The update version 2.17.1.869 includes several crucial fixes but the major change is surely the ability to retract and modify the sent messages. Although these are hidden and aren’t directly available to the public yet, hence it’s possible that WhatsApp might drop them before releasing. Additionally, the tipster mentions that if the sender revokes a read or unread message, the data which can be just a text or a media file like image/video, will be deleted from the recipient’s phone as well....

Today, Samsung India sent out a brief press release quoting the research and analyst firm, GfK, and claiming to be the top smartphone OEM “by a distance”. This was a clear dig at Xiaomi who has been aggressive with their marketing as being the No. 1 smartphone player in the country for the past couple of months. As you would expect, Xiaomi sent out its own press release within minutes of Samsung sending out their’s, refuting the claims made by Samsung and reiterating their position as India’s top smartphone OEM....

Apparently, with WiFi Alliance (an organization that promotes WiFi technology and certifies WiFi products) adopting a new naming convention, it would be much easier for common people (with a limited understanding of technology) to comprehend and differentiate the different WiFi versions and help themselves make an informed decision when shopping for a networking device. Until now, the WiFi naming convention has been based on the 802.11 protocol – a family of specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)....

Microsoft has made this official through a blog post, saying that with current builds, Windows can efficiently compress system files. It seems that Windows 10 will be able to ‘give back’ approximately 1.5GB of storage for 32-bit devices and 2.6GB of storage for 64-bit Windows. Phones running Windows 10 will also make use of the same efficient compression algorithm. Windows uses smart compression techniques so that when you are upgrading to Windows 10, the computer assesses its own performance and determines what compression factor to use....

While there are a plethora of utilities out there, including the built-in ones on some smartphones, which help users keep their screen time under check and better utilize the time, not every single one of them serves the needs of most of us. Talking about kids, in particular, when it comes to keeping track of their screen time, there isn’t much granular control, let alone functionalities, available on most screen time apps to help parents better manage and protect their child on/from the internet/smartphone addiction....

Google introduced Google Cardboard which aims at providing affordable VR experience to everyone whereas companies like Samsung and Oculus offer a much premium VR experience at a very hefty price point. While Google Cardboard has become very popular, one of the issues affecting it has been the relatively poor quality of the headsets – in an attempt to keep prices down, companies tend to cut corners (something we saw with the Intex Aqua View earlier in the year)....

ZTE has had a fair amount of success in the US ever since the launch of their Axon lineup. While their first device aka. the ZTE Axon Pro gave a decent budget flagship alternative to US buyers, this year’s Axon 7 is no less than a flagship killer. Now, the Mini version of the device will spice things up more for the company especially in highly competitive markets like US and Europe....

Appearance – Plus One to the 6T The Poco F1 has many virtues, but a dazzling design is not one of them. Similarly, the OnePlus has its share of eccentricities, but a boring design is not one of them. On the one hand, you have the F1, which is not an eyesore (the red one even looks good), but has been built for function rather than fantasy; and on the other is the OnePlus 6T which is a sight for sore eyes....

It is also the most striking Micromax device we have seen for a while. No, we are not going down the path of some of our colleagues who have tried to draw visual parallels with the Samsung Galaxy S8 or the LG G6 here, but there is no doubting that in its price segment – the sub-Rs 10,000 one – the Micromax Canvas Infinity’s 18:9 aspect ratio display makes it one of a kind....

Considering the fact that it’s the 21st century and you more than likely haven’t been living in a cave for the past few years, you’ve more than likely stockpiled and amassed a huge variety of digital media that stays stuck on your desktop PC. But at one point or another you wish it was just a little easier to get the files that are stuck on that computer over to your wife’s laptop or your son’s gaming machine....

On the speaker side of things, there isn’t a lot of improvement when compared to the last-gen Echo. The sound just feels a little bit fuller and bass is ever-so-slightly better. It’s still good to fill a moderately sized room though. If you have additional speakers lying around, you can connect the Echo Dot to make the experience better. Coming back to sound quality, the Echo has a 3” woofer and a 0....

That term has been repeated so many times. About so many phones with good cameras. And by so many people. That it has become a bit of a cliche. And like all cliches, it is only partly true. For, notwithstanding all the talk about “DSLR-like quality,” the real strength of a DSLR has been its versatility, its modularity – the fact that you could make a single device do many things by adding elements to it....

https://youtu.be/R59TevgzN3k The ad: Putting up with ten years of iPhone fails The ad titled “Growing up” is about how a lifelong (well, for the life of the iPhone anyway) iPhone user ultimately switches to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. The ad goes all the way back to 2007 when the first iPhone was launched. The guy takes the iPhone out and calls someone from his new iPhone saying, “Guess what I just got....

No, we did not get into flying machines and artificial assistants that spoke like Jarvis and looked like George Clooney, but well, we did let ourselves believe that the following ten things could happen. If any of them do, it will indeed be a Happy New Year: Google and Facebook to become really secure 2018 was a year of discoveries – very uncomfortable discoveries – as we found out that our data was being misused by the companies we trust the most....

The most popular way to use widgets on Android is by using the KWGT Widget Maker and KWGT Widget Packs. We are covering twelve of our favorite KWGT Widget Packs in this piece and will also tell you how to apply the widgets on your home screen. Let us show you how to do it! How to Customize Your Android Home Screen with KWGT Widgets In order to customize your Android Home Screen, you need to follow a few steps before you can achieve the desired look....

In order to keep your Windows 11 device running smoothly, it is important to have a reliable and effective malware removal tool. While there are many free and paid tools that claim to be the best malware removal tool for Windows, many of these tools are wolves under sheep’s clothing; if you are not careful, they might become an enemy rather than an ally. Our goal is to keep your PC safe and save you time at the same time....

Like its predecessor, though, the new Acer Swift 7 has a few tradeoffs as well. The most critical one is the webcam which now pops up from the keyboard, similar to the Huawei MateBook X. That change has allowed Acer to achieve an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 92 percent. In addition, the Acer Swift 7 only has three ports — two USB Type-C and a standard headphone jack. Apart from that, the Swift 7 comes with a 14-inch 1080p screen, Intel’s latest 8th Gen Core i7-8500Y Amber Lake processor, 256GB or 512GB of PCIe SSD storage, 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR3 RAM, a backlit keyboard, and a Windows Hello fingerprint reader embedded under the power key....

The Idol 4S comes equipped with a 5.5-inch FHD AMOLED display with 2.5D curved glass and a Dragontrail glass protection. Powering the device is a Quad Core Snapdragon 820 paired with a 4GB RAM and an Adreno 530 GPU. On the storage front, the device offers 64GB of Internal memory along with a microSD card slot that can further accommodate up to 128GB. The phone also comes with a fingerprint sensor at the back....

The Amazfit SmartWatch 2 features a 1.39-inch AMOLED display with a 454 x 454 pixels screen resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection on top. It is powered by a 1.1GHz Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2500 platform with 512MB of LPDDR3 RAM and 4GB of eMMC storage. The watch runs on AMAZFIT OS and comes with support for Android 4.4 or iOS10.0 and above. It runs on a 420mAh that claims to offer up to 28 hours of battery life on 4G....

Amazfit Stratos is primarily a fitness tracker coming at a price point of Rs 15,999 and offers some unique and comprehensive features like extensive sports tracking, step counting, continuous heart rate monitoring, Oxygen consumption tracking (VO2max), exercise load (TD) and recovery time advisor (partnership with Firstbeat) for those who run and do extensive exercises and many more. Also, those looking for classic round watch look should find it pleasing compared to the square and rectangular looks of most other Fitness trackers available in the market....