An Android flaw lets apps secretly access people"s cameras and upload the videos to an external server (GOOG, GOOGL)
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider A security flaw in Google's Android lets malicious apps access users' camera and microphone to secretly record them and upload the videos to an exte.....»»
Google is launching a new "Focus Mode" feature for Android devices to help break our smartphone addiction (GOOG, GOOGL)
Dima Tsyrenschikov / Strelka Institute/Attribution License/Flickr Google's Focus Mode for Android, which lets you temporarily pause certain apps, has officially launched. The feature was .....»»
Facebook is finally giving WhatsApp users a dark mode option — months after other apps made the switch (FB, TWTR, GOOG, GOOGL, AAPL)
WhatsApp WhatsApp has rolled out a dark mode setting for its iPhone and Android apps, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. The Facebook-owned messaging app has been testing dark mode for mon.....»»
The nasty spyware likely used to hack Jeff Bezos lets governments secretly access everything in your smartphone, from text messages to the microphone and cameras — here"s how it works
Getty Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos h.....»»
Facebook back online after huge outage
Facebook says it is 100% back online after a server issue made it difficult for people to access its apps and services......»»
Google"s next version of Android will tell you exactly how addicted you are to your phone (GOOG, GOOGL)
Suzanne Plunket/Reuters Amid growing concern about "smartphone addiction," Google is going to start telling users exactly how much time they spend on their phones and set time limits on apps. .....»»
YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is now available on Android for free
You know that cool feature that lets you watch videos while you’re using other apps? It’s called picture-in-picture (PiP), and YouTube is making it available to all Android users free of charge. .....»»
More than 500,000 people downloaded games on the Google Play Store that were infected with nasty malware — here are the 13 apps affected (GOOG, GOOGL)
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider Google has removed several games from its Play Store for containing malware. The games, which were all driving simulators, required users to download an e.....»»
China just made it even harder for people in the country to access WhatsApp and Threads
The Chinese government made Apple remove two apps – just .....»»
Waymo Said To Seek $4B In External Funding As It Mulls Going Public
Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving unit Waymo is in talks with outside investors to raise as much as $4 billion to fund its autonomous driving efforts, read more.....»»
Google is facing a lawsuit after a privacy flaw in its contact tracing tech exposed Android users" data to third-party apps
The lawsuit alleges that Google exposed participants' private personal and medical information when they opted into using contact tracing apps. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Stephanie K.....»»
What is BlueStacks? How to use Android apps and games on your Mac or PC
BlueStacks is a popular and free emulator that allows you to run Android apps on a PC or Mac computer. You can use BlueStacks to access your Android apps from a computer. POJCHEEWIN .....»»
How to save Instagram videos and download them to your iPhone or Android
You can save Instagram videos on your story to an iPhone or Android, or download any Instagram video post using third-party apps. It's possible to save your.....»»
Google"s New Search Feature Shows TikTok, Instagram Short Videos
Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is testing a new search feature that includes showing videos from Facebook, Inc (NASDAQ: read more.....»»
Google’s apps, including Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts and Maps, crash in brief outage
Google users in the U.S., Europe, India and other parts of the world were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch YouTube videos .....»»
How to activate voice controls on your Android device, and make Google searches or open apps with your voice
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider You can activate voice controls on your Android device in two ways: through the Google app, and through the Voice Access app. The Google app will let you use voice con.....»»
Apple And Google Say No To Location Tracking In Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google said they will not allow location tracking in a new contact read more.....»»
There"s now an easy way to transfer your photos and videos from Facebook to Google Photos — here"s how (FB, GOOGL, GOOG)
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Big tech"s contact tracing apps won"t be a silver bullet to stop COVID-19 — we need more human tracers making actual phone calls (AAPL, GOOGL, GOOG)
CATHERINE LAI/AFP via Getty Images H.....»»
Google"s former CEO Eric Schmidt says people should "be a little bit grateful" for companies like Amazon that have "really helped us out" in the coronavirus fight (GOOG, GOOGL, AMZN, FB, AAPL)
Axel Schmidt/Getty Images Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said tech companies like Amazon have provided a "profound benefit" during the coronavirus and that people should "be a little bit grateful." "Think about what your life would be like in.....»»
YouTube is reducing the quality of videos for the next month — and it"s because increased traffic amid the coronavirus outbreak is straining internet bandwidth (GOOG, GOOGL)
Dado Ruvic/Reuters YouTube will reduce the default quality of videos globally for at least a month beginning Tuesday. The measure is meant to lighten the strain on internet providers across.....»»