News & Reviews:   Google

After the recent announcements by both US President Donald Trump and subsequently various White House officials, he has agreed to expedite or make ‘timely’ decisions (basically hurry it up) regarding special licenses for US companies like Google to sell to Huawei. Initially, US President Donald Trump said that Huawei would be allowed to do so, but afterwards White House officials said otherwise. 

After the recent announcements by both US President Donald Trump and subsequently various White House officials, he has agreed to expedite or make ‘timely’ decisions (basically hurry it up) regarding special licenses for US companies like Google to sell to Huawei. Initially, US President Donald Trump said that Huawei would be allowed to do so, but afterwards White House officials said otherwise. 

This isn’t really shocking, really. According to a recent study, Google and Facebook could potentially be tracking your visits to porn sites even when you’re on incognito mode. Google has trackers on 74% of the porn sites, Facebook on 10% and Oracle on 24%. Yikes.

Waze introduced a new function in the US, as well as Canada, which allows the user to see the price of a toll along the route to their destination. Not only is this informative, but it could help drivers plan out their expenses while driving on the road.

DirectD has posted an update on their Facebook page stating that all HONOR smartphones that are not able to access to selected apps on the Google Play Store, will be eligible for a full refund. However, it is best to note that the HONOR smartphones must be purchased from DirectD along with a valid warranty in order to perform a refund.

The biggest problem with launching a phone OS is not the technical bits but rather the building of the ecosystem. The OS would not be successful without apps on it and Huawei definitely sees this. As a step to overcome the problem, the Chinese manufacturer invites partners and developers to join the “Ark of Friends Circle” to help build a “fair, open, healthy and win-win” ecosystem. Huawei’s Ark Compiler is set to be officially open source starting this August. 

Life is full of surprises, and you will never know when it will be your time to go. That being said, your Google account comes with a specific feature which allows you to take control of what happens to your documents, pictures and videos as well as information in the event of your inevitable demise.

In light of an article that we have written last Friday regarding Facebook’s decision, of not allowing new Huawei and HONOR smartphones come with Facebook applications pre-installed. Huawei has given an official statement stating that “Facebook is a third-party application, and can be installed and used without any issue on HUAWEI devices.”

Google has given us a little more information regarding Google Stadia, and how much bandwidth is required in order to stream content of various resolutions and frame rates. Based on the infographic provided, Stadia requires a minimum of 10Mbps connection in order to sustain a constant 720p 60FPS game stream while the Stadia Pro requires the highest recommended speed for 4k 60FPS HDR with 5.1 surround sound content is 35Mbps and above.

Back then when you purchase a new Huawei device, it’ll usually come with various apps preinstalled with one of them being Facebook. That’s about to change, as Facebook will no longer allow their applications such as WhatsApp, Instagram as well as their very own Facebook app to come pre-installed in any Huawei and Honor devices.