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There is no denying the fact that the upcoming Galaxy series smartphone from Samsung will be one of the most crucial launches from the company in recent history. The debacle of Galaxy Note 7 smartphone has put Samsung in a situation where it need a very strong product to bounce back. If recent rumours regarding company’s alleged Galaxy S8 phone are anything to go by, the company might be able to match the expectations with an extremely capable device – with 8GB of RAM. In the meanwhile, another rumour is pointing to a larger variant of the Samsung Galaxy S8 next year, called the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, filing the gap between the flagship Galaxy S series and the flagship phablet

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Amid the escalating patents row with Finnish smartphone maker Nokia, Apple has reportedly pulled all products made by Withings – a French company and now a Nokia subsidiary – from Apple Stores, be it online or retail.

Several Withings iOS-compatible products – mostly health-related connected accessories – have been available at Apple Stores for nearly two years as part of a retail alliance, AppleInsider reported on Saturday.

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Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 is one of 2017’s most anticipated phones, especially since it is the tech giant’s 10th anniversary phone and the company is expected to mark the occasion by putting out a new device with standout features.

While nothing has been leaked out of Apple’s chambers yet, rumors have been floating around about the iPhone 8 (or iPhone 7s — the name has not been revealed by Apple). Whether Apple will deliver the fireworks with iPhone 8 is not known yet, but going by the rumors, it appears there’s a lot to look forward to.

Here are eight expected features of iPhone 8:

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Introduced last year as part of a heavy refresh, the Ford Explorer’s top-of-the-line, $54,180 Platinum trim is a push-button gear selector and a few pieces of bodywork away from passing for a Lincoln. Although exterior differences between the Platinum and lesser Explorers are few—consisting of details such as an egg-crate grille, chrome mirror caps, and 15-spoke wheels—the flagship Explorer’s passenger compartment separates itself from the herd with high-brow fittings such as a 10-inch digital gauge cluster, quilted leather seats, a leather-wrapped dashboard, and real wood and aluminum accents on the dash, doors, and steering wheel.

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Second World War cipher technology is being built into tiny processors to develop the next generation of ultra-secure bank cards .

The concept behind the design of Nazi military coding machines such as Enigma will be used to replace the existing three-digit Security security number, which is currently found on the back of credit and debit cards.

Instead, cards will include a device that generates a frequently changing number to wrong-foot fraudsters .

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BlackBerry last week made an announcement that its smartphones will now be manufactured and sold by TCL Communication (TCT). One week after the BlackBerry-TCL partnership news, TCL has now said that it will launch new BlackBerry smartphones at...

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Samsung launched the Pink Gold variant of its smartphone Galaxy S7 Edge in April earlier this year. Prior to this launch, the phone was already available in colour variants Black Onyx, Gold Platinum, White Pearl (not in India), and Silver Titanium. Now, the South Korean company has finally brought this colour variant to India. The pricing of the phone has been kept unchanged...

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At a time when cyber security has become paramount for digital enterprises, Cisco India on Thursday announced three new initiatives to help the country build a transparent and secure digital infrastructure environment.

Cisco will open a new Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Pune which will provide services ranging from monitoring and management to comprehensive threat solutions and hosted security that can be customised.

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Never bet against Samsung.

Despite successfully recalling 93 percent of Galaxy Note7 phones in the U.S., there are still more active Note7’s being used than its closest competitors, including the very capable LG V20.

The data comes from the research firm Apteligent (via AndroidPolice), and shows the on-its-deathbed Note7 still sitting pretty above the LG V20, HTC Bolt and OnePlus 3T.

The chart is interesting, considering how Note7 users have had months to return and exchange their phones as part of Samsung’s global recall.

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Samsung Galaxy Note7 owners are being forced to give up their phones — that doesn’t mean they’re all going to go quietly into the night, though.

Just because some devoted Note7 owners have been told their phones are too dangerous to own, are banned from airlines forever, and will be crippled by software updates doesn’t mean they’re all simply heeding the global recall. But what recourse do these (either unwaveringly brave, or incredibly reckless and stupid) phone owners have? What can they possibly do to keep Samsung from prying their precious Note7s from them?

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Hacker group OurMine, known for taking over high-profile social media accounts, has struck again.

This time, the victim is Netflix’s U.S. Twitter account, which has tweeted several messages mentioning OurMine in the past hour.

One of the tweets contains OurMine’s typical note about “testing your security,” while others advertise its security services

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Following its launch in Chennai, Bengaluru, and Delhi-NCR, Airtel’s V-Fiber ‘superfast broadband’ service is now coming to Mumbai, the company announced on Wednesday. To recall, Airtel had launched the service first in Chennai, and had then said the service would be rolled out to Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru over the coming weeks.

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The massive cyberattacks that in the last few weeks have crippled several popular services like Twitter and Spotify, the website of a noted security journalist, and many more, may be about to get worse.

Two hackers appear to have created a new powerful zombie army of hacked Internet of Things devices with a modified version of the infamous malware Mirai. The cybercriminals are offering the powerful botnet to anyone who’s willing to pay to launch crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattacks.

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Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) will open an autonomous driving research center on Monday, as it tries to make itself an indispensable under-the-hood piece of the automotive industry’s weaponry in the self-driving vehicle arms race.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the launch by the Waterloo, Ontario-based smartphone pioneer, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday. A Blackberry spokeswoman deferred any comment on the project until Monday.

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Most of today’s flagship smartphones can be described as beautiful, but fragile. Materials like glass and metal also make smartphones more prone to slipping out of our hands than the plastic models of previous generations. Not to mention big phablets are nearly impossible to use with one hand, making them even more likely to accidentally take a tumble.

Nobody likes a cracked a screen, a dented bezel, a destroyed charging port or a crushed headphone jack. And nobody likes paying to have their broken phones replaced.

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As India embraces a cashless economy, there has been a sudden spurt in new mobile wallet companies – but most of these start-ups are setting up digital shops without knowing the cyber risks involved, a top executive from US-based cyber-security firm FireEye has emphasised.

This is a dangerous trend when the country still lacks proper infrastructure and legislation to fight against cybercriminals.

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OnePlus 3T is the latest phone from the original market disruptors, and comes as one of our most highly recommended smartphones of the year. It essentially took what was great about the OnePlus 3 and made it faster, and last longer.

Similarly, the iPhone 7 Plus is an improved version of the 6s Plus, which in itself was an improved version of the 6 Plus.

Both phones are available to buy now, but come with hugely different price tags. The question is: does the difference in experience justify the price gap?


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Soon after Facebook and Twitter clarified that they will not help US President-elect Donald Trump’s idea of developing a Muslim registry, tech giants like Google, Apple and global cab-hailing app company Uber also said they will also oppose such an effort.

“In relation to the hypothetical of whether we would ever help build a ‘Muslim registry’ – we have not been asked, of course we would not do this and we are glad – from all that we have read – that the proposal does not seem to be on...

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BlackBerry Ltd said China’s TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd would make and sell BlackBerry-branded mobile devices globally, the Canadian smartphone pioneer’s first licensing deal since its transition to a software company.

The devices made by TCL, which also makes Alcatel-branded mobile devices, will be coupled with BlackBerry’s security software and service suite, the company said on Thursday.

BlackBerry is betting its future on the more profitable business of making software and managing mobile devices after largely ceding the smartphone market to rivals such as Apple and Samsung

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If you think you don’t need security software, think again. Trojans, ransomware attacks and other online threats are becoming more and more prevalent.

Even though Windows 8 and 10 come with Windows Defender built in, this basic antivirus provision isn’t guaranteed to protect you from the latest dangers. There’s a huge risk from “zero-day” attacks that exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities. That means that the old model of simply scanning your PC for known malware won’t keep you safe any more.

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Xiaomi introduced its 20000mAh Mi Power Bank late last year, which was launched in India earlier this year. The Chinese manufacturer on Friday launched an updated version of the 20000mAh Mi Power Bank which is priced at CNY 149 (roughly Rs. 1,451) and is available in White. The new power bank could be Xiaomi’s last product for the year, which will go on sale starting December 19...

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Dropbox has started sending mails to users informing about a change to their Public folder which will soon become a Private folder. With the new change, Dropbox Public folder will become Private and the links to the files will be deactivated. The file hosting service however stresses that the files will remain in Dropbox and won’t be deleted.

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You can now add Messenger to the growing list of Facebook-owned services to add a camera feature that looks a lot like Snapchat.

Called “Messenger Camera,” the new tool allows users to exchange photos with text, doodles, stickers, illustrated frames and animated effects. The feature is beginning to roll out to Messenger’s iOS and Android apps now and will be available globally, Facebook says

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The Lenovo Yoga Book 2-in-1 laptop was launched in India on Tuesday. The new Lenovo Yoga Book laptop, which was unveiled at IFA 2016, is claimed to be the “world’s thinnest 2-in-1”, is priced at Rs. 49,990. Key highlights of the Lenovo Yoga Book hybrid laptop include a first-of-its-kind Halo keyboard and Real Pen input. The hybrid will be offered in Carbon Black colour and will be available exclusively on Flipkart. Lenovo Yoga Book has been launched in its Windows variant in India, with the company not deciding to bring in the Android variant at the moment

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The University of Washington may have just solved Wi-Fi power consumption problems once and for all. A group from the the University's engineering department have created a Wi-Fi system that, according to them, uses 10,000 times less power than traditional Wi-Fi. “Passive Wi-Fi” as the team calls it, is compatible with current smartphones and routers.

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Last week, Gionee teased a 7000mAh battery smartphone, hinting that launch is imminent. Now, the Chinese manufacturer in a post on Weibo has announced that the Gionee M2017 will be unveiled on December 26 at an event in China.

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Forget SkyMall and instead spend your flight flirting with the brunette in 32B.

That’s where the Tinder-esque dating app AirDates comes in. It’s like other mobile dating options, except this one is for air travelers looking for a connection, or even love, before, during or after a trip

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Samsung appears to be planning to permanently disable Galaxy Note 7 units in the US with an update that would prevent the recalled phone from charging.

According to an image obtained by The Verge, an alert went out to at least one Note 7 owner on US Cellular today stating that, “As of December 15th, Samsung will modify the software to prevent the Galaxy Note 7 from charging. The phone will no longer work

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For some on Facebook, what’s old was new again on Friday.

Users reported that photos originally posted months ago reappeared on the site. In a statement Facebook said it was “aware and are currently investigating...

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Samsung may manufacture chips for self-driving features in Tesla vehicles, according to Korean media reports.

While both companies have not issued any official statement regarding the potential contract, a report in Korean publication Electronic Times claims Samsung is looking to make its debut as an automobile vendor through this deal.

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A new artificial intelligence system can take still images and generate short videos that simulate what happens next similar to how humans can visually imagine how a scene will evolve, according to a new study...

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Apple's MacBook Pro launch in October inspired more criticism than any Mac event in recent history. The new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros, while thinner and more powerful than ever before and equipped with the brand new Touch Bar, are significantly more expensive than the older models. They also don't come with a 32GB option. And all connectors have been replaced with USB-C ports, plunging users into dongle hell, which Apple quickly tried to remedy by reducing the prices of its dongles and accessories.

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