Articles by Nicole Arce
Google Project Wing Delivery Drone Takes To The Skies To Deliver A Package [Video]
Watch this video of Google’s new Project Wing delivery drone drop a package of food and drinks at a Google event. The new drone bears Google’s new quadcopter design after its first single-wing design hit a wall.
Facebook Pushes Instant Articles To All iOS Users, Opens Beta For Android
Facebook’s Instant Articles is now live for iOS, bringing fast-loading stories to all iPhone and iPad users. An Android beta is also now available.
15-Year-Old Creates Browser Popcorn To Let Pirates Stream Bootlegged Content Straight From Their Web Browser
A teenager from Serbia created a forked Popcorn Time web client that allows pirates to stream copyrighted material straight from their web browser. Browser Popcorn is the second browser-based version of Popcorn Time, following the shutdown of the first version.
Apple Bans Hundreds Of iOS Apps For Secretly Collecting Your Private Data
Apple purged more than 200 apps from the Apple App Store after an analytics service discovered they were collecting users’ private information and sending them to a third-party advertising platform.
Want First Dibs On New Google Features? Google Is Now Accepting Beta Testers For The Google App
Google rolled out its beta testing program for the Google app. Users who want to get their hands on the newest features and security updates can now sign up to be beta testers.
Volkswagen French Headquarters Raided By Authorities As Emissions Probe Continues
French police carried out searches on Volkswagen’s two offices in France. The country is the latest to conduct raids on Volkswagen headquarters following the car maker’s confession about using defeat devices to cheat carbon emissions tests.
Verizon’s Cheap, No-Frills 10-Inch Ellipsis Tablet Spotted In The Wild
Verizon is working on a new tablet under its Ellipsis brand. A new leak posted by a serial Twitter leaker showed the new 10-inch tablet in its very first appearance on the Internet.
General Motors’ Airbag And Ignition Woes Persist: 2015 Models Listed For Recall
General Motors is still recalling its vehicles for the same problems that persisted last year. The company announced recalls for a few thousand 2015 models beset with defects such as faulty airbags or ignition locks.
IBM Raises Eyebrows, Opens Source Code Access To China: Here’s Why
IBM allowed Chinese government IT experts to view its software’s source code in its efforts to expand business in the massive market. Big Blue said the source code was viewed in a controlled environment that would prevent the theft of its trade secrets.
FCC Investigating Verizon And AT&T For Anticompetitive Business Practices
The FCC announced that Verizon and AT&T are two of four companies facing investigation for alleged anticompetitive practices that ‘lock out’ smaller players in the $20 billion business data industry.
You Can No Longer Say ‘OK Google’ To Activate A Voice Search On Your Computer
Google removed the ability to say “OK Google” to start a voice search on a desktop computer, right after it got rid of the Chrome notification center, saying nobody uses it anyway.
Apple App Store Makes 80 Percent More Money Than Google Play Store
Estimates by mobile research firm App Annie show the Apple App Store still owns an overwhelming majority of all revenue made through apps, even as the Google Play Store gets more downloads.
Red Hat Picks Up Ansible For $150 Million To Beef Up Hybrid Cloud Management
Red Hat is about to close its acquisition of Ansible, a two-year-old IT automation software services provider that specializes in providing a simplified way for businesses to manage hybrid cloud environments.
Microsoft Goes Too Far, Automatically Installs Windows 10 In Some Windows 7 And 8.1 PCs
Several Windows 7 and 8.1 users accused Microsoft of automatically installing Windows 10 on their PCs without their consent. Microsoft responded, saying the automatic update is a ‘mistake.’
Skype Goes Universal, Lets Anyone Join A Chat Even Without A Skype Account
Skype is bringing its messaging experience everywhere. Microsoft’s Skype Team announced that even Internet users without a Skype account can now join a chat.
Nexus, LG And Motorola Top List Of Most Secure Android Phones, But Android Remains Overwhelmingly Unsafe: Study
A new study partly funded by Google revealed that 87 percent of Android phones remain vulnerable to attacks. However, if you’re still bent on getting an Android phone, you might want to go after one made by Google, LG or Motorola.
Destiny Players Threaten To Quit Over Microtransactions For Raid Drop Buffs, Bungie Responds
Destiny players are up in arms over the new in-game microtransactions. Just a day after Bungie introduced the new emotes that can be bought with Silver, players have dug up raid drop buffs that could be bought with real money.
Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile Build 10549 Released After A Month Of No Releases, But There’s A Caveat
Microsoft began rolling out the first new Windows 10 Mobile Build in a month, bringing with it a number of improvements to Cortana and Messaging. However, Gabe Aul says the update comes with a catch.
Midrange Xiaomi Mi 4c Has The Same Specs As Nexus 5X, Squashes LG G4 In Benchmark Tests
Xiaomi fans may be looking forward to the launch of the Mi 5, but what many people may not know is the Mi 4c is one beastly smartphone that can take on the Nexus 5X and the LG G4.
LG Is Jumping Into Mobile Payments With LG G Pay? Here’s What We Know So Far
LG is the latest electronics company to develop its own mobile payments system. In a billion-dollar industry that is growing as more players jump in, how does LG plan to differentiate itself?
Aston Martin Is Going Electric: First Electric Rapide To Get Up To 1,000 Horsepower
Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer announced that the British luxury carmaker has a Rapide sports car running on an all-electric drivetrain in the pipeline. Pretty soon, we could be seeing James Bond chase criminals in an electric Aston Martin.
DxOMark Declares Top 10 Best Camera Phones List Dominated By Android: iPhone 6s Barely Makes It
DxOMark took the iPhone 6s camera out for a spin, and the results show it’s not any better than many Android phones on the market. Has Apple’s longstanding reign over smartphone cameras come to an end?
iPhone 6s Plus vs. Galaxy Note 5: Real-World Speed Test Shows The Real Phablet King [VIDEO]
The Galaxy Note 5 may be the king of specs, but Apple’s iPhone 6s Plus has an edge with its ultra-efficient software. In benchmarks, Samsung’s phablet may reign, but how does it perform in real-world performance tests against the iPhone 6s Plus?
Spotify Finally Updates Apps To Add Support For Next-Gen Chromecast
Spotify began rolling out updates to its iOS and Android apps. The new app versions will finally come with support for Google’s Chromecast streaming dongle.
Windows 10 Build 10565 Brings Skype Integration, Smarter Cortana, Bug Fixes Ahead Of Windows Redstone
Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 Threshold 2 Build 10565 to Fast Ring Insiders to finally include Skype integration, a smarter Cortana and other new features. Build 10565 is believed to be the run-up to Windows Redstone.
Tesla Model S And Model X To Get Highway Autopilot And Self-Parking Features On Oct. 15
The seventh major update for the Tesla software that runs on Model S and Model X vehicles will roll out on Oct. 15. Tesla 7.0 will come with the much awaited autonomous features for Tesla’s electric vehicles.
Cortana Is Now (Unofficially) Available For The Xbox One: How To Activate The Smart Digital Assistant For Your Console
Cortana is not scheduled to come to the Xbox One until 2016. However, gamers seem to have accidentally discovered that they can speed up her arrival with just a few hits of a button.
'Halo 5: Guardians' Microtransactions Pricing Details Revealed: Here’s What You Need To Know
343 Industries, the developer behind Microsoft’s ‘Halo 5: Guardians,’ has unveiled the upcoming title’s new Requisition system. Here are the two ways players will be able to earn currency for in-game transactions.
Google Now On Tap Is The Best Thing About Android 6.0 Marshmallow: Here’s How To Take Advantage Of It
Android 6.0 Marshmallow may be more of an evolutionary update compared to Android 5.0 Lollipop. However, it does come with a handful of interesting features, the most useful of which is Google Now on Tap.
Microsoft’s Wireless Adapter Will Let You Play Xbox One On Windows 10 Without Controller Cables
Microsoft will start to sell a new USB wireless adapter that will let Xbox One gamers use their controllers wirelessly while playing on a Windows 10 device.
