https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/24/18715202/microsoft-bill-gates-android-biggest-mistake-interview
Sometimes the big boys get it wrong, big time.
Category Archives: mobile
16 Google Maps for Android Tricks That’ll Change How You Navigate
Three big reasons why Americans aren’t upgrading their phones.
“Chinese phone brands like Huawei and Xiaomi have leading positions in most of the world’s markets now, but in the US they’re almost entirely absent.”
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/17/18629003/us-phone-upgrades-apple-samsung-market
US eases restrictions on China’s Huawei to keep networks operating
Huawei takes market share from Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy: Gartner
“Samsung and Apple are losing ground to Huawei because their phones are too expensive, research shows…”
Hacked Webcams: 5 Tip How to Protect Yourself from Spying
“…First thing’s first. If your webcam indicator light is on even though you haven’t turned on the webcam by yourself, it’s a sign that something might not be right…”
Coming soon…WhatsApp backups won’t count against Google Drive storage, so keep those memes forever.
Why does your business need a password manager?
Read on and see if your business falls into any of the loopholes identified.
The Fitbit Alibi: 21st century technology used to help solve Wisconsin mom’s murder
I saw this case on 48 hours, it seemed straight out of a CSI episode. A lot of smart devices we own track our movements. Sometimes we set them up to do this, other times we don’t even know they’re tracking us. These devices now end up helping law enforcement solve cases and to determine innocence or guilt.
In this case, a Fitbit device was used to exonerate one person and an Android phone using Google History was used to convict the real murderer. In a previous blog post last year, I posted a link to where a Fitbit was used to convict a man of his wife’s murder.
Retronyms: Words That Don’t Exist Anymore – Everything After Z by Dictionary.com
The modern smartphone has made at least half of those terms extinct.
