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Facebook plans first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor

The Verge

It’s part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to build more consumer devices that circumvent Apple and Google, the two dominant mobile phone platform creators that largely control Facebook’s ability to reach people. The idea is to encourage owners of the watch to use it in ways that smartphones are used now.

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7 enterprise mobile app trends to watch in 2018

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: The demand for enterprise mobile apps is growing. In this article, we explore 7 enterprise mobile app trends you can’t ignore this year. photo credit: FirmBee via pixabay cc There’s a growing gap between mobile usage and enterprise mobile app development over the last few years. Dinsmore , Ph.D.,

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iPhone Vs Android — A Comparative Study 2018

Galido

Apple has shown great skill in designing an easy-to-use mobile operating system, while Android has been increasingly developing their product to be more intuitive and give you more control over it’s OS and applications. For more about this comparison, check out our article: Best Personal Assistant for Mobile in 2016-2018.

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Apple stumbled into a war with the gaming industry, and the future of iOS is at stake

The Verge

Individually, either of Apple’s moves — yanking Fortnite or banning cloud gaming services — might make gamers skeptical about Apple’s control over the App Store and the company’s commitment to bring the best games to mobile and keep them there. But the comparison to Netflix or Spotify is beside the point.

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A short history of every time Apple CEO Tim Cook praised augmented reality

The Verge

February 2017: Cook expands his thoughts on AR’s potential , adding a new comparison: AR is a big idea, like the smartphone. The first step in making it a mainstream kind of experience is to put it in the operating system. You want the technology to amplify it, not to be a barrier. Even we can’t predict what’s going to come out.

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One month with the Surface Duo: What it’s really like to use Microsoft’s dual-screen Android device

GeekWire

It’s a beautiful piece of hardware, and a novel take on mobile computing. It works perfectly well as a phone, especially when paired with wireless earbuds. On the downside, there’s no support for NFC for mobile payments, as I discovered with a line behind me at the convenience store. Microsoft Photo).

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Three questions that will decide Epic v. Apple

The Verge

On the software side, there is a range of private APIs and OS-level entitlements that are only enabled after App Store review, tying the systems that much tighter together. But iOS and Android don’t compete for app developers in the same way, and the lower cost of mobile development means the competition happens on vastly different terms.

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