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Google expands Stadia gaming service to more devices

Last year, Google launched its cloud-based gaming streaming service to the Pixel. After its successful launch, Google has decided to make Stadia available to more devices. 

Earlier today, Google revealed that they will be making Stadia available to over a dozen devices by February 20th. The full list of devices that will support Google Stadia later this month include the following:

MWC 2020 officially cancelled

It’s official. There won’t be any Mobile World Congress (MWC) event happening in Barcelona this year. 

Seattle is first district to offer option to vote via smartphone

King County, Washington is hitting a milestone not just for the state, but the country as a whole. For the first time ever, all residents of the county have an option to vote in an official election using purely their smartphone. The election is for the King Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

Self-Assembling Cellphones, Anyone?

MIT’s Self Assembly Lab has created a small chair that can assemble itself. Now the same lab crew has focused its attention on another common, everyday object -- the cellphone. Yup, the Self Assembly Lab is exploring the idea of a self assembling cellphone, more specifically, looking at ways in which a number of individual components can be placed in a spinning tumbler and form together to become a fully functioning cellphone. 

 

Congress Pressured To Enact GPS Tracking Reform After Supreme Court Refused Hearing Cell Phone Case

This week, United States senators and House representatives are pressuring Congress to move along with certain bills that would limit GPS tracking and smartphone surveillance after the Supreme Court opted to refuse hearing a cell phone case a few days ago.

New Survey Sheds Light On What Constitutes Modern Smartphone Etiquette

Using your cell phone while walking along the sidewalk or while riding the train to work is generally considered acceptable, but what about inside the cinema while watching a movie, or while in church? A new survey by Pew Research Center aims to find out just what Americans of today consider appropriate when using cell phones, whether in public or social settings.

 

Verizon Now Letting Customers From Other Networks Bring Their Own Handset

Verizon Wireless is introducing a new policy that should entice more customers from other rival wireless carriers to shift to Verizon by virtue of being allowed to bring their own handsets to the Big Red.

Project Ara Smartphones: Not Sturdy Enough Just Yet

Google’s Project Ara aims to develop modular smartphones that can be assembled by mobile users themselves, using different parts from different original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The idea is cool for sure, but there is one little problem -- because of their modular nature, they are prone to breaking apart when they are dropped, and apparently, Google’s team of technicians has not found a way to make Project Ara smartphones sturdy enough yet.

 

India: Now The World’s Fastest Growing Market For Smartphones?

Xiaomi recently revealed that it is opening up a smartphone factory in Andhra Pradesh in India. This latest move by the biggest smartphone maker in China only reinforces the idea that India is now the future battleground for the global smartphone wars. Several industry watchers are definitely starting to anoint India as the new fastest growing smartphone market after recent estimates show that China, the previous title holder, is now experiencing slowing sales.

 

Xiaomi Recaptures Title Of Top Smartphone Seller In China In Second Quarter Of 2015

Xiaomi lost its number one spot to Apple during the first quarter of 2015, but during the following quarter, the Chinese phone maker managed to regain its lead over the iPhone maker.

 

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