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BlackBerry is currently working on its last in-house smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard, rumoured to be called the Blackberry DTEK70 aka Mercury. Recent leaks indicate the smartphone will be launched at CES 2017. Fresh leaks, however, shed more light on display specifications, design, and more.

Last week, a render made it to the Internet with indicating the BlackBerry DTEK70 aka Mercury smartphone would be launched in January, and will sport a fingerprint sensor on the space bar. The render alongside another image showed some minor design differences since the last leak earlier this

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Nokia’s return to the smartphone market has been heavily anticipated by the entire industry as well as mobile phone users around the world. The company has been tipped to showcase at least two new phones at MWC 2017 next year, however, there have been numerous leaks in the recent past pointing to budget, mid-range, and flagship models. Now, leaked live images and concept drawings of at least two mid-range smartphones have hit the Internet.

The first set of leaked images are alleged to be of model called the Nokia E1, though it could be the mid-range D1C variant we’ve heard about. The images from a Chinese tipster were shared in a report by TheAndroidSoul. The name is associated with a firmware build leak that showed the name of the phone

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You may have heard this before, but 2017 will be the tenth anniversary of the original iPhone. You’ve been hearing about it since even before the launch of this year’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, and many have prophesied that for the tenth anniversary, Apple intends to do something truly groundbreaking.

A new design is obvious, considering the present one has been in use for three generations now, with minor tweaks. Based on the rumours, iPhone 8 will have an edge-to-edge screen, and also ditch the home button – the most important way of interacting with an iPhone. The fact that this year’s iPhone models ditched the physical button with a haptic simulation of a button press, makes the rumour somewhat believable. But still, it will be a huge shift because the home button performs multiple functions today. Here’s a list of commonly-used tasks it does:

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Gionee has launched its M2017 premium smartphone in China and the smartphone has been made available with a hefty base price of CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs. 68,400) in the country. As of now, the company has not disclosed whether the new Gionee M2017 will be made available in other regions or just stay exclusive to China. Another version with an Italian custom alligator leather back panel costs CNY 16,999 (roughly Rs. 1,66,000) The Gionee M2017 smartphone is up for pre-orders in China, but Gionee’s website is already showing the phone as “Fully Booked

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The Drive’s big-man-on-campus Mike Guy isn’t a big fan of puns, so odds are good he won’t like the name of Henrik Fisker’s newly-revealed electric car, the EMotion. However, we don’t all share his distaste for humorous wordplay—and to be honest, we kind of admire a company with the chutzpah to give his expensive, high-tech luxury sedan designed to beat the likes of Tesla at its own game a punny moniker.

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It is time for our verdict on the best Android apps for 2016. This year saw the revival of instant messaging apps in the form of Allo and Signal as well as an array of photo and video editing/sharing apps like Prisma, Boomerang, Photo Scan and more.

Although it was a year dominated by virtual reality (VR) our list does not entail any VR or smartwatch related apps as they require an external device for them to work with. Additionally, we have also not included games in this list as we feel that deserves a separate list of its own.

Let’s take a look at IBTimes UK’s pick of the top Android apps for 2016.

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We know you’ve been sitting on pins and needles waiting for BMW to price its 2017 model line of crossover SUVs, or as BMW likes to call them, Sports Activity Vehicles. Well, guess what? Pricing for the 2017 BMW X1, X3, X4, X5, and X6 is finally here.

Starting with the recently redesigned BMW X1, the German brand adds a front-wheel-drive sDrive28i trim to the subcompact crossover’s lineup. Blasphemous as it may be, the new model brings the X1’s base price down to $33,795, or $2000 less than last year’s least-expensive X1. Meanwhile, the all-wheel-drive X1 xDrive28i’s price remains unchanged at $35,795.

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In the wake of last month’s “Gooligan” attacks, which targeted more than a million Android devices and gained access to the users’ Google accounts, experts are suggesting that a flood of simlar smartphone hacking incidents may be on the way in 2017.

The Chinese hackers behind Gooligan were making as much as $500,000 a month by exploiting their access to the phones, according to Michael Shaulov, director of mobile security for Checkpoint, the California-based cyber-security firm that tipped off Google to the Android security problem.

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Nintendo isn’t the only console manufacturer with its eyes on the smartphone space. PS4 maker Sony has put its hat into the ring as well. The company announced the formation of ForwardWorks. Its purpose is to make apps for smartphones based on PlayStation games and characters.

“ForwardWorks will leverage the intellectual property of the numerous PlayStation dedicated software titles and its gaming characters as well as the knowledge and know-how of gaming development expertise which was acquired over the years with PlayStation business to provide gaming application optimised for smart devices including smartphones to users

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Last week, Sony revealed its latest foray into smartphone gaming. The company showed off a ton of games and it announced a new studio— ForwardWorks – which will focus on just the mobile space. For PlayStation loyalists, there was a lot to like about the announcement Sony made. The titles on display harken back to the golden days of...

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Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi long ago jumped into the business of non-mobile products under its crowdfunding platform Mijia and its Mi Ecosystem sub-brand with manufacturer partners. From electric scooters to rice cookers and jackets, Xiaomi has launched a range of products including air purifiers. Now, the company has launched a new compact air purifier – Mi Car Air Purifier – in China that can be used inside a car

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This year has been filled with bad news. The world of cybersecurity has been no different, with zombie armies of hacked internet-connected devices taking down the internet, seemingly endless data breaches hitting hundreds of millions of people, and Russian hackers allegedly trying to mess with the US election.

Lost in this deluge of doom-and-gloom, some might have missed the good news: the spread of encryption, the technology that’s used to secure the data on your devices, your chats and sexts, as well as your internet connection, seems to be reaching a tipping point

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This might be good news for those who have used up the standard 15GB Google Drive storage that every user gets when signing up on Gmail. Google has unveiled annual subscriptions for 100GB and 1TB cloud storage plans, offering a significant discount compared to monthly subscriptions.

Currently, Google Drive offers 100GB and 1TB storage options at Rs. 130 and Rs. 650 per month respectively. Google is offering up to 17 percent discount on both 100GB and 1TB storage subscriptions if bought as annual plans.

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On the same day that President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his doubts about climate change, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates countered with an announcement of a $1 billion fund dedicated clean energy innovation.

Although an official announcement from Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) has yet to appear on the organization’s website, Gates took to Twitter on Sunday to point the public to an early discussion of the fund.

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In January, Bookspen reported on the FBI’s “unprecedented” hacking operation, in which the agency, using a single warrant, deployed malware to over one thousand alleged visitors of a dark web child pornography site. Now, it has emerged that the campaign was actually an order of magnitude larger.

In all, the FBI obtained over 8,000 IP addresses, and hacked computers in 120 different countries, according to a transcript from a recent evidentiary hearing in a related case.

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In the last few weeks, more than half a billion passwords stolen from some of the biggest social media websites in the world have been traded and sold in the internet’s underground.

The data, taken years ago from sites such as LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and others, has already led to countless account takeovers, hitting regular people as well as celebrities and big names such as Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry, Lana Del Rey, and Twitter cofounder Biz Stone.

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There’s no doubt that Samsung’s next focus will be its upcoming flagship smartphone after untimely demise of the Galaxy Note 7. Now, new details have emerged around Samsung’s rumoured next flagship believed to be called the Galaxy S8. Samsung is said to have postponed the launch of the Galaxy S8 to gain confidence from consumers before making it available in markets worldwide. Previously, it was reported that Samsung Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone will be unveiled at the side-lines of MWC 2017 in Barcelona on February 26. Other reports tip pricing and feature details.

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At Virtual Reality Summit in San Diego, Samsung Electronics' Vice-President Sung-Hoon Hong has reportedly revealed the South Korean company's interest in developing an augmented reality (AR) device and that it is working on a new version of existing Gear VR headset.

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Legion, which has hacked the Twitter account of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, tycoon Vijay Mallya and NDTV journalists Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar, says its next target will be government officials, according to an interview with Factor Daily.

“Next is a dump of sansad.nic.in emails/ Which is – quite big. It includes a lot of _BIG FISH_,” Legion disclosed.

Legion describes itself as “anarchists” without political alignments, and told the Washington Post that its membership is “in the higher single digits” with lots of applicants in line.

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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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A slew of banks in India will either replace or ask customer to change the security codes of as many as 3.2 million debit cards on fears of potential breaches, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Thursday...

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Canadian mobile company BlackBerry on Friday launched a cloud-enabled mobile security platform for “Enterprise of Things” that will address entire businesses from endpoint to endpoint.

“Enterprise of Things” is defined as the network of intelligent connections and endpoints within the enterprise that enable products to move from sketch to scale.

It is a collection of devices, computers, sensors, trackers, equipment and other things that communicate with each other to enable smart product development, distribution, marketing and sales

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US-based handset maker InFocus will soon launch a new smartphone in India that will support Aadhaar authentication using the iris scanner on the device.

Priced at under Rs. 12,000, the device will be made available early next year. InFocus also says it has been awarded STQC (Standardization Testing and Quality Certification) from the Indian government and the company plans to launch more devices supporting Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in the future.

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Innovation is necessary in the fight toward social progress. Socially conscious inventions have a crucial impact on the world at large, but they often make the biggest difference for vulnerable communities.

For people facing inequality around the globe — like those living in poverty — these innovations can be game-changers, helping to tackle problems that directly threaten their survival

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It was reported late last month that some iPhone users are facing battery issues in that their phones were abruptly shutting down even with sufficient battery life remaining. After hearing multiple complaints, Apple issued a replacement process for those iPhone 6s users who were facing such shutdowns.

Apple has now issued a statement on its Chinese website regarding the issue. Though there have been reports of non-iPhone 6s models also facing similar issues, the company is firm on the opinion that the problem is limited to a few

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One of the world's biggest networks of hijacked computers, which is suspected of being used to attack online banking customers, has been taken down following police swoops in 10 countries, German police said on Thursday

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Apple is working on a fix for all the spammy iCloud calendar invitations that some iPhone users have been receiving over the last few weeks.

“We are sorry that some of our users are receiving spam calendar invitations. We are actively working to address this issue by identifying and blocking suspicious senders and spam in the invites being sent,” Apple told iMore.

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More than one million Google accounts have been breached by malware that infiltrated older Android devices, cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. announced Wednesday.

The researchers traced the malware back to dozens of what they called “legitimate-looking” apps — with names “Wi Fi Enhancer,”...

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Passwords are the first line of defense in protecting access to our finances, credit information and identities. But we, as a collective nation, do a pretty lousy job of guarding that line.
Among baby boomers, 58 percent still don’t use secure passwords, according to the 2016 Norton “Cybersecurity Insights Report.” And digitally native millennials are even more vulnerable.

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A study has claimed that for women, the key to a better life is having a larger bottom.

Scientists at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Oxford University and the Churchill Hospital have found that women with big bums are increasingly intelligent and more resistant to chronic illnesses.

The number of health benefits make booty akin to a miracle cure

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Waking up is easy — at least if you're Cristiano Ronaldo and Dwayne Wayde.

The two athletes showed off their athletic prowess in a new ad campaign for PokerStars, an online poker site, Thursday.

From inside a bedroom with photos of himself as a child and a blanket bearing his own name, Real Madrid player Ronaldo reveals his early morning football skills. On cue in five seconds after his alarm clock rings, a ball comes flying toward his bed.

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The internet is home to a wealth of optical illusions designed to drive the average person slightly round the bend.

A number of news outlets have claimed that how you see the following image indicates just how dirty your mind is:

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So, what do you see?