The cornerstone of the Project Fi was that Google encrypted the data that was transmitted between the free public Wi-Fi and the user’s smartphone, an essential feature while connecting to public Wi-Fi. Now Google will allow all Nexus users to access the Wi-Fi Assistant feature without the need to change the carriers. This means that if you own a Nexus device you would probably manage to conserve a major chunk of the mobile data that you would be otherwise using when away from your home network....

The general term for these ones is “assistive devices”, and this makes quite a bit of sense given that they’re meant to assist the impaired in doing their every-day work. Dealing with their daily lives and being able to fully participate in it is also very important. This is why such technology can either help one category only or be suitable for those with speech, voice, hearing, visual or language disorders....

Front-Facing Camera We begin with the front-facing camera which now employs an additional TrueDepth sensor for enabling the Portrait mode on the selfies as well. This will essentially let you blur out backgrounds in your shots without the need for two lenses on the front. Speaker, Microphone The top area also comprises of the speaker and microphone which Apple claims doesn’t skimp on quality despite being stuffed in such a congested manner....

The four propellers are guarded by a caged enclosure made up of Carbon Fiber and this will ensure that the propellers won’t get damaged during an accident all the while without adding up much weight to the drone. At the time when it was announced for the Hover Camera didn’t have much of a competition but now there is the GoPro Karma and DJI Mavic Pro, but again the Hover Camera still offers a unique proposition thanks to the compact form factor....

The most crucial component for setting up Face ID is the TrueDepth camera system that is essentially composed of various sensors and lenses which reside on the phone’s front top chin. This includes a dot projector, front camera, flood illuminator and an infrared camera. When setting up for the first time, the iPhone X scans your face from a ton of angles and saves that information inside the encrypted enclave hardware chip....

Fast forward to today, and things have changed radically, Forget downloading songs, people stream entire cricket matches on their smartphones without a hiccup. Buying online has become a habit for many of us – from not trusting online shopping experiences, people have gone to buying gold online. So much has changed and yet the companies that actually spurred many of these changes are slowly but surely becoming marginalized every passing day....

4K Video Downloader is a powerful tool that offers to download full YouTube playlists hassle-free. Not only the videos you want to download from YouTube, but it can also download subtitles and embed the same in the video. What’s more, you ask? 4K Video Downloader allows you to set download speeds, use a proxy, and also sync your YouTube subscriptions safely within the app. It can be used across all operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux....

The prerequisites to activate this feature include Android 7.0 Nougat and Taskbar app from Playstore. 1. Enabling Developer options-While some of us might have already activated the Developers Options here is how even you can do so. Go to Settings>About phone>Build number (tap seven times.) Now return to the settings menu and here you will see that “Developer Option has been activated.” 2. Go to Developers Option and enable “Force activities to be resizable” 3....

If YES, then you must read this article till the end to learn how to achieve the bokeh effect on your older iPhones. This year’s new iPhones, the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max come with the ability to change the depth of field or bokeh of a picture by adjusting the aperture (f-stop) of a picture after it has been clicked. For which, you need to go to the Photos app, select the photo and hit the Edit button....

However, with great social network usage come the perils of compromised privacy. One of the worst fears in the first world is to lose your device, or accidentally leave your social media logged in on someone else’s device, giving someone else access to your social media. Even if you keep your device with yourself, there is still the chance of getting your social media account hacked which is a more common occurrence these days than you would think....

What’s the Need to Share a Pinterest Board? If you are wondering why would anyone put all the effort to share a Pinterest board, here are some classic reasons to share Pinterest board with friends and family. Collaboration: If you are planning a party, wedding, or any other event, Pinterest is a great way to collect and share your ideas. Wish Lists: You can also create a wish list on Pinterest – for yourself, your spouse, or your children....

With a single sign-on service (SSO) like Google, for instance, all that you need to do is select ‘Sign in with Google’ and allow the service access to your account information. After which, you are signed-in to the service and can continue to use it. While, with the traditional way, you need to sign up using your email address and a password, which is also required every time you want to sign back in, SSO takes away the hassle and makes it easier to use a service without having to worry about remembering various username and password combinations....

While the Shazam Control Center control works without a hitch, it has one major flaw: the songs you identify from the Control Center aren’t saved to the Shazam app. Hence, you can’t find them under the Shazams tab on the app, as you usually do when you identify a song from the Shazam app. Fortunately, there’s a way around this that lets you access your Shazam history. Follow along as demonstrate the steps to this on your iPhone and iPad....

While that was possibly the most extreme fallout of WhatsApp’s spam troubles, there are a host of other consequences fake news can have. They could influence you politically, lead you to a malicious website, deceive you into believing an inaccurate statistic, and more. In addition to a handful of recently rolled out features and tips, there are ways you can easily spot fake news on WhatsApp. Here are seven of them....

Provided the app gains sufficient traction, it can further ease the burden of people and also compete with the likes of other payment systems, including PayTM, Freecharge, and MobiKwik. That said, as of now, the BHIM app is mostly centered around making and receiving payments, unlike PayTM and others which offer an array of services, including mobile recharge and bus ticket booking. Also, it’s not a wallet per see, as it’s directly linked to your bank account(s)....

The Numbers Analysis and reports are often riddled with numbers. While data is indeed beautiful for some, it’s just gibberish for others. In this section, I will mention the highlights of the report which will set a precedence and allow us to deduce the figures further. Smartphone shipment has reached a staggering 1512 million units in 2016 with 4 out of 5 smartphones being shipped being LTE enabled. Also, 80 percent of the mobile phones shipped were smartphones and the top ten brands contributed to nearly 75 percent of the shipment volumes in 2016....

The Ascend series has typically carried the flagship mantle from Huawei. But surprisingly, Huawei chose the Honor series to have the honor of being the first smartphone with the new HiSilicon Kirin 920 SoC which is an octa-core processor made of four Cortex-A15 cores and four Cortex-A7 cores. That’s kind of a big deal for us geeks, but what about the end users? Does Honor 6 has enough stuff to warrant a look into your pockets?...

The game, however, still seems to be in its testing phase as it has only been released to the audience of certain South East Asian countries, but fret not, we have got a way out by installing the app manually with its data files and by using a VPN after which you will be able to play the game seamlessly. Download and Install Asphalt 9 APK Disclaimer: The following steps involve downloading an APK from a third-party site....

Intel has been touting that the Skylake family of processors offers 10 percent better performance, 30 percent better graphics performance and also an extra hour of battery life while playing 1080p videos as opposed to the Broadwell chips, which was released last year. Core M family Intel has been striving to incorporate smaller and better performing chips to power up the ultrabooks and the Skylake seems to be the next piece in the puzzle....

Intex is breaking the ice in India with the country’s first Lollipop smartphone by Indian brand. The star is Aqua Star L which will sell for Rs. 6990 exclusively on Snapdeal. Slightly more than $100 for a new handset delivering Android Lollipop isn’t that bad, as a matter of fact. However, it’s worth pointing out that Xolo recently started rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop updates for two of its smartphones in India, so Inte’x new handset has exclusivity when it comes to out-of-box availability....