Airbnb’s new open source library lets you design with React and render to Sketch Today, Airbnb’s design team open sourced its internal library for writing React components that easily render directly to Sketch. Instead of trying to get Sketch to export to code, the Airbnb team spent its time on the opposite — putting the paintbrush in the hands of the engineer. Everyday engineers and designers have the luxury of …
Galaxy S8 owners are complaining of red-tinted screens Looks like Samsung’s not out of the woods quite yet. After the explosive Note7 debacle of 2016, the newest Samsung phones have a lot to make up for. Unfortunately, early Galaxy S8 users have already found a flaw in the device: the screens appear to have a red tint to them. According to ZDNet, since …
Facebook releases timeline of Cleveland shooting videos Facebook is facing backlash after a Cleveland man uploaded a video of himself shooting someone to the social network, and followed it with a Live video confessing to the murder. The slaying and its subsequent distribution across Facebook has raised questions about how the company moderates violent content. Justin Osofsky, Facebook’s vice president of global …
Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 won’t get Android 7.1.2 updates Earlier today, Google officially unveiled Android 7.1.2 for several Pixel and Nexus devices. The company also confirmed two devices that won’t be getting the update. The Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 will not receive an update to Android 7.1.2. Google hinted at this when it omitted the N6 and N9 from its list of devices …
Samsung Pay Mini announced for non-Samsung Android phones Samsung Pay has been exclusive to Samsung smartphones ever since its launch in September 2015, but today Samsung announced plans to bring its platform to non-Samsung phones. Sort of. Samsung Pay Mini is now official. The new service will offer online purchases to non-Samsung Android smartphones after downloading a dedicated app. To use Samsung Pay …
ZTE weighing options for crowdsourced Hawkeye smartphone, may cancel device entirely Things with ZTE’s Project CSX crowdsourced smartphone haven’t been going well lately, with the phone having launched on Kickstarter earlier this month and currently only at $36,000 of its $500,000 goal, and then ZTE saying that it made a “mistake” with the device. Now ZTE has revealed what’s next for the device. Jeff Yee, VP …
Android 7.1.2 announced by Google, now available to beta testers Surprise! Google today announced Android 7.1.2 and revealed that the update is now rolling out to public beta testers. As you might expect from an x.x.1 update, Android 7.1.2 is primarily focused on bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements. Google says that the update includes “a number of bugfixes and optimizations, along with a small number …
Starbucks adds voice ordering to iPhone app, coming soon to Android Voice controls are big in mobile right now, with services like Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa all helping you get things done using only your voice. Today Starbucks is getting in on the trend. Starbucks is now rolling out voice ordering in the Starbucks app for iOS and. The feature, which is currently available to …
Google Now Launcher will reportedly be discontinued soon The Google Now Launcher is nearing its third birthday, but it looks like the app won’t be around for much longer. According to a Google email leaked by Android Police, Google is planning to discontinue the Google Now Launcher. The app will be unpublished from the Play Store sometime in Q1 2017, which means that …
HTC should give marketing the old college try When HTC unveiled the U Play and U Ultra last month, nobody was sure what to make of it. The devices weren’t necessarily unwelcome by any means, but the move was a peculiar one for HTC. Were the U Play and U Ultra this year’s flagship duo? Did this signal the official end of the …
