Apple's "Get a Mac" actor now represents Huawei in the US

Actor Justin Long, who starred in Apple’s iconic “Get a Mac” ad campaign in the mid 2000s has switched sides and is now representing Huawei in its efforts to gain traction in the US tech market. Oh, how things have changed.

From 2006 to 2009, Long personified the Apple brand and somewhat tactfully mocked Bill Gates, Windows, and the PC crowd in general in a series of TV ads. He was a friendly-looking guy in his late 20s, wearing casual clothing, his hands seemingly glued inside the pockets of his jeans in every ad. The campaign was fun for what it was, we think, ...

Samsung Galaxy S8/Plus vs S7/edge specs and design: preliminary comparison

What do you sаy we unleash the unbridled powers of our collective imagination, and try to envision how that rulebreaker of a phone - the Galaxy S8 - will look and behave compared to last year's darling flagship of Samsung, the Galaxy S7? Why not throw the S7 edge in the mix, too, since the S8 is tipped to come with two versions in different display diagonals, but no flat-screen option. Actually, the imagination needn't be that unbridled, as there is plenty of insider info tipped as leaks to various publications already, so we can make a pretty good educated guess as to how the Galaxy S8/Plus ...

Apple App Store grows to 2.2 million apps, records double the revenue of Google Play Store

Apple just had another record quarter posting its highest revenue of all time and selling the most iPhones in a quarter. With 78.3 million iPhones sold and $78.3 billion in revenue, 69% of Apple's business was the iPhone.

But while it is the dominant money pony for the company, there is one other category that has grown tremendously and that now outsells the iPad and will likely soon overtake Mac sales. We're talking about the Services category where Apple bundles its App Store revenue, Apple Pay and iCloud.

The App Store is big business ...

T-Mobile testing Android Nougat for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Owners of unlocked Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices are already enjoying Android 7.0 all across the globe. However, if you're the owner of a US carrier-locked device, you have yet to receive any of the Nougat sweetness.

And while we have no word on when exactly carrier-locked Galaxy S7/S7 edge devices will be getting Android 7.0, we know that T-Mobile will be rolling it out sooner rather than later. The Un-carrier's website has a page that lists all devices that will get a software update at some point, and that same page also provides the current status of the update. The S7 ...

Google Allo no longer among the top 500 most popular Android apps

Google Allo is on life support.

As Android Police reported earlier today, the messaging app has dropped out of the top 500 or so apps on the Play Store, which essentially means that the public's overall interest in the app has hit a new low. It's not the first time the app has done this, as its popularity has surged a couple of times in December and mid-January due to updates with minor new features. However, it doesn't take a genius to notice that the overall trend is predominantly a downward one. 

It took Google's once-promising messenger ...

Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 images and specs leak: 4500 mAh battery, 6GB of RAM for premium model

Information about an alleged successor to last year’s Xiaomi Redmi Pro has surfaced on Chinese blogging website Weibo. The legitimacy of the leak has not been confirmed yet, but the user who posted the info claims his image is that of a legitimate product poster for the upcoming device.

Alleged specifications for the Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 reveal two variants of the phone – a premium one with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, and a cheaper version with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Unlike last year’s dual-cam Redmi Pro, this phone features only one camera ...

Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus design and dimensions leak out, reiterate 18:9 aspect ratio, rear finger scanner

After a month of speculative leaks, anonymous tips and case maker guesswork, we may now have something more tangible to work with regarding the final Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus design and overall size from a reputable source. These schematics you see below, allegedly depict the true dimensions of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus models, as corroborated by an eyewitness of the phones' physical presence.

As you can easily calculate from the schematics, the screens' aspect ration is about 18.5:9, or precisely the number that was given by Evan Blass @evleaks sources last week. Accounting for ...