Google Auto, the future of Google cars?

Google Auto has been around for a while. They’ve been responsible for the self-driving car experiments Google has been doing. The division has been set up as a distinct company back in 2011 and they’ve been partnering with car manufacturers since that time to bring their auto-related experiments to life. As a company, they can legally manufacture cars on their own. It’s worth noting that Google Auto’s the first Google product that has been spun off into its own company. Perhaps, it’s been done that way to shift risk away from Google or make filing paperwork easier. Either way, we won’t be surprised if there might be Google-branded self-driving cars in the future.

Source: Gizmodo

Frontback gets resurrected with new ‘partner’

After announcing they were shutting down, the selfie app Frontback announced that they’ve signed an agreement with a partner to keep the app alive. While they wouldn’t reveal who the mystery partner is, Frontback says the partner “believes as much as we do that there’s something incredible with Frontback.” And that they are “fully committed to make Frontback an even better place to share your moments.” There’ll seem to be new changes coming to the app though, so be prepared for those.

Source: Frontback | Via: The Verge

Samsung lets Chinese users delete smartphone bloatware

Samsung users in China have something we wish we had: the ability to delete bloatware. The South Korean brand isn’t waiting for the verdict of a Chinese lawsuit against them regarding bloatware. Samsung will be offering patches this August to let owners delete bloatware from the likes of the Galaxy Note 3, which was cited in the lawsuit, and the more recent ones like the Galaxy S6. They didn’t specify though which apps can be deleted, but it’ll a lot of the non-essentials, we assume.

Source: Engadget

Customize your iOS keyboard’s colours with Photokeys

Want to customize your iPhone’s keyboard further? Photokeys lets you make unique keyboard colours from your own photos. The app selects the major colours of a shot from your photos (either a new one or one from your Camera Roll) to create a five-colour palette. You can customize these by moving the colour marker where you want it to be. These colours will be assigned to the background, text button background, text button colour, functional button background, and functional button text colour. You can even set the mood to either Bright, Indifferent, or Dark for the keyboard.

Photokeys also gives you access to 100 emojis and works with any app. It supports auto-correction, numeric top row, predictive input, caps lock, and auto-capitalization.

Source: The Next Web | Download: Apple App Store ($1.19)