Not right now, not right away, but soon. Google plans to get its store rid of all the 32-bit apps by 2019. Why? According to Google, it is because the 32-bit apps are too old - they would not work well in a more modern Android system that Google is preparing and they would also be more susceptible to hacker attacks. I do not know why exacly, but maybe ...
Lets go ahead and learn about the newest scientific marvel of technology. After all it is not like the object in question is a half sci-fi that will not become an available reality in the next ten years. Always better to stay ahead when it comes to unneccessary information! Anyway, a group of scientists from Tokyo have published a study in which they ...
It is time for more Terror From The Web stories. Redactors of Polish website Androidcompl found out that an extremely popular mobile game Dune! (5 million downloads and still going) possesses a large number of functions in its system which only tasks are to collect as much private information about the user as possible. Among the info ”stolen” ...
New set of augmented reality tools will soon be available for Facebook Messenger. These new toys are called ”World Effects” and they allow putting 3D objects into the frame. Tool comes with a large number of pre-existing objects, but the more interesting option may be creating your own short, 3D messages to then render on the screen. ”World ...
Guess they got what was coming to them... a group of eight British citizens responsible for up to 49 cases of smuggling contraband to prisons in the period of two years has been caught by the police and put under arrest. Two leaders of the group have been sentenced to six and seven years in prison (Craig Hickinbottom, 35, was the main ringleader). The organization ...
Blow the sad trombone and play the world's smallest violin, as Essential Phone is not selling well at all. According to EP's Essential Camera application's download figures from Play Store, roughly 50 thousand units of the Andy Rubin's smartphone have been sold during the phone's four months long release. Too bad, so sad. There are a few reasons to believe ...
Remember that time when a drunk drone pilot crashed his vehicle into the White House? Yeah, other people remember it too. In response to the growing popularity of drones and their pilots lacking in the ”common sense” department, New Jersey lawmakers are moving ahead a state law that will make flying a drone illegal when under the influence ...
Niantic, creators of Pokemon Go, are continuing their unending effort of upgrading their game. New pocket monsters and game modes are well and good, but Niantic obviously feel the need to add something more to their augmented reality, namely dynamic weather conditions. The idea is that the in-game weather will change to that of a real world, naturally ...
As is often the case with Android viruses, Tizi spread by infecting popular Google store apps. If you wonder why the past tense, it is because the virus has already been contained, or so does Android claim. Tizi's immoral activities concentrated on infecting the more popular messenger apps like Facebook and Twitter and scanning them for any personal ...
Before you purchase an iPhone, iPad or iPod from someone else, make sure that Find My iPhone Activation lock is turned off and the device is ready for you to use. This tool supports IMEI or Serial Number of any Apple device that can be blocked by Find My iPhone application. Why is diffrent then iPhone iCloud Check (Activation Lock)? This service ...
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Short Message Service! Happy birthday to you! Twenty five years and one day ago the first SMS ever was sent*. It read ”Merry Christmas” and was sent to Richard Jarvis, the then CEO of Verizon, who received it on his Orbitel 901 cellphone (or, as we would call it today, a large ...
Facebook lately has, or at least believes it does, a huge problem with bots and fake accounts. Company tries many differet things to solve it. Latest idea of Zuckerberg & Company is to make people use selfies in order to verify their accounts. New system is already being tested in a small, closed group. How will it work? Simply. You know captcha, ...