Developers have been playing around with Oreo since May, so by the time it’s ready for your phone, there should be tons of apps able to take advantage of all the new stuff. So whether you’re got a xel or are playing the waiting game, here are our 8 favorites features in Android Oreo: For one, the slide-out menu is gone, so all return navigation is done via the back button....

For the unversed, Windows 11 packs support for sub-systems which it uses in the background to effectively open applications designed for other operating systems. Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allows users to run Android apps on their computers as though they were using them on a tablet. If your computer supports touch input, you would feel right at home using these on the bigger screen.

During the opening keynote of I/O 2019, Google announced that the third beta of Android Q will be available on a total of 21 phones from 13 different OEMs. Apart from the Pixels, Google is expanding the Android Q beta program to devices from Huawei, Sony, Xiaomi, and others. Excluding the Pixels, 15 Android phones from third-party OEMs are going to be a part of the Android Q beta 3 program....

Welcome to today’s edition of AndroidBeat’s Daily Briefing where we talk about the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL leak, leaked HTC U11 Life specs, updated Google Contacts app for Android, and a massive redesign for the Google Home app. HTC U11 Life Specs Leak It was previously leaked that HTC is working with Google on an Android One handset. Today, thanks to @LlabTooFeR specs of this mid-range Android One handset from HTC dubbed the U11 Life have leaked....

Anonymous Hacks And Takes Down 10,613 Tor Websites On Dark Web The Internet we know and we use in our everyday lives is just one part of the network. As we access the cyberspace which is actually called Surface Web. But 90% of the Internet is in the “hidden face,” called Deep Web, which every time we hear more. This, in turn, houses other hands, the Dark Web as its name shows, is darker and houses encrypted and anonymous content that is accessed through the Tor network....

With Android 4.4 already being available in AOSP, nearly all the popular custom ROM developing teams have started working on porting their features to the latest version of Android. The AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) team today provided status update on its AOKP 4.3 and the upcoming 4.4 builds for the kanglings out there. Firstly, before the team starts churning out AOKP 4.4 based builds, they will be releasing a super stable Milestone build for 4....

Public school teachers across the US are invited to apply for this year’s program on the Samsung website now through November 2. Also: This is the weird sound of a meteoroid hitting Mars To apply, all teachers have to do is submit ideas on how their students can better their communities using problem-based learning. “The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest has not only taught my students valuable lessons in the classroom through hands-on learning, but has helped change the trajectory of their lives,” said Harry Preston, teacher at Green Street Academy and a 2022 National Finalist....

Now is making it easier to share that personal information with other people. First spotted by Android lice, the new feature gives you an option to send otherwise private data to your friends in an instant, but only if you allow it. For example, when you’re in a chat you ask Assistant something like, “at are my upcoming flights,” or “Show me my upcoming appointments,” it will now ask you if you’d like to share that information with the other people in your group....

Even because of the thin thickness, you can not expect a notebook aimed at more demanding gamers: the GPU is a GeForce GTX 1050 with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. But the rest of the hardware includes 8 or 16 GB of 2400MHz DDR4 RAM and PCIe (NVMe) SSDs with up to 1TB of capacity. The battery of 71Wh, according to Asus, has a battery life of up to 9....

We’ve seen a trend in alternatives to traditional car rentals that come in the form of one-to-one vehicle rentals. In this post, we look at three of those alternatives to the big-name, big-budget traditional car rental companies. Get a car or rent out your own Getaround is an option for those who are looking to rent a car for an upcoming trip and for those who are looking to make extra income by renting their own car....

Having spent a lot of time using and testing drone accessories, I’m here to tell you that most of them are pointless and unnecessary. Everything from mounts for GoPro cameras to floats that supposedly allow you to take off and land from water (yeah, right, your drone will get soaked from the spray) to parachutes. You’ll buy them, lug them around with you, and ultimately never use them (or, worse still, you’ll use them once, and they’ll result in drone damage)....

Got yourself a new Google Home mini, Google Home, Google Home Max or any other Google Assistant-powered smart speaker this holiday as a Christmas gift? We have some tips and tricks for you to help you get the most out of it. Google knows the smart speaker is an important market and it is going to grow considerably over the next few years which is why it has been improving Google Assistant for Google Home and other Assistant-powered speakers on a regular basis....

These programs focus on design thinking, user experience, and interaction design. Learners choose from accelerated, full-time programs and self-paced, part-time options. With so many options, prospective UI/UX designers might feel overwhelmed. Our list introduces the 10 best UI/UX bootcamps of 2022. 10 best UI/UX bootcamps in 2022: Our picks The following list introduces some of the best bootcamps for UI/UX designers in alphabetical order. The data presented below was accurate at the time of publication....

It’s time to maintain your trees, shrubs, bushes and underbrush smarter, faster and easier than ever before with these top-notch hedge trimmers. We gathered up some of the highest-rated options to help you pick the right one for you. Sun Joe 2-in-1 cordless grass shear and shrubber Sun Joe leads the electric landscaping debate with its powerful grass shear and shrubber. This little number is a one-handed cordless machine. You can handle light maintenance without whipping out the big guns....

The latest update exps on Gmail’s ability to recognize confirmation emails for flight reservations, concert tickets, restaurant reservations. In addition to showing up in Now, these events will also start appearing in Calendar. This feature is enabled by default, users will get a confirmation email the first time it happens. It can be disabled through Calendar settings. The update also adds auto-complete suggestions for new events. For instance, users who start typing the word “Birthday” will see things like “Birthday dinner” or “Birthday party for…” as suggestions....

This partnership goes back to 2015 when Ring let the Los Angeles Police Department see how front-door footage could reduce property crimes. Since then, the Ring program exploded, spreading to cities across the nation. Want to see if your local department may swing by for your footage? Tap or click here for an interactive map to see if your city has a partnership with Ring. Keep reading for details on how police are using Ring to catch criminals, along with the biggest concerns among privacy advocates....

I talked to Curtis Sasaki, Senior Vice esident of Samsung Solutions Center, at the Samsung Developer’s Conference last month in an attempt to gain some insight into the company’s gadget strategy. The main takeaway seemed to be that Samsung really wants to please its customers. Sasaki also offered a bit of insight on the company’s wearables virtual reality strategies how it addresses critics of the Tizen OS. : There were a lot of announcements at the Samsung Developers Conference, many of which seemed to suggest that Samsung’s casting a rather wide net with its vast number of SDKs....

T-Mobile is America’s smallest “large” operator. There are four, the other three being AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. Earlier this month, T-Mobile announced a new plan called “Jump” that’s super easy to understand: Pay $10/month extra on your phone bill and you can change your phone every six months, provided that you return your phone. AT&T is launching “Next” on the 26th, and while it’s slightly different, it’s the same concept....

This feature will be available to customers starting from Aug.10 and this move comes after AT&T took over DirecTV, a satellite company for a staggering sum of $48.5 billion thus becoming the largest television distributor in the States. The merger marked the marriage of countries largest telephone and Internet providers with the country’s largest satellite provider. This underlying aspects of this deal include, creating synergies of television, wireless and broadband services....

“Skimming attacks on ATMs increased at an alarming rate last year for both American and European banks and their customers, according to recent stats collected by fraud trackers.” wrote Krebs. “The trend appears to be continuing into 2016, with outbreaks of skimming activity visiting a much broader swath of the United States than in years past.” The FICO Card Alert Service issued several warnings about a spike in ATM skimming attacks....