After a short delay, Google’s tweaked media autoplay features have arrived on the stable version of Google Chrome. V66 of Chrome is now available with new features and fixes of which the highlight is the ability to block auto-playing videos. With the update, Chrome will automatically put halt to videos that play automatically with sound […]
Tech companies have been pushing beyond the edge to come up with an alternate for passwords. Remedies like two-factor authentication and face/fingerprint recognition have become more popular, yet human frailty is forcing the developers to come up with even more. Now, Microsoft is up to it with a physical solution. Microsoft is updating its Windows […]
Notch support isn’t the only feature that is being borrowed from the iPhone X by Google for its upcoming smartphone OS iteration. Apparently, Google is also working on iPhone X-like navigational gestures to replace its current set of navigational buttons that include the home, back and recent apps button. According to a newly obtained screenshot, […]
Sony finally bid adieu to its old school design scheme with the XZ2 smartphone. The device had a lot in it to make it compete against the top, but it wasn’t void of shortcomings. Now, Sony is wiping out all of those with the Premium edition of XZ2. First and foremost upgrade is the camera. […]
Google’s array of messaging services has often been confusing. But sometimes, they manage to get the right thing done like having the experience unified for mobile and web platforms. That’s what is happening now with Android Message. The SMS-based service from Google is ready to be deployed into the web edition following the rollout of […]
Huawei is likely to clinch the credit that could have gone Samsung’s way. The Chinese manufacturer is said to be preparing for a new smartphone launch that would mark a new milestone in the tech industry. According to report from Korean publication ET News, Huawei will unleash foldable display technology for the first time in […]
Google will shortly revamp the Gmail experience on Web. A notification for the same was sent out to Gsuite administrators recently, following which the testing has now been open for the administrators. Accordingly, Google will have many of the features from Inbox and Gmail mobile app borrowed for refining the user experience in web. The […]
Snapchat Spectacles and Google Glass had nothing much in common, except for that the two wearables came out in the glass form. But that never stopped the tech world from comparing the two, as a result of which predictions arose that Spectacle would eventually end up embracing the fate of Google Glass. The strong marketing […]
The advance of Chrome OS has caused a serious downslide in Apple’s ride with the iPad Pro. With the increase in popularity of Chromebooks, Apple has taken a heavier blow in the field of tablets, and it appears like more blows are inbound. After years of playing around with notebooks, Chrome OS is finally making […]
Facebook is bringing the ability to retract messages to the Messenger services of its home social networking platform. According to reports, Facebook is currently testing the feature with an aim to roll it out to all its users in the near future. Recently, reports have emerged citing the disappearance of messages from Mark Zuckerberg and […]
Emojis are everywhere, thanks to its ease of access when you type through smartphones. Whether you have them inserted from keyboard pop-ups or by typing, emojis are much easier to access in smartphones. But that’s not exactly the case on desktops. Emojis doesn’t appear as a built-in feature on browser or on desktops apart from […]
OnePlus is apparently giving out details about its upcoming flagship much before its launch. After having confirmed the flagship through a tease, the company is now letting out more details through a series of tweets. That’s in addition to the confirmation of company CEO about the flagship specifications. But thanks to additional leaks that we […]
The entire secrecy behind Google’s third OS apart from Android and Chrome OS blew its cover last year when news of Fuchsia emerged. The OS appeared replacing the long-rumored Andromeda project that was believed to be the marriage of Android and Chrome OS. One year since that first revelation, Google has decided to give a […]
Microsoft’s focus on improving the multitasking capabilities in Windows had earlier resulted in the introduction of Sets, a tab-based multitasking program for running various processes. Now, it’s getting further enriched with the arrival of the latest preview for Windows 10. For those unaware, Sets was introduced in an earlier update to offer browser-like multitasking to […]
Samsung was among the first to have introduced ‘lite’ versions of flagship smartphones under the ‘Mini’ label. The lite trend still prevails in the industry, but Samsung has put an end to the ‘Mini’ series way before. To be precise, the last device that was launched in the Mini category was the Galaxy S5 Mini. […]
