Talk of a Chrome OS and Android merger reached a fever pitch yesterday when the Wall Street Journal reported that Google planned to make this happen. The reasoning behind it would be simple — ever since the conception of the two operating systems, Android has always had the upper hand over Chrome OS, and the … Read more
Let us take a quick moment of silence for the bad news that I’m about to provide you today regarding the Nexus 6P. iFixit has reported that the Huawei Nexus 6P isn’t easy to repair by giving the newest Nexus device a two out of 10 for being repaired with one being the worst and … Read more
Over the years, there have been whispers — talk even — of Google combining Chrome OS and Android ever since both came into existence. As both grew in maturity, the search giant has been making strides in bringing each more in line with the other. Coupled with Chrome’s lead Sundar Pichai moving to become the head of Android, and … Read more
Google’s YouTube recently introduced YouTube Gaming with mobile capture, so it’d be a bit of a surprise to see Google bring Google Play Games recording to Android devices as well — but that’s exactly what just happened. The company has announced on the Android Official Blog that starting today, it’s launching a new feature on the Google Play … Read more
Google’s YouTube recently introduced YouTube Gaming with mobile capture, so it’d be a bit of a surprise to see Google bring Google Play Games recording to Android devices as well — but that’s exactly what just happened. The company has announced on the Android Official Blog that starting today, it’s launching a new feature on the Google Play … Read more
It hasn’t been that long since Niantic Labs, creator of the popular augmented reality game Ingress, split off from the Google umbrella and went on their own. After announcing Pokémon Go last month and receiving a round of funding from Google and Nintendo, it appears that in app purchases (IAP) are coming to Ingress. We first noticed on the … Read more
It hasn’t been that long since Niantic Labs, creator of the popular augmented reality game Ingress, split off from the Google umbrella and went on their own. After announcing Pokémon Go last month and receiving a round of funding from Google and Nintendo, it appears that in app purchases (IAP) are coming to Ingress. We first noticed on the … Read more
It should come as no surprise, but Google’s Nexus 7 tablet series was one of its more popular ones. With decent specs and a low price point, the tablet — especially the 2013 model — sold quite well. Many hoped to see a 2014 or 2015 variant of the 7-inch tablet but none came, with … Read more
Without a doubt the Internet as we know it may not have come out as it is had there never been advertising revenue to help pay for it. But somewhere along the way the train has gone off the rails and advertisements online have become more and more obtrusive and they hurt the user experience. … Read more
The long awaited YouTube app that has zero ads in it will soon come to your devices. YouTube Red will be out on October 28th, seven more days if you can hold out. UPDATE (10/22/2015): We forgot to mention yesterday that if you have a All Access subscription, YouTube Red will be included in your subscription. … Read more
Have you ever wanted to get opinions from your Twitter followers? Well now you will be able to do just that as Twitter Polls will start rolling out to users over the next few days. Twitter made the announcement today via its blog and the feature will be available on Android, iOS and desktop clients. … Read more
Google is removing two features from the desktop version of its popular web browser Chrome. The first feature has been removed with the recent release of Chrome 46, while the second will be removed with the upcoming release of Chrome 47. The ability to say “OK Google,” which has been a browser feature since May … Read more
Posted on October 15, 2015 by Ben Taylor The average American makes $50,000 to $70,000 per year. The lowest-compensated person on this list — a breakdown of America’s 25 highest-compensated executives — made $44.3 million in 2014. To put that in context, the typical American would have to work 738 years straight to match the … Read more
Reports are coming out of China that the Apple News app has become unusable and that Apple is willingly blocking access to the service. China’s government is well known for its strict policy against news it deems unfit entering the country and if you want to do business in China you have to play ball. … Read more
If you’re like me, your excitement about Amazon’s $50 Fire Tablet lasted right up to the point it became clear that your app and general content will be limited to Amazon’s Store offerings. That is not to say that Amazon doesn’t offer some quality choices but it still lacks some core apps and services, including … Read more
Totally serious. And I totally had to say the song to make sure I got it right, don’t judge. Now you’re asking, why would Google want that website domain? Perhaps the purchase is to ensure some Joe Schmoe does not pick up the domain for, oh say, $12 and get access to one of the largest … Read more
Let’s face it, you don’t like ads… and we don’t like ads either, but they are part of what allows us to pay the upkeep it takes to operate our sites. That being said, Techaeris and our sister site MOARGeek are not your average run of the mill websites, we’re special in one particular way. … Read more
Even though Google’s Lunar XPRIZE competition has been going on for nearly a decade, we’ve just now found the first legitimate contender to take home part of the $30 million USD prize. An Israeli non-profit, SpaceIL, today has come one step closer to the Lunar XPRIZE and has secured a launch agreement with Spaceflight Industries to deliver their … Read more
Google has lost the antitrust case against it in Russia and now the company is being ordered to unbundle its Android apps which they say will give competition level ground. Google has been under scrutiny from several governments and the antitrust case in the EU is still ongoing. This ruling by the Russian government might … Read more
I’ll preface this entire article by stating that I’m not a developer, so my understanding of some of the underlying code and its uses in Android is limited at best. With that being said, on to the good stuff! Hernán Castañón, developer of OmniRom and a contributor to CyanogenMod is, very clearly, a developer. Hernán was … Read more
Google has released the latest version of Android which goes by the name Marshmallow. We’re now halfway into the alphabet and we thought we’d take a look at what Android 6.0 Marshmallow has to offer. The big changes came last year when Android 5.0 Lollipop was introduced with Material Design. Marshmallow hasn’t undergone a significant … Read more
There’s been some interesting things going on in the mobile space this year and the most glaring to my eyes is the addition of Google Apps and Android to BlackBerry. Many thought BlackBerry had gone the way of Palm and HP, buried and only a memory to chuckle over. But BlackBerry surprised us by teaming … Read more
In order to appreciate the profound value that cloud computing affords our modern lives, you only need to think about the things that it makes possible on a daily basis. Telecommuting, effortless professional document control, efficient data backup and recovery in times of accidents and disasters, and the ability to collaborate with one’s associates no … Read more
Update – It looks like a number of people on Amazon are giving Nexus 6P cases one star reviews and requesting refunds of a variety of cases. Case manufacturers have stated that the images posted with listings are preliminary and actual cases for the Nexus 6P will come with the correct cutout for the laser … Read more
We should all know by now that computers aren’t infallible, and as a result some interesting things can happen from time to time. Sanmay Ved was poking through the new Google Domains interface a few days ago to get a better handle on how the service worked, typed in “Google.com” and clicked search domains. And … Read more
Starting Thursday, October 29th, Amazon will stop sales on two streaming products that are up against Amazon’s own Fire TV and Fire TV stick: Apple’s Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast. What’s weird is that Amazon will still continue to offer other streaming devices such as Playstations, Xboxes, Rokus, and of course Fire TV. An Amazon … Read more
Yesterday Google started rolling out an updated version of their Google Photos app with a few new features including Chromecast support, sharing to WhatsApp, and some bug fixes. One of the biggest new features expands on the “Group Similar Faces” function that was introduced back in May. In Search, you can now label and merge … Read more
The 2013 Nexus 5 was a significant phone. Top of the line specs at half the cost of other flagships? You can’t really go wrong with that recipe and it showed. The Nexus 5 was a favourite with everyone and sometimes, it was difficult to get with stocks running out too soon. It had its … Read more