Samsung Electronics has been a front runner when it comes to advanced semiconductor technology, and now the South Korean giant has brought to the world the smallest imaging sensor. Slated to be the smallest pixel size sensor with a power-packed performance, it measures a mere 0.64-micrometer (μm). The 50MP ISOCELL JN1 sensor is now hitting … Read more
Huawei’s dilemma in the United States is still not over. We doubt it’s going to improve though anytime soon. While the Chinese tech giant is waiting for some miracle, it decided to let go of the Honor line. The Honor brand is still in the market but it’s no longer part of Huawei. It even … Read more
Samsung is still the top mobile OEM in the world. It’s constanting battling with Apple when it comes to smartphones but it remains to be on top especially when it comes to Android phones. In the second half of 2021, the South Korean tech giant is still determined to be the leader as it is … Read more
Humans have become so dependent on smartphones in our every day lives that they are ‘becoming our homes,’ according to a new study into their use and impact. Anthropologists from UCL documented smartphone use in older adults around the world, from Ireland to Italy, over the course of a year. The landmark study found that … Read more
The future of CCTV? Smartphones equipped with ‘bat-sense’ technology could soon generate images from SOUND alone Researchers were inspired by echolocation used by bats to hunt and navigate They sent blips of sound from a speaker to bounce around an indoor space A machine learning algorithm times how long the signal takes to come back … Read more
The joker malware was first reported on Google Play Store and accounting for many apps being pushed out of the app store for being infected. Now people behind the malware seem to have equipped themselves better and have stretched to other apps stores. Reportedly almost 500,000 Huawei smartphones may have been affected by the joker … Read more
Foldable phones are slowly becoming a standard thing. It may be long before it really becomes available in most markets and communities but for now, we’re interested in knowing other OEMs apart from Samsung, Xiaomi, and Huawei are also working on their foldable phone entries. LG is finally out of the game. We will no … Read more
Giving toddlers a smartphone or a tablet to calm them down could make their tantrums even worse, a new study warns. In experiments, US researchers observed toddlers between the ages of two and three after a cartoon they were watching ended prematurely. Parents were also asked questions about how heavily they relied on electronic media, including … Read more
A virtual Bluetooth virus spread between SMARTPHONES ‘could help us track Covid-19 more accurately’, study claims The technology — called ‘Safe Blues’ — provides an accurate model of Covid-19 It allows for real-time monitoring of an epidemic unlike epidemiological data Android users run the app in the background of their phone and it works anonymously using … Read more
For people who are not big fans of Android OS (or the Apple iOS) and the Google services, what are the options? Well, the /e/ Foundation has been in works developing a custom version of Android that comes minus Google’s proprietary apps and services. While the operating system is not a good bet for an … Read more