Android in 2023: most used versions, brands, and browsers
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Android in 2023: most used versions, brands, and browsers

Uptodown— the renowned mobile app download platform— has conducted a comprehensive study on the habits of its 132 million users worldwide. The data provides an overview of the most widely used mobile browsers, operating systems, and device models. The browser war has a winner Google Chrome celebrates a decade as the top browser on Android thanks to…

Google removes an Android screen recording app that was discovered using a remote access Trojan to spy on users.

Google removes an Android screen recording app that was discovered using a remote access Trojan to spy on users.

A malicious Android software that had been downloaded onto more than 50,000 devices was recently withdrawn from the Play Store by Google. The program was first released by the developer in 2021, and a year later it was infested with malicious code, said the security company that found the trojan. The program may also extract…

Instagram is Reportedly Working on Feature to Allow Users Reply to Stories With Voice Messages, Images

Instagram is Reportedly Working on Feature to Allow Users Reply to Stories With Voice Messages, Images

According to a feature tracker, Instagram is working on a feature that will allow users to respond to stories with voice messages and images. The social platform for image and video sharing recently added support for liking stories, which would send users a notification instead of a new message in their inbox. While the company…

BlackBerry OS Devices Will Stop Working Properly From January 4th

BlackBerry OS Devices Will Stop Working Properly From January 4th

BlackBerry has already bitten the dust in the smartphone market and lost its allure, as even its most ardent fans may now be using an iPhone or an Android device. However, because some people may be using BlackBerry phones, the Canadian company has reiterated that its devices will no longer be able to support legacy…

Twitter has finally implemented automatic captions for videos on mobile and web

Twitter has finally implemented automatic captions for videos on mobile and web

Automatic captions for videos are now available on Twitter. On Wednesday, December 15, the much-anticipated functionality began rolling out globally for iOS, Android, and the Web. Currently, 37 languages are supported by the auto-captions feature. Because translation is not yet available on Twitter, the captions will appear in the language of the device used to…

Google is Hit with a $177 Million Fine for Abusing Android Dominance

Google is Hit with a $177 Million Fine for Abusing Android Dominance

Written by  Furqan Shahid It seems like Google is having a hard time staying on its feet as the company has now been hit with another fine for alleged anti-competitive practices. This time in South Korea. According to the news outlet Korea Herald, the latest fine is  207.4 billion won (~$177 million). The company is being fined for…

Here’s why Xiaomi is getting rid of Mi branding for its upcoming products
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Here’s why Xiaomi is getting rid of Mi branding for its upcoming products

Here’s why Xiaomi is getting rid of Mi branding for its upcoming products Written by HARISH JONNALAGADDA For the last seven years, Xiaomi has released products in two distinct product lines: Mi and Redmi. The Mi-branded phones were reserved for the mid-tier and high-end categories, while Redmi devices accounted for the budget segment. This strategy…

Google has apparently been paying phone manufacturers not to install third-party app stores.
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Google has apparently been paying phone manufacturers not to install third-party app stores.

Google has apparently been paying phone manufacturers not to install third-party app stores. Written by Tyler Lee  Google’s Android operating system is seen as being more “open” compared to Apple’s iOS platform. Users can install apps from outside the Play Store, and if they wanted, they could even download and install third-party app stores like…

Lenovo Introduces New Smartphones Into Nigerian Market

Lenovo Introduces New Smartphones Into Nigerian Market

Lenovo introduced 3 new stylish Android based smartphones into the Nigerian smartphone market at their launch event on April 29, 2015. At the event the Lenovo Executive Director of Mobile Business Group, Middle East and Africa said that: “Nigeria is one of the fasted growing smartphones market globally. With about 30 per cent smartphone penetration,…