The unlocked version from HTC’s site comes with a few extra niceties. HTC’s Uh Oh otection entitles you to one free replacement within the first 12 months of device ownership due to issues such as a cracked screen or water damage. You also get six months of ay Music for free, four color options including silver, gray, burgundy, gold. It’s not clear if all four colors are available from AT&T Sprint....
HTC, once mocked for being late to update their devices to the latest version of Android, is now shaping up to be the best handset maker with regards to product support. The company’s US and UK Twitter accounts have confirmed that the One will get Android 4.4 KitKat by the end of January. And as for the Droid DNA, better known around the world as the HTC Butterfly, that’s due to get KitKat by the end of Q1 2014 (translation: March)....
While the Meta-owned Instagram has already confirmed this situation and now has also reported that they have resolved this issue, it was more than just an outage. Instagram Outage Even Dropped Accounts Followers On 31st October, many users started reporting that their Instagram accounts were not working via tweets, and then after that, DownDetector also announced that Instagram was facing an outage. And on the other side, some of the users have also started facing another issue which was a notice of account suspension, and others started losing follower counts....
You can follow George on his blog at http://www.securitybattlefield.com. You can also follow me on twitter @george_kurtz or visit the companion website for Hacking Exposed 7 at http://www.hackingexposed7.com. On the companion website readers can sign up for quarterly Hacking Exposed Live webcasts, where George and team go through the latest hacks and countermeasures. The first webcast will be on September 12th, 2012. You can also follow George’s mission as CEO of CrowdStrike at www....
In Summary iPhone 12 mini is an answer to the prayers of all those who wanted to go back to a feature-rich, powerful yet relatively small-sized smartphone. But what about the cramped display and more importantly, battery life? Here are our first impressions after using the iPhone 12 mini for around 3 days. Review coming up soon. For all things Apple and iPhone, you can check our Apple hub. This is pretty much how things were going until Apple introduced some smaller than usual iPhones this year....
This threat has been dubbed ‘Black Dot of Death’ and affects iOS 11.3 and beta versions of iOS 11.4. According to the Mashable channel, this “threat” was apparently created by the EverythingApplePro channel and just like the WhatsApp bug, the message includes Unicode text that is not visible to the user. Once you open the message, the Message app simply locks as you can see in the next video....
This week, we tackle three thorny questions: Are text messages too dangerous to use as a second factor for 2FA? Do you really need Windows 11 Pro edition? And why do smoke detector batteries always seem to die in the middle of the night? If you’ve got a question about any of the topics ZDNet covers, one of our team of editors and contributors probably has an answer. If they don’t, we’ll find an outside expert who can steer you in the right direction....
According to the rumors, both the devices iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will also include redesigned antenna lines. The rumor also mentioned that the variant iPhone 7 Plus will have the 5.5-inch screen and it will have Dual-camera component. According to the reports, iPhone 7 will also receive a camera upgrade and it will have a 4.7-inch screen and the camera hole is considerably larger than the previous models of Apple’s and the antenna bands are as expected restricted to the edges of the case....
While Oppo is launching two new foldables this week, its next-generation flagship lineup, the Find X6 series, won’t see the light until 2023. That, however, shouldn’t stop leakers from leaking details about what to expect from the company’s upcoming flagship smartphones. And that’s exactly what is happening on the internet. The prolific leaker Evan Blass shared a render of what could be the vanilla Oppo Find X6 on Twitter, revealing its design in full glory....
Ever since the HTC One Max shipped with a fingerprint scanner, rumors have been floating around that the One’s successor will also ship with a fingerprint scanner. Now, the folks over at Sonny Dickson have managed to get their hands on some third party cases for the next-generation One. The case design suggests that the M8 will have a design that will be very similar to the current gen One (M7)....
Most Ivy League universities now offer online courses, but users may no longer need to enroll in those Ivy League schools to receive the same course content and level of education. There are a few online classes and platforms that will give the same experience for far less money, and sometimes even for free. Scroll down for five online courses that help you hone or learn new skills. You can both learn new skills online and brag about receiving an ivy league level education....
Jia, further mentioned that the company’s capital and resources couldn’t keep up with LeEco’s eccentric rush into a series of new sectors and markets such as automobiles, televisions, smartphones, and more. The CEO, additionally, stated that his income will be demoted to merely 1 yuan (15 cents) until conditions alleviate. Moreover, in order to maintain balance, he suggested to slow LeEco’s pace for now and shift to a relatively moderate phase of growth....
Somehow, the wizards in Cupertino pulled off the impossible. Flash forward half a decade later and Apple Pay is everywhere. Millions of users have stopped using cash or cards in favor of swiping their phones and watches. New banks are joining the program every year, and new terminals are popping up in almost every major shopping chain. In today’s world, Apple Pay is truly one of the best ways to shop online and in person — and is much more secure than cards or cash....
It puts your resume into context — and it’s where you get to show off your soft skills and demonstrate enthusiasm to possible employers. But if you’re more comfortable writing code than talking about yourself, penning a cover letter can feel intimidating. Below, you’ll learn how to craft an effective software engineer cover letter and find tips to keep in mind. Your contact info Put differently, a software engineer resume lists what coding languages you know, while a software engineer cover letter talks about the major projects of your career involving those languages....
Earlier this week, Hugo Barra announced that he will be leaving Xiaomi to go back to Silicon Valley. Today, Barra revealed that he will be joining Facebook to lead all of the company’s virtual reality efforts. He will be the VP of virtual reality at the social networking giant and lead the Oculus team. Barra notes that his mission at Facebook would be to make the technology “breakthroughs quickly and readily available to the widest possible spectrum of humanity....
Star Atlas uses Unreal Engine 5 to provide “cinematic quality video game visuals” and the Solana blockchain to create a “largely serverless and secured gameplay experience” The platform also includes built-in support for NFT trading. Also: Solana Labs launches new digital payment platform Solana Pay As a hardware partner, iBUYPOWER plans to leverage its expertise in the gaming PC space to build systems designed specifically for Star Atlas users. It will also collaborate with ATMTA in a joint effort to “onboard new gamers to the metaverse....
The majority of people will look for ‘hidden wikis’ which contain a list of multiple deep web (.onion) URLs and then use the TorBrowser in the attempt of discovering if the ‘services’ that the specific site provides are those that the ‘wiki’ claims it does. These ‘wikis’ contain links to social networks, forums, and blog websites or even sites which sell drugs, and supply hitman and hacking services. This is all great for gaining awareness of all the crazy madness found on the trails of the Deep Web....
This chip is the company’s first 18-core processor and is capable of more than one teraflop of computing power. Recently Intel introduced its X-Series and we know that this is the personal processor with the best processing ever, but what is its true power? These new Intel processors ensure unprecedented processing power with the new top X-Series, the i9-7980XE, the first to have 18 cores. Intel now has a processor that is capable of more than a Teraflop of computing power, but … yes, everything has its price and this firepower also does not come cheap at all....
By default, when making an SSL connection, the client checks that the server’s certificate: has a verifiable chain of trust back to a trusted (root) certificate matches the requested hostname What it doesn’t do is check if the certificate in question is a specific certificate, namely the one you know your server is using. Relying on matching certificates between the device’s trust store and the remote server opens up a security hole....
Research shows that iPhones for the first time often faced with problems than Android smartphones. But, iOS apps crash more than Android apps. iPhones Have More Problems Than Android Devices, Study Says Where Android is known for openness and freedom iOS is known for stability and usability. A Technology Group Blancco performed a brief analysis and after analyzing the performance of millions of smartphones in the second quarter of this year, namely, the research concluded that iOS is much more stable than the popular Android....
