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The prevailing strategy in the mobile space as far as cameras go these days seems to be “more is always better,” and leaks (courtesy of OnLeaks, posting at CashKaro) of a new, as yet unknown Motorola device featuring four rear shooters seem to indicate that the company is diving headfirst into the trend. Details at […]
Apple’s first real competitor to AirPods has finally arrived: Beats Powerbeats Pro. So what are Powerbeats Pro? A serious evolution of the wireless-but-with-a-cord version of Powerbeats earphones. Beats describes Powerbeats Pro as ‘totally wireless’, replacing the microUSB-charged corded hardware with a totally cordless version that has its own Lightning-powered charging case. Powerbeats Pro also retains […]
Apple News Plus has seen over 200,000 subscribers already sign up to the iOS news app, in its opening two days on the app store. With over one billion active iOS devices in use – across smartphones, tablets, and computers – that’s around 0.02% of current Apple consumers signing up to the service. While that […]
Samsung and Huawei have taken an early lead in the foldable smartphone race but the competition isn’t sitting idly on the sidelines. Motorola is reportedly working on a reimagined version of its popular Razr phone and based on a recent patent, parent company Lenovo looks to be working on something as well. LetsGoDigital recently commissioned […]
Gmail was launched 15 years ago yesterday, but the basic email service it started out as barely scratches the surface of what it has become today. In celebration of Gmail’s anniversary, Google is rolling out enhancements to Smart Compose that will make writing emails faster. The AI-based suggestion feature will now be fully support on […]
AMD and Intel have been fighting for processor supremacy for years, and Intel’s latest blow to its competitor has finally been unveiled. The company today announced its Cascade Lake-based Xeon Platinum 9200 processor line-up, designed primarily for high-end server usage and deep learning applications. For those purposes, the processors will likely go above and beyond […]
The next generation of Apple iPhones will come with larger battery capacities, as well as support for reverse wireless charging, according to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo previously forecasted in February 2019 that the successor to the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR would all offer reverse wireless charging, like the Samsung Galaxy S10 devices […]
Facebook has spent so much time on the defensive since 2016 that it can be startling to see the company come out swinging. But with Europe beginning to peel away from the open web, and American lawmakers rattling their sabers a bit more each day, Facebook is undertaking a kind of regulatory shock-and-awe campaign: a […]
Game of Thrones fans keen to get a head-start on the newest episodes have been warned to take precaution when watching and downloading online. The hugely-popular HBO series, which is set to start its final season soon, was named as the most popular choice for hackers to use as a shield to spread malware. In […]
Cloudflare has announced that it’s adding a VPN to its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver app. The 1.1.1.1 service, which first came to mobile back in November, currently attempts to speed up mobile data speeds by using Cloudflare’s network to resolve DNS queries faster than your existing mobile network. What’s new is Warp, a VPN built by […]
Whether you are ready or not, foldable phones are here. And going by Huawei’s short-term plans, half of its upcoming premium phones could feature the new device format. Huawei is betting heavily on foldable devices given the technology is new, folding phones are expensive to produce and have a small market share. However, Yu said […]
Remember Snake? It’s back — in Google Maps form! Snake, the iconic Nokia game first introduced on the Nokia 6110 in 1997, has been reimagined for Google Maps in celebration of April Fool’s Day. You can play it on iOS and Android versions of the Google Maps app. Just touch the sidebar option on the […]
In a bizarre incident, social networking giant Facebook has said that it “mistakenly deleted” CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s old posts, some of them dating back to 2007 and 2008.? A spokesperson from the company reportedly said many of Zuckerberg’s old posts about Facebook can still be found on the company’s blog and in its newsroom. “A […]
Earlier today, the New Zealand Herald published a letter from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, addressing how the company is addressing the deadly terror attack in Christchurch two weeks ago. In the letter, she lays out three steps that the company is taking, including that it’s “exploring restrictions” for live video. She described the attack as […]
Facebook’s Aquila wasn’t the company’s only experimental project meant to boost slow mobile internet speeds. According to a Business Insider report, the social network also explored the use of fixed-wing bird-size drones to provide people in remote locations the capability to stream data-intensive content such as videos and photos. The project called Catalina started sometime […]