Posts tagged samsung

The Note 5 will run Lollipop for a little while longer. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

The Note 5 will run Lollipop for a little while longer. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

A new Samsung update schedule suggests Galaxy Note 5 owners will now have to wait until 2016 to get their Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrade. A recent leak suggested the rollout would come this month, but it appears to have been delayed.

Samsung wants Galaxy users to enjoy 3D Touch, too. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung wants Galaxy users to enjoy 3D Touch, too. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy S7 will get its grand unveiling in March, and its big selling point will be an iPhone-like pressure-sensitive display, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar with the company’s plans.

Google's new Pixel C will get split-screen multitasking... eventually. Photo: Google

Google’s new Pixel C will get split-screen multitasking… eventually. Photo: Google

Just days after launching its exciting new Pixel C tablet, Google has confirmed that split-screen multitasking is coming to Android.

Android and Chrome UX director Glen Murphy confirmed in a recent Reddit AMA that the company is “spending a lot of time” on developing this feature — and indeed many others — which will give Android tablet owners the ability to run two apps side-by-side.

Phone-killing apps

Which apps aren’t the best for your phone’s battery, performance, and data plan? Photo: Pixelkult/Pixabay CC

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The latest quarterly report from antivirus company AVG has outed the battery-killingest, storage-hoggingest apps currently available.

Some of the culprits are unsurprising, but a few might be murdering your phone’s performance without you knowing, like some kind of ninjas that have somehow taken app form. All of this and more happens in “Appsassins,” the screenplay I’m pitching to SyFy.

But here are the biggest offenders, because that’s really the more important information here.

The G5 could be LG's best smartphone yet. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

The G5 could be LG’s best smartphone yet. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

LG’s next-generation G5 smartphone could arrive as early as February next year, and one tipster claims it will be one of the most exciting G series smartphones so far.

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