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Samsung has launched two new color variants of the Galaxy S9: Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red. Samsung is probably making this move to help boost sales of its flagship handset which have reportedly been less than stellar. The Sunrise Gold edition of the Galaxy S9 features a satin gloss finish which gives it a “tranquil glow and glimmer.” As for the Burgundy Red edition, it features “one of the deepest red colors” with a restrained gloss for added density thereby giving it a luxurious design....

Those were the words of a senior executive from Xiaomi India when the Chinese brand took over the number one slot in the Indian smartphone market in early 2018, replacing Samsung, which had held the title for the better (barring a brief intermission from Micromax). The rise of Xiaomi had taken a number of industry observers by surprise – after all, the brand had only made its way to India by mid-2014 and had for a long time, followed an online-only model, which had restricted to a relatively smaller segment of the market....

Samsung always arrives at Mobile rld Congress with a new Galaxy device, but this year instead of the S8 smartphone, which won’t be arriving for at least a few more weeks, it brought a new tablet, the Galaxy Tab S3. And now we know it won’t come cheap. It’s been 18 months since the Tab S2 made its debut, so naturally there are a lot of changes. So many, in fact, it’ll be easier to talk about what hasn’t changed first....

Certain South Koreans wielding a Samsung Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 ge are in luck, though. A Vietnamese Samsung fan site recently leaked a listing of the twelve devices receiving their respective Android 6.0 updates in the first quarter of 2016. And that’s not all: Samsung also launched a beta program for users to test Marshmallow on its flagship devices. The beta program is open until nuary 18, 2016 to Galaxy S6 Galaxy S6 ge users on South Korea’s KT U+ networks....

According to the reports from The Korea Herald, Samsung has revealed the prototype of its first true foldable smartphone in front of a private audience on January 10 at CES 2019, which was held in Las Vegas. An anonymous source said, “Samsung Display said it has developed a 7.3-inch foldable panel with plans to start production later this year”. So, it looks like Samsung will feature 7.3 inch OLED display that can be folded inward and outward....

Samsung today has started sending out press invites for its UNPACKED event, which will be held at IFA in Berlin, Germany next month. The event is scheduled to start on September 3rd at 2PM local time where Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 4 — its flagship for the second half of the year. The company might also unveil its recently leaked Gear VR — a virtual reality headset — and a new Android Wear running smartwatch with a curved design....

In the right hands, 3D printers can create everything from replacement organs to prosthetic limbs. It’s easy to see why they’ve become the favorite toy of tech-minded makers, but now they can become everybody’s favorite toy thanks to Toybox, a 3D printer that kids can use to create their own toys. It’s a potentially limitless source of fun and creativity that’s already on discount, but ZDNet readers can get it for an extra 20% off as part of a sitewide 4th of July sale....

While it’s fun to get a drone to record an important event or a vacation, flying a drone with precision requires a lot of effort and patience. Even if you manage to master the drone flying, who would want to miss out on the real fun with friends and family. This is where Autonomous Drones come into the picture. Autonomous or self-driving drones are not really new in terms of the concept, but it’s only recently we are seeing consumer-grade autonomous drones....

Billing itself as “unbiased social media” without censorship, Parler increasingly became a favorite among conservatives and far-right activists, and its popularity absolutely skyrocketed following November’s presidential election. Tap or click here for more about Parler’s backstory. AWS is a cloud platform that provides its services like data backup and email to other companies and government agencies, but it gets bigger than that. The company also provides software development and hosts various services’ web apps....

An audience this large is exposed daily to all kinds of cyber threats, and represents a paradise for attackers due to the low level of awareness and the possibility to hit a large number of users at the same time. Typically, the attacks exploit the concept of trust, which is considered the pillar of social network platforms. A majority of attacks implements social engineering techniques which are more or less sophisticated....

‘Pokémon Yellow’ on Apple Watch is not an official release, Yes, sounds bit crazy right, as it should be. Unfortunately, this is only an experiment by developer Gabriel O’Flaherty-Chan, who spent a few hours adjusting the title for this platform. He explains that when he bought his Apple Watch, he was simply disappointed by the small amount of available game options and took matters into his own hands by creating a game of his own....

So what Spector does is that it captures the image of the object and then hands it over to an algorithm which corroborates the same with the database in order to find the match. As expected, the algorithm breaks down the image into Unicode and other related information which will eventually help it to match the same with the database. Apart from the fonts, the Spector also captures colors and converts it into CMYK/RGB....

California resident Ryan Last struck up an online conversation with someone he believed to be a girl. The back-and-forth text messages continued until past midnight on a weekday. By early morning, he had taken his own life. Read on for the tragic events that led to the suicide and ways you can protect kids from these types of scams. Here’s the backstory Last spent hours on his mobile phone, having an online conversation with someone pretending to be a girl who liked him....

— Clay Bavor (@claybavor) November 16, 2016 As of now, the Google Earth VR is free and if you own a compatible HTC Vive headset you can explore the entire planet within the comfort of your home. With the Google DayDream in the making, it is safe to expect the Google Earth VR on various platforms in the next year. The virtual traveling may prove to be an addictive thing like the Netflix Binge and this will create a novel avenue of entertainment and experience....

There are plenty of after-market options for your backup camera, but it can be overwhelming to try to discern which is the best backup camera, but that is where we can help. These are the best backup cameras for your car, truck, or trailer so you can see behind you when parking or backing out. For more ideas for your car, check out our expert picks for the best dash cams, the best wireless car chargers, and the best car vacuums!...

Phone batteries are designed to have a long lifespan, but user behavior can significantly reduce their performance. Tap or click here to see how you have been charging your phone wrong. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to over-charge the battery. For Android phones, the operating system can give you some information on the battery’s health. But if you want even more info, there is a handy app that will guide you all the way....

Because three is always better than two, Samsung has unveiled another wearable smartwatch — the Gear Fit. Unlike the other two smart watches though, the Fit is well…umm a fitness tracker packing some comprehensive fitness tools. The Gear Fit comes with a 1.84-inch curved super AMOLED display, Bluetooth 4.0, an interchangeable strap, and is dust and water resistant. Other features include an accelerometer, gyroscope, heart monitor and a 210 mAh battery, which Samsung states should be good enough for two to three days....

It might not be officially released by Samsung but by its startup accelerator, and yet, Terrain is perpetuating the company’s bad reputation of copying ideas instead of innovating. With one dose of Action Launcher, another of Aviate, some Blinkfeed, and a pinch of Google Now launcher, Terrain tries to rethink the launcher, the widgets, and the app drawer, all while not really succeeding at anything. I’m not going to hide my discontent at this new launcher....

Samsung today officially announced its latest mobile chipset, the Exynos 9 Series 8895. Based on the company’s 10nm FinFET node, the chipset also comes with an embedded gigabit LTE modem that is capable of 1Gbps downlink speeds and 150Mbps uplink. Samsung says the move to 10nm node has allowed for a 27 percent increase in performance or 40 percent lower power consumption when compared to its predecessor that was fabricated on the 14nm node....

Consider Android fan favorite shbullet, an incredibly useful app that just unveiled a “o” level subscription service. Some of its best tricks, like the universal copy paste feature, will now require a subscription of either $4.99 monthly or $39.99 per year. Most of the features will hang around at the free level, though with some limitations. For example there will now be a cap on storage space for files, messages, total storage....