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Thanks to Google, we now know more about the forthcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro flagships, and it looks like a big upgrade is coming. Google’s Pixel 6 will likely offer a huge upgrade over the current Pixel 5 (pictured) © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP ADVERTISEMENT MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Accidentally Reveals Significant Google Photos ChangeBy Paul Monckton Google’s Pixel 6 range, already the subject of numerous exciting leaks, has again come under the spotlight thanks to new… Source link

For inexperienced hikers, smartphones are a multipurpose tool: a flashlight, an emergency beacon and a GPS, all in one device. But it can be ill-advised, and possibly life-threatening, for hikers to rely solely on their phones as they head into the wilderness, experts say. Apps and online maps have disoriented hikers on both sides of the Atlantic. In Scotland, mountaineers are warning visitors that Google Maps may direct them toward “potentially fatal” trails that would force them to trek… Source link

NEW DELHI, June 24 (Reuters) – Google deepened its partnership with Reliance Jio on Thursday with an “ultra-affordable” smartphone which could connect hundreds of millions of customers to high-speed mobile data and a cloud tie-up to boost the Indian telecoms firm’s 5G push. The ‘JioPhone Next’ has been developed by Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Jio for the Indian market, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) of which Jio is a part, told his company’s annual shareholder… Source link

Jio Platforms, run by India’s richest man (Mukesh Ambani), and Google on Thursday unveiled the JioPhone Next, an affordable Android smartphone, as the top Indian telecom operator makes further push to expand its reach in the world’s second largest internet market. The Indian firm, which secured $4.5 billion investment from Google (and another $15.5 billion from Facebook and others) last year and shared plans to work on low-cost smartphones, said the JioPhone Next is aimed at… Source link

A radical new function appears to be coming to Google Pixel smartphones in the next few days. Google’s Pixel 5 flagship smartphone © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP MORE FROM FORBESSamsung Confirms Serious Galaxy S21 ProblemBy Paul Monckton Google is likely to deliver an impressive new Astrophotography timelapse camera mode in its next Pixel update, according to a new report. Pixel 3 phones and newer already provide an impressive Astrophotography mode that lets your… Source link

A mobile phone shows Huawei app interface. Huawei unveiled HarmonyOS, its own operating system in 2019. In June 2021, the company launched the operating system on a smartphone for the first time. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Huawei on Wednesday launched its self-developed operating system across a slew of devices, including smartphones. The move comes as the Chinese tech giant looks to wean itself off its reliance on U.S. technology and could pit it against… Source link

Unredacted documents in Arizona’s lawsuit against Google show that company executives and engineers were aware that the search giant had made it hard for smartphone users to keep location information private, Insider reported. The documents suggest that Google collected location data even after users had turned off location sharing, and made privacy settings difficult for users to find. Insider also reports that the documents show Google pressured phone manufacturers into keeping… Source link

Unredacted documents in Arizona’s lawsuit against Google show that company executives and engineers were aware that the search giant had made it hard for smartphone users to keep location information private, Insider reported. The documents suggest that Google collected location data even after users had turned off location sharing, and made privacy settings difficult for users to find. Insider also reports that the documents show Google pressured phone manufacturers into keeping… Source link

Google’s Pixel lineup amounts to five generations of What If… But now things look set to change, radically.  Google’s radical new Pixel 6 Pro Jon Prosser MORE FROM FORBESNew iOS 14.5.1 Update Slashing iPhone 12, iPhone 11 PerformanceBy Gordon Kelly Following revelations that the new Pixels will debut Google’s own GS101 ‘Whitechapel’ chipset, a stunning new exclusive from prominent leaker Jon Prosser has confirmed the exteriors of the new phones are just as… Source link

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