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Featured Android Phones Get Apple Airdrop-Like Sharing Feature

ROTechnicaAugust 5, 2020August 5, 2020

by ROTechnicaAugust 5, 2020August 5, 20200130

Google LLC is set to launch Nearby Share, a new feature for Android that allows for direct sharing between two devices. Sharing of files, images, links, and other contents between Android phones will now be...

Featured Installing APKs may not come easy in Android 11

ROTechnicaJune 20, 2020

by ROTechnicaJune 20, 20200334

The Android 11, the next major version of the mobile OS from Google, will make it difficult to install applications (APK) outside of the Google Play Store. One developer who had the opportunity to run...

Apple Tracks iPhones Stolen By Looters

ROTechnicaJune 11, 2020June 11, 2020

by ROTechnicaJune 11, 2020June 11, 20200180

Apple is now tracking iPhones and other devices that have been stolen from ransacked Apple stores during the Black Lives Matter protest, it has been reported. Several images have appeared on social media warning the...

Featured Zoom won’t encrypt free calls; wants to work with the FBI

ROTechnicaJune 4, 2020June 6, 2020

by ROTechnicaJune 4, 2020June 6, 202001034

Zoom is already making plans to make video calls encryption unavailable for users on the free plan as the company hopes to collaborate with the FBI and other authorities to track down criminals, Zoom CEO...

WhatsApp now has Messenger Rooms

ROTechnicaMay 20, 2020May 20, 2020

by ROTechnicaMay 20, 2020May 20, 20200436

“Rooms” now replaces the camera icon within chats once the attachment icon is clicked on. Additionally, “Rooms” is now also visible in the calls menu tab on WhatsApp....

WhatsApp seeking to outzoom Zoom with 50 person video calling

ROTechnicaMay 14, 2020May 14, 2020

by ROTechnicaMay 14, 2020May 14, 20200470

Those shortcuts are meant to direct users to the newly released Facebook Messenger Rooms, where users can create a room and invite people to join, or create a room directly from WhatsApp. This new feature...

NASA and Tom Cruise will likely make a movie on the International Space Station

ROTechnicaMay 6, 2020May 6, 2020

by ROTechnicaMay 6, 2020May 6, 20200369

Get ready for a movie concept that's out of this world. Tom Cruise and Elon Musk's SpaceX are performing on a project with NASA to shoot an action film in space....

108MP camera not enough; Samsung is working on 250MP

ROTechnicaApril 30, 2020April 30, 2020

by ROTechnicaApril 30, 2020April 30, 20200245

Samsung seems to have a thing for bringing high-resolution cameras to smartphones and there are reports that they have already started working on a 250MP image sensor....

Apple Aiming to Sell Macs With Apple-made Chips Starting in 2021

ROTechnicaApril 24, 2020April 24, 2020

by ROTechnicaApril 24, 2020April 24, 20200321

Apple Inc. is already working on plans to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, counting on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with...

AWS’ first African data center up and running

ROTechnicaApril 22, 2020April 22, 2020

by ROTechnicaApril 22, 2020April 22, 202001241

Amazon on Wednesday announced the opening of it's first Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in Cape Town, South Africa....

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