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Latest Chrome 66 for Android iOs now Blocks AutoPlay Videos with Sound by Default

Latest Chrome 66 for Android iOs now Blocks AutoPlay Videos with Sound by Default

MontelentApril 22, 2018

Google is currently rolling out a new update to its chrome browser for android users. The new update which is the Chrome 66 comes with changes on how the browser handles ...

ZTE Ban For 7 Years In US Which Warrants Them Losing Android License

ZTE Ban For 7 Years In US Which Warrants Them Losing Android License

MontelentApril 18, 2018

The United States Commerce Department has banned American firms from selling hardware components and software to ZTE, a Chinese manufacturer, for seven years. What does this ...

Samsung sued for $3B for biometric patent infringement

Samsung sued for $3B for biometric patent infringement

MontelentApril 13, 2018

PACid Technologies claims most flagship models, including Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ were equipped with the software that ran ...

Apktool v2.3.2 brings support for Android P, experimental AAPT2 rebuilding, and more

Apktool v2.3.2 brings support for Android P, experimental AAPT2 rebuilding, and more

MontelentApril 12, 2018

Reverse engineering Android applications is a popular hobby on the XDA forums. Decompiling and modifying existing apps is a skill that has been used to produce unofficial ...

Web Gmail is Getting New Redesing, Checkout Screenshots!

Web Gmail is Getting New Redesing, Checkout Screenshots!

MontelentApril 12, 2018

Earlier today, G Suite customers started to receive e-mails from Google giving them a heads up about an upcoming major redesign to the Gmail web interface. As reported ...

LG opens a new center dedicated to delivering software updates faster

LG opens a new center dedicated to delivering software updates faster

MontelentApril 12, 2018

One of the biggest disadvantages of Android as a platform is its fragmented nature, which leads to multiple problems including infrequent or non-existent updates on many ...

19 of the World’s Top Universities accepted a 17-Year Old Nigerian

19 of the World’s Top Universities accepted a 17-Year Old Nigerian

MontelentApril 7, 2018

17-year old Oludamilola Oluwadara Adekeye got accepted into 19 top universities, including Yale, Stanford, Columbia and the London School of Economics, CNN reports. The ...

Download Now: Apple Officially Released iOS 11.3 With New Features

Download Now: Apple Officially Released iOS 11.3 With New Features

MontelentApril 1, 2018

Apple iOS 11.3   We all know very well that how the tech giant Apple slowed down the performance of all the old iPhone, but now according to the latest reports, now all ...

Huawei Set to Launch Foldable Phones

Huawei Set to Launch Foldable Phones

MontelentApril 1, 2018

Huawei Foldable Phones   Earlier in October of last year, we told you about the intention of the Asian manufacturer, of course, Huawei to develop a flexible device and ...

Nokia 5 and original Nokia 6 start receiving Android 8.1 Oreo update

Nokia 5 and original Nokia 6 start receiving Android 8.1 Oreo update

MontelentMarch 29, 2018

The Nokia 8 got Android 8.1 last month, and now both the Nokia 5 and the original Nokia 6 from 2017 are in the process of receiving updates to this version of the OS. The two ...

AT&T Launches Out Android 8.0 Oreo for the LG V30

AT&T Launches Out Android 8.0 Oreo for the LG V30

MontelentMarch 29, 2018

AT&T is now distributing the update to Android 8.0 Oreo to the LG V30 units it has sold. This follows the Oreo release for Samsung’s Galaxy Note8 yesterday, and thus ...

Iran Blocked on Apple App Store

Iran Blocked on Apple App Store

MontelentMarch 16, 2018

Earlier we reported that how the Cupertino giant Apple has allegedly removed the applications from the Iranian developers and startups from the iOS App Store. However, now ...

OnePlus 3/3T OxygenOS Open Beta brings February Security Patches

OnePlus 3/3T OxygenOS Open Beta brings February Security Patches

MontelentMarch 13, 2018

The OnePlus 3 and the OnePlus 3T are not the newest OnePlus flagship phones anymore, but that doesn’t mean OnePlus has abandoned them. Instead, the company released the ...

White House Blocks Broadcom’s Proposed Acquisition of Qualcomm, Citing National Security

White House Blocks Broadcom’s Proposed Acquisition of Qualcomm, Citing National Security

MontelentMarch 13, 2018

In a stunning announcement today, the Trump Administration has officially blocked Singapore-based Broadcom’s proposed acquisition of rival U.S.-based Qualcomm. The takeover ...

New Tasker Beta now available, finally launches in the Google Play Beta program

New Tasker Beta now available, finally launches in the Google Play Beta program

MontelentMarch 12, 2018

Earlier this month, Tasker ownership was transferred to João Dias, the developer of the AutoApps suite of Tasker plugins. We talked with Dias about the transition and it’s ...

Google Chrome finally adding support for the Windows 10 Action Center

Google Chrome finally adding support for the Windows 10 Action Center

MontelentMarch 10, 2018

Google Chrome for desktop has support for push notifications built in. You’ve seen the pop up on websites asking if you’d like to enable notifications. Web apps, such as ...

OnePlus 5 Android 8.1 Oreo update now in beta via OxygenOS Open Beta 6

OnePlus 5 Android 8.1 Oreo update now in beta via OxygenOS Open Beta 6

MontelentMarch 10, 2018

The OnePlus 5 was released with OxygenOS 4.5 on top of Android 7.1 Nougat. In November, it received its first Open Beta build based on Android Oreo, and OnePlus rolled out the ...

Gmail Prepares to Add “Nudges” that Suggests Emails to Reply

Gmail Prepares to Add “Nudges” that Suggests Emails to Reply

MontelentMarch 10, 2018

Gmail is among the top email clients in the world, and thanks to Google’s efforts in machine learning the service is only getting better. We’ve seen how Google has been ...

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s is Coming with a Wireless Charger

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s is Coming with a Wireless Charger

MontelentMarch 9, 2018

We can add wireless charging to the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s’ list of improvements over the Mi Mix 2. The feature has been tipped by Xiaomi itself, via its official Weibo ...

Netflix is adding 30-second vertical video previews for Mobile Devices

Netflix is adding 30-second vertical video previews for Mobile Devices

MontelentMarch 9, 2018

Netflix has gone from a struggling company that once requested to be acquired by Blockbuster Video, to an online media behemoth. The start of their streaming service was a ...

Change Inbox Type Feature Now Available in Gmail

Change Inbox Type Feature Now Available in Gmail

MontelentMarch 9, 2018

Google offers two first-party email apps for Android: Gmail and Inbox. The Gmail app for Android is a feature-rich app, with support for labels, conversation view, swipe ...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 “Fusion Platform” will Add the SDX50 5G Modem

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 “Fusion Platform” will Add the SDX50 5G Modem

MontelentMarch 9, 2018

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 was officially announced in December. We’re starting to see more smartphones launch with Qualcomm’s newest flagship system-on-chip. The US/China ...

HiSilicon Kirin 670 rumored to bring Huawei’s NPU to Mid-range Devices

HiSilicon Kirin 670 rumored to bring Huawei’s NPU to Mid-range Devices

MontelentMarch 8, 2018

Huawei designs their own SoC in-house under the brand name HiSilicon. The current HiSilicon product used in many Huawei and Honor devices is the Kirin family (similar to ...

Android P Blocks Custom Overlays (Substratum Themes) From Being Installed

Android P Blocks Custom Overlays (Substratum Themes) From Being Installed

MontelentMarch 8, 2018

The first Android P Developer Preview has been released today for the Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, Google Pixel 2, and Google Pixel 2 XL. There’s a massive amount of user ...

Google disables WebUSB in Chrome Over Phishing Treats

Google disables WebUSB in Chrome Over Phishing Treats

MontelentMarch 8, 2018

Phishing is a major concern if you live a lot of your life on the internet. There are plenty of ways to protect against phishing attacks with software, but one of the best ...

Apple reseller in Malaysia forced to cancel $50 iPhone sale when thousands of people showed up

Apple reseller in Malaysia forced to cancel $50 iPhone sale when thousands of people showed up

MontelentMarch 6, 2018

  A Malaysian retailer, Switch, had no choice but to suspend a clearance sale that it advertised to sell off some of its demo units including iPhones between the 5S ...

Google rolls out March security update for its Pixels and Nexuses, factory images and full OTAs available

Google rolls out March security update for its Pixels and Nexuses, factory images and full OTAs available

MontelentMarch 6, 2018

Microsoft has Patch Tuesday, Google has Patch Monday – the first Monday of the month, that is (unless it’s a holiday in the US). So, as today is the first Monday ...

WeChat hits 1 Billion Monthly Active Users

WeChat hits 1 Billion Monthly Active Users

MontelentMarch 6, 2018

WeChat’s parent company, Tencent, announced at a Two Sessions briefing in Beijing that the popular messaging and social media app WeChat has reached 1 billion accounts thanks ...

Spotify Blocks Pirated Versions of its App

Spotify Blocks Pirated Versions of its App

MontelentMarch 6, 2018

Let’s face it, pirating apps for their services is still a reality and likely will be for a while. In fact, pirating an app is not as difficult as you’d think. It’s especially ...

YouTube Adds New AR Green Screen Effect to its Stories Feature

YouTube Adds New AR Green Screen Effect to its Stories Feature

MontelentMarch 5, 2018

YouTube is working on its own take on stories, which it’s already testing in beta with a small group of top creators. Now, the company is adding the next logical feature from ...