Leaked pictures of LG’s yet-to-be-released G4 smartphone has appeared online weeks before its official April 28 launch. Reliable leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter) located a microsite set up for the LG…
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Microsoft Lumia 640 finally lands in UK
Microsoft’s affordable Lumia offering ‘Lumia 640? has finally landed in the UK. The larger Lumia variant dubbed ‘Lumia 640 XL’ with join its sibling by the end of this month. Both the…
Google Chromebook Pixel 2 to hit UK shores on April 21
Successor to the 2013 Google Chromebook Pixel dubbed ‘Google Chromebook Pixel 2’ will go on sale in the UK on April 21. Running web-based Chrome OS, the Chromebook Pixel 2 will be…
Smartphones, tablets could function as early warning systems for earthquakes
According to a new study, smartphones, tablets and other such personal electronic devices can function as early warning systems for large earthquakes. Using crowd-sourced observations from participating users’ smartphones, earthquakes could be…
Content.ad forgets to renew SSL certificate
[Update: The SSL certificate was renewed hours later. Navigating to the site now doesn’t throw the SSL error any more.] In what can be dubbed as a rather ‘rookie’ mistake administrators at…
Twitter drops Discover tab in favour of Tailored Trends
Twitter will be dropping the #Discover and activity tabs in favour of new ‘Tailored Trends’ section. The ‘Discover’ tab showed users topics which were trending or popular within their network. Dropping the…
Now edit Microsoft Office files directly from your Dropbox account
Microsoft has teamed up with Dropbox to allow users to edit Office Online files in their browser and save them directly to Dropbox. The new integration will now allow Microsoft Office Online…
Microsoft rolls out ‘Project Spartan’ laden Windows 10 for phones build 10051
Microsoft, on Friday, has begun rolling out Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones build 10051 which adds the software giant’s new browser, Project Spartan among other things. The new build includes an…
Google patents web spoiler blocking system
Google has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a system which will work to block TV and movie spoilers for web users. The proposed system would…
Facebook: It was a bug that resulted in collection of non-users’ online data
Facebook has slammed a recent study report compiled by the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC) which claimed the social networking giant is involved in tracking all visitors to its site, even those who…
Study: 92% US teens go online daily; 24% constantly glued to the Internet
A new Pew research has found by that a whopping 92 per cent of US teens go online daily and nearly a quarter of them are constantly glued to the Internet. According…
One-third of global organizations not prepared to face advanced cyber threats
Around one-third of global organizations are not well prepared to face advanced cyber threats as they don’t have formal incident response plans, a new survey has found. The global breach readiness survey,…
Samsung anticipates record shipments for Galaxy S6, S6 Edge smartphones
Samsung is expecting record shipments for the latest Galaxy S smartphone duo –Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge- that go on sale this Friday. Following a string of positive reviews, the company…
Amazon rolls out Prime Instant Video app for Android tablets
Amazon has rolled out its Prime Instant Video service for Android tablet users enabling Prime subscribers in the US, UK and Germany to stream some of their favorite movie and TV shows…
Hyperoptic rolls out gigabit broadband in Liverpool
UK Fibre provider Hyperoptic has rolled out gigabit broadband in parts of Liverpool including Hamilton House, Waterloo Warehouse, The Reach and X Building, while Wapping Quay, Kings Dock Mill, Princes Dock and…