It’s been in beta for a while, but it is now launching in the San Francisco Bay area....

We all saw just in one day GTA 6 become trending all over social media and video platforms due to some of the leaked footage of its early development. But it was distressing for the company. Rockstar Games Clarify About Hack & Future of GTA 6 Rockstar Games has been developing games for the last 24 years, and in its entire history, it has never faced a leak incident for any of its games like it faced yesterday....

The latest ransomware campaign is already created lots of havoc across the world. US, Europe, and India are the countries which have been heavily affected by the latest Ransomware campaign. Researchers are doing hard work to find a fix for Petya. The have also termed Petya as a wiper, which is much more worse than ransomware. Researcher Matt Suiche, founder of security firm Comae had examined Petya and found that Petya is actually a wiper which is deleting all the first sector of the disk....

Assuming it on every device, do you know how much the tech giant Google pays annually to the tech giant Apple to be the only default search engine on iOS? Although there are a large number of search engines, few are actually known and cover a large number of users. The tech giant Google will be the one that has a greater consensus, being recognized for the quality and reliability of its results....

The Hisense 55A71F is one of the three new televisions which marks the entry of the brand into the highly competitive Indian Smart TV market. As you’d expect, it has a lot of similarities with the Vu 55PM but some neat additions as well. How well does it fare? Let’s find out in our Hisense 55A71F TV review. Hisense 55A71F 4K Smart TV: Build & Design Hisense has done well to cut down the bezels on all four sides of the display....

Since the huge display is the highlight of Note 10, let’s begin with that. As stated, the front of the device houses a 6.95-inch display with a Full HD+ resolution and an aspect ratio of 18:9. The display itself is an AMOLED panel and also comes with support for HDR 10, which according to Honor, improves video watching experience by up to 20%. Speaking about media consumption, the Honor Note 10 also features dual stereo speakers with Dolby panoramic sound....

Most Android devices nowadays come with a hidden service menu that can be used to diagnose and test different aspects of the device to ensure they are working properly or not. Samsung’ Galaxy S8 is no exception here and comes with a hidden service menu as well. Considering the sheer number of hardware components and gadgetry the Galaxy S8 packs, using the service menu to check the various aspects of the phone before buying it, especially if there is no option of returning or getting a replacement unit if any issue is eventually detected in the phone....

The latest versions of Android allow you to turn off notifications for individual apps, but if you are using an older version, you don’t have such an option. However, on Android Nougat, you get a do not disturb mode that can block all notifications on your Android. Add the Do Not Disturb Toggle in the Volume Control in any Android So, if your phone is running on Android Nougat and you are looking for ways to eliminate all not-so-important notifications, you may find this guide quite helpful....

Chrome OS was announced by Google in July of 2009, they also announced Chromium in November which was the open source version of Chrome OS. Chrome/Chromium OS is based on Linux and it resembles Google’s popular web browser with the same name. Unlike Chromium OS which can be run on any hardware, Chrome only works with specific hardware partners of Google. Currently there are many Chromebooks which are being manufactured by various manufacturers and some of them are already available....

Current camera technology is mostly limited to software tweaking with not much emphasis given to the actual hardware, unless you’re Sony of course [Ed note: or Nokia and developing Windows Phone devices.] But according to imaging expert Symon Whitehorn, we could soon see optical zooming technology coming to smartphones, at least from HTC. Symon stated that this technology is certainly not far off and might potentially make its way to consumer devices in the next 12-18 months....

The latest info dump comes courtesy of SamMobile, who claims to have detailed information about the camera hardware software in the upcoming phablet. In short, it’s every bit the camera you’d expect Samsung to load into it’s latest flagship. You can expect to see a 16 megapixel Sony IMX240 sensor on the back, with optical image stabilization—the same camera sensor in the Korea-only A-A variant of the Galaxy S5. According to SamMobile, the software will support the following shooting modes effects: CTURE RESOTIONS...

Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 7, which will make its official debut later today, will go on sale in India on August 11. The device is expected to make its debut in the U.S. and Europe a little earlier, but India won’t have its usual month-long delay. “In India, Samsung’s flagships usually take a month to arrive after their official announcement,” notes SamMobile. “But consumers in the country won’t have to wait so long for the Note 7 as Samsung has confirmed the phablet will launch in India on August 11th....