Google has introduced a Bluetooth diagnostics feature to its Pixel smartphone lineup through an update to the Pixel Troubleshooting app. The new functionality allows users to run diagnostic tests on paired Bluetooth devices to identify potential connectivity issues. The feature is accessible through two pathways within the device settings. Users can navigate to Settings > Connected Devices > Bluetooth and select "Bluetooth diagnostics," or they can access it through Settings > Device... Read more →
According to the latest report from TrendForce, sellers of smartphone devices worldwide shipped 292 million units during the first three months of 2016. This volume represents a 1.3 percent slide year over year, and an 18.6 percent sequential decrease from the normally robust holiday shopping season. As explained by TrendForce, the sagging market... Read more →
Facebook has announced that it is now rolling out a new feature on its Messenger (both for Android and iOS) called group calling, which basically allows users to start a group voice over IP (VoIP) call from any group chat. To use this new feature, people just need to tap the Phone icon, and choose which of the members of the group chat they want... Read more →
Anybody who has ever owned an Apple iPhone device is no stranger to the wide range of camera related accessories available out there in the market. Unfortunately, so few of them actually prove to be useful. However, Miggo, a startup firm that specializes in producing single lens reflex (SLR) accessories, is introducing the Pictar, and it just... Read more →
Samsung has recently revealed that it has forged new, strategic partnership deals with some of the foremost manufacturers of point of sale (POS) systems in the world, including Verifone, Ingenico Group, First Data and Clover, PAX Technology, Equinox, ID TECH, MagTek, USA ePay, and OTI Global. The South Korean tech giant’s objective in joining... Read more →
According to the transparency report that Apple has released just this week, the iPhone maker was asked by United States law enforcement agencies for information in at least 4,000 occasions, covering more than 16,100 mobile devices, during the last six months of 2015. The company in turn complied with 80 percent of all these requests. Apple got... Read more →
Google has published its yearly Android security report for this year. The tech giant first released its annual report last year, and is continuing it in 2016 for the second time ever. The results of the security report are pretty revealing, especially with regards to the co-relation between the level of security you have and where you acquire... Read more →
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