Perplexity CEO and cofounder Aravind Srinivas. Associated Press In February, days before the Super Bowl, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI search startup Perplexity, gave users a sparkly incentive to install its app. He posted on X that instead of buying a Super Bowl ad, the company would give $1 million to one lucky user who…
An iPad Instagram app might be on the horizon. According to The Information, a Meta employee claims the long-asked-for app is finally in development, fueled by Meta’s desire to ramp up user activity on Instagram as a whole. Right now, Instagram is available on the iPad, but it’s the iPhone version and is designed for…
Android phones have been the first to feature a bunch of notable standards. They were the first to support 4G, 5G, USB-C (way back in 2015 no less) and in-screen fingerprint sensors. And when it comes to wireless charging, you can trace that lineage all the way back to the Samsung Galaxy S3 from 2012…
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung shipped the fewest outsourced phones of any Android brand in the first half of 2024. The manufacturer shipped fewer outsourced or ODM phones compared to 2022 as well. Nine out of every 10 Motorola phones shipped in this period were outsourced designs, though. Many smartphone manufacturers outsource the…
Iran has banned the import and sale of Motorola phones, citing security concerns related to recent incidents involving Motorola pagers in Lebanon, which prompted government calls for restrictions on products from the American brand. The prohibition means Motorola-branded phones and pagers can no longer be registered with the country’s telecommunications networks despite none of the brand’s…
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Motorola is rolling out the Gemini Nano AI model to the Edge 50 Ultra. The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is the brand’s first smartphone to support Google’s on-device LLM. Currently, Gemini Nano helps Magic Compose run on-device in the Google Messages app. Your favorite AI chatbot relies on a…