Samsung is currently beta testing the Oreo build for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and the stable update is due for later this month, and now when no one was expecting, a Note8 Exynos variant has randomly got the Oreo update according to a Samsung retail store employee. It is very unusual since the company never expanded the Oreo build to Note8. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android 8.0 Oreo update rolling out to some units”
Apple just announced that apps and games were the bigger part of the holiday season in 2017 as the App Store has hit a record $300 million in purchases on New Year’s Day 2018. During the week of Christmas, a record number of iOS users made purchases from the App Store spending over $890 million in the seven-day period. Continue reading “Apple App Store hit record $300 million sales on New Year’s Day”
Dell ahead of the CES 2018 event has introduced the XPS 13 laptop with a refreshing new design that features InfinityEdge 13-inch display that fits in an 11-inch frame. It is powered by the 8th gen Intel Core processors with a 4K display on the 13-inch model. The company claims that the XPS 13 looks as good as it did on day 1 even on day 1,000. Continue reading “Dell introduces new XPS 13 with 4K display, 8th gen Intel Core processors”
The never-ending series of problems for the Pixel 2 returns and this time it is a voice recording bug that is affecting messaging apps. According to many users on the Pixel community, the Pixel 2 XL is limiting the volume levels when recording voice messages on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Allo. Continue reading “Google investigating Pixel 2 XL voice recording bug affecting WhatsApp, Telegram messaging apps”
With Meltdown and Spectre security flaws taking over the internet from the past couple of days, Intel after confirming the memory leak issues, today announced that it has already issued updates for the majority of the processors. It also said that it expects to roll out security updates to 90% of processors released in the past five years by the end of next week. Continue reading “Intel to issue security updates to 90% of processors from past 5 years by next week”
Sony’s upcoming mid-range and budget phones have been in the new for quite some time now. The Xperia XA2 recently got leaked in live images after being confirmed by the NBTC and SIRIM regulatory bodies in Thailand and Malaysia. Today, we are seeing the phones yet again as the press images of the phone are leaked by Evan Blass aka @evleaks of The VentureBeat. Continue reading “Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra with dual front cameras, Xperia XA2 and Xperia L2 press renders surface”
It is a well-known fact that most modern Intel, ARM, and AMD CPUs and phones are affected by the serious Kernel memory leak issues known as the Spectre and Meltdown. Though Microsoft and Google had responded and said that they are taking steps to prevent any malicious attacks, it was Apple who didn’t respond. However, the Cupertino company has now acknowledged the flaw and said that all Mac and iOS devices are affected. Continue reading “Apple confirms all Macs and iOS devices are affected by Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities”
Lenovo ahead of the CES 2018 event has introduced new ThinkPad T, X and L series laptops, Tablet 10 and ThinkPad Docking Station. The ThinkPad series laptops come with thinner and lighter designs with 8th Generation Intel Core processors with the support for Windows Hello Facial Recognition. Continue reading “Lenovo introduces ThinkPad T, X and L series laptops, Tablet 10 and ThinkPad Docking Station”
Quick Heal Security Labs has detected an Android banking trojan; Android.banker.A9480 which is said to be targeting more than 232 banking apps which also includes the apps offered by Indian banks. Like other banking trojans, even the Android.banker.A9480 is designed with the aim to steal login credentials, hijacking SMSs, etc. Continue reading “Android malware targets 232 Android apps including Indian banking apps”
Instagram is said to be testing a feature that will let users post Instagram stories directly to WhatsApp. Like rest of the WhatsApp, an Instagram story posted as WhatsApp status becomes encrypted and disappears after 24 hours. Continue reading “Instagram testing a feature to let users post stories directly to WhatsApp”
Google app is the first to receive an update after the holidays season, and the V7.18 beta doesn’t bring many changes to the table. However, a quick teardown by Android Police have revealed hints at image donations to Google Lens, Quartz Google Home device with a screen gets its resolutions leaked and more. Continue reading “Google app v7.18 beta hints at image donations to Google Lens, Quartz screen resolutions and more”
WhatsApp; the biggest chat application in the world with over 1 billion active users daily has seen a recording breaking 75 billion messages sent on December 31st night on the occasion of New Year 2018. It was 63 billion for the last new year’s eve. In fact, the servers went down on December 31st night which made WhatsApp unusable for quite some time. Continue reading “WhatsApp users exchanged record 75 billion messages on New Year’s Eve”
LG is said to be re-branding its G-series flagship phones in order to compete with Apple and Samsung according to a new report. The G-series smartphones which debuted in 2012 with the launch of Optimus G has seen six smartphones in the line-up including the last year’s flagship G6. Continue reading “LG said to rebrand G-series smartphones to compete with Apple and Samsung”
While it is known that Intel chips are facing a bug that is affected by serious Kernel memory leak issue on modern computers including Windows, Linux, and macOS, the exact problem and explanation for this bug remained a mystery. Windows and Linux have already started pushing the updates that will fix the issue, we now have what the flaw is and they have been named ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’. Continue reading “Meltdown and Spectre security flaw on Intel, AMD, ARM CPUs affect most computers and phones”
Union minister Maneka Gandhi has announced that the trial for the Panic button on mobiles to begin from Uttar Pradesh on January 26 to ensure women safety. Though the projected had to kickstart back in January 2017, it got delayed by a year. Continue reading “Trials for Panic button on mobiles to begin from Uttar Pradesh on January 26”
