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The European Union has notified Google of formal antitrust charges against the company relating to its Android mobile operating system. The charge sheet focuses on the company's prioritizing of its own services on Android devices, including practices that mean that Google Search is "pre-installed and set as the default, or exclusive, search service on most Android devices sold in Europe." The EU's investigation, which was originally opened last April, claims that this and other measures prevent companies from effectively competing with Android.
Intel is laying off 12,000 employees globally, or about 11 percent of its workforce, the company said in a statement today.
Don't forget to post your thoughts about this week's social app fight! Remember to focus on comparing basic interactions, not feature differences.
Smartphone cameras can do astounding things nowadays, however they are starting to reach some hard physical limits. There's only so much you can achieve within the tight constraints of a device that's 7mm thick, and phone companies are looking for alternative means to keep improving. This spring, LG and Huawei have led the way with their new Android flagships, introducing two very different dual-camera systems that nevertheless signal the direction that the entire industry is about to head in. Apple's iPhone 7 Plus is rumored to be following their lead later this year. One day soon, we'll look at dual-camera phones the way we think of dual-core devices today: just a logical progression with nothing remarkable about it.
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Although emoji fill in where words are lacking, their true meaning might be getting lost in translation. People interpret emoji differently, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. This holds true even if chatting is happening over the same operating system.
Take the "grinning face with smiling eyes" emoji, , for example. The researchers surveyed online respondents on how they interpreted the emoji's sentiment, rating it on a scale from -5 (strongly negative) to +5 (strongly positive). Seventy percent of people put the face in the negative area of the chart, with most people ranking it at -3. But still, 27 percent of respondents thought it conveyed a more positive emotion. The chart below breaks down the...
Don't forget to post your thoughts about this week's search app fight! Remember to focus on comparing basic interactions, not feature differences.