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Meizu has announced that they’ll hold a press event in Beijing on June 2nd, and we’ll be there to cover it live. The company has also released quite a few teasers regarding that event, and it seems like they’ll be launching several devices on said date. As far as handset launches go, the Meizu M1 Note...

There was a lot to digest in today’s Google I/O keynote but one small, interesting new behavior change of note going into Android M is a new text selection floating toolbar, as you can see in the GIF above. Whereas in the past primary actions of Cut, Copy, Paste, as well as other app-specific actions...

Advertisements In response to iOS Messages app crashing bug, Apple today has posted a support document detailing steps to temporarily fix the issue. The bug, which was discovered yesterday, crashes Messages app and in some instances reboots the device after a specific set of unicode string characters are received...

Chris Burns Google gives away their second virtual reality headset Cardboard at Google I/O 2015, the first to officially support Apple's iPhone. What you're going to see here is a simple piece of equipment, one made of cardboard (literally), glass,...

Chris Davies Android Pay is coming, and it's impressively streamlined compared to the overly-complicated and feature-bulging Google Wallet. Officially revealed alongside Android M at Google I/O today, the mobile payments system supports both NFC for...

Lindsey Caldwell Android developers need to make sure their apps work on a wide variety of mobile devices, while iOS developers only have to worry about iPhone and iPad variations. According to an Open Signal report, there were over 18,000 distinct...

Google has given a quick developer preview of its next smart phone OS, the Android M. After the introduction of Lollipop last year with an all new Material Design, the new Android M focuses on greater control and improved user experience. Some of the features aren’t new for Android smart phones but it...

The Nexus 7 Android 5.1.1 update has been rolling out for several weeks now and many owners of the Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 7 2013 have installed Google’s new update. The update brings bug fixes though it appears that it’s causing problems for some users. With that in mind, we take a look at these Nexus...

Today, Google unveiled the latest iteration to the Android platform, currently dubbed “M,” at its I/O 2015 developers’ conference. While it’s mostly an incremental update, meant to improve stability for users, there are some new features being brought to the table with M that make it stand out on its...

Earlier today, Google unveiled its highly anticipated Android M update. One of the highlight features of Android M is the support for standardized fingerprint recognition, which Google says developers will be able to take advantage of via new APIs in the operating system. Popular password...

Google has announced some important features for Maps at the ongoing I/O conference. The company is bringing offline turn by turn search and navigation to Google Maps. With offline mode, you will be able to get voice guided turn by turn navigation that will make it easy to reach your destination. In...

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about all the offline updates that Google Maps will receive soon. Then we talk about the new Google Cardboard, and how the protocol now supports even iPhones. Then we talk bout the new Google Now On Tap, which could be the coolest new feature of Android M. Google...

Facebook LinkedIn Android M First Look Hands-On Android M is still in its very early days; Google just released the first developer preview for use on test devices today. We flashed it onto a Nexus 5, and took a look around to see what was new. The OS is far from feature-complete...

The A-Z of YouTube: Celebrating 10 Years | #HappyBirthdayYouTube #HappyBirthdayYouTube Ten years ago in May, YouTube launched in beta. From the silly to the profound, from the personal to the political, we’re celebrating a decade of your creativity and...

At its developer conference I/O 2015, Google today unveiled Android M, the latest iteration to its mobile operating system. The update brings with it a handful of interesting features and other improvements. The full-fledged version of Android M will roll-out sometime later this year, but for those who...

Advertisements Pixelmator, the extremely popular Mac image editing and manipulation app has today come to the iPhone after initially making its iOS debut on the iPad back in October of last year. The new iPhone app is actually that same iPad app but converted into a universal app, meaning anyone who...

Google unwrapped Android M at its I/O developer conference Thursday, detailing a ton of new features designed to make the operating system more useful and secure. The presentation, which focused on app permissions, Android Pay, and developer tools, wrapped up with a giant letter “M” filled with all the...

Google today announced that it has worked with 20 advertising partners to bring its app install analytics in Google Analytics to iOS developers. To enable this functionality, Google worked with partners like inMobi and Millennial Media to set up an open tracking system that allows developers to track...

Google Play Games, Google’s cloud-based platform for game developers, got a number of updates at the company’s annual I/O developer conference today that should make the life of game developers a little bit easier. Play Games, which launched at I/O two years ago, will now offer developers a far easier...

At its I/O developer conference in San Francisco just a short while ago, Google announced details about its updates and improvements for 2015. They included new features for virtually all of its major products and services, but the one of most significance for us phone addicts was Android M. Unlike last...

Ready to further facture the Android market, Google today gave us the first glimpse at what to expect in the follow up to Lollipop -- Android M. We're not yet any the wiser about what the M might stand for (Marshmallow? Marzipan? Mars?) but we do know that Google is placing a focus on security improvements,...

Android M is out with plenty of new features and functionality and as promised, here are the Android M direct download links and steps to help you flash it on your Nexus devices. Android M direct download links: Here are the Android M Direct Download links that just went live for Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus...

Last year at I/O, Google introduced Cardboard, its low-cost 3D viewer for smartphones. Today it’s opening the next chapter in the Google Cardboard story, starting off with the announcement of a new viewer. Fan of phablets? The new Cardboard has your name on it, with support for phones with screens up...

Google today at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco announced a number of new features for developers who want to sell their apps in the Google Play Store. Developers who have a number of apps in the store can now customize their app catalog page that shows all of their apps in the Store, for...

Google introduced Android M at the Google I/O 2015 few hours back. Now it has released M Developer Preview for Nexus 5, 6, 9, and Player (for TV), as well as emulator, as it promised. Android M brings new app permissions model which streamlines the process for users to install and upgrade apps, App Links,...

At Google I/O, the tech giant’s annual developer conference, Google showed off the new features of its upcoming Android M operating system, a new email app called Inbox, and statistics that solidify Gmail’s dominance over email. Google I/O draws in thousands of Google enthusiasts, technology journalists,...

Advertisements With Google I/O 2015 now in full swing following the conclusion of the opening keynote, developers the world over are eager to get their first taste of the newly announced version of Android – Android M. The new update is still in its early pre-release stages, but developers need to...

While there isn't a ton of competition in the Android TV device space, NVIDIA has a clear leader in its Shield Android TV box. The quick take The Shield Android TV meets nearly every requirement when it comes to an all-in-one set top box for your entertainment center. You get 4K video support, surround...

Google’s Android M update will be available in developer preview mode starting with Thursday, but not all existing Nexus device owners will be able to install it. After unveiling the main features of the new operating system, Google revealed that Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player owners will...

→ May 28, 2015 Within its Shield line of products, Nvidia has a tradition of offering devices with incredible hardware but limited appeal—primarily due to being ahead of their time. While competitors focused on providing the...

Over the past few months, we’ve covered a number of details related to today’s launch of the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV device. It was back in March during GDC that we were first able to show you the Tegra X1 powered SHIELD Android TV (then refered to as the SHIELD Console). And it was earlier in the year...

Google has announced a whole bunch of features of the Android M Developer Preview, which we have detailed here. But what about devices? Well, they also announced that it will be available on the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9, and Nexus Player. They didn’t say when, but I would imagine that it will be soon...

We have now been running the Android M developer preview on a Nexus 6 and Nexus 5 for the better part of the last couple of hours and are now ready to share some of our findings. While there aren’t a lot of big, forward-facing UI changes, there are all sorts of little tweaks everywhere, some that we...

Google just got done with its I/O 2015 keynote, and among all the news it had to share, we learned of the coming availability of Android M. We’ll be discussing those new features and Android M changes in our upcoming Editorial Roundtable, starting at 4pm Eastern. Before we get to that, though, Google...