US regulators said to impose a record-setting fine against Facebook for privacy violations

Facebook Smart Speaker

According to a new report from WSJ, U. S regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users’ personal data. The fine under consideration at the Federal Trade Commission would mark the first action levied against Facebook in the United States since reports emerged in March about the Cambridge Analytica. Continue reading “US regulators said to impose a record-setting fine against Facebook for privacy violations”

Swiftkey for Android update lets you remove Bing search button, says lag has been reduced lag by over 50% even on older phones

Microsoft’s Swiftkey added Bing Search integration in one of the updates recently. With Google integration Search, this move doesn’t come as a surprise. However, the new update which is now available changes that. It trims down Bing search to a small button in the toolbar and allows you to remove it if you don’t want it. Continue reading “Swiftkey for Android update lets you remove Bing search button, says lag has been reduced lag by over 50% even on older phones”

Facebook said to be secretly working on LOL meme hub app

Facebook LOL

After Facebook Watch, Lasso, and IGTV, the company has been quietly developing another product targeted at the teens. According to a new report, the company has spent months building LOL which is a special feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips. Continue reading “Facebook said to be secretly working on LOL meme hub app”

Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 Mobile in December

Microsoft has announced that it will end support for Windows 10 Mobile devices on December, falling in-line with company’s announcement in 2017 when it revealed that won’t be developing new features or hardware for Windows 10 Mobile. However, the company continued to offer security and software updates. Continue reading “Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 Mobile in December”

Moto G7 Plus, G7, G7 Play and G7 Power with a notch surface in new renders [Update: More renders and price]

Update – January 18, 2019: More renders of the Moto G7 series have surfaced along with pricing for the G7 Play and G7 Power in Europe, which are rumored to start at €149 (US$ 169 / ₹ 12,075 approx.) and €209 (US$ 237 / ₹ 16,935 approx.), respectively.

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PUBG Mobile 0.10.5 update with Royale Pass Season 5, Mk47, Laser Sight and more released

Tencent games; makers of PUBG has rolled out a new update which brings the new Season 5 and the new Royale Pass with Premium outfits and taunting emotes as rewards. The update also adds Mk47 and Laser Sight attachment and brings back  Share For Deals.

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Cortana won’t challenge Alexa and Google Assistant, says Microsoft CEO

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant has fallen behind Google Assistant and Alexa, and it looks like Microsoft is taking a different route. The company’s CEO Satya Nadella revealed that Microsoft no longer sees Cortana as a competitor to Alexa or Google Assistant. “Cortana needs to be that skill for anybody who’s a Microsoft 365 subscriber,” explains Nadella. Continue reading “Cortana won’t challenge Alexa and Google Assistant, says Microsoft CEO”

Spotify to launch in India on January 31st reveals terms on official website

Spotify India launch was long coming; while there were many rumors and reports in the past, nothing materialized yet. However, things are happening faster than expected and latest we hear is that the company is on the verge of bringing their service to India. The launch is scheduled to take place as soon as January 31st.  Continue reading “Spotify to launch in India on January 31st reveals terms on official website”

POCO F1 MIUI 10.2.2.0 stable update with 960fps slo-mo recording, enhanced low-light mode starts rolling out [Download Link]

POCO today rolled out new MIUI 10 v10.2.2.0 stable update for all the users brings new camera features including 960fps slow-motion video recording in addition to 120fps and 240fps, as well as enhanced low-light mode in the camera settings for improved low-light performance. This takes 8 photos at different exposures and merges them into one brighter, higher-quality shot. The company started testing these features last month in beta.

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Samsung Galaxy M series smartphones with Infinity U display launching in India on January 28 on Amazon [Update: New teasers]

Update – January 18, 2019: Samsung has posted new video and image teasers for the M series showing the ‘Infinity U’ display with minimal bezels.

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OnePlus 6T Republic Day offer: OnePlus Assured Upgrade, Cashback, Exchange Offers and more

Soon after the year-ender offer, OnePlus has announced a set of exciting new offers for Republic Day for those who wish to buy its latest OnePlus 6T smartphone. In the recent development, OnePlus announced its first-ever ‘OnePlus Assured Upgrade’ program on the purchase of the OnePlus 6T starting 19 January 2019. Continue reading “OnePlus 6T Republic Day offer: OnePlus Assured Upgrade, Cashback, Exchange Offers and more”

Collection 1 breach exposed over 770 million unique email IDs and over 21 million passwords

Collection 1 DumpAs many as 772,904,991 unique email addresses and over 21 million unique passwords have been leaked online. This results in more than 87GB of passwords and emails getting leaked. All these had been distributed in a folder dubbed ‘Collection # 1’ by hackers who have posted the link to the dump on a hacking forum.  Continue reading “Collection 1 breach exposed over 770 million unique email IDs and over 21 million passwords”

Netflix reports 35% growth YoY, adds 8.8 million new users in Q4 2018

Netflix has announced that it has seen an annual revenue of $16 billion in 2018 which is a 35% growth. The company has doubled the operating profits of $1.6 billion. Netflix has ended the 2018 year with 139 million paying subscribers, up to 9 million from the quarter and up to 29 million from the beginning of the year.  Continue reading “Netflix reports 35% growth YoY, adds 8.8 million new users in Q4 2018”

ZTE and China Unicom complete world’s first 5G call on prototype smartphone

ZTE 5G

ZTE Corporation has announced that Guangdong branch of China Unicom and ZTE have made the world’s first 5G call by means of ZTE’s 5G prototype smartphone in Shenzhen 5G field trial. The test also completed the verification of diverse services, such as Wechat group voice call, online video, and web browsing. Continue reading “ZTE and China Unicom complete world’s first 5G call on prototype smartphone”

Twitter acknowledges bug that exposed protected Tweets of some Android users for years

Twitter for Android has been effected with an issue where ‘Protect Your Tweets’setting has been disabled if a certain amount of changes were made. The company says that it is aware of the issue and users may have been impacted by this issue if they had protected Tweets turned on in the settings, and made certain changes to account settings such as changing the email address associated with your account between November 3, 2014, and January 14, 2019. Continue reading “Twitter acknowledges bug that exposed protected Tweets of some Android users for years”