Venmo, the fund transfer service owned by PayPal, can now be used as a payment option when purchasing items at more than 2 million retailers’ mobile websites in America (including familiar retail brands such as Walmart, Target, and Forever 21, among many others). By taking full advantage of PayPal’s current network, Venmo has managed to gain support in quite a large number of retailers’ mobile websites. Just this week, Venmo had announced that it is planning to begin letting customers instantly... Read more →
Just a week ago, rumors of Apple developing a foldable iPhone model surfaced in the interwebs. The talk was that the tech giant was teaming up with LG in order to start building a smartphone with a foldable OLED screen possibly three years from now. Well, unlike the iPhone maker, ZTE is not waiting until the end of the decade to showcase its own... Read more →
According to the results of an online study recently conducted by Gartner, worldwide smartphone sales in 2018 will see some growth for the first time since 2015. The last couple of years have seen industry growth stall a bit, but by next year, the volume of smartphone units shipped across the globe is expected to reach an estimated 1.9 billion... Read more →
A report recently published by TechCrunch says that mobile phone companies are still giving users’ phone numbers and location information to third parties. The article then reported about Philip Neustrom, the co-founder of Shotwell Labs, who came across a couple of websites that that sent back various user data when accessed from a mobile data... Read more →
Less than a week ago, it was reported that OnePlus was gathering tons of data from mobile devices powered by its OxygenOS, apparently without the consent of the owners of those devices. A software engineer named Chris Moore had discovered the phone maker’s data collection activities, and thereafter, various users have been demanding an explanation... Read more →
According to a report recently published by ZDNet just this week, it appears that researchers have discovered a bug within the WPA2 security protocol utilized in just about every Wi-Fi enabled gadget today, including computers, routers, and even mobile devices. The flaw now goes by the nickname KRACK (which is short for Key Reinstallation Attack)... Read more →
Parental control apps are nothing new nowadays, and as a matter of fact, various mobile operators are currently offering their own respective take on the concept. For instance, Verizon Wireless has its FamilyBase app, while subscribers of another major US wireless carrier, AT&T, can take full advantage of Smart Limits. But when it comes to... Read more →
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