LATEST APPSGONEFREE Follow us on twitter
GearAdvice AppAdvice/TV NowGaming WatchAware

The Tech Media Minute: Snapchat Refreshed and an Underwhelming Android Milestone

Give us 60 seconds to show you the world
The World Around You
June 8, 2016

Google Android may own smartphone market share, but today’s news will prove yet again why iOS is the way to go when it comes to innovation. Here’s our daily take on what’s going on in the world of technology.

3 Stories/30 Seconds

3 Stories/30 Seconds

Snapchat wants to grow up

It looks like Snapchat is hoping to move beyond the under-30 set. In a major revamp of its app, the popular messaging service has unveiled a new look, which includes a revamped Discovery feature. As Adweek explains, the new look offers “subscribe buttons, creative headlines and new placements geared at helping publishers amass big audiences.”

 

Free
Snapchat
Snapchat, Inc.

Be glad you’re not on Android

When Apple releases a new version of iOS, everyone with an iPhone or iPad gets it. Over at Google Android, things aren’t so simple. Case in point: Android Marshmallow.

First released eight months ago, Android Marshmallow is only installed on 10 percent of devices worldwide, according to ZDNet. The reason? Unlike with iOS and Apple, Android must work on devices made by various companies. Couple that with carrier requirements and the entire process takes a very long time before any Android update arrives for an end-user.

Android N, which is Android Marshmellow’s successor, is expected to be released very soon — if you can get it.

More WWDC predictions released

Monday’s keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is getting ever-closer. Here are the latest predictions from around the web:

WWDC kicks off on Monday, June 13.

Today/15 Seconds

Today/15 Seconds

Today, June 8 is Best Friends Day, Name Your Poison Day, and Donald Duck Day.

Looking backwards: “The Milton Berle Show” premiered on NBC on this date in 1948.

 

Extra Minutes

Extra Minutes

Have a few more minutes? Check out these other stories making news:

Want even more? Check out Tech Media Extra.

The Tech Media Minute is published Monday through Friday on AppAdvice.