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Apple Launches iTunes Match To All Apple Music Subscribers

Over the past twelve months or so, customers have been complaining that Apple Music, the music streaming subscription service from Apple, was not properly matching music tracks that subscribers had in their current iTunes libraries. Well, Apple has worked out a solution, and it comes in the form of iTunes Match.

 

US Government And NSF Join Forces To Pour $400 Million Into Research On 5G Technology

Before President Obama’s administration reaches its end, it has decided to launch a wireless networking research project called the Advanced Wireless Research Initiative (AWRI), which aims to push for continuous innovation in the field of mobile in the United States, and basically ensure America leads in pushing the envelope when it comes to wireless technology. 

 

5G: FCC Votes To Adopt New Rules For Networks Using This Technology

5G is now one step closer to becoming a reality. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just voted this week to make a block of spectrum available for use for 5G networks.

A Quick Rundown On Why The FCC Is Voting On The Subject Of 5G

Five chairpersons of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be voting on the foundation for a future wherein 5G technology is a reality. Sure, there is nothing wrong with today’s current LTE and LTE Advance wireless technologies, but as more and more consumers increase their mobile usage, they will demand faster and more reliable connection speeds, it is inevitable that 5G tech will enter into the picture, sooner or later. 

 

Introducing The Snapdragon 821: Qualcomm’s Newest, Fastest Chip Yet

Qualcomm has officially unveiled its latest processor, the Snapdragon 821, which is even faster than its popular and highly acclaimed predecessor, the Snapdragon 820. The Snapdragon 821 is capable of attaining speeds that are 10 percent speedier than the Snapdragon 820’s, and the Snapdragon 821 is doing it with better application performance and improved power efficiency.

Pokemon Go Is On A Roll

Yup, it appears that everybody loves those cute and weird monsters. There is no denying the obvious -- the Pokemon Go game is a big hit in the United States mobile market. But how big exactly? The makers of this new augmented reality game has not published any official figures yet, but that has not stopped others from trying to measure Pokemon Go’s phenomenal success (so far).

 

Troubled Times For Blackphone Manufacturer Silent Circle

Silent Circle, the firm who developed and released Blackphone, an Android powered handset focused on privacy and security, is going through some tough circumstances right now. It has been forced to let go of 20 members of its workforce (which has reduced its staff to about 85 percent) in the last half year. Now it is mulling whether it has the ability to build future models of Blackphone at all. On top of that, the company is trying to recoup the millions of dollars it spent in launching its smartphone, which until now has yet to meet sales expectations.

 

Qualcomm: We Told Google About Android Encryption Flaw Over A Year Ago

Last week, researcher Gal Beniamini uncovered a flaw in the full disk encryption scheme of Google’s Android mobile operating system. Basically, such flaw made Android powered devices vulnerable to decryption. When news of this flaw broke out, it appeared to be some sort of a groundbreaking discovery. But it turned out that Qualcomm had told Google about the vulnerabilities back in November of 2014 and February of 2015.

40 Percent Of Millennials Say They Use Their Handsets To Avoid Conversations With Others

According to Bank of America’s latest Trends in Consumer Mobility Report, 40 percent of millennials, i.e. people who came of age right around the year 2000, make full use of their smartphones in trying to avoid talking to other people, especially relatives on holiday get togethers like Thanksgiving, for instance.

 

Apple's Health App Now Lets You Register As An Organ Donor

In an effort to try and help more people, Apple has updated its Health app to include a simpler process for organ donation. As announced by the company on Tuesday, the Health app will make it easy for its users to sign up to be an organ donor. The app currently has a Medical ID feature that keeps track of a user's health and medical information. With the update, this feature will be able to include whether or not the individual is a donor of his eyes, tissues, and other organs.

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