According to Gizmodo, a technology and science website, Parity Wallet service has been struck by hackers. Parity Wallet is basically a virtual currency bank, working as a storage for bitcoins, ether and other kinds of cryptocurrency. Ether coins was what this group of hackers were after – three consecutive attacks netted them a sum of 153 thousand ether units (ethers?). Not impressed? Well, this amount of ether translates into roughly 32 million dollars. There. Parity Wallet’s losses would be much greather were it not for a group of so-called white hat hackers, people who beat ...
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Alleged Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) spotted on GFXBench
GFXBench listing of the device provides a model number SM-A730x. Seeing how A7 (2016) had number SM-A710x and A7 (2017) had number SM-A720x, this will most probably be Galaxy A7 (2018). Device’s specification promises us a solid higher mid-ranger phone with a large amount of RAM, good OS and a high-quality camera. Tweet Vote on HN ...
LG G6 and X power2 are now out in Canada from Koodo Mobile
Koodoo Mobile, a Canadian mobile network operator and subsidiary of Telus, now offers G6 and X power2 phones as the only operator in Canada. G6 can be bought for $904 outright, $74 per month in a one year plan, $21 per month for two years or a few other plans I really cannot be bothered to point out – point is, you can pay for G6 in any plan you want. Colour variants available are Silver and Black. As for X power2, it can be bought for $240 outright or $10 for two years. This one is available in Black only.LG G6:– 5.7-inch IPS LCD Full Vision display, 2880 x 1440 res,– ...
HTC Summer Sale 2017 begins, HTC U11 up for pre-orders – in the US
HTC U11 this, HTC U11 that… don’t know about you, dear readers, but I am getting bored of HTC U11. HTC does not share my sentiment, though, as their device keeps coming up in news for one reason or another. This time, it is about HTC officially announcing the beginning of their yearly summer sales. Many of the company’s deals are US exclusive, including open pre-orders for their upcoming flagship U11. Version available for pre-order has 6GB RAM and 128GB storage memory and costs ”only” $729. Other devices put for sale include HTC 10 ($399), HTC U Ultra ($499) ...
This is where Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt will be launched
Earlier today, a mint fresh variant of Galaxy J7 called Nxt has been launched in India for INR 11,490 (roughly $179). Device’s specification includes a 5.5′ HD Super AMOLED display, 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM, 13mpx rear and 5mpx front batteries (LED flash, 1080p video recording), a 1.6GHz, 8-core CPU and a 3000mAh battery. Interested? If so, this is the list of countries where the device will be available, even if with a different name (personally I have never heard of a Nxt phone before):Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kazakhstan, ...
Apple might start making its own OLED panels
Apple and Samsung are perhaps the greatest adversaries on the mobile phone market; hence why it is no surprise that one does not want to depend on the other. Unfortunately for Apple, that is exacly what the company has to do right now. As you have probably heard, Apple depends on Samsung to provide a sufficient amount of OLED displays for it to use in its iPhones. Well, it seems like Apple has had just about enough of having to pay its competition. According to a Korean publication ET News, Apple has obtained a large amount of chemical vapor deposition machines, which are an important tool ...
Moto Z2 Force will be available at all four major US carriers
First Moto, Moto Z Force, was a Verizon exclusive, but its successor is much less picky. According to Evan Blass (God Bless Him), Moto Z2 Force will be available at not only Verizon, but also Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile. Phone will be unveiled tomorrow, at July 25th.Specification:– 5.5′ screen, 1440 x 2560 QHD resolution, protected by Motorola’s ShatterShield,– Snapdragon 835 CPU, 8-core,– Adreno 540 GPU,– 4GB RAM,– 2730mAh battery capacity (wow, that is low),– magnetic connectors for modular ...
Is Facebook working on a new modular smartphone?
Facebook’s last attempt at the mobile industry, Chacha and Salsa phones, was not a success. Devices were quirky and did not offer much in return for putting up with them. This was years ago, though, and Facebook seems to once again be confident enough to try its hand in making smartphones. According to the latest news, Facebook has patented a design of a modular phone. Cool? I guess.Anyway, patent itself does not mean much. Device may be in production or it may be in early development stage. It can come out by the end of this year or never. Whatever happens, ...
United Kingdoms’ HTC U11 gets virtual assistent Alexa
Week ago, Alexa hit U11’s in the United States. Now it is time for UK to get the same treatment. Mobile Alexa has all the same utilities (I almost wrote ”abilities”) of stationary Amazon Echo, and works seamlessly with Google Assistant. It can also interface with any smart home device with Alexa implemented.In order to get Alexa, all you Brits have to do is go to Google Play Store, then head to My apps and games tab and select Update. Afterwards, you will need to run a usual setup and voila, done. ...
New update for Samsung S8 and S8 Plus released by Sprint
Update is mainly a security patch. It updates S8 and S8 Plus’ security systems to June version. It also fixes a number of issues, including the faulty roaming and SMS features as well as a glitched Find My Mobile service.Update weights a solid 270 megabytes. Its build numbers are G950USQU1AQFJ for S8 and G955USQU1AQFJ for S8+. It is available now, but may take a while to reach all the devices worldwide. Be patient – it will reach you sooner or later. Tweet Vote on ...