Android and Chill

Google is the pioneer of all the generative AI you're seeing yet is being cautious.

In a world where Samsung sells millions of folding and flipping phones, Google needs to do more than just show up.

Google blocked bad apps, prevented $2 billion in fraud, and kicked over 173,000 developer accounts out of Gogole Play.

Older phones are a great value but the update process can be terrible.

KaiOS on your phone and a Chromebook (or tablet) gives you the best of two worlds.

Google and Apple need to crack down on apps that set anything on by default because developers are never going to stop.

Once someone else is in your phone they can do everything you can do.

My phone is better than yours and my dad can beat up your dad.

No one will sing Bard’s praises with ChatGPT in the picture.

I'm sure the S23 is a fine phone but it's not worth upgrading my current fine phone.

If 1.5 billion iPhones have Apple search as the default it'll mean Google no longer has the dreaded monopoly status.

Regardless of the real reasons, Google not releasing its own advanced AI as a chatbot is a good thing.

The tech that powers everything from apps to airlines is amazing, but often very delicate.

Qualcomm's deal with Iridium leaves most details up to phone makers, but we have enough to set our expectations.

The internet is worried about sideloading on the iPhone but there is a much bigger problem: uninstalling any app you want.

Nothing that's connected is flawless. When those flaws come to light, companies need to do the right thing.

There are many services where one can use an AI-powered bot to write blog posts and you've probably read the output more than once. And hated it.

Digital privacy is a serious issue that most people just aren't concerned about.

All software is riddled with bugs and exploits. Open source means talking about them.

The Pixel 7 event was a list of features that should have been part of Android 13