Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed a multi-year agreement with Facebook to license its record music for users on the platform to use it in their videos. This agreement also covers Instagram and Oculus. Continue reading “Facebook and Universal Music Group sign multi-year agreement to license recorded music”
Amazon has announced the roll out of Firefox browser and its own silk browser for Fire TV line-up including the regular Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick. After being in the testing phase in a closed group for a month now, Silk browser is available for everyone. Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox and Amazon Silk browsers now available on Amazon Fire TV”
Alphabet Inc. today announced that Eric Schmidt, the current executive chairman as of the next regular board meeting in January 2018 will be stepping down and will continue to serve the board of directors as technical advisor. Continue reading “Eric Schmidt to step down as Alphabet’s executive chairman, will continue as technical advisor”
Samsung today announced that its flagship product; Samsung Pay in India is now capable of doing bill payments within the app. Using the latest feature, you can payMobile postpaid, Electricity, DTH, Broadband, Landline, Gas, Water bills with UPI on Samsung Pay. Continue reading “Samsung Pay update adds support for Bill Payments in India”
Maps.Me navigation service today has announced Star Wars saga’s filming location routes will be available download and can be accessed from Maps.Me app, especially for the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie. This indeed is an exciting opportunity for Star Wars fans to visit and witness the real locations where the epic franchise is being filmed. Continue reading “MAPS.ME introduces Star Wars saga’s filming locations route on maps”
Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered new Android trojan malware Loapi is said to be using Android-powered phones to mine Monero tokens (a kind of cryptocurrency); an activity that is not in control of phone owners. This activity is said to be not just overheating phones, but also causing physical damage to the phone. Continue reading “Cryptocurrency mining Android malware ‘Loapi’ can damage phones”
Niantic, the makers of Pokémon GO today announced an update for iOS devices that brings advanced AR+ support which leverages on Apple’s ARKit framework. This update will only be available for iPhones running on iOS 11 on the iPhone 6s and later devices. Continue reading “Pokemon Go for iOS uses Apple’s ARKit tools to bring advanced AR+ features”
Twitter currently uses SMS sent through the carrier for two-factor verification, today the company has announced third-party app support for two-factor authentication as well. The company says that SMS or text message based codes are inferior in terms of security and even when you’re traveling places where the carrier connectivity is poor which makes it hard for the SMS to go through Continue reading “Twitter rolls out third-party app support for two-factor authentication as an alternative to SMS”
Recently there were reports that said Apple might be intentionally slowing down old iPhones as batteries age basing on proofs gathered from Reddit and Geekbench test results, and today Apple has openly confirmed to throttling performance of iPhones with aged batteries. Continue reading “Apple confirms throttling performance of old iPhones with aging batteries”
Apple already offers a novel way for iPhone and iPads to communicate with computers via easy-to-use applications, however, the same didn’t go very well on Apple’s desktops and laptops. The Mac Store apps have a limited section and rarely updated apps. With an aim to change everything, Apple is now focusing on unifying iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create one user experience. Continue reading “Apple said to unify iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps to create one user experience”
Old phones certainly slow down over the period of time when they run their course, though Apple phones, thanks to the asking price remained an exception. However, it looks like it is slowly changing as users on Reddit have found evidence that proves Apple appears to be intentionally slowing down old iPhones that have low capacity batteries. Continue reading “Apple might be intentionally slowing down old iPhones as batteries age”
According to Ookla Speedtest Global Index, India ranks top in improving broadband download speeds in 2017 and has captured 2nd place in terms of showing the most improvement in mobile data speeds among the world’s most populous countries. Continue reading “India ranks top in improving broadband download speeds in 2017: Ookla”
Coalition for Better Ads, a group that focuses on improving online ads yesterday has announced Better Ads Experience Program; a voluntary initiative for improving online ads and certify web publishers that agree not to use the most disruptive ads identified in the Standards. Continue reading “Google Chrome to block annoying ads from February 15”
Samsung today announced that it would unveil NW700 Soundbar Sound+ wall-mountable Soundbar at CES 2018. It is the successor to the MS650 Sound+ model and packs features such as distortion-canceling, wide-range tweeters, and multi-speaker control. Continue reading “Samsung NW700 Sound+ wall-mountable Soundbar to be unveiled at CES 2018”
Google today announced three major changes to the Play Store that will require new apps and app updates targeting a recent Android API level, native apps 64-bit support and security metadata to APKs for verification purposes. Continue reading “Google Play Store to require apps to target recent Android API level, 64-bit support must from August 2019”
