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WeChat has provided tools (mostly APIs) to other companies to set up their own accounts in the chat app. These accounts can then be used for promoting products/services, interacting with customers, etc. The end result has been that WeChat is now an integral part of consumers’ mobile lifestyle in China and a big contributor to its parent company Tencent’s profits. Looking at WeChat’s amazing growth and financial performance, Facebook planned to do something similar for Messenger....

Even if Apple has added three new colors for the iPhone 5s: grey, gold and silver, replacing the traditional black and white, you might still look for some cases, mainly in order to offer your new smartphone the protection it needs or just to add an extra style. Even if pre-orders for the iPhone 5s have just started, the are already cool cases available, probably because the iPhone 5s retains the same size, despite of many previous rumors that were suggesting Apple is going to increase it....

Guest Post by Melissa. Do you have a special geek/nerd in your life? True to holiday tradition, you either show someone that you care by spending time with them, or you get them something nice. And let’s be honest, nerds tend to be so introverted they will appreciate nice things more than time spent. So, let’s take a look at some of the best gifts you can give your favorite geek this year....

Online privacy has started to sound like an oxymoron! Every e-mail (confidential or not) you send is sent as a plain text and if intercepted, it will just be a sitting duck with no protection whatsoever. There are multiple ways to automatically encrypt text messages and emails using some kind of hash functions like MD5, SHA1 etc. Of-course you can setup Outlook for encryption, but it’s very technical and requires lots of other services in order to work correctly....

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This way, you can connect to the net via your camera the same way as you’d do with your cellphone. All you need to do is to create a hotspot using the internet-connected device, and then you’re ready to go. There are two or three well-known brands out there that costs quite a bit, but we also found a few less expensive ones that are worth a try. Having a Wi-Fi SD card is turning into a more democratic thing since we started having options for only $50 or even less to buy online....

Since that moment on, “selfie” gained a lot of popularity. Part of the reason why this happened has to do with the increasing number of social networks users. Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Snapchat are just a few examples of where one could share a self-taken photo. Some mobile companies came up with innovative ideas for their Selfie smartphones to make it easier to take a good selfie, but what if a smartphone’s camera is just not enough?...

As a consequence of this merger, Truecaller will be treated to features from the Truedialer and the company has also tossed in a few additional capabilities. Smart Call History takes control of your call history and replaces the unknown number with the actual name thus letting the users automatically save the contact in the phonebook. Further it also eliminates the need to manually search for an unknown number in Truecaller....

Earlier today, Canonical has made official that a fully-featured Ubuntu sibling will arrive on mobile devices, hopefully, until the end of the year. Until then, developers and enthusiasts of all kinds get the chance to play with a minimalistic demo which will be made available for Android platforms. What is more important than pure dates and crumbles for birds has been already given in full, and today we are going to explore the options, potential and limitations of Ubuntu’s mobile OS....

UMI is a Chinese company that want to build a secure phone at an affordable price tag without sacrificing on the features. The company has launched the Iron Pro which draws its power from an octa core MediaTek MT6753 processor clocked at 1.3GHz and paired with 3GB of RAM. UMI has fitted the phone with a 5.5-inch FHD display. On the imaging front the Iron touts a 13-Megapixel Sony IMX 214 Sensor and a 8-Megapixel secondary camera which is also accompanied by a flash....

Seven. Seven! That is the number of chatting apps Google has right now which is quite insane and none of them actually integrate with each other. The list includes Google Allo, Google Duo, Google Spaces, Messenger, Google Voice, Youtube, and Hangouts. Phew. Google Voice, in fact, was reinvigorated just recently with a long overdue makeover for some particular reason only they can perceive. So, as you might have guessed already, it is getting exceedingly difficult to keep up....

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The Vivo X21i is the third smartphone in the X21 lineup, with the previous two phones being the Vivo X21 and Vivo X21 UD. The former features a Snapdragon 660 processor, whereas the latter features the highly touted under-display fingerprint sensor. Unlike the original Vivo X21, the all-new X21i comes with a MediaTek P60 octa-core chipset under the hood. The new chip from the Taiwanese chipmaker also features an in-built APU for handling AI tasks....

Considering that the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus had cost me a whopping Rs 17,500, there was no way I could buy a new smartphone for at least the next 1.5-2 years or so. This got me thinking about how I could get more from this smartphone in terms of performance. My main intention back then was to somehow play games like Temple Run, Subway Surfer, etc., without any lag. I started Googling ways to increase the performance of Android smartphones, which led me to the world of XDA....

Still, if you have decided to follow that path and are going for the base iPad which starts at Rs 29,990 (it got even better with a launch of the new iPad, 8th Generation, with a more powerful chip), then here are five accessories that will make your iPad even more notebook-like. And no, they do not necessarily cost a bomb. 1. Cover with a stand: Prop it up please You have to start with basics, and we would recommend getting a cover for your iPad....

As such, there are a number of productivity apps and software that claim to offer ease in dealing with all your work in both your personal and professional life. However, not many of them succeed in easing your workload — unless, of course, you use one of the GTD-based apps and software. But what exactly is GTD methodology, and what are some of the best GTD apps that you can use to improve your productivity....

We always knew that iPhone users will soon get the WhatsApp voice calling feature, but didn’t know how soon. Brian Acton, WhatsApp’s co-founder had promised late last month that iPhone users will get the voice calling feature within a couple of weeks and he has almost kept his word. The world’s most popular messaging platform recently announced that it has hit 800 million monthly active users. No wonder it takes weeks and months to roll out a major feature like Voice calling to all the users on all the platforms....

The updated terms and policies mention their services are now owned by Facebook and documents their recent additions including end-to-end encryption, voice-calling and more. Although the main focus here is the part where they talk about businesses. WhatsApp will be, from now on, sharing personal details like individuals’ phone numbers with Facebook for refining social maps and friends’ suggestions. Additionally, this data will be utilized to improve ads that you see and through regular metrics analysis, fight spam on WhatsApp....

That’s a question that many a tech writer has had to encounter from their readers. And these questions become even more frequent when brands are in literally release spree mode – launching one device after another. Which is the case right now. Blame it on releases that piled up because of the lockdown caused by the pandemic or just brands trying to make the most of an open market, what cannot be denied is that the past few weeks have seen the sort of launch activity that one normally associates with the festival season in India....

More than 3 billion devices run on Windows because of its simple-to-use approach and the fact that it now supports mobile architecture (ARM). Microsoft Windows XP & Windows 7 were the foundation for Windows 10 & Windows 11 operating systems we use today. Windows 10 brought along some major gaming-centric features like support for DirectX 12, better compatibility for older and upcoming titles, Xbox app, Game Bar, and overall performance enhancements....