Now this is the key Google app that we've been waiting to get a Material Design upgrade. Google on Wednesday took the wraps off its latest update to Google Maps that will prominently feature Material Design, the gorgeous new design language used in Android 5.0 Lollipop. The new update, which Google says will be rolling out over the next few days, doesn't just look pretty — it also adds several key features that will make Google Maps more useful than ever.
We started the week of strong on Monday with eight solid paid iPhone and iPad apps that were on sale for free for a limited time — and a couple of them are still free downloads if you hurry. Now, on Tuesday, we're back with another seven iOS apps that would normally cost a combined $37 to download, but each and every one is free for a limited time.
A Bank of America representative contacted by CNN said that the issue was on Apple Pay's end and after some confusion about who should be contacted for a refund, Bank of America was able to refund the money.Bank of America transferred me to Apple Pay customer support. The only problem: Apple's representative reminded me that for security's sake -- as promised -- Apple keeps no records of names or amounts for any of the transactions.
That meant there's nothing Apple could do, the representative told me. So Apple told me to call Bank of America. It was every consumer's worst nightmare: customer service for two companies telling you to call the other.
Thank God for three-way calling. I got Apple and Bank of America on the same line and let them sort it out.
BofA was smart enough to refund me the money, because they said it was obvious to them that these were duplicate charges for the same exact amount.
"We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to correct the issue. All customers have been made whole," said Tara Burke, a spokeswoman for Bank of America. "We are always here for our customers and resolve any issues they have."
Samsung’s upcoming phablet, which will be launched in early September – and which, for the first time ever, will have to face an Apple phablet – is said to pack an exclusive sensor that should further differentiate it from other competing devices. According to SamMobile , the Galaxy Note 4 will have an ultraviolet (UV) sensor that will help users stay out of the damaging rays of the sun.
Google's Material Design isn't just there to make your phone's UI look better — it's also there to make your phone more functional. Droid Life picks up on a new change that Google has made to Android L with Material Design that could really improve multitasking functionality on the device in way that we haven't seen before.
Have you ever done a search for an artist and just wanted Google to fetch you links that would just let you listen to their top songs? Well, now you can. Google said this week that when you search for an artist, you'll get links to their songs at several top streaming websites including Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Google Play, YouTube and Rdio. Just clicking on the search result will open the song on your phone depending on the apps you have installed on your device.
Microsoft, you're killing me. You've just announced what looks like a killer new tablet that you're hyping as "the tablet that can replace your laptop." It looks like a big improvement over the Surface 2 in just about every possible way, from the display quality to the super-thin build. But for some reason, you are still insisting on selling the keyboard cover separately for $130 a pop. To use an old science fiction cliché, this does not compute.
It's still up for debate whether EA took anything away from being named the worst company in America for two years straight, but the company's victory (?) lap is finally ending. Consumerist has revealed that EA lost out to Time Warner Cable in the first round of voting for this year's 'Worst Company in America' bracket, forcing video game fans to direct their rage elsewhere for the remainder of the competition.
In the race to beat each others’ specs, phone manufacturers are packing their devices’ cameras with as many pixels as possible. Nokia’s Lumia 1020 exemplified this trend with its 41-megapixel camera. And yesterday, it looked like Oppo would top this with the 50-megapixel camera in its Find 7, although it turns out that it is actually a 13-megapixel camera that mashes together four successive pictures.
Samsung still isn't sure whether or not people actually need 64-bit processors in their smartphones and tablets, but the company plans to build and launch one anyway in 2014. Apple became the first company to make a 64-bit smartphone widely available when it launched the iPhone 5s last year, and a subsequent report claimed that the move set off panic across the industry. Samsung was quick to state that it would follow in Apple's footsteps and launch its own 64-bit mobile devices, but the company seemingly couldn't develop its new chips quickly enough to debut one in the new Galaxy S5. The company is still hard at work on 64-bit chipsets though, and it says its first such effort will debut later this year.
Google just announced a major new Google Maps redesign – here are the 3 best new features