For better or for worse, these are interesting times for those who want to live in the US. I will not argue for or against the new American government, but it is easy to see that there has been a number of changes in the US security policy lately: citizens of several Arabic countries are banned from traveling to the country; electronic devices are banned from aboard planes flying to the country; and now this – Facebook account name becoming a required part of an application for the US visa. Yep, you read me right. From now on, those who want to receive an USA visa will have to input ...

I wanted to write a nice entry paragraph on how smartphones are a common commodity nowadays, that they are an important part of everyone’s life and how they need to be protected or one can face losing what is basically another body part, but I reckon that everyone already knows all that jazz. Instead, I will skip the introduction and just give you guys and girls a few tips on how to keep your iPhones, Huaweis, Samsungs and Nokias from getting physically damaged, so that you can call, text, browse and play on your mobiles to your heart’s content.1. Be sure to know where your ...

Android Pay is slowly expanding its reach. Starting in the US, it then rolled out in Russia, Taiwan, Spain and Brazil. Yesterday, the app debuted in the land of peace and snow known as Canada. Launch supports both MasterCard and Visa credit cards, with Interac joining on June 5th. American Express and Tangerine will become serviceable later this summer. Every phone with Android OS version 4.4 or higher will be able to house the app. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Everyone here knows Skype, right? One of the most popular instant messengers, allowing for a single and group chatrooms as well as video and audio calls. It is thanks to Skype that, for example, a citizen of Canada can talk to his bud working in Israel. Well, it looks like Russians have heard of Skype too and are now working on their own. Rostec (darn, a name like that can do in a sci-fi movie. Just change this c into a k or ck and voila), a Russian technology company that works on the ”Russian Skype”, has already shared a bit of info on their project. Function-wise, their ...

Remember how I wrote about this phone last week? Well, I am glad to return to the subject. Essential Phone, a first child of an Essential company started by an ex-Android CEO Andy Rubin, has just been announced! Thanks to the announcement all the specifics and other info on the device has been released. If you want to learn about the Essential’s specs or how much will it cost, I am your man.Specification:– 5.71-inch Edge to Edge screen, UHD,– dual 13mpx main camera, f/1.85 aperture; 8mpx selfie shooter; 4k videos,– Snapdragon 835 chipset, 8-core, 2.45GHz,– 4GB ...

Andy Rubin, ex-CEO of Android, has left his company some time ago to create his own, Essential Products (heh, nice one) and is working on a phone. Device’s name is, yep, Essential. We do not know a lot about this newcomer. Phone’s specification is a mystery, but, thankfully, Bloomberg has dug out a few interesting details on the device. According to Bloomberg, Essential will be a frame-less device, basically meaning that it will have a large screen but the phone’s overall size will still be compact. It is said to be modify-able, much like Lenovo Moto Z is with Modo Mods; ...

New precept will be passed by the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration and will affect all the drones that weight more than 250 gram. Registration process can be complete by the internet. Precept’s goal is to decrease the danger caused by an irresponsible usage of drones (how exacly, I do not know. Maybe by making it easier to find the culprit if his/her drone is registered?). Why should it interest us? Drone market is larger by the day, and such laws have already been enacted in the US. Sooner or later, they will be implemented in your country as well. ...

Google offers most of its services for free (unless you count in the amount of information it collects on you; if so, then it already earns enough), hence no wonder the company tries to find new ways to make profit. Rumour is that Google plans on making money with its Google Assistant. How? With, well, ads. cringes from all the booing* I know, I know! It sucks. Or at least sounds like it may suck. I mean, who likes ads? Advertisements are the bane of modern Internet and the idea of them encroaching into electronic appliance is very much frowned upon, and rightly so. All we can do is hope ...

Made by development team Xeus, Timbre’s slogan is „Cut, Join, Convert”. App allows the user to edit mp3 files and videos; you can split and join videos and soundtracks, remove parts of them, add or remove sound from the video and more. Application is simple to grasp and easy to use, though it is said to be a tiny bit glitchy. With its simplicity comes a somewhat limited capability, but it is more than enough for an average smartphone user’s needs. Want to make your own ringtone or looped video? Timbre has your back.P.S. It’s available on Play Store and ...

Google has many functions. First and foremost, it is the most popular search engine in the world (though citizens of China could probably argue with that statement). Google Maps will show you where you are and how to get to where you want to be. Gmail is one of the most popular, and largest, e-mailboxes on the market. Google + … well, it tried to be the next Facebook and failed to, hard. My point is, Google is many things, almost all of them useful.Lets hope that its future function, that of a job-hunting application, will be a useful one.Job searching engine is said to be an upcoming ...