New York City. Home of everything, ever. That includes an event from Samsung this week — specifically, this Thursday, June 2.The press invitation the company has sent out tells us to “Go. Move. Explore. Create with Galaxy”. The fitness vibe that marketing gives off would tell of something like a Galaxy S7 Active, but our colleagues at Droid Life are thinking more of the
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In the United States, when you talk about smartphones, you usually talk about how much of the rest of the market is affected by Apple’s weight. Not the case anymore.In Counterpoint Research’s latest Market Monitor report for the first quarter, Cupertino’s lead on the other OEMs has been thinning out for the past year. It has dropped from 46 percent last year to 33 percent this year. ...
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A story slowing gaining a bit more exposure on social media, it seems that an intrepid coder has managed to extract the keys from Qualcomm’s TrustZone, the system used to lock bootloaders and encrypt devices powered by Qualcomm chipsets.@laginimaineb, the author of the Bits Please blog, recently announced on twitter extracting the Keymaster Keys from TrustZone. This author recently detailed a vulnerability in Qualcomm’s Secure Execution Environment in a previous blog posts.Just managed ...
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The Amazon Echo uses its Alexa assistant software to help it talk to a whole bunch of things. From the interconnected lights to the interconnected thermostat in your home to the Amazon warehouses, it needs some language to talk about turning them on and off and it needs some range ...
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If you’re freaked out by the number of ways your activities can be tracked by our almighty digital overlords (and any despot hacker), you may have to start screaming with the addition of another method to Google Maps on Android. Actually, it’s just a port-over from the web version of Maps.That feature and a few others have been picked up in an XDA code inspection of the app’s version 9.26.1 APK.Keep in mind that these code strings can be changed or removed before any chance of ...
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Facebook Messenger is looking into adding end-to-end encryption - a move that would improve user privacy but also hinder Facebook's other plans for the app.
The feature would be opt-in and expected out within the coming months, sources told The Guardian. However, preventing Facebook - or any authority, for that matter - from peeking in on your messages could inhibit the service's venture with machine learning.
Facebook's recently announced chatbots, which can perform tasks ranging from gather news to ordering tickets within the app, become less effective if they can't intuit more about the user by accessing their personal data.
Google ran into similar concern when it announced Allo - its own take on the messaging app that utilizes the same encryption technology as Facebook-owned communication bigwig WhatsApp.
Unlike WhatsApp - which automatically encrypts all messages and can't be switched off - Allo's encryption settings are not activated by default so that special contextual features, like automatic "smart replies," can still be used.
We have reached out to Facebook regarding the existence of end-to-end encryption for Messenger, but have yet to receive any comment. We will update the story as any details develop.
It’s a rare situation, reviewing an app which almost instantly becomes a service we use every day.The developers behind the Dash driving app are on a mission to help people become safer drivers, and to save those people money by being better drivers. This free app connects to your car’s computer (through the use of some kind of wireless adapter), and collects detailed information on driving habits and engine data. When combine with your phone’s GPS, users can can save extremely detailed mileage logs on every trip they take, get instant notifications on ...
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There have been rumors floating about in China of an “edgy” Note 6 this season instead of an “edge+” model as Samsung put out last year. Well, it’s been a bit since we’ve talked about this rumor and, lo and behold, rumors have gone ahead and changed the
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If you’ve always wanted to charge your aluminium-bodied iPhone 6 or iPhone 6s, Mophie is finally bringing some contact power to its product portfolio.Its Juice Pack Wireless products range has been extended from cases for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to those fruity little devices, plus different mounts for your desk or the car. The cases and pads are compatible with
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You officially will never need an invite from OnePlus to buy its products ever again.Well, if we’re talking about the OnePlus X and the OnePlus 2 in the US.To be clear, you can already get both phones from third-party suppliers on Amazon right now, but OnePlus will soon be officially providing the ...
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For the past several cycles, it has taken two years for Apple to make a numerated iteration in its iPhone series. Those years that we dub “S” years have usually been saved for major shifts in internals and software. But it’s the design that catches the eye and with rumors of an
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Not again, AT&T! What is it with America’s second largest wireless service provider and essential software updates lately? Both the HTC One M9 and M8 got their Marshmallow makeovers on Ma Bell way too late compared to models locked to other networks, the OTA 6.0 rollout for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge was a bona fide fiasco, and now ...
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While the vast majority of today’s popular activity trackers highlight the number and precision of their sensors, battery endurance, build quality, water resistance and connectivity as key selling points, you shouldn’t be very surprised if the next wave of low-cost wearables takes a cue from smartphones in engaging in spec wars.The Samsung Gear Fit 2, for instance, is tipped to pack a homebrewed ...
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