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Opera has been making browsers and other apps for years, and now it’s taking the next step. Opera has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, hoping to raise around $115 million. However, that number could change as we get closer to the IPO. Opera says in its filing that it does […]

Google Play promo codes are a good way for developers to encourage engagement by giving away free stuff — in-app purchases or entire apps. Curiously, although anyone in the world can redeem these codes, only developers based in certain countries can issue them. Normally, additional countries are added in groups; recently, in two batches in […]

Android P Developer Preview 4 is out, or Beta 3 as Google refers to it. With it comes the usual slurry of small app updates, some of which have little or no change while others come bearing some interesting fruit. The latest Google Camera update doesn’t seem to include any live changes, but it does […]

Late last month, Nokia said that the 3.1 would be available for purchase in the US on July 2nd. Well, it’s July 2nd, and that’s… kinda true. In spite of listings being on Amazon, BH, and Best Buy, only one of those retailers has made the Nokia 3.1 available for purchase today – Best Buy. […]

Update 1: 2018/07/02 10:59am PDT Another month, another set of security updates. At the same time that Google is rolling out DP4 for Android P, the monthly security patches for existing Pixel and Nexus devices is also landing, with both full OTA images and factory images being posted. Interested in what’s changed? The security bulletin for […]

Essential may have given up on its next smartphone, but it hasn’t given up on the one it has. Updates have been delivered with Pixel-level timeliness. Case in point: The Essential’s updated Android P beta is rolling out today, a mere hour or so after Google. Monthly security updates for July are also rolling out. […]

Much like Google, Facebook is known to acquire or create experimental apps from time to time. Most of these projects end up being discontinued or merged into more established products. Today Facebook announced that three of the company’s apps will be discontinued over the coming weeks. Facebook Hello, a dialer replacement with contact and social […]

We’d thought that the latest Android P developer preview wouldn’t be seeing very many visual changes given that it’s the fourth of its kind, but it looks like we were wrong. DP4 has brought a pretty extensive iconography refresh, removing the fill from icons across the entire interface. left: DP3. right: DP4. This change was first spotted when […]