Author: Geek Planet

We’ve all been there one time or another. Your phone’s battery is at 20% by noon, and you have no idea why. More often than not, a badly behaved app running in the background is the culprit.  Till now, there was no way to identify such apps without installing and using them first, and checking their battery power usage metrics in the Settings app. Google is now taking steps to address the issue. Starting March 1, 2026, the Google Play Store began rolling out “wake lock technical quality treatments” to identify apps causing battery drain. In plain English, Google will…

Was last quarter a fluke or is this a legitimate turning point for the business? That’s what industry analysts will want to clarify during Snap’s Q1 2025 earnings results later today.As W Media Research’s principal and chief analyst Karsten Weide put it, Snap’s recent gains suggest a turning point, but its next earnings call must address key questions to prove sustainability. “Snap needs to demonstrate that it can maneuver out of ‘small platform syndrome,’ which is a state of being too small as a potential source of revenue for any advertiser to motivate them to adopt native platform tools like…

Nothing has officially launched the Phone 4a alongside the Phone 4a Pro, and the company has positioned this as a phone for people who love to create. The star of the show is a brand new camera system, but there’s more under the hood than just upgraded sensors. It’s all about the cameras with other minor improvements The Phone 4a features a 50MP periscope camera with a 3.5x OIS sensor. You also get the familiar 50MP OIS main sensor, an ultra-wide, and a 32MP selfie camera. You get a zoom range from 0.6x to 70x, which is a significant upgrade.…

A Dell-tested NVIDIA N1X laptop has popped up again through a test listing leaked on X, and it’s one of the cleaner signals yet that Nvidia’s long-rumored laptop processor plans are getting real attention inside an OEM. What makes this worth your time is the kind of evidence. A dated record tied to an engineering sample suggests hands-on qualification work, not just guesswork from specs watchers. That doesn’t mean you should plan your next upgrade around it. There’s no public launch window here, and the practical stuff, like operating system support and drivers, can decide whether this is a mainstream…

Jacki Kelley does not want to attract attention.In fact, the evp and chief client and business officer of Interpublic Group does not want to be written about during this sensitive time in the holding company’s absorption into Omnicom. Despite several colleagues and competitors that spoke to Digiday crediting her as one of the most important linchpins to making “OmniPublic” work without losing key clients along the way, neither IPG nor Kelley offered a statement or agreed to an interview. But whether she wants the spotlight or not, sources point to her relentless work ethic and emotional intelligence as essential ingredients to…

The only thing clear at the moment in forecasting economic conditions across the marketing ecosystem is that you pretty much can’t. At least that’s the message being delivered by executives who swung by the Digiday Studio at the Possible conference on Day 1, which got underway in Miami on Monday. Some speakers, including Zeta Global founder and CEO David Steinberg, were at least encouraged that marketers haven’t yet slashed their budgets, and are instead still holding in a wait-and-see pattern. “Right now, everyone I’m talking to has changed nothing — I haven’t seen any cutbacks and I haven’t personally seen…

If you’ve been eyeing a MacBook Pro but waiting for a price cut that actually moves the needle, this one is worth a look. The 14-inch MacBook Pro in Space Black with the Apple M5 chip (10-core CPU / 10-core GPU), 16GB memory, and a 512GB SSD is down to $1,449.00, saving you $150 off the $1,599.00 compared value. This is the kind of discount that makes a “premium laptop” feel more practical, especially if you want something fast, portable, and built to last a few upgrade cycles. What you’re getting This configuration hits a sweet spot for most people…

After just over 100 days in office, Donald Trump’s presidency has left U.S. advertisers’ heads spinning. The impact of his tariff policies, however, are being felt far beyond the 50 states.Global research outfit WARC and the Advertising Association today (April 30) cut their U.K. ad spend forecast in the face of stagnant economic growth and — you guessed it — tariffs. Ad spend is expected to rise by 6.3% in 2025 to reach £45.2 billion ($60 billion), 0.6% less than January predictions had suggested. According to James McDonald, director of data, intelligence and forecasting at WARC, it’s a consequence of…

A 49-inch OLED ultrawide is the kind of monitor you buy once and build your whole setup around. The Samsung 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 (G93SD) is down to $999.99, saving you $700 off the $1,699.99 compared value. If you’ve wanted the “super ultrawide” experience but couldn’t justify the usual price, this discount is big enough to make it feel realistic, especially for anyone gaming at high refresh rates or using a single screen for work+play. What you’re getting This is a 49-inch curved OLED monitor with Dual-QHD resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, and a claimed 0.03ms response time. In real terms,…

Starting in March, parenting creator Tina Cartwright heard from three brand partners that they would be halting or pulling upcoming campaign spending (around Mother’s Day, for example), citing “budget freezes” and “tightening budgets” in the face of tariffs being imposed by the Trump administration.“Everybody’s in a freeze mode,” Cartwright said. “[They don’t know what] additional impacts and stresses they’re going to have to account for as a result of these tariffs.” Cartwright, who has 75,200 followers on Instagram, was eventually able to get the brand deals (she declined to name the specific brands) moving again by adjusting contract terms and…