It is no news that Apple does not like us using 3rd party services to fix our devices. The company has previously denied us the possibility of fixing screens and fingerprint scanners by unauthorized firms. Now Americans go one step ahead and take away our ability to fix many elements of the MacBook 2018 and MacBook Pro devices. Blockade pertains to the hard drive, keyboard, battery, loudspeakers, trackpad, display and Touch ID. After every time we change one of these elements, these two devices will run a diagnostic program; if the program discovers that one of parts is not an original ...
Monthly Archives: October 2018
A few specs of Huawei Mate 20
Thanks to findings of people working at XDA Developers, who took it upon themselves to sieve through the Mate 20 firmware, we now know a few things more about this smartphone. There things are:– 6.53-inch TFT display, 1080 × 2244p,– Wireless Easy Projection support,– 4000mAh battery, wireless charging that works with 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi connections,– HiVision, feature capable of recognizing food, landmarks, paintings and languages. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Gee golly my, China is spying on the US
According to Bloomberg, Chinese spies have managed to install special microchips on the servers of thirty largest American companies, including Amazon and Apple. The chips were reportedly not only stealing data these companies gathered but also infected their servers with various kinds of viruses. How did the spies gain entry to the servers? Bloomberg seemingly has two theories; one that says that no one knows how did it happen and that the companies in question learned of the microchips just now and another which states that the companies were coerced into installing the chips themselves ...
Moto G7 specs leak
The source of the leak is unknown.– 6.4′ display, 1080p Full HD+,– 8-core CPU that may be Snapdragon 636,– 4GB RAM and 64GB storage,– 3500 mAh battery,– Android 9.0 Pie OS.It is possible that a Play variant of the device with larger battery will also be released. Tweet Vote on HN ...
BlackBerry Evolve out on October 10th via Amazon India
Device will be available for 24,990 Rupees, which equals $338. We do not know when will Evolve X be released; its price is suspected to be around 34,990 Rupees ($473). Speaking of dollars, it is unlikely that Evolve will be released in the US; sorry.Specifications:– 5.99-inch display, 1080 x 2160 FHD+, 18:9 aspect ratio,– Snapdragon 450 chipset, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage,– 13mpx + 13mpx main camera, 16mpx selfie shooter,– 4000mAh battery,– face recognition,– Dolby Digital ...
LG V40 ThinQ premiered: what do we know
– the phone premiered today in a New York event,– its US price is 920-960 USD,– five camera lens: 8mpx + 5mpx selfie shooter, 12mpx + 12mpx + 16mpx main camera. New camera options,– Snapdragon 845 CPU, 6GB RAM & 128GB storage. MicroSD up to 2TB,– 3300mAh battery, wireless charging, Quick Charge support,– 6.4′ OLED display, QHD+,– notch that can be hidden,– 32-bit Quad DAC converter, stereophonic loudspeakers, rear fingerprint scanner,– Silky Blast ...
Full specs of Samsung Galaxy A9s leaked
The source of the leak is AllAboutSamsung. Take it with a pinch of salt.– Snapdragon 660 CPU,– 6GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage, microSD card slot,– Android 8.1 Oreo with Samsung Experience UI,– 3720mAh battery,– 6.28′ AMOLED Infinite Display, 2200 x 1080p,– square-shaped fingerprint scanner & vertical 4x camera. 24mpx, f/1.7 x 5mpx, f/2.2 x 8mpx 120º wide-angle main camera setup, 8mpx selfie shooter.Samsung Galaxy A9s will be officially announced on October ...
Windows changes its gun emoji, because looking at water pistols will decrease the number of shootings
Windows is the latest large company to follow the last two years’ trend of ”cartooning” gun emojis, trend which begun with the sudden rise of violent shootings in the US. After changing its revolver emoji into a more child-friendly version last year, Windows took another step in making sure that poor children will not see guns on their electronic devices and changes the revolver into the water pistol. Now all the largest tech giants out there – Windows, Apple, Samsung, Twitter, Google and Facebook – have exchanged their gun emojis for water gun ones. Cool, I ...
Sprint now supports VoLTE
It took Sprint four years, but the US telecomm company has finally caught up with its competition and begun to roll out VoLTE support. Rollout will take place over the next few weeks, during which Sprint will gradually make it available in 15 U.S. markets: Atlanta-Athens, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas, Missouri, New York City, Oregon-West Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco Bay, South Bay, Southern Jersey, and Washington, D.C. It will not be a separate download, but instead a part of Samsung Galaxy S8 series’ October security update. VoLTE ...
Civilization VI now available on iPhones
If you wanted to conquer and create empires without having to sit before your PC, you are in luck: Civilization VI, the newest entry in Sid Meier’s famous series, is now available on iPhones. The game was ported to iPhones by Aspyr Media, whom have already ported it to iPads a while ago – speaking of which, those of you who own the iPad version of the game can download it on their iPhones free of charge. The rest of us will have to pay $23.99, a 60% off the game’s usual price. The game will work on iPhones 7 and newer, as well as iPads Air 2 and newer and any iPad Pro. ...