Er…not quite. For, while 2016 might have been a pretty good year for Qualcomm but 2017 has started on a bad note with the company facing accusations of indulging in anti-competitive activities from FTC, KFTC and Apple. Sounds complex? Let me try and provide a clearer picture of what’s happening with Qualcomm and why. More than just chips: Qualcomm’s business model Let’s begin with a brief overview of Qualcomm’s business model....

François Beaufort said the following on his Google Plus account: He also added that when a device is disabled, when turning on the Chrome device, all the users will be able to see a screen telling them that it’s been disabled, just like in the above screenshot. Also, your desired contact information of where to return the device will be displayed, as well. However, at the moment the feature is limited to Enterprise/Business or Education computers....

At 22 MB, Fresh Paint is not exactly lightweight, but once it installs, you do get a decent dollop for any bandwidth cost you may have expended. You can start off by either choosing to edit an existing photograph or picture, access the camera from within the app to shoot a new image, or just simply choose a blank canvas and start sketching or painting. You get a choice of two brushes and a dozen colored palette to play around, as well as the option to mix colors if you wish....

Head hurting? Dump that smartphone. Not being able to focus? Dump that smartphone. Feeling cold? (All together now) Dump that smartphone. You get the idea. And honestly brown moms telling you to get rid of your smartphones and blaming it for everything that is wrong in the world is as mainstream and obvious as kittens being cute. Smartphones may have become air to our social lungs, but just like normal air (ask us Delhiites), they too come with their share of pollutants....

As per the report from 91mobiles, we have details such as the RAM/storage configuration and color options for both upcoming smartphones: Redmi K30 Ultra Anniversary Edition and Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra Anniversary Edition. Mi 10 Ultra Anniversary Edition Starting with the Mi 10 Ultra Anniversary Edition, we can expect the device to feature a 120Hz or 144Hz refresh rate display with a 4500mAh battery to power the internals (with support for fast charging)....

Nero has been a popular and leading CD and DVD burning application over the years. it has always been a paid software. But now Nero is offering a free version of its popular burning suite which has basic CD/DVD burning features. Since it’s a stripped down version, you will only get the most basic CD and DVD burning features and for anything else you’ll have to upgrade. The installer of nero 9 is 55mb in size and it works on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7....

Elliptic Labs had made its presence felt at the CES few years ago and it had demonstrated 3D gestural interactions which was based on the ultrasonic wave technology. So what it did is to allow the users navigate through apps, control music playback, and answer calls by just using the gestures. This is something you will closely relate to if you have watched the first season of telly flick “Black Mirror” As of now, the company has decided to use the ultrasonic technology for proximity sensing and take on the infrared-based proximity sensors....

You’ve tried the contact form and sent a message on Facebook but still didn’t receive a reply. To your rescue comes Email Hunter, a new web app which lets you find all email addresses it can find which are related to a certain domain. Email Hunter will seriously reduce the time salespeople spend to reach their target and will thus make them much more productive. Once you sign up, the free plan will allow you to perform 200 free searches per month, and there’s no need to tie your credit card to enjoy their service....

User privacy is something that Apple has been showing concerns around for quite some time. And that has been eminent with its statements, ad campaigns, and privacy-focused feature rollouts over the years. With its latest updates for the Mac, iPad, and the iPhone, Apple has doubled-down on these features and made changes to the existing ones to give users more control over their personal data. And, in turn, improve their privacy....

On macOS, the terminal is, fittingly, called Terminal, and it uses the Z shell (Zsh) as the default login shell. (Before macOS Catalina, Apple was using Bash shell as the default shell). Using this Terminal, you can easily navigate system directories, copy/move files, get system information, securely remote login to other systems, and automate tasks/actions on your Mac efficiently. However, to perform any of these actions, you need familiarity with terminal commands (and their syntaxes)....

According to a fresh report coming from The Financial Times, it seems that Facebook is allegedly working to launch a new standalone news app next week. The app is reportedly going to be called Notify, and it seems that Facebook is going to partner with such media companies as CBS, The Washington Post, Mashable, Billboard, Vogue and others for the content. The app is said to look similar to Twitter, enabling outlets to send short push notifications to “followers” and if they want to read more about it, then they have to click to see the full story....

The Sunday Economic Times recently carried out a feature on web entrepreneurs in India with the headline “Google made me Rich”. Economic Times quotes me like this, Read the full article [PDF1 & PDF2]

Apple iPhone X – the ‘tenth’ anniversary phone from Apple, which introduced a new design after a long time is going on sale during the Big Billion Days. It comes with an A11 Bionic Chip, dual rear cameras, and FaceID for authentication, which is also its USP. The phone will be available starting September 30 for a very attractive price of Rs 44,999 with discounts on credit and debit cards....

Hacking Team is known for exposing zero-day vulnerabilities, the loopholes in software which are unknown to the vendor. The loopholes are further exploited by the clients to discreetly inject the target with their software. As a matter of fact, the researchers have also found out several zero-days in the deluge of leaked e-mails since last month. The company’s update labeled MS15-078 has fixed a flaw in the rendering of OpenType fonts which is jointly created by Adobe and Microsoft....

Last year, when Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was announced, Google had removed the Nexus S from the list of devices getting the 4.2 update. The reason mentioned back then was that the hardware of Nexus S doesn’t meet the minimum requirements. But this time around, the reason given is that the Galaxy Nexus falls outside the 18-month update window, which is rather strange as there are no hardware constraints as such....

The Gionee M6S comes equipped with a 6-inch FHD Oncell AMOLED display and is powered by Snapdragon 653 clocked at 1.95GHz and paired with 6GB of RAM. The fingerprint sensor is blended into the home screen and the phone is pretty bulky at 215 gms. On the imaging front, the Gionee M6S Plus comes equipped with a 12-Megapixel primary sensor with LED flash and the secondary is made up of an 8-Megapixel sensor....

The Pixel sports a 5.0-inch FHD display while the larger Pixel XL opts for the bigger 5.5-inch QHD display. Design wise both are pretty much similar just like the Apple iPhone 7 and the 7s. Both the devices come with Gorilla Glass 4 protection. The Pixel and the Pixel XL will rely on the Snapdragon 821 clocked at 2.15GHz and will come mated with 4GB of RAM as opposed to 2GB RAM in its predecessor....

The tool is available as a free download and comes with a simple user interface. Before using the tool one needs to sign in using Google ID. Once the tool is fired it automatically starts backing up your drive. The settings can be changed from the preferences and it’s here that you mention the drives to be backed up. Image Quality and Space saver The tool also asks for image quality just like the Google Photos app; one can either opt in for an HQ with unlimited storage or High Quality with limited storage....

Creating tour with the Builder is very easy, and you only need to install the Google Earth plugin, give the project a name, add an introductory photo and a description. Locate on the map where you want your story to begin, point a marker on that location, and describe the following places as you embed other photos and videos. You can then dive into Street View or select the 3D view option to make your story more realistic....

Messaging services do deserve the limelight as they are amongst the most popular mobile apps with a recent research from Portio Research ltd. saying that the Messaging apps have more than two billion users. While WhatsApp rules the roost globally, WeChat still maintains the numero uno position in China. Right now all of these apps are looking beyond just connecting people and trying to bake in new features which will help the users to perform other tasks without leaving the Messenger....