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Facebook Stops Pre-Installation of its App on Huawei Smartphones

8Jun By NitishNo Comments

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Facebook Stops Pre-Installation of its App on Huawei Smartphones

Social media platform Facebook stop allowing pre-installation of its app on Huawei smartphones to comply with US sanctions against the Chinese brand. The steps taken by Facebook comes after US President Donald Trump's order barring Huawei from US over concerns that it works with Chinese intelligence. "We are reviewing the Commerce Department's final rule and the more recently issued temporary general license and taking steps to ensure compliance," a Facebook spokesperson told Pixr8 News. The California based company said people with existing Huawei smartphones with Facebook apps will continue to be able to use and download app updates provided by Facebook. The move by Facebook is the latest to isolate Huawei, which had become the world's second-largest smartphone vendor despite...

351 Million Domain Name Registrations in the First Quarter of 2019

5Jun By PriyankaNo Comments

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351 Million Domain Name Registrations in the First Quarter of 2019

According to a report by a leading domain service provider, the first quarter of 2019 closed with 351.8 million domain name registrations across all domain service providers. The growth of 3.1 million domain name registrations or 0.9 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. Domain name registrations have grown by 18.0 million, or 5.4 percent, year over year. The .com and .net had a combined total of 154.8 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 1.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.2 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. The .com and .net had a combined increase of 6.5 million domain name registrations, or 4.4 percent, year over year. As of March 31, 2019, the .com domain name ...

Apple Separates iTunes Services, Launch with Apple TV app

4Jun By PriyankaNo Comments

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Apple Separates iTunes Services, Launch with Apple TV app

The transformation of iTunes into three separate apps comes with Apple preparing the international launch of an eponymous TV+ later this year. Apple announced the demise of ground-breaking iTunes as it tuned its offerings to be a stage for digital music, films, podcasts and more. The iTunes online shop that transformed the way people buy and listen to music after its launch in 2001 will be no more, Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi said, while helping kick off the technology giant’s annual gathering of developers in Silicon Valley. “The future of iTunes is not one app, it’s three Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV,” Federighi said. Since the launch of iTunes, along with the original iPod MP3 player, lifestyles have shifted to streaming mu...

1Jun By AdityaNo Comments

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Top In Demand Tech Freelance Jobs

The Economic Times reports that freelancing is displacing payroll employment globally. In fact, in the United States, self-employed workers are expected to increase to 60 million by 2020. In the UK, freelancers have increased from 3.3 million in 2001 to 4.8 million in 2017. India has also joined the gig economy and is the second largest employer of freelancers in the world. These numbers aren't surprising, as more and more industries are transitioning from the traditional workplace to a digital one. With the gig economy increasing year-on-year, companies are taking advantage of the increase in tech skills available for short-term employment. Yoss claims that companies are able to hire freelancers from the top 1% of tech talent, which demonstrates how expansive the market has become...

Huawei Mate 20 X Review, Features & Pricing

27May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Huawei Mate 20 X Review, Features & Pricing

The Chinese manufacturer Huawei is setting a bar and giving a hard time to its competitors. Huawei’s New Mate 20 X does most of the things flawlessly, with a gigantic 7.2 inches display and a new 7nm Kirin 980 chipset this thing is yet another monster when it comes to Mobile Gaming. Without further due here’s our full review for the new Huawei Mate 20 X, Design and Build Quality The Mate 20 X is a gigantic “mobile” with mostly the same design aesthetics as the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 pro. The back on the Mate 20 X is made out of textured glass that gives it a nice premium feel in your hand and also “tries” to prevent it from slipping, the back also houses the squircle shaped 3 camera module that we saw in the Mate 20 and 20 pro and right below the camera module is the fingerpr...

Indian Company Discover Data Flaw in Instagram, Company denies it

24May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Indian Company Discover Data Flaw in Instagram, Company denies it

Instagram has said it was not the source of private contact information for millions of influential users of the service recently found in an unguarded online database. The online cache of data, which was discovered by a security researcher, was found by a news website, which reported that it was traced back to Mumbai-based social media marketing firm Chtrbox. "We take any allegation of data misuse seriously," an Instagram spokesperson said. "Following an initial investigation into the claims made in this story, we found that no private emails or phone numbers of Instagram users were accessed." The Chtrbox database contained publicly available information from an array of sources, one of which was Instagram, according to the image-centric social network. In response to an AFP i...

PayPal First time introduces ‘OneTouch’ For Indians to enhance User Experience

8May By PriyankaNo Comments

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PayPal First time introduces ‘OneTouch’ For Indians to enhance User Experience

Paypal India has introduced 'OneTouch' experience using Google Smart Lock for its users in India that will allow them to stay logged onto the digital payments platform in a secure manner. India is the first market where the feature will be integrated with Google Smart Lock, Paypal India said in a statement. Users can register their Android device with PayPal and stay logged into the platform for all subsequent PayPal purchases on that device. This removes the hassle of repeatedly needing to log in and thereby, offering a frictionless payments experience, it added. "Consumers once logged in will still need to go through the two-factor authentication step to complete the transaction as per applicable regulations," it noted. With One Touch, consumers will also not need to retri...

Vivo Y17 Smartphone Launched in India with Triple Rear AI Camera at INR 17,990

28Apr By PriyankaNo Comments

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Vivo Y17 Smartphone Launched in India with Triple Rear AI Camera at INR 17,990

New Delhi, Delhi, India: Vivo, a China-based smartphone brand, launched a new device in its Y portfolio the Vivo Y17 in India. Running on a massive 5000 mAh battery, the Y17 comes with a Triple Rear AI Camera (13MP + 8MP + 2 MP) equipped for capturing Wide Angle Images up to 120°. The device also comes with a 20MP front selfie-shooter and a crisp 16.15cm Halo FullView™ Display.Priced at INR 17,990 around the Y17 will be available in Mineral Blue and Mystic Purple colour variants across leading online platforms (Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm), all offline partner outlets and Vivo India E-store. Like all Vivo devices, the Y17 follows our commitment to ‘Make in India’ and is being manufactured at Vivo’s Greater Noida facility. Commenting on the launch, Nipun Marya, Director Brand Strategy, Vivo ...

Xiaomi India generates 80% revenue from Smartphone Sales

26Apr By PriyankaNo Comments

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Xiaomi India generates 80% revenue from Smartphone Sales

Smatphones continue to be Xiaomi India's major revenue churner clocking over 80 per cent of the topline in spite of it tasting success in other segments like smart TVs and fitness wearables, a company official said. The company, quoting the latest IDC data, claimed its market share in smart TVs stand at 33.5 per cent, making the Chinese smartphone major the leading player in the segment in India, surpassing its Korean rivals. "Revenue from smartphones is more than 80 per cent for us in India," the official said to Pixr8 News. Realising that smartphones will remain its mainstay business in India, the company has decided to expand its offline presence in a big way, the official said. "We are aiming to increase our share of offline revenue to 50 per cent from about 30 per cent now...

Apple looking to launch Netflix style streaming service

26Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Apple looking to launch Netflix style streaming service

San Francisco: Apple is expected to launch a slew of new products at its Cupertino headquarters in California on Monday, including a Netflix competitor, a revamped news service and a subscription-based gaming offering. The event, to be hosted at the Steve Jobs theatre on campus, will herald a new era for the iPhone maker as it enters the fast-growing global content streaming market. "Apple has been looping a video from the theatre, teasing its focus on television," reports The Verge. The livestreaming video is stylised to look like a television set, and has been switching between a handful of different angles of the Steve Jobs theatre. Apple has invested over $1 billion into making new content and the streaming service is set to compete with the giants including Amazon, Ne...

Mozilla Launches Free & Encrypted File sharing service Firefox Send

13Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Mozilla Launches Free & Encrypted File sharing service Firefox Send

One of the leading browser community Mozilla launched free and encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send. The service will accessible in all browsers at send.firefox.com. Mozilla starts working on Firefox Send in 2017. Send is a free encrypted file transfer service that allows users to safely and simply share files from any browser. Additionally, Send will also be available as an Android app in beta later this week. All files uploaded to Mozilla's servers are encrypted, said mozilla team. Send uses end-to-end encryption to keep your data secure from the moment you share to the moment your file is opened. It also offers security controls that you can set. You can choose when your file link expires, the number of downloads, and whether to add an optional password for an ext...

7Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Apple acquires patents from Lighthouse, an AI home security camera startup

Apple is looking to upgrade Face ID in its upcoming phones and devices and has acquired patents of an AI security camera company, Lighthouse. Apple reportedly bought the patent portfolio of the company at the end of 2018, reported The Verge. The patents acquired by Apple largely deal with using computer vision to scan and recognise faces, which may mean that the company might upgrade Face ID in its upcoming devices. If those sound familiar, it’s because Lighthouse’s patents describe technology that’s quite similar to what Apple uses for Face ID on its iPhone XS and XR devices. It is possible that Apple is looking to use Lighthouse’s technology to advance Face ID further, maybe, in a version for a computer that would benefit from Lighthouse’s ability to tell ...