Samsung and Microsoft have extended their partnership to bridge the gap between Android and Windows, enabling them to rival Apple’s functionalities. The strengthened partnership, announced at Samsung’s Unpacked 2019 event, was unveiled alongside the Galaxy Note10. Straight out the box, users will be able to use Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ app to sync text messages between […]
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, will launch its successful Look&Book image search app feature across Android devices. The launch follows the app feature release on iOS in October 2018 which has seen over 28,000 photos matched to destinations to date. With so many travellers now getting their travel inspiration from their Instagram feeds, easyJet wanted to make […]
Facebook and Google are still top dogs in returning value for advertisers. But other ad networks are challenging for the lead in a unique index based on advertiser ROI from Singular, the leader in marketing intelligence that optimises over $10B in annual ad spend. By deeply combining marketing campaign data with attribution results, Singular is able to identify […]
Flutter Live announced Flutter 1.0, the first stable release of Google’s UI toolkit for creating beautiful, native experiences for iOS and Android from a single codebase. Flutter is not meant to replace the traditional Apple and Android app models for building mobile apps. Instead, it’s an app engine meant for embedding into an existing […]
Google’s latest app gives Android users the ability to control every aspect of their device in a purely hands-free manner using just their voice. Designed to help individuals with health issues such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis or spinal cord injuries – and those that have their hands full – Voice Access gives […]
Android’s new #IMakeApps campaign celebrates the hard work, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of app and game makers around the world. This social campaign by London based creative agency Gramafilm, shines the spotlight on the exceptional community of people who make up the Android developer ecosystem. #IMakeApps shares the stories, dreams and passions of the individuals behind the […]
Google is muscling in on the podcast market with the launch of its own Android podcast app, Google Podcasts. After a false start with a standalone service, “podcatcher” for Android, which was axed in 2012, users have had to access podcasts either through Google Play Music or third-party apps. Now, Google has boldly predicted that with the release of […]
Not only is Lyft gaining on its bigger rival Uber, that growth is driven by young people, according to new data. Nearly 78 percent of people who downloaded Lyft in the last six months are under 34 years old, according to SimilarWeb data that looks at app installs from Google Play. In comparison, 66 percent […]
Steam is bringing mobile game streaming to Android and iOS with a new Steam Link app which will let gamers stream games off their Mac or PC over the internet to their smartphones. The app is scheduled to launch at the end of the month during the week of May 21st, with Android support initially […]
Google kicked off its annual I/O developer conference with a barrage of announcements that show how artificial intelligence (AI) will give its next Android mobile operating system the ability to learn how people use their phones to make calls, schedule their day, listen to music, book tickets and read news. Android P will have augmented […]