900Finance The groundbreaking app turning millennials into stock traders is now said to be worth more than $1 billionBusiness Insider - Biz CarsonThe new round of funding is reportedly led by Yuri Milner's investment arm, DST Global, and values the investing app at over $1 billion. That makes it a "unicorn" in Silicon Valley terms. Robinhood declined
900Play buttonAndroid News Google is finally making web apps first-class citizens on AndroidThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergGoogle announced today that it’ll be further integrating web apps into Android. Now, web apps will appear in the app drawer alongside full applications, and offer the same notification controls, where
900Nokia First Nokia smartphone in three years unveiledThe Telegraph - By James TitcombThe first Nokia smartphone in three years has been unveiled, although the device will only go on sale in China. The Nokia 6, which will run Android and cost 1,699 yuan (£200), is the first smartphone the
900 This is the first Porsche Design phone worthy of the nameThe Verge - Vlad SavovPorsche Design is an easy company to hate. Sharing little more than its name with the renowned carmaker that this year won the Le Mans endurance series, PD’s primary business is in fancying up everyday
900Xiaomi Xiaomi Mi Mix Review: It Makes The iPhone 7 Look And Feel So OutdatedForbes - Ben SinThe Xiaomi Mi Mix's mostly bezel-less feel brings a wow factor when consuming media full screen. Photos: Ben Sin Think of any movie or TV show set in a hi-tech future, and there are always the usual cliches:
900Huawei Huawei has a Porsche-branded, crazy-powerful phoneMashable - Stan SchroederMUNICH — With Samsung’s Note7 now being permanently discontinued for battery fire issues, many users are looking into alternatives with similar specs, and Huawei has just delivered in style — but deep
900 Uber is rolling out a big redesign powered by machine learningVentureBeat - Ken YeungFor more than six years, Uber has been known as a mobile app that let you request a ride, and that was a simple enough concept. But the company has never considered itself to be a transportation service
900 WhatsApp beats Telegram to be crowned the most secure messaging appWired UK - Liat Clark Facebook’s messaging apps have been ranked the best in the world for secure communication by Amnesty International - but there's a catch. Although …
900Xiaomi Xiaomi unveils concept phone with near bezel-less displayTechCrunch - Natasha LomasChinese device maker Xiaomi has announced another clutch of mobile hardware, including a concept smartphone developed in collaboration with designer Philippe Starck. Xiaomi CEO and founder Lei Jun dubbed
900 Google Pixel XL review: The best Android phone money can buyVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiTwo weeks ago, Google unveiled the first phones it “designed inside and out”: the Pixel and Pixel XL. We had the opportunity to play with the latter device, though you can read our hands-on to get a feel
900 Xiaomi's Mi 5s hides a fingerprint reader under its glassEngadget - Richard LaiThere's also a larger Mi 5s Plus with a dual-lens camera. We were already big fans of Xiaomi's Mi 5 flagship smartphone, so it's only natural for the Chinese company to build on this model's success by
900 Opera's free VPN is now available on Android, iOS and desktopWired UK - Sarah Griffiths Opera became the first major browser to add ad-blocking technology and an unlimited free virtual private network (VPN) service into its desktop …
900Uber Uber’s first self-driving cars will start picking up passengers this monthTechCrunch - Jon RussellIt’s been a while since news broke in early 2015 that Uber was working on self-driving cars. Earlier this year, the company openly admitted it was testing cars in Pittsburgh, but we haven’t heard much
900Play button Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Review: Possibly the most complete smartphone ever madeTNW - Napier LopezEditorial Note: The Note 7 has been discontinued due to continued risk of fire. This review is for all intents and purposes now simply a historical archive of this smartphone’s short-lived greatness. other
900Xiaomi Xiaomi's budget Redmi Pro phone has dual camera, 10-core processorMashable - Stan SchroederRemember when budget phones had middling specs? It makes sense: To keep the price low, the manufacturer had to include a cheaper part or three. But nowadays, those cheap parts might mean a tiny performance
900Play buttonMicrosoft Microsoft Pix uses AI to help your iPhone take the best picturesTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonMicrosoft Pix is looking to become your new go-to camera app on iPhone. The new iOS offering from Microsoft’s mobile team employs some artificial intelligence smarts to help make sure you take the best
900Phones People are taking longer to upgrade their smartphonesBusiness Insider - Andrew MeolaApple puts out a new iPhone what feels like every six months, but consumers are no longer jumping at every new device that hits the market. A majority of U.S. smartphone users are now waiting more than
900Facebook Messenger To beat SMS, Facebook Messenger eats SMSTechCrunch - Josh ConstineSurround and conquer is Facebook’s new strategy for getting people to switch from SMS to Messenger. You can now read and send old-school text messages from inside Facebook Messenger for Android. With near-global
900Play button OnePlus 3 official: Snapdragon 820, 6GB of RAM, $399 with no invite necessaryThe Verge - Dan SeifertFollowing a tidal wave of leaks over the past few weeks, the OnePlus 3 smartphone is now officially announced and available. The new phone, which can be purchased direct from OnePlus starting today, has
900 Twitter for Android has a completely new lookTNW - Napier LopezTwitter is rolling out a completely revamped Android app – finally adopting Material Design – and it finally looks like an app that belongs in the year 2016. For reference, here’s what the old design like:
900Android Phones This Android phone will put military-grade security in your pocket — for $14,000Mashable - Kellen BeckThe Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge costs less than $800. The new Solarin Android smartphone costs £9,500, which is about $14,000. The team behind Solarin, Sirin Labs, announced the details on its super-expensive
900Instagram Instagram Makes E-Commerce Push With New Tools For BusinessesForbes - Kathleen ChaykowskiA preview of Instagram's new 'Business Tools.' (Courtesy of Facebook) Instagram has taken new steps to bolster its position as a major mobile advertising player. Facebook-owned photo-and-video sharing
900 Why China's Xiaomi and Microsoft Are Teaming UpFortune - Scott Cendrowski A just-announced partnership between Xiaomi and Microsoft represents a potentially promising collaboration between two struggling smartphone …
900Huawei China's Huawei 'Growing Up' To Become The World's No. 1 Smartphone BrandForbes - Wade ShepardAppleand Samsung. Advancing rapidly into new markets worldwide, Huawei is now the world’s number three smartphone brand, with an 8.3 percent market share. Europe, in particular, has been receptive of where
900 Tim Cook rules out an Apple mobile carrierTNW - Abhimanyu GhoshalIn an interview with retired European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke about the future of the world’s most valuable company at Startup Fest Europe in Amsterdam today.
900Play buttonGoogle Duo Google Duo makes mobile video calls fast and simpleThe Verge - Dieter BohnGoogle is releasing a new video calling app later this summer. It's called Duo, and it's probably the fastest and simplest video calling app I've ever seen. Like its companion chat app, Allo, Duo is mobile-only.
900Play button A first look at Android Wear 2.0The Verge - Dan SeifertOne of the surprise announcements from Google's keynote session at I / O this year was Android Wear 2.0. Wear 2.0 is a major update to the platform — the biggest update yet, according to the company —
900 Google just combined Chrome, YouTube, and Search into a single messaging app called SpacesTNW - Napier LopezWith Google+ dying a slow death, Google has been looking for other ways to help users share content online. Its latest attempt is a new standalone app for group discussions on specific topics called Spaces.
900 Xiaomi's biggest phone yet is the giant MiMaxThe Verge - Sam ByfordXiaomi has announced the MiMax, just a few days after Chinese regulatory authorities announced the 6.44-inch phone themselves. It's the company's biggest phone yet, but the claim is that it has a "slim
