Hoping to get more people to give the Moto X a whirl, Motorola also introduced a limited “try then buy” promotion. The deal lets you put one penny down on any Moto X—complete with Moto Maker customizations— take it for a two week test drive. If you don’t like it after that, you just return it. Don’t get too excited, though: Motorola has already sold its allotment of “try then buy” Moto X hsets....
When the Moto Z Droid reviews went out last week, there were reports about the handset not getting monthly security updates. Motorola was quick to shoot down these rumors and said that the handsets will receive monthly security updates. Not convinced by their previous track record and their ambiguous statement, Ars Technica further prodded Motorola on this matter. The company has now clarified in a statement that while it will be providing security bulletin updates for its devices like the Moto Z Droid and Moto G4, it will not be rolling them out on a monthly basis....
Quiet quitting is a newly-coined term that refers to employees who work-to-rule and avoid the concept of going above and beyond. In some cases, it’s seen as a rejection of hustle culture and a way for employees to create boundaries between their work and personal lives. ‘Quiet firing’, meanwhile, is when managers intentionally distance their employees from opportunities to further their career: for example, by obstructing them from participating in special projects, or hindering their chances of a promotion or a raise....
ile 8,400 malware discoveries every day is certainly alarming, it’s important to know that they’re not coming from the ay Store. There are millions of Android phones around the world that connect to their own dubious third-party app stores, millions more that side-load suspect apps to bypass paying for them through the ay Store, that’s where nearly all of the 3.5 million malware instances will come from this year. But that’s not to say you’re completely in the clear....
This is a non-security update, tagged KB5016688, which brings two new features for enterprise use. First, Microsoft has ’enhanced’ Defender for Endpoint to better “identify and intercept ransomware and advanced attacks”, according to its blogpost. The second is that IT admins can now remotely add languages and language-related features, as well as manage language scenarios across endpoint managers. Earlier this month Microsoft rolled out the enhanced ransomware detection and intercept capability in Defender for Endpoint in the Windows 11 preview to the Beta Channel, but didn’t explain what the specific changes were....
For starters, the new Nokia 6 is powered by the latest Android Nougat operating system and features an aluminium unibody design which is a big deal according to HMD as it takes “55 minutes to machine a Nokia 6 from a block of 6000 series aluminium”. There’s a Full HD 5.5-inch panel up front that is protected by 2.5D Gorilla Glass and underneath, a Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor keeps things running along with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of inbuilt storage which supports microSD cards of up to 128GB capacity, Adreno 505 GPU, and a non-removable (sigh) 3,000mAh battery....
Design While the Redmi Note 5 Pro features a more conservative all-aluminum exterior, the Nokia X6 opts for a glass body that will certainly help it stand out among its fellow peers. The Redmi Note 5 Pro, however, is a lot heavier (180g vs 150g) thanks to its larger battery. Display Both the phones have a tall nearly 6-inch 1080p displays on the front. However, since the Nokia X opts for a notch, the bezels around the sides are much narrower on it than the Redmi Note 5 Pro....
NVIDIA says the new GPUs are designed to deliver more power when playing games like Fortnite, PUBG, and Apex Legends, and they offer up to 2x the performance on the 10-series lineup and up to 50 percent over the original GTX 16-series GPUs. Essentially, they take advantage of Turing’s modern architecture that offers a wide range of advantages like a unified cache architecture, concurrent floating-point and integer operations, and turbocharged performance using adaptive shading technology....
To recall the incidence, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 are exploding due to some serious problems in factory battery anode and cathode cell contact. So, Samsung had arranged a replacement program to replace the units of Note 7 that are prone to explosions. However, their safe units also started to catch fire. The company found no way to stop this most disturbing incidence and decided to suspend the production of Galaxy Note 7 permanently....
If you’re hoping for a surprise LG G4 unveiling at Mobile World Congress next month, then you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. A source close to the South Korean company has confirmed that it’s next flagship won’t be arriving until April at the earliest. “LG Electronics decided not to release the G4 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition in Barcelona in March,” the source told The Korea Times. “It may release it in April....
Various Verizon and AT&T users have deluged a Reddit thread with complaints about backlighting issues on their V30 models. The handset seems to be facing difficulties in evenly illuminating the screen, thus creating inconsistencies throughout the panel on either side LG has employed its own OLED standard – P-OLED. However, it doesn’t feature any critical differences when compared to others. Customers further mention replacement units they received didn’t make situations any better....
But a few apps have gone further than just pinging you with alerts by putting some actual utility on your wrist. You can tip that Starbucks barista, share a photo, or turn your watch into a calculator. ile your patience for maneuvering a small screen may vary for some of these tasks, it’s worth exploring how some developers are pushing the Android ar platform forward. ave a tip with the Starbucks app The Starbucks Android app lets you leave a tip for your barista even after you walk out of the coffee shop with your latte....
Marvell is a company you don’t hear about too often these days. The company makes chips for various types of devices, including mobile phones and tablets. Today they’ve announced the PXA1088 LTE, which they’re calling the “industry’s first mass market quad-core 5-mode Category 4 LTE single-chip solution”. What exactly does that mean? Let’s start with the quad-core bit. It’s not four ARM Cortex A15 cores, nor is it four ARM Cortex A9 cores....
A long time ago, MediaTek used to be a dirty word. The company was known for making chips that were shoved inside devices that were clones of smartphones sold in the West. Today, that negative image is gone, and while MediaTek doesn’t power high-end phones on store shelves in countries like the UK or Germany, you can find MediaTek chips in devices from LG, Acer, and even Sony. So when will we see the first Kindle to rock a MediaTek chip?...
In this case, the hole is deeper: the hacked machines had a database that accompanied critical bugs that had not yet been fixed in various software, including Windows. Hackers had access to vulnerabilities that could be exploited in future attacks, including the government espionage agencies. This information was revealed by the Reuters news agency, which spoke separately with five former employees of the company and they claim that bugs stolen by the hackers were fixed months after the attack....
Grok Ventures, Cannon-Brookes’ private investment company, has announced the company and its affiliates have acquired an 11.28% stake in the Australian energy giant, making it AGL’s largest shareholder. In this new position, Grok Ventures outlined its intentions to vote against AGL’s proposed demerger plans and has launched a campaign urging fellow AGL shareholders to also vote against it. Grok said it has written to the AGL Board outlining its intentions....
These accelerated programs cover design and development fundamentals, plus specific technologies, software, and programming languages. Completing a mobile app development bootcamp may lead to promising careers in software development, computer programming, and web development. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects 22% growth for all software developers from 2020-2030, nearly three times faster than the rate for all occupations. This guide explores our favorite mobile app development bootcamps. READ THIS: How to become a mobile app developer...
“I tell you particularly in a more troubled world, especially from a data security point of view, supply chains are frankly more about trust now than they even are about efficiency or cost,” said Morrison, who officially opened Macquarie Telecom’s new AU$85 million hyperscale data centre in Sydney. “We see that in the most terrible events, whether it’s in Ukraine or the stresses that are being placed on our own country here in the Indo-Pacific, when it comes to your data security you’ve got to be dealing with someone you trust and so words like sovereign really mean something – secure, really mean something....
Motorola has started rolling out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Moto X (2014) Pure Edition (XT1095). The company had already updated its current flagship, the Moto X Pure/Style, to Marshmallow earlier this month. If you own a Moto X (2014) Pure Edition, simply head over to Settings -> About Phone -> System updates and check for updates. The 884MB update should then show up on your device and automatically start downloading....
Besides launching the Droid Turbo 2, Motorola and Verizon also announced the Droid Maxx 2 — which is essentially a rebranded version of the Moto X Play. The handset features a large 5.5-inch 1080p display, and features a water-repellent coating. The internal hardware of the Droid Maxx 2 is also essentially the same as the Moto X Play: a Snapdragon 615 processor clocked at 1.7GHz, an Adreno 405 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage space, a microSD card slot, and a huge 3,630mAh battery....
