Microsoft’s Bing search engine today has announced that it is jumping into the anti-bitcoin bandwagon and has banned Cryptocurrency Ads. Since cryptocurrency and related products are not regulated, it sees them as a possible risk to Bing users with potential for bad actors, scam consumers. Continue reading “Bing will ban Cryptocurrency Ads globally from June”
Incognito Mode in apps lets you use their functionality without being tracked and without your actions being logged into your usage history. It is reported that YouTube is testing incognito mode in its Android app Continue reading “YouTube said to be testing Incognito Mode on its Android app”
Microsoft has announced the Surface Hub 2 and it is designed from the ground up that can be used by teams. The company says that it is sleek, agiler and more affordable to fit any workspace or work style. It sports a 50.5-inches 4K multi-touch display with 3:2 aspect ratio and extremely thin bezels. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Hub 2 with 50.5-inch 4K display announced”
HTC has announced that it is planning to launch an Android phone that will come built-in with blockchain technology. The phone is named Exodus and it will feature universal wallet and a built-in secure hardware that support cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications (DApp). Continue reading “HTC Exodus native blockchain phone for secure cryptocurrency trading coming soon”
Twitter back in March introduced a new approach to improve the health of the public conversation on Twitter. Since then it has been working on what one refers to as “trolls,” which is behavior is fun, good and humorous. Today the company is taking actions against such trolls that distort and detract from the public conversation on Twitter. Continue reading “Twitter to start hiding Tweets from trolls in conversations and search”
Facebook for the first time is publishing the number of Community Standards Enforcement Reports that it has got. This report covers the enforcement efforts between October 2017 to March 2018, touches areas like graphic violence, adult nudity and sexual activity, terrorist propaganda, hate speech, spam, and fake accounts. Continue reading “Facebook took down 837 million spam posts, 583 million fake accounts in Q1 2018”
Facebook’s Messenger platform never had any means of reporting content that violates any policies within the app except via the Facebook reporting tools or Messenger web. Today the company is giving access to the reporting tool directly from any Messenger conversation on iOS or Android. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger gets new reporting tools”
WhatsApp is rolling out a bunch of new features to groups including Group description, new Admin controls, Group catch up, and Participant search. WhatsApp rolled out group description back in March, and now for every new participant who joins the group; the description will show up at the top of the chat. Continue reading “WhatsApp gets new admin controls, group catch up, group participant search and more”
Qualcomm today announced that it is integrating WPA3 support across mobile and networking infrastructure products. WPA3 was introduced back in January and is the industry’s newest Wi-Fi security and provides robust protection for user passwords and stronger privacy in both public and private Wi-Fi networks. It is also including the recently launched 2×2 802.11ax-ready solution for client devices, the WCN3998, and IPQ807x AP platform. Continue reading “Qualcomm to integrate WPA3 security features across mobile and networking products”
HMD Global has been super active in rolling out updates to its smartphones be it major OS upgrades or monthly security patches. Today HMD Global’s Cheif Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has re-confirmed that it will be rolling out Android P update to Nokia 5, Nokia 6 (2017). Continue reading “HMD Global confirms Android P update to Nokia 5 and Nokia 6; Nokia 3.1 / Nokia 3 2018 with Android 8.0 Oreo surfaces”
LG today has announced that its latest flagship; the G7 ThinQ will be up for pre-orders from May 18th until May 31st and will go on sale from June 1st. The phone will be available across major carriers and retailers. The company is also offering a free 43” LG 4K UHD Smart TV for those who are pre-ordering the G7 ThinQ between May 18th to May 31st. Continue reading “LG G7 ThinQ pre-order offer includes free 43-inch 4K UHD Smart TV in Canada”
HP today has announced Elite 1000 series, HP EliteBook x360 1030, HP Elite x2 1013 laptops, HP EliteOne 1000 All-in-One, and more. These laptops are designed to suit your work style with amazing battery life, security, and entertainment tools and more. Continue reading “HP Elitebook 1000, Envy series laptops and 34-inch curved All-in-One PCs announced”
Opera has rolled out a new update to its Android app bringing the version number to 46. This update brings features like themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more. Continue reading “Opera 46 for Android brings themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more”
Facebook today has announced that it has suspended 200 apps over data and privacy violations. It had investigated all the apps that had access to large amounts of information before Facebook changed its policies in 2014 significantly reducing the data apps could access. Continue reading “Facebook suspends 200 apps over data and privacy violations”
Google today has announced new changes to its storage plans including a new low-cost storage plan under a new ‘Google One’ brand. It is also converting all Google Drive paid storage plans to Google One. All paid consumer Google Drive storage plans will be upgraded to Google One and this change doesn’t affect G Suite business customers. Continue reading “Google introduces cheaper paid storage plans under ‘Google One’ brand”
