Facebook has been under fire recently, for allegedly granting third-party apps access to user’s data without their consent. Now, an investigation by The New York Times has revealed that the social network giant gave deep access to user data to at least 60 device makers over the time. The list include all the big names like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, […]
The Apple Watch family thus far have rectangular-faced members only, but may soon get a round-faced sibling. A new patent, awarded to Apple by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), suggests that the company is working on ways to produce a circular screen for future generations of the Apple Watch. Originally filed on January 7, 2016, the […]
Apple is yet to introduce touchscreen displays into its PCs and seem to be undeterred that other manufacturers have been making touchscreen laptops for years. Although if Apple integrates its iOS apps to its Mac lineup its stance that touch panels are for phone and tablets alone might change. But prior to the time Apple […]
The Apple Watch of a victim will be used as evidence in a murder trial taking place in Australia. The victim's heart rate data will be interpreted to give details of the moment of the victim, Myrna Nilsson's, and her subsequent death. Prosecutors are using the Apple Watch as evidence that the story presented to […]
Last year, both Apple and Samsung launched their respective mobile payment platforms, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, in the UAE. We all know what these payment solutions are capable of. Everything from your groceries at Carrefour and a latte at Starbucks to a late-night McDonald’s run can be purchased with a few taps on your […]
Towards the end of January 2018, Google's voice-based personal assistant, Google Assistant started off responding to queries in Hindi. Google eventually announced Hindi support for the Google Assistant, but the feature was limited to a few queries. However, that's changing big time today. Google is now rolling out the full-fledged Hindi support for the Assistant. The new support […]
California based company, Fitbit is facing a sticky wicket as the wearable maker posted a disappointing nosedive of its Shares (NYSE: FIT). Fitbit is experiencing its fifth straight quarter of year-over-year revenue decline with Its shares hitting an all-time low after Its revenue fell 0.5% annually to $570.8 million, missing estimates by $18.1 million. In […]
The wearables market has seen an exponential growth in the recent past. In fact, the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 saw a record number of wearables being shipped worldwide. A total of 37.9 million wearable devices were shipped during the three month period, a 7.7% growth (from 35.2 million units) compared to the same period in […]
The year of 2017 ended with a streak of software problems for Apple, with a number of bugs reported towards the end of November and early December. Now it seems like 2018 isn’t starting any better for the company. Last month, a bug was reported in iOS that could crash the Messages app and freeze or restart […]
Back on February 11, 2016, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon Wear 2100 SoC, its smartwatch system-on-chip (SoC) for Android Wear devices. No one imagined that Android Wear devices would still be using the same chipset as late as February 2018. That's a full two years without an upgrade, let alone the chances of a new chip. And it […]
Google may be getting ready to launch a web interface that would allow users to pair their phones with a computer and text on a web browser of their choice. The function of the web interface is similar to Google Allo for web or WhatsApp Web. A teardown first noticed by Andriod Police reveals some intriguing […]
Telegram, a well established messaging app that has become popular with the tech-savvy among us, has today mysteriously disappeared from the Apple AppStore. The App was previously available for both the iPhone and iPad - and both the normal Telegram and the newer Telegram X apps have both vanished. Initially concerned users speculated that this event […]
Good news today for all those that are waiting for the Apple’s HomePod smart speaker to go on sale, as it is now available to preorder for $349 directly from the Apple Store. The device is scheduled to ship on February 9th. There has been a delay in the anticipated shipping date, which usually means the company in […]
Apple Watch The Apple smartwatch does a whole lot more than just tracking health and fitness. It is a smart device that can be used to control a single smart home device or even an entire setup. The smartphone has been the most popular way of controlling and managing your smart home devices but now […]
2017 was the year when we more consumers started trusting AI assistants and got closer to them. This has opened up the space for new competition in a new category of devices called Smart Speakers. Until now, Google and Amazon have been going head to head with their respective AI speakers offerings running Google Assistant […]
Samsung is set to join the bandwagon of producers of Neural Processing Units (NPU). Last year, Apple and Huawei released their NPU enabled handsets. Reports out of South Korea says that Samsung is looking forward to surpassing the capabilities of the NPU's produced by its competitors. To show how serious it is Samsung set up […]
iPhone users have long complained that their devices seem to slow down when new models are released. Some believe it to be a purposeful effort by Apple (and other tech companies) to reduce the device's performance in order to get its users to buy newer models. The damage had already been done even though Apple […]
China has always been a strange market in the world. Foreign companies regularly find it difficult to grab a foothold in the Chinese market. This has been further evidenced by the fact that the top five smartphone brands in China compromise only one foreign brand. And no, the South Korean giant Samsung is not that […]
The rivalry between Samsung and Apple has been existing for years and both companies are working round the clock to make sure the other doesn't have an edge. It appears that this "war" has now been taken to Regents Street, London, which is already home to Apple's flagship store. Samsung is about to construct a 20,000 square foot showroom […]
AirBeamTV had last year released “Mirror for Samsung TV” app for Mac that allowed users to directly mirror their Mac screen on a Samsung Smart TV without needing any Apple TV. Such was the success of the app that they have now released the same app for iPhone and iPad users as well. Just as […]
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