WhatsApp beta for Android is getting a new version via Google Play Beta programme. This version indicates the features that we can expect to see in the stable version over the coming weeks. One of the major changes present in the new beta version is related to WhatsApp dark mode that was introduced in beta
Month: February 2020
Apple Watch is one of Apple’s bestselling products, and since its launch, the wearable has upended the market. Strategy Analytics, a research and consulting company, has released new sales estimates that suggest Apple sold more watches last year than all of the Switch watch brands combined. According to the estimates, 30.7 million Apple Watches were
If the black colour option of the Motorola Razr 2019 isn’t enticing enough to grab your attention then you might want to know that the foldable smartphone has now leaked in an unannounced gold colour. The new colour is reminiscent of the gold paint job that the original Motorola Razr V3i has received when Motorola,
Realme C3 is coming to India and the phone will be officially unveiled in the country through a webcast today. Set to join the company’s entry-level Realme C-series, the Realme C3 will succeed the Realme C2. Realme has already revealed a number of the details about the Realme C3 and the only major things missing
On February 17, the New York Police Department will retire the tradition of handwritten memo books in favor of documenting a patrol on a custom iPhone app. The memo books, used for over a century, were handwritten by officers. An officer would keep records of patrols, arrests, victim and witness statements, and even an
Google is making its virtual assistant even more customisable and feature rich with easier to find and more granular notification controls. In the Google Assistant app settings on Android, users will now see a ‘Notifications’ option that will bring forth several options allowing you to customise Phone specific entries like reminders, subscriptions etc. The new
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. You need a new device to browse the internet, but you don’t want to spend the money on a clunky new laptop. That leaves you with two different, but viable options: a Chromebook or a tablet. Both of these
Snapchat’s developer platform is blowing up as a gateway to teen social app users. Hoop is the latest Snap Kit blockbuster, rocketing to #2 on the overall App Store charts this month with its Tinder -esque swiping interface for discovering people and asking to message with them over Snapchat. Within a week of going viral,
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. Facebook has launched a new set of parental controls for Messenger Kids. These new tools are designed to help parents “manage their child’s experience in Messenger Kids”. Which should help keep your child safe and you assured of their
Apple has seeded the first beta of iOS 13.4 to developers and in it come a slew of changes, many of them quite substantial. Let’s take a look at what you can expect when it is eventually released. First developer beta of iOS 13.4 The first major change to iOS 13.4 is the return
Facebook’s photo-sharing app Instagram reportedly generated $20 billion in advertising revenue last year, more than what Google’s YouTube made. Instagram was acquired by Facebook in 2012 and since then the app has evolved from being just a photo-sharing app to a full-blown platform, after Facebook copied the Stories format from Snapchat, and added a bunch
Facebook’s messaging app for families with children, Messenger Kids, is being updated today with new tools and features to give parents more oversight and control over their kids’ chats. Now, parents will be able to see who a child is chatting with and how often, view recent photos and videos sent through chat, access the
As a result of the Coronavirus, Foxconn will quarantine returning workers for up to two weeks —and admits that it won’t quite be able to assemble as many devices —including iPhones —in the quarter. iPhone 11 Pro, most often produced at Foxconn’s Henan facility In continuing efforts to restrain the potential effects of the
South Korea’s LG Electronics said on Wednesday it has decided to withdraw from exhibiting and participating in the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, citing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The Mobile World Congress, an annual telecoms industry event that draws more than 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, will go ahead as planned on February 24-27
Xiaomi’s India chief Manu Kumar Jain has released another teaser for its upcoming Redmi device launch in India, and this time the video teaser suggests that it may not be a phone. The teaser gives us glimpses of the device, leaving us more confused than before, and the caption suggests more power and a ‘suave
Snap missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday as it faced tough competition from digital advertising giants Google and Facebook, sending its shares down 10 percent. Snap, which owns the popular photo messaging app Snapchat, had earlier warned its peak advertising demand period between Black Friday and the December holidays had one fewer
The US Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being probed for alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according one of the developers and another person familiar with the investigation. The chief executive of developer Mobicip, Suren Ramasubbu, told Reuters he was interviewed in
State attorneys general investigating Alphabet’s Google unit met on Tuesday with US Justice Department officials to coordinate efforts to probe the search and advertising giant, officials told Reuters. The attorneys general of Texas, Utah, and Nebraska were among those in attendance. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said one goal of the gathering was to coordinate efforts,
Chipmaker Nvidia on Tuesday opened up for membership its cloud-based game streaming service GeForce Now, taking on Google’s Stadia in a market that is primed for high growth over the next few years. The platform virtually uses a GeForce graphics card to power personal computers, android phones and Shield TVs, enabling the devices to run games
Samsung Galaxy Buds+, the upgraded version of Galaxy Buds TWS earbuds, are rumoured to debut at the Galaxy Unpacked event later this month. After appearing in some high quality renders, their existence has now been seemingly confirmed via an official App Store listing of the dedicated Samsung Galaxy Buds+ app. And if that was not
U.S. consumers aren’t adopting voice-based shopping as quickly as expected, according to a new report today from eMarketer. While consumers have been happy to bring smart speakers into their home, they continue to use them more often for simple commands — like playing music or getting information, for example — not for making purchases. However,
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. We’re back for a new run of Really Useful tips and tricks from the MakeUseOf team, this week offering some useful house technology repair tips for broken headphone hacks, LCD and plasma burn-in, and the best geeky gifts for
LG Electronics and ZTE said they have cancelled plans to participate in MWC later this month in Barcelona, Spain, because of coronavirus-related concerns. In a statement on its site, LG said it will skip MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, and launch this year’s releases at separate events “in the near future” instead. “With
An independent lab claims that the iPhone 11 Pro emits over twice the FCC’s legal limit for radio frequency emissions —but as before, there are more questions than answers surrounding the testing, and no demonstrable health danger to the public at all. According to California-based RF Exposure Lab, the iPhone 11 Pro exposes users
Smartphone manufacturer Nubia is working on the Red Magic 5G and a few details about the smartphone are being teased out ahead of the official launch. The new smartphone is confirmed to come with a 144Hz display refresh rate which is higher than the 120Hz display panels currently available in the market. The Red Magic
The cameras on our phones are getting good enough that it’s becoming hard to justify having a dedicated picture-taking device. Fujifilm’s X100 series has always made one of the strongest cases for it, however, and the latest iteration makes it more convincing than ever. I reviewed the original X100 back in 2011, and the series
Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. While we sometimes use modem and router interchangeably when talking about our home internet hardware, these two devices are not the same thing. In fact, their roles are very different. So what is a modem? What’s a router? And
Snapchat still isn’t profitable nearly two years after its IPO. In Q4 2019, Snap lost $241 million on 560.8 million in revenue that’s up 44% year-over-year and an EPS of $0.03. That comes from adding 8 million daily users to reach a total of 218, up 3.8% this quarter from 210 million and 17% year-over-year.
Apple is continuing to look into the possibility of creating a foldable iPhone, one equipped with a hinge that allows a flexible display to be bent enough for the smartphone to fold, but preventing the display from developing a crease. The Samsung Galaxy Fold The current trend in smartphones is the addition of a
Online games and short video apps have been among the few beneficiaries of China’s virus outbreak, raking in millions of views and downloads as people stuck in self-quarantine at home seek entertainment and ways to beguile their time. The shift has even drawn companies more used to doing business in showrooms, such as carmakers Tesla