And now the wait is over. Samsung has announced that fully unlocked versions of the S8 S8+ are now available through its website Best Buy. The smaller phone will retail for $725 the larger one for $100 more ($825), with all of the same features available on the carrier models. ke the rest of the U.S. models, the unlocked phones are powered by the Snapdragon 835 chip, not Samsung’s proprietary Exynos 8895....
That’s the idea behind SimpliSafe’s new sweater. The company that keeps your family safe and sound made its own festive garment this year, decked out in tech to inspire social distance. When someone gets too close, a soft alarm sounds, and colorful lights blare across the wearer’s chest. The creation uses four low-resolution thermal cameras to monitor your perimeter. When a warm body approaches you, the sweater goes off. And there are even instructions for making your own....
The servers are from 173 countries belonging to companies, universities, and even government agencies. Thus, other cybercriminals who purchase the database can handle it to access victims more easily, sending spam, stealing data and placing threats to act. Kaspersky Lab said “The one-time cost gives a malicious buyer access to all the data on the server and the possibility to use this access to launch further attacks. It is a hacker’s dream, simplifying access to victims, making it cheaper and faster, and opening up new possibilities for both cybercriminals and advanced threat actors....
On Friday, April 15, an earthquake struck the Japanese island Kyushu leaving only a dozen dead. Two days later, on Sunday 17 April, an earthquake hit the coast of Ecuador leaving a balance of more than 300 people dead and over 2,000 injured. Unfortunately, both natural disasters left fatalities, plus damage to telecommunications infrastructures. Microsoft is aware of this and, therefore, Microsoft wants to support and thanks to its platform Skype offers free calls for users who are on the site of the earthquake, so people living in Ecuador and Japan can call free of charge....
The SMS for Hangouts feature just allowed users to get their Hangouts instant-messages sent them over SMS if they’re in a location where they have cellular access, but no internet access. As you can imagine, this feature wasn’t super popular (most users in this situation would just send receive regular SMS texts anyway). Starting on ly 2nd, that feature is going away. rsonally, I wasn’t even aware of the ‘SMS for Hangouts’ feature, so to see it leaving the building means very little....
Google has started rolling out a minor software update for the Nexus device. The update bumps the Android build version to JWR66Y from JWR66V, and does not bring any new features or enhancements. Since there is no official change-log, it is tough to say what all changes the update brings. However, considering that the update is only 2MB in size, it should not contain anything other than some security patches and bug-fixes....
While the gaming sector isn’t uncharted territory for the PlayStation maker – and Sony has released a number of gaming monitors that we’d love to forget – the company’s new arm, dubbed INZONE, ushers in a new class of hardware dedicated to PC and PS5 users. First to release under the INZONE namesake is a trio of headphones: H3, H7, and H9. Priced at $99, $229, and $299 respectively, the three headsets marry the best features of Sony’s top-selling WH1000-XM5 with aesthetics that PlayStation users will feel at home with....
Black Friday: Early storage deals on flash drives, SSDs, and more Not true. While it’s very easy to sell the merits of SDDs, there are plenty of cases where HDDs are a perfect choice, even in a modern setting. Also, remember, HDDs and SSDs aren’t just used for storage inside desktops and laptops. There’s a place for storage drives inside servers, external storage boxes, and NAS devices. And by choosing the right storage for the right job, you can save both money and increase the lifespan of a device by lengthening the time between upgrades....
Nolan earlier labelled Steve Jobs as a “Difficult Person” who disclosed his intelligence to the persons in his sector, although he considered him a friend. Bushnell is considered as the “Godfather” of the gaming industry. He was highly disappointed after he sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1979 for $28 Million USD. He had hired Steve Jobs as technician in the year 1973 but later shifted him to night shifts as he had caused lot of problems....
The tech giant has showcased the high-end, 14-inch display ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 and ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8, as well as the 13-inch display ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 3. The new ThinkPad X1 lineup includes 90% recycled magnesium in the palm rest and 55% recycled aluminum on its bottom cover, according to Lenovo. Additionally, retail packing is entirely made of bamboo and sugarcane fibre, while the brown box packaging is made from plastic-free packaging and is 90% recycled....
Processor clock speed There was a lot of interest in processor clock speed before and immediately after the 1 GHz barrier was breached. Now, however, it is just another statistic, with many processors in the market bandying high figures that more often than not bely performance. Moral of the story: a better designed processor with a lower clock speed can and often will out perform one that has a much higher clock speed but is not designed as well....
Problem is, using these features can put a serious dent in your cellular data plan, which either means that you end up paying extra fees or being kicked to a lower-speed tier by your provider. Also: iOS 16: How to get the most out of your iPhone’s new lock screen OK, let’s take a tour of the settings in iOS 16 that are the ones most likely to burn a hole in your data plan....
The onslaught of spring smartphone device launches have started the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the first to begin its round of pre-orders. If you just can’t wait, you can head to AT&T pre-order Samsung’s new flagship device for $200 on a new two-year contract, or $650 in full. If you’d rather just pay if off monthly, you can start at $25 a month for 18 months or $32.50 a month for a year with AT&T Next....
The Galaxy S6 is yet to go on sale, but it has already been rooted by Chainfire. The developer is known for gaining root access on popular Android devices before they even ship and the Galaxy S6 is no different. As always, being the first root method to be available for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, there are certain conditions that need to be met. The CF-Auto-Root for the Galaxy S6 is going to work on variants that ship with an unlocked bootloader....
The Galaxy S4 has been a runaway hit for the Korean company. Within the first month of its launch, the company sold in excess of 5 millions units, and shipped more than 20 million units in the first two months. Now, Samsung’s CEO JK Shin has stated that the company has managed to sell more than 40 million units of the Galaxy S4 since it was launched back in early April....
ile every major carrier has pushed its own Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 S7 ge over the past couple months, unlocked versions of the phone are still waiting for it. In fact, they’re still waiting for a post-December security update, a symptom of the company’s unfortunate decision to push quarterly updates rather than monthly ones. According to an email obtained by ZDNet, Samsung will be moving to a monthly schedule for software updates, meaning unlocked phones should get regular Android security updates in a timely manner....
Samsung’s thinnest phone has just crossed through TENNA (a Chinese regulatory body like FCC) revealing its full specs and dimensions. The Galaxy A7 is going to be Samsung’s third device in its new A series of smartphones, which feature a metallic mid frame that greatly help in improving their in-hand feel. According to TENNA’s listing, the Galaxy A7 is going to be Samsung’s thinnest smartphone yet with a waistline of only 6....
According to a new report by Strategy Analytics, the worldwide smartwatch market during the first quarter of 2014 equated to 700.000 units, of which Samsung sold about 500.000, giving the Korean company a great lead over any of its competitors with a 71% marketshare. Those numbers are a significant increase over the company’s performance in the previous year in the smartwatch sector, where it sold 1M units overall, with a marketshare of 52%....
The group also alleged that Samsung didn’t provide a single update in the phones launched in Netherland. According to reports, the group wants to see Samsung providing updates continuously for two years. The group also said that not two years from the original release date, but from the date on which every individual device is sold. DCA also said that Samsung is not the only company that is failing to deliver timely updates on its devices, there are many brands that fail to deliver updates....
The financial services industry is the one that serves up the highest botnet traffic, according to recent research proposed by Distil Networks Security. The DNS sinkhole is a technique adopted by principal security firms to analyze malicious traffic related to a botnet, spyware and any other kind of malware. The principle is very simple: security experts analyze outbound DNS requests for malicious domains and interfere with communications that occur between the infected machine within a targeted organization and the malicious domains that usually host malicious code and command and control servers....
