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detailed a few specifics Tuesday about “promoted pins,” which will drop a recognizable icon into the middle of your map view. You may also see a related coupon that you could presumably redeem right away in the store. said during a press briefing that it won’t be using your phone’s location history, for now anyway, as part of the ad targeting. And it doesn’t appear that the company is sharing Maps users’ location with advertisers, either....

In Summary Although they both arrived in India in 2014, Xiaomi and OnePlus have generally operated in different price segments. While OnePlus has been one of the leading players in the Rs 30,000 and above segment, Xiaomi has ruled the sub-Rs 20,000 zone in India. However, since 2020, Xiaomi has been moving up the price ladder, while OnePlus has also started targeting the mid-segment with its Nord series. With the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite, OnePlus has for the first time released a phone with a lower price than Xiaomi’s bestselling Redmi Note series, sparking off what could be a very interesting rivalry....

Sometimes, choosing the most interesting questions to highlight is the best part of my job. Do you have a question you’d like to ask me? Tap or click here to email me directly. Dark Web check-in Q: With all the data breaches, is there a way to know if my data is for sale on the dark web? A: Whether it’s your email, blog, bank account or cloud service, you may not have any idea whether it’s been breached....

Researchers have claimed that the vulnerability can be seen in action in the form of a proof-of-concept known as KRACK which is Key Reinstallation Attacks. Well, let me tell you the KRACK attack works on all modern protected WiFi networks against WPA1 and WPA2. So, it also makes Android, Linux, Apple, Windows, OpenBSD, MediaTek, Linksys and more vulnerable. However, it looks like almost every supported device and operating systems are at risk of KRACK attack....

OnePlus’ upcoming flagship series has been making headlines for a while now since the first set of renders surfaced online. While previous leaks suggested that the forthcoming OnePlus handset would be called “OnePlus 11 Pro,” a recent leak from reliable leaker Steve OnLeaks Hemmerstoffer indicates that the company might not use the “Pro” on its upcoming phones to simplify its naming strategy. Now, the tipster has – in collaboration with Gadget Gang – shared a render of the “OnePlus 11,” giving us a closer look at the phone’s design and color options....

One of the photos shows a big (possible 5.99-inch) smartphone with 18:9 bezel-less display, with the FHD+ resolution. It reads “Larger Screen. Same Footprint”. This coincides with the earlier rumor of OnePlus updating the 5 to 5T with a bigger bezel-less display and virtually keeping everything else the same. In fact, the OnePlus 5 is out of stock in the US for a few days now, and that has added fuel to the fire....

LG just told Engadget that they’re going to release a sequel to the LG Optimus G at some point in Q3. That means anywhere between July and September. Considering that LG is scheduled to hold an event in May in New York City, where they’ll likely say the Optimus G Pro is going to come to the United States, then why would they purposefully obsolete their flagship device in just a handful of months?...

It’s a window unit, so this isn’t the best option for those who want to install central air. For pre-war apartment dwellers or homeowners with over 100 year old homes that can’t accommodate central air, it’s a great way to stay cool during a summer of sweltering heat. The LG can cool up to 450 square feet of space, or an 18- by 25-square foot space. It fits into most windows measuring 27-39-inches wide x 16-inches high....

Just so you know, Back Tap is an Accessibility feature on iOS 14 that opens up the world for new possibilities on the iPhone. The feature is present deep-down in the Settings and came out as a surprising addition since Apple did not explicitly talk about it during their keynote. In a nutshell, Back Tap gives you the ability to either double-tap or triple-tap on the back of your iPhone to trigger specific actions....

Google’s Gboard can do more than just bring your learning vocabulary along to every new device you use. It can cook up new emoji, translate non-local languages, and even let you dictate entire paragraphs without even tapping your screen. The only prerequisite is that you should run the latest app version. So, let’s get started rounding up the top Gboard features. 1. Select Text Easily Selecting text in the message boxes on a smartphone with a small screen can be rather tedious, even more so when commuting....

If you have been using Pendrives or MicroSD cards for file storage, you might be well aware of the write protection. Write Protection is indeed a great way to make sure that your data is not accidentally erased or overwritten. Unfortunately, you can’t format a write-protected USB drive or SDCard. If you try to format a write-protected SDCard, you will get an error message. The error message can be fixed by removing the write protection....

Indeed, with a new improved S n in tow an optional keyboard, the Tab S3 is also a bid to fill the sizeable productivity hole left behind by the Note7. And it just might work. ile we’re all waiting to get our hs on the Galaxy S8— possibly the most anticipated Android phone of all time—Samsung has borrowed some of the best features from the Note 7 to create a tablet truly worthy of the Galaxy name....

Earlier this week, when HTC launched the 10, it silently also launched a Lifestyle version of the handset in India with a slower Snapdragon 652 processor and 3GB RAM. This infuriated many loyal fanboys of the company in the country, as to why the Taiwanese OEM was not bringing its impressive flagship to India, and instead launching a watered down version here. Thankfully, all the negative feedback that the company has received from its fans and potential customers over the last few days seems to have worked, as the HTC South Asia President Mr....

How long do most people keep a mobile phone before they decide they’ve had enough of it and want a new one? If you’re in a country where you sign two year contracts, then your operator pretty much dictates your replacement cycle. But if you’re the kind of person that buys phones full unlocked and unsubsidized, then what’s a good cadence? Is it 18 months? 24 months? More? HTC thinks two years is when most people will dump their phones, which is why they’ve just announced that the One X and One X+ will no longer receive software updates....

Last month, HTC joined forces with Under Armour to create its first wearable, which will be targeted towards fitness enthusiasts. Today, details about the company’s upcoming wearable has leaked, which reveals that it will not be running on Android Wear. Instead HTC plans on using a custom software called “RTOS” that will allow the wearable — internally known as the HTC Petra — to work with both iOS and Android devices....

The company sent out invites for an unveil of its rumored One M9 us on April 8. Though since the invitations went to Chinese media, we’re unlikely to see the phone here in the U.S. (Or at least, not for a while.) However, it’s another telling sign of HTC’s strategy to try compete more aggressively in several markets. Certainly it feels a bigger screen size matters there, though it doesn’t go to the full phablet level like the Galaxy Note 4....

Huawei, the Chinese handset maker that seems to announce a new flagship smartphone every other month, is allegedly going to unveil a device in April that pretty much has the exact same specifications as the Galaxy S4 from Samsung. There’s a 4.9 inch 1080p display, 13 megapixel camera, Huawei’s own K3V3 chip, which has four ARM Cortex A15 processors and an ARM Mali-T604 GPU, and to top it all off, there’s supposed to be a 2,600 mAh battery....

Aimed at gamers and people who like to overclock CPUs, the unlocked i9-12900KS features 16 cores, which are evenly split between performance and efficiency cores, 24 threads on performance cores, 150W base power, a 30MB L3 cache, and up to 5.5 GHz max turbo frequency. Intel will host an event on April 5 but today revealed pricing will start at $739, and It’s billing this CPU as “the world’s fastest desktop processor”....

He is the founder and CEO of PixlCloud, a next-generation data visualization application for big data. He has served as Chief Security Strategist with Splunk and was a co-founder of Loggly, a cloud-based log management solution. For more than 12 years, Raffy has helped Fortune 500 companies defend themselves against sophisticated adversaries and has trained organizations around the world in the art of data visualization for security. Practicing zen has become an important part of Raffy’s life....

As a result, the United States has issued a travel advisory for China, and is quarantining suspected cases at a rapid rate. But that hasn’t stopped misinformation about the virus from spreading online. Tap or click here for some of the most ridiculous fake coronavirus stories circulating. As bad as those stories are, what’s worse is when fake news tries to pass itself off as real — especially when the intent is to spread fear and nothing more....