‘s newest software will hit ‘s flagship G3 phone in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to a post Monday on Germany’s Facebook page. The post also says the G2 will get the update afterwards, though the company did not specify when. That’s the extent of the details, adding to what we already know about when llipop will roll out to the rest of the Android ecosystem. The G3 is a solid phone, it will need llipop to compete with the Moto X, Galaxy Note 4, Nexus 6....

The photos from GSM Arena show a metal-framed device that matches the design scheme of the Note line, with a leather-styled back holster for the S n stylus. It also has what could be a heart rate monitor next to the camera lens on the back. A heart rate monitor also appears on the Galaxy S5, which interacts with Samsung’s S Health app. The Note 4 will likely again sport a 5....

The Galaxy Tab S2 is one of the best Android tablets, though it’s only an incremental improvement over its predecessor. It offers solid performance, a stunning display, comes in two very thin, very comfortable-to-hold sizes. As far as premium Android tablets go, Samsung still reigns supreme. ght as a feather I was in love with last year’s 8.4-inch Galaxy Tab S. It was a stylish tablet , with its snap-on folio case, it quickly became my daily gadget companion....

Google’s original Pixel might not have sold like hot cakes but the company has not been deterred by its failure and is already working on its successor, the Pixel 2. Now, thanks to a listing on GFXBench, the alleged specs of the Pixel 2 have been revealed. The listing suggests that the Pixel 2 will come with a 5.6-inch display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. This approach is similar to what LG and Samsung have taken with their flagship handsets this year....

Stuart Templeton said many organizations were still struggling to figure out what role the office should play within new, hybrid work environments now that knowledge workers were spending more time working remotely. Templeton made the comments after a survey of 1,000 UK knowledge workers by Slack found that many are going into the office and spending up to four hours on video calls. Slack said employers risked turning their offices into “productivity killers” if they couldn’t figure out how to make in-person working more meaningful....

These are changes that the European Union is obliging as a result of the investigations and fines it has imposed on the tech giant Google. Hence, as a result, the tech giant Google has now announced that in Europe, Android manufacturers will start paying the tech giant Google for the use of their applications. This is a radical change from the tech giant Google, but it is following the last fine that the tech giant Google was targeting in Europe....

Google’s got serious about its smartphones ambitions last year with its Pixel lineup. Despite being manufactured by HTC, the phone had no HTC-branding and was completely marketed by Google. Now, Google seems to be getting very serious about its smartphones ambitions as it has hired veteran chip architect Manu Gulati as the Lead SOC Architect. He had previously worked for over 15 years at AMD and Broadcom which gives him plenty of experience in chip designing....

Today, the tech giant Google announced a new algorithm that reduces the size of JPEG images by 35% guaranteeing the best quality of them. In 2014 the tech giant Google presented the WebP format that can reduce the size of the images by 10%. For some years the company has been developing a new algorithm called Guetzli that can reduce the size of JPEG images by 35%. According to the tech giant Google itself, this new method is similar to the Zopfli algorithm that actually is used to reduce the size of PNG files....

Google was busy with updates on Wednesday, January 14, and that trend continued on with an update to Google Maps as well. The update officially went live in the evening of January 14, and as of the time of this writing the official landing page within the Google Play store reflects the update — which was originally discovered by Android Police. Along with the update, Google added a few key features that should make users plenty happy....

Google Pay has slowly evolved into a preferred payment method in many countries. Now Google Pay has added a new feature that would allow US users to send money to GPay users in India and Singapore directly. This marks Google’s debut in the remittance market. Google has partnered with Western Union and Wise. In other words, Google Pay’s international payment is powered by Western Union and Wise. This is also the first time Western Union or Wise has partnered with another company for cross border transactions....

Google has put a big focus on photos, understanding that for a lot of people around the globe, it’s the perfect way to preserve memories. As such, Google Photos, even in its short time on the market, has become one of the go-to storage options for users. And now it’s getting a little better. Google has announced that it is rolling out an Auto White Balance feature into the app, for Android and the web first, and iOS users getting it later....

Street View can be especially handy when you are looking at real estate. The timeline feature shows you what a home or commercial building looked like last month or many years ago. Tap or click here for this trick, along with 9 more ways to use Street View you never thought of before. Now for the bad news. Big Tech loves to track us and they have geolocation capabilities built into their respective websites and apps....

Who knows if there will be more surprises, but what is certain is that the two smartphones Pixel 2 will be able to show us Google that we did not know previously because the enormous number of leaks we have been seeing is becoming increasingly serious and important. With the streaming of the event ready and practically all the cards on the table, we can summarize what we already know about the two second-generation Google Pixel smartphone, which will be manufactured by HTC and LG respectively if everything is met as it has been transcending....

If English is not your first language, or if you’re a native English speaker who is constantly trying to improve your vocabulary, chances are you use a dictionary and/or thesaurus on a daily basis. The first thing I do after installing Chrome on a new computer is to load Google’s Dictionary Extension so that any word I double-click gets instantly defined. But enough about that, today’s news has to do with Google’s search box....

The D-Day is here! Apple is almost sure to launch the next generation iPad (iPad 3?) at a special media event today at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The event will kickstart at 10am in the morning with a keynote by the Apple CEO, Tim Cook. As always the invites for the special media event was sent out to a select few journalists and bloggers who are expected to live blog from the event....

Collin Mulliner, a security researcher disclosed the vulnerability in his blog this week after reports to several companies were met with very little enthusiasm. Actually, the flaw exists in an iOS component called WebView. With WebView, Developers can display web-based content within their own apps using Apple’s default Safari Browser. Colling Mulliner also shared demonstration video of the flaw being exploited in which he showed that iOS apps like Twitter and Linkedin are vulnerable to attacks....

First, let’s clear up any confusion. Maybe you’re thinking, “Don’t I want my security cameras to be obvious, so people know I’ll catch them?” Although cameras can deter burglars, researchers say they’re also signs of wealth. In other words, a criminal might look at a security camera on your property and think this is a perfect home to rob. You have enough money to buy cameras. Tap or click here for simple ways to protect your home from burglars....

Google is fully aware of this, and now it has decided to end it. Android has already launched a new security system for all users that will help them end the arrival of spam on any Android device. This new functionality will prevent these unwanted messages from entering our Android devices. In this way, little by little, users are getting a new protection system that is implemented directly in the well-known Messages apps for Android....

If you are using the Google Chrome web browser, you might know that the web browser also blocks downloading from malicious websites. The same thing goes for the Microsoft Edge browser as well. The thing is that modern web browser blocks websites based on what it thinks to be unsafe. That doesn’t mean that every website it blocks is unsafe to visit or downloading stuff. If you think that the website you are about to visit is safe but forcibly blocked by the web browser, you need to set up trusted sites in Windows 10....

Considering the fact that it’s the 21st century and you more than likely haven’t been living in a cave for the past few years, you’ve more than likely stockpiled and amassed a huge variety of digital media that stays stuck on your desktop PC. But at one point or another you wish it was just a little easier to get the files that are stuck on that computer over to your wife’s laptop or your son’s gaming machine....