Author: Geek Planet

Apps aimed at children have been available since the inception of the App Store. However, not all apps created for minors are safe to use. This is the main finding of a new survey conducted by two child safety organizations. The report presents the results of a 24-hour research study in which 800 apps were reviewed, and the findings are concerning. The Heat Initiative and ParentsTogether Action study found that Apple’s App Store is a mass distributor of risky and inappropriate apps to children. Many apps have features that put children at risk of sexual abuse and exploitation, low self-esteem…

RCS messaging has gained popularity by leaps and bounds this past year, especially in the Western market. More than one billion people are estimated to use RCS messaging at present, and a huge part of that growth is due to Apple introducing RCS compatibility with iOS 18. iOS 18 has supported RCS messaging since it launched in September, but at launch, carrier support was a bit scarce. Now, Apple has updated its support page with an expanded list of carriers that support RCS. These carriers are: AT&T C Spire Consumer Cellular Cricket FirstNet H20 Wireless Metro by T-Mobile PureTalk Red…

The Samsung Galaxy S25 is just around the corner. We expect it to be announced on January 22 at the Galaxy Unpacked event said to be happening that day, and a new leak further corroborates that information while adding in a few more tidbits we didn’t know before. Tipster Jukanlosreve shared the news onciting a “very reliable” source that confirmed the Galaxy S25 will officially be on sale in Korea (and presumably the United States) on February 7. In addition, the leaker says the Slim model will also be shown at the Unpacked event. In another reply in the comments…

MediaTek has just introduced its latest smartphone silicon, and this one promises some big changes for mid-range smartphones. The latest offering from the Taiwanese company is the Dimensity 8400 chip, and it will take on Qualcomm’s excellent Snapdragon 7 series Gen 3 processors. The new MediaTek chipset, however, enters the fray with more firepower than we have ever seen in this segment. That’s because the Dimensity 8400 goes all-in on big cores and ditches efficiency cores, just like its flagship sibling, the Dimensity 9400. Instead of the hybrid Arm Cortex-A715 + Arm Cortex-A510 design we got on the Dimensity 8300…

Apple did not release any new iPads in 2023. However, this year marked a significant change with the introduction of all-new versions of the iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. Notably absent from this list is the standard iPad, which hasn’t been updated in nearly three years. This is expected to change in the coming months. According to MacRumorsApple plans to release an updated iPad alongside the iPhone SE 4 in Spring 2025. While limited information about the upcoming iPad is available, several details have emerged in recent months. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the new tablet is expected…

Table of Contents Table of Contents This isn’t just a brown phone Motorola’s ongoing color expertise I want more of this in 2025 The Motorola Razr Plus 2024 stands tall as one of the year’s best folding phones. It’s highly performant and has good cameras, solid software, and a striking design. That last point was one of my favorite aspects of the phone when I reviewed it this summer, and just in time for the new year, Motorola found a way to ensure the Razr Plus continues to be a design leader heading into 2025. Earlier this month, Motorola announced…

Table of Contents Table of Contents A whole new generation. Same old design Convenient boredom or complacency? The year was 2015. Back when the obsession was making the thinnest phones out there. Chinese smartphone brands made their presence felt in the race, out-slimming the big boys. Vivo’s crown jewel was merely 4.75mm across. Even Samsung participated and launched a phone that beat Apple at the cross-section game. A decade later, the wheels of smartphone design are turning back to slim phones. The rumor mill keeps spilling details about the Galaxy S25 Slim and iPhone 17 Slim. I’m hoping the other…

The last few iPhone updates have brought a lot of changes with them. Just take a look at iOS 18.2: it introduced a ton of AI-powered features that had never before been available. If you have an older phone, it’s easy to worry that its hardware won’t be up to snuff for the next round of updates. For now, you can breathe easy: if your iPhone can handle iOS 18, then it should also work with iOS 19, according to a new leak. The news comes from the French site iPhoneSoftAlthough Apple guarantees five years of support for its devices,…

When iOS 18.2 released just over a week ago, it unlocked a lot of long-awaited features like Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, and improvements to writing tools. Now it seems like another update could be just around the corner: version 18.2.1. MacRumors found evidence of the update in their analytic logs, a source that has supposedly revealed quite a few iOS versions before release. Given that this is a minor update, it isn’t likely to come with new features or anything groundbreaking. Instead, it will most likely be targeted at bug fixes, although no specific problems have been named. You should…

Table of Contents Table of Contents How to download your reading data from Goodreads Making sure your data is correct Importing your Goodreads books into StoryGraph Goodreads has been the only game in town for Android and iOS book-tracking for a long time now, and like most monopolies, it has grown old and fat. Acquired by Amazon in 2013, avid book readers have had lots to complain about in recent years, with the service languishing unloved, with no serious updates and an aging interface. It’s been due some serious competition for a long time, and lo and behold, something has…