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PayPal’s partnership with Google is “deepening” (as the company puts it) to allow making PayPal payments simpler across Google’s multiple products. Soon, adding PayPal as a payment method to one Google service — Google Pay, the Play Store, YouTube, et cetera — will make it available on all of Google’s services, including, for the first […]

ZTE is currently fighting with the US government to lift a trade ban, while federal intelligence committees accuse the company of spying on US consumers. It looks like the ZTE might be in even more trouble, as pre-installed malware has been found on several phones from the company. Avast Software has released details about the […]

Android Wear seemed like the right product at the right time when Google announced it back in 2014. Smartwatches were just starting to take off with products like the Pebble awakening our latent desire for wrist computers. Meanwhile, Apple’s long-rumored smartwatch was still unannounced. After four years, dozens of watches, and a name change, Wear […]

The new GDPR rules have barely been in effect for more than a few hours, but Google and Facebook are already being hit with a complaint for failing to comply with the regulation’s requirements. According to privacy group noyb.eu, both companies are engaging in so-called “forced consent,” which is the practice of bundling consent into […]

The ZTE saga just keeps going… and going… and going. After the United States Department of Commerce banned ZTE from importing US-made components, due to the company violating an agreement it made in 2017, ZTE shut down most operations while it fought to lift the ban. Earlier this month, President Trump announced he wanted to […]

Blu is known for selling inexpensive phones that punch above their weight, but the company’s new smartwatch seems like a very odd product. The X Link has a 1.1-inch round display, no apps, and 2G wireless connectivity. So, why would you want that? Well, it’s only $50. In case it wasn’t clear, this is not […]