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I’ll have to use the S8 a lot more to form an opinion about Samsung’s latest software. But from the time I spent kicking the tires of some pre-production demo units, I think it’s clear that Samsung has made the most feature-rich phone in memory. And it all starts with a really, really big display. To infinity… The first thing you’ll notice about the Galaxy S8 is that, while it still looks very Samsung-y thanks to curved sides, it’s basically all display....

Huawei Blocked From Installing Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp On New Smartphones New information about the fight between the United States and the well-known Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei began a few weeks ago with the prohibition of the tech giant Google for the Chinese giant Huawei. Since then the events have precipitated and have ended up damaging the users of this smartphone brand that have many doubts about their future. While for now, the firm, Huawei is busy looking for a propitiatory position and indicates that it also has alternatives in its bucket....

In January of this year, Huawei confirmed that its all-metal Android-based GX8 would be making its way to the United States sometime in the first quarter of 2016. Turns out that is indeed the case. As far as features go, it boasts a 5.5-inch 1080p HD display, a 13MP camera on the back and a 5MP camera on the front, an all-metal body, an octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor, 2GB of RAM, a battery measured in at 3000mAh, and 16GB of built-in storage with a microSD card slot....

Considering how prevalent selfies are these days, phone manufacturers are doing their best to pack the best cameras possible on the front of their devices. Huawei is no stranger to selfies, so the company has decided to skip trying to make a great front-facing camera, and just opted to use the camera that’s traditionally positioned on the back of a handset instead. Similar to the Oppo N1’s idea of a camera that functions both as the rear- and front-facing shooter, the Huawei Honor 7i boasts a 13MP camera that can do the same thing, albeit with an even more unique design....

According to a tweet from CEO Sundar chai, I/O 2016 will take place in Mountain View beginning May 18 near the search giant’s home base in the Silicon Valley. — sundarpichai (@sundarpichai) nuary 12, 2016 The conference has typically been held at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco, but this year it’ll kick off 40 miles south at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheater, which is where started gathering developers together ten years ago ( where I first saw the Backstreet Boys in 1996)....

The app from the Ahmedabad based outfit had made headlines earlier this year by using AR to offer a digital version of a frog dissection on the iPad, thus acquainting users with the necessary information without harming any living being. In fact, it became the first Indian app to be showcased during the Apple keynote at the Chicago education event earlier this year. Needless to say, the win is a massive achievement not just for Designmate but the Indian app developer community in general....

Recently, Apple has started sending its reward kit to the Apple Swift Student Challenge winners, including AirPods Pro and a one-year membership in the Apple Developer Program. Apple Would Improve Multitasking Capability of iPad with iPadOS 16 According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to enhance the multitasking capability of the iPad with this iPadOS 16 update and making more accessible for users to switch from one task to another....

The Jabra Elite 85h headphones feature 40mm custom-engineered speakers which ensure top-quality acoustic experience, crystal-clear sound with advanced 6-microphone call technology, and 36-hour battery life (with ANC activated). Additionally, Jabra is also including SmartSound and intuitive Voice Assistant Control on the Elite 85h headphones and is claiming them to be the smartest ANC headphones in the market. Jabra says that its SmartControl is based on audEERING’s context intelligence technology, which uses real-time acoustic scene analysis of environmental sounds to detect more than 6,000 unique sound characteristics and use this to adapt audio output to each specific context....

To plant hidden links to other sites in an attempt to game search engines and raise those site’s rankings To plant spyware on your site that will infect your visitors and take over their computers, to make a botnet To hijack the server itself and use it to attack other systems To send out spam To gain access to credit card info or personal identities For the pure thrill of vandalism Because someone has a grudge against you Because somebody is bored, and you made it easy...

In last part of this series, we have worked on copying the system token from system process to cmd process. The final section of the exploit, which is often ignored, is how to avoid crashing since we are dealing with ring 0 land here. Thus, we must find out that after exploit, where the execution should be redirected. One of the best available options is to route back to parent function as in the case of normal execution flow....

While the Galaxy S4 continues its run as Samsung’s flagship phone, Samsung is already hard at work putting the finishing touches on the next year’s Galaxy S5. What novel technology will Samsung drop into its next generation phone? At least one person believes an iris scanner is on tap. This rumor comes from ZDNet Korea which claims that Samsung is working on an iris scanner that’ll be used to lock down the device....

There is little doubt that Nokia’s been working on an Android device. We saw press renders last month from @evleaks and earlier today images of a prototype were served up by @seamissu. Now, @evleaks is back again with another press rendering that shows the Nokia Normandy dressed up in a variety of colors. His image is appropriately named “Nokia Normandies.”The fate of the Nokia Normandy is a big unknown. It’s obvious that Nokia has been working on this entry-level Android device for a while....

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to code, or you’re a veteran who has somehow missed Python, the Premium Python Programming Certification Bundle can help. This 10-course bundle offers training from some of the web’s best instructors, including Juan Galvan (4.4/5 instructor rating), Joe Rahl (4.6/5 rating), and Edouard Renard (4.6/5 rating). The comprehensive bundle will get you up to speed with the absolute basics of Python 3 before moving to more advanced coursework....

This article attempts to cover the fundamentals of pentesting a WordPress website and eventually we will use those same techniques to gain access to Metasploitable3. Following is the nmap output. In the previous article, we noticed the presence of WordPress instance from the preceding figure. Clicking on wordpress button under Your Projects will show us the wordpress website running on the target server. Let’s begin with gathering some information about the target wordpress installation....

Arriving in October (with one exception) for competitive prices, this latest generation has also been enhanced with an all-day battery life based on ThinkPad’s Power Bridge technology, which is said, in this cases at least, to extend casual usage for up to 17 hours – which is an awesome threshold even for the most qualified ultrabooks. Now, that we’ve got ourselves acquainted with the base principles, let’s meet each and every product....

If you are an iPhone user, you might know about Photos Memories. Memories is an iPhone-exclusive feature that is enabled by default. Since it’s turned on all the time, you will see a Memories notification in your notifications from time to time. While iPhone Memories can be a great feature, for many, this could be upsetting reminders of people or things that were no longer present in their lives. With time, the Photos app on your iPhone can alert you of memories of your lost pets or any unpleasant events....

Steam is also a platform from where you can purchase premium games and store them in your library. However, like every other Windows program or game, finding enough storage space to download your favorite Steam game can be a pain. So, if you’ve completed a Steam Game already and you want to free up some valuable storage space, you need to uninstall the game from your PC. There are quite a few ways to uninstall a Steam game, and in this article, we will list all of them....

VLC Media Player offers users great file compatibility and provides many unique features like converting videos, playing 3D videos, removing audio from a video, etc. Recently, while using VLC Media player, we discovered another best VLC Media player trick that will let you play a hidden jigsaw puzzle. The feature allows you to turn any video into a live jigsaw puzzle. Steps To Unlock VLC’s hidden Jigsaw Puzzle Mode Once the video turns into a puzzle, you need to solve it with your mouse....

This is absolutely crucial for some users and use cases. Consider you’re working on a public wireless network and you have to transmit sensitive data over a network and you’re not exactly certain how secure that network is. What do you do? Do you just go ahead and risk transmitting that data as you normally would? Not if security and privacy are important. If that’s the case, a top VPN service will be your best friend....

As expected, HTC announced a phone called the Desire 500 in Taiwan today. According to Engadget, it’s going to cost $400. For that you’ll get a 4.3 inch WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) screen, quad core Snapdragon 200 processor, and an 8 megapixel camera. Translation: This thing is a rip-off. Now don’t get me wrong, if you want an 8 megapixel camera phone, knock yourself out, but $400 will buy you a 2012 flagship phone if you know where to shop....