Samsung Launches App To Measure Blood Pressure With SmartWatch
The tech giant Samsung announced the Samsung Health Monitor application in South Korea, following its clearance by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in April. To monitor blood pressure on the Galaxy Watch Active 2, users will need to first calibrate with...
Twitter Introduces Voice Tweets for iOS Users
The micro-blogging site Twitter is testing a new feature that will allow users to create tweets using their voice, announced on a blog post. The feature will be available to a limited number of users on Apple’s iOS platform for now and be rolled out for more iOS users...
AWS Mitigated 2.3 Tbps DDoS Attack In February
Amazon said its AWS Shield service mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, stopping a 2.3 Tbps attack in mid-February this year. The attack was a so-called Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol reflection-based attack. A CLDAP reflection attack involves an attacker sending a CLDAP request to...
Google Pledges $175 Million To Support Black Entrepreneurs
The tech giant company Google announced $175 million+ economic opportunity package to support Black business owners, startup founders, job seekers and developers. In addition to YouTube’s $100 million fund to amplify Black creators and artists. This new commitment includes: $50 million in financing and grants for...
Zoom Says Free Users Will Get End-To-End Encryption
Zoom’s CEO Eric S. Yuan today announced that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) will be provided to all users (paid and free) after verifying their accounts by providing additional identification info such as their phone number. “We are also pleased to share that we have identified a path forward...
Google’s Meet Will Soon Available In Gmail On Mobile
In the coming weeks, you’ll soon notice a new Meet tab on your phone’s Gmail app where you can see upcoming meetings scheduled in Google Calendar, and easily join them with a single tap. Erika Yamasaki, Product Manager announced on a blog post. In the...
You Can Now Securely Transfer Signal Information Between iOS Devices
Signal iOS now includes a new feature that makes it possible to switch to a brand-new iPhone or iPad while securely transferring Signal information from your existing iOS device, Signal announced on a blog post. As with every new Signal feature, the process is end-to-end...
Qualcomm Launches New Snapdragon 690 Processor To Add 5G To Mid-Range Phones
Qualcomm is launching its next 5G chipset today, the Snapdragon 690, the first product in its 6-series chips to get support for the next-generation networking standard — although it’ll only support the slower sub-6GHz versions of 5G, not the faster mmWave standard. According to Qualcomm,...
Apple’s App Store Ecosystem Facilitated Over Half A Trillion Dollars In Commerce In 2019
The tech giant Apple today announced the App Store ecosystem supported $519 billion in billings and sales globally in 2019 alone. The new study, conducted by independent economists at Analysis Group, found that the highest value categories were mobile commerce (m-commerce) apps, digital goods and services apps, and in-app...
WhatsApp Launches Digital Payments Platform In Brazil
WhatsApp has launched in-app payments in Brazil, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The payments are enabled through Facebook Pay, which parent company Facebook said last year it would be rolling out to Instagram, Messenger, Facebook, and eventually WhatsApp. “Payments on WhatsApp...
Accessories Giant Claire’s Hacked To Steal Credit Card
US based jewelry and accessory giant Claire’s, and its subsidiary Icing, were compromised in April and have allowed hackers to gain access to customer’s credit cards, Sansec reports. In a new report by cybersecurity firm Sansec, Claire’s website was compromised by attackers who attempted to steal customer’s...
Germany Says Its Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Is Ready
Germany’s health minister said Sunday that its contact tracing smartphone app will be launched this week, Reuters reported. The app uses bluetooth short-range radio to detect and contact people at risk of infection by coronavirus and does not rely on a centralised database. Deutsche Telekom...
Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput Commits Suicide: Reports
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly committed suicide on Sunday and reports claim he was found hanging at his Bandra residence. The actor was living alone during the lockdown. Police have reached his apartment but the reason has not been revealed yet. It is said...
Now You Can Upload Custom Backgrounds On Video Calls In Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is rolling out the new custom background effects in Teams, the tech giant announced in a blog post. Custom images and other background effects are only available for scheduled Teams meetings, Microsoft says. According to a blog post, “When joining a Teams meeting, you...
How To Change Your Facebook Password?
Security professionals recommended changing passwords every 30, 60, or 90 days. In offices worldwide, IT policies forced employees to regularly change their passwords.
How To Update macOS
Software Updates are the most annoying notification that we often get and it seem to happen at the most inopportune times. Most of us neglect the software updates and carry on our works.
Google Adding Assistant Features To All Smart Devices
The tech giant Google is adding assistant features to all smart devices. Google product manager Praveen Chandran wrote in a blog post that the additions are part of the company’s efforts “to support an open ecosystem and bring Google Assistant features to everyone globally.” Voice...
Here’s A Simple Trick To Watch YouTube Videos Without Any Ads
Earlier this week, over on Reddit, web developer unicorn4sale shared an interesting and frequently forgotten bit of how the internet works. While we typically look at urls as using dots solely to divide the domain name — separating “youtube” and “com”, for example — it’s perfectly...
Apple Removes Pocket Casts From Chinese App Store Following Government Request
Apple has removed the popular podcasting app Pocket Casts from the Chinese App Store on the request of the Chinese government. According to the official Pocket Casts Twitter account, Apple has contacted the app team two days ago to inform that Pocket Casts would be...
Honda And Enel Impacted By Cyber Attack Suspected To Be Ransomware
Car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack, according to a report published by the BBC, and later confirmed by the company in a tweet. Another similar attack, also disclosed on Twitter, hit Edesur S.A., one of the companies belonging to Enel Argentina which operates in the...
