BlackBerry’s last two smartphones have been Android-powered devices featuring a suite of BlackBerry apps for communication, security, time management, and other functions. Now you don’t need a BlackBerry phone to use some of those apps anymore.
The company has released BlackBerry Hub+ for Android, which brings BlackBerry’s unified messaging app as well as its calendar and Password Keeper apps to any phone running Android 6.0 or later.
To use the apps, you just need to download and install BlackBerry Hub and BlackBerry Services from the Google Play Store.
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BlackBerry’s last two smartphones have been Android-powered devices featuring a suite of BlackBerry apps for communication, security, time management, and other functions. Now you don’t need a BlackBerry phone to use some of those apps anymore.
The company has released BlackBerry Hub+ for Android, which brings BlackBerry’s unified messaging app as well as its calendar and Password Keeper apps to any phone running Android 6.0 or later.
To use the apps, you just need to download and install BlackBerry Hub and BlackBerry Services from the Google Play Store.
Continue reading BlackBerry launches Hub+ suite of apps for Android at Liliputing.
Earlier this year ZTE announced plans to launch a crowdsourced smartphone. Now the Chinese phone maker is kicking things off by launching Project CSX, a community forum where potential customers will be able to share their ideas for a smartphone that ZTE hopes to bring to market in 2017.
Anyone can join the community by visiting community.zteusa.com to sign up.
ZTE says it Projcet CSX is “a new method for developing products that engages directly with consumers at every step of the development process.”
Uses will be invited to submit ideas and then vote on their favorites.
Continue reading ZTE launches Project CSX: will release a crowdsourced phone in 2017 at Liliputing.
Earlier this year ZTE announced plans to launch a crowdsourced smartphone. Now the Chinese phone maker is kicking things off by launching Project CSX, a community forum where potential customers will be able to share their ideas for a smartphone that ZTE hopes to bring to market in 2017.
Anyone can join the community by visiting community.zteusa.com to sign up.
ZTE says it Projcet CSX is “a new method for developing products that engages directly with consumers at every step of the development process.”
Uses will be invited to submit ideas and then vote on their favorites.
Continue reading ZTE launches Project CSX: will release a crowdsourced phone in 2017 at Liliputing.
SolidRun is expanding its ClearFrog line of products with a new single board computer (SBC) designed to let manufacturers or hobbyists build a router or other networking products.
The company launched a $170 ClearFrog Pro last year. Now there’s a new ClearFrog Base which is both smaller and cheaper: it measures 4″ x 3″ and currently sells for $70.
The device features a Marvell ARMADA 38x processor, up to 2GB of RAM, an option for 4GB of eMMC storage, a microSD card reader, an mPCIE slot, a USB 3.0 ports, and two Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Continue reading Build your own router with SolidRun $90 ClearFrog Base single board computer at Liliputing.
SolidRun is expanding its ClearFrog line of products with a new single board computer (SBC) designed to let manufacturers or hobbyists build a router or other networking products.
The company launched a $170 ClearFrog Pro last year. Now there’s a new ClearFrog Base which is both smaller and cheaper: it measures 4″ x 3″ and currently sells for $70.
The device features a Marvell ARMADA 38x processor, up to 2GB of RAM, an option for 4GB of eMMC storage, a microSD card reader, an mPCIE slot, a USB 3.0 ports, and two Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Continue reading Build your own router with SolidRun $90 ClearFrog Base single board computer at Liliputing.
Amazon’s Echo and related products use the spoken word as a user interface. You interact with Alexa on the Echo, Tap, Dot, or Fire TV by talking, and it speaks back to you.
While you can use your voice to control music playback, get answers to questions, request news or weather updates or order products, there’s potential for a whole bunch of other things… including games.
There are already a handful of games available for Alexa.
Continue reading Amazon’s new Alexa dev tools could bring choose-your-own-adventure games to Alexa at Liliputing.
Amazon’s Echo and related products use the spoken word as a user interface. You interact with Alexa on the Echo, Tap, Dot, or Fire TV by talking, and it speaks back to you.
While you can use your voice to control music playback, get answers to questions, request news or weather updates or order products, there’s potential for a whole bunch of other things… including games.
There are already a handful of games available for Alexa.
Continue reading Amazon’s new Alexa dev tools could bring choose-your-own-adventure games to Alexa at Liliputing.
Mozilla has officially brought multi-process support to the Firefox web browser. After debuting multi-process support in Firefox 48 beta a few months ago, the developers have dropped the beta label.
Firefox 48 is now available for download, and the biggest change is that it’s the first stable version of the web browser to use Mozilla’s new Electrolysis feature that uses separate processes for web content and the browser itself… which should keep individual web pages from making the whole browser freeze.
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Mozilla has officially brought multi-process support to the Firefox web browser. After debuting multi-process support in Firefox 48 beta a few months ago, the developers have dropped the beta label.
Firefox 48 is now available for download, and the biggest change is that it’s the first stable version of the web browser to use Mozilla’s new Electrolysis feature that uses separate processes for web content and the browser itself… which should keep individual web pages from making the whole browser freeze.
Continue reading Firefox is now a multi-process web browser (as of Firefox 48) at Liliputing.
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update is now available for PCs including laptops, desktops, tablets, and convertibles. But what if you’re one of the small number of people with a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone?
You’ll have to wait a little longer. Microsoft says the Anniversary Update will be available for phones “in the coming weeks.”
That’s the bad news. The good news is that you’re not really missing much. The Anniversary Update brings a bunch of new things for desktop users, including enhanced Windows Ink features, support for extensions in the Edge web browser, and even the ability to run some Ubuntu Linux software within Windows.
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update is now available for PCs including laptops, desktops, tablets, and convertibles. But what if you’re one of the small number of people with a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone?
You’ll have to wait a little longer. Microsoft says the Anniversary Update will be available for phones “in the coming weeks.”
That’s the bad news. The good news is that you’re not really missing much. The Anniversary Update brings a bunch of new things for desktop users, including enhanced Windows Ink features, support for extensions in the Edge web browser, and even the ability to run some Ubuntu Linux software within Windows.
Continue reading Windows 10 Anniversary Update hits phones “in the coming weeks” at Liliputing.
Android 7.0 Nougat will bring multi-window support to Android phones and tablets. But there are already a few custom versions of Android with multi-window capabilities, including Phoenix OS and Jide’s Remix OS.
While Remix OS was initially only available to folks who bought a device with the OS pre-loaded, these days you can download the operating system and run it on a wide range of notebook or desktop PCs with Intel or AMD chips.
Continue reading Remix OS 3.0 released for Google Pixel C, Nexus 9 tablets at Liliputing.
Android 7.0 Nougat will bring multi-window support to Android phones and tablets. But there are already a few custom versions of Android with multi-window capabilities, including Phoenix OS and Jide’s Remix OS.
While Remix OS was initially only available to folks who bought a device with the OS pre-loaded, these days you can download the operating system and run it on a wide range of notebook or desktop PCs with Intel or AMD chips.
Continue reading Remix OS 3.0 released for Google Pixel C, Nexus 9 tablets at Liliputing.
Chromebooks are more than just cheap laptops… there are are some models that are actually pretty expensive.
But even the cheapest models offer some of the key benefits of Chrome OS: the operating system is fairly secure, since apps run in a sandboxed environment. Chrome OS boots in seconds and resumes from sleep even more quickly. And updating to the latest build of the operating system is as simple as rebooting the computer: it takes just a few seconds once the update is downloaded.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (8-02-2016) at Liliputing.
Chromebooks are more than just cheap laptops… there are are some models that are actually pretty expensive.
But even the cheapest models offer some of the key benefits of Chrome OS: the operating system is fairly secure, since apps run in a sandboxed environment. Chrome OS boots in seconds and resumes from sleep even more quickly. And updating to the latest build of the operating system is as simple as rebooting the computer: it takes just a few seconds once the update is downloaded.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (8-02-2016) at Liliputing.
There was a time when some folks predicted tablet shipments would eventually surpass those of traditional PCs like laptops and desktops. But it’s easy to make that kind of prediction when a product category is brand new, because going from 0 to a few million devices shipped looks like astronomical growth.
These days, things are looking a bit less rosy. Tablets aren’t exactly going away anytime soon. But the market has been contracting a bit for a while.
Continue reading Tablet shipments continue to fall at Liliputing.
There was a time when some folks predicted tablet shipments would eventually surpass those of traditional PCs like laptops and desktops. But it’s easy to make that kind of prediction when a product category is brand new, because going from 0 to a few million devices shipped looks like astronomical growth.
These days, things are looking a bit less rosy. Tablets aren’t exactly going away anytime soon. But the market has been contracting a bit for a while.
Continue reading Tablet shipments continue to fall at Liliputing.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 features a big screen, Samsung’s S-Pen stylus for writing or drawing, and specs that… quite frankly, look a lot like those for the smaller Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones which launched nearly half a year ago. There are a few new features though, include an iris scanner that you can use to login to your device or use Samsung Pay.
The Galaxy Note 7 is launching at an event in New York City today, but Korea Times spilled the beans a bit early… as have a series of leaks including one that shows the back of the box the phone comes in, with some specs for the 5.7 inch smartphone.
Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has 5.7 inch screen display, 4GB RAM, and S-Pen support at Liliputing.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 features a big screen, Samsung’s S-Pen stylus for writing or drawing, and specs that… quite frankly, look a lot like those for the smaller Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones which launched nearly half a year ago. There are a few new features though, include an iris scanner that you can use to login to your device or use Samsung Pay.
The Galaxy Note 7 is launching at an event in New York City today, but Korea Times spilled the beans a bit early… as have a series of leaks including one that shows the back of the box the phone comes in, with some specs for the 5.7 inch smartphone.
Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has 5.7 inch screen display, 4GB RAM, and S-Pen support at Liliputing.