HIGHLIGHTS Internal testing is underway, public release to happen in 2018 Latest version of Google Play Services required to get instant updates Feature not exclusive to Android Oreo The Check for update button on Pixel and Nexus devices has in recent times become a redundant feature, which ends up annoying users who love to press it despite knowing that it doesn’t really work. All ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Jio Phone beta tests are scheduled to start August 15 The testing units will likely be available for select RIL employees Reliance Jio will start delivering the handset to consumers in September The first batch of JioPhone units will become available Tuesday, August 15 as beta trials of the 4G feature phone are scheduled to commence today, a little over three ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS The two biggest challenges to cord cutting were data prices and content Reliance Jio heralded big changes to data prices across the board Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have helped bring a new wave of content A couple of years ago, we talked about why Indians aren’t cord-cutters yet. Some of the issues that we pointed out at the time included ... Read More »
Six years after YouTube featured live-streaming for desktops in 2011, the company finally decided to bring the app to mobile. YouTubers around the world have been waiting for this feature since the company announced it in June of 2016. It is here, but with a caveat. You need more than 10,000 followers to use the feature. This is a smart ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Active exploits of the flaw were discovered two months back Latest security update fixes several critical vulnerabilities The patch for the flaw was earlier expected to come in November In October, Linux security researcher discovered that a nine-year old Linux kernel flaw (CVE-2016-5195) was witnessing active exploits in the wild. The flaw was dubbed “Dirty COW”, an acronym for ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Netflix users on iOS and Android can download content to watch offline Only select titles are available for download right now You need to be running the latest version of the Netflix app Netflix has announced you can now download select titles and watch them offline, a feature that should improve its prospects in markets like India where users ... Read More »
Vine is withering. Though the once popular video looping network probably won’t die for some time yet. Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) says this week that it’s no longer developing Vine. The 411 on Vine Closing Down In an announcement on the Vine blog, the “Team Vine and Twitter” explain, “Nothing is happening to the apps, website or your Vines today. We value ... Read More »
Planet Nine – the undiscovered one at the edge of our solar system — appears to be responsible for the unusual tilt of the Sun, say researchers. Planet Nine was predicted by Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown from California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech) in January this year. The large and distant planet may be adding a wobble to the solar system, ... Read More »
Instagram Finally Lets You Zoom in on Photos and Videos HIGHLIGHTS It’s arrived on Instagram’s latest iOS app version Pinch to zoom feature will roll out to Android users in ‘coming weeks’ Zooming on photos or videos will make them look gross There have been a lot of requests to add a much-wanted zoom feature to the Instagram app. The ... Read More »
As promised back in October, Google with Chrome 47 for Windows, Mac, and Linux has removed the desktop notification centre. Several bug fixes also come as part of the update. The search giant has also rolled out Chrome 47 for iOS with some new features. Chrome 47 for Android is expected to hit Google Play soon. Google in October announced ... Read More »
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