Facebook’s Photo Transfer Tool Is Now Available In United States and Canada.
Facebook is rolling out a new tool today allowing users in the US and Canada to transfer their photos and videos to Google Photos. The tool can be accessed by heading to your Facebook settings, then heading to the tab that reads “Your Facebook Information.”...
Apple Is Making It Easier To Unlock Your iPhone While Wearing A Mask
Apple’s latest beta version of iOS 13 comes with a much-needed improvement to lock screen authentication for those who now spend the majority of their time at work or outside wearing a face mask. Now, instead of constantly attempting to identify your face using Face...
TikTok Crosses 2 Billion Downloads After Best Quarter For Any App Ever
According to new data from SensorTower, The viral social media app TikTok has officially crossed 2 billion downloads across iOS and Android. The latest milestone comes just five months after TikTok surpassed 1.5 billion downloads. In Q1 2020, it generated the most downloads for any app ever...
Veteran Actor Rishi Kapoor Dies At 67 In Mumbai Hospital
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor breathed his last on April 30. The actor was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Rishi Kapoor was battling cancer since 2018, and was in the US for treatment for a year. The actor’s brother, Randhir Kapoor,...
Apple Releases iOS 13.5 Beta With COVID-19 Contact Tracing Features
The tech giant Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 to developers. If you’re one of those developers, you can either download the updates on your iPad or iPhone via OTA (over the air) download or by downloading the...
Facebook Usage Is Skyrocketing Due To COVID-19
Millions of people around the world are practicing social distancing due to the novel coronavirus, The social media giant Facebook says that it has seen a massive surge in the use of its various apps in recent weeks. In the past month, more than 3...
Microsoft Threat Protection Intelligence Team Releases Guidance On Blocking Ransomware Attacks
Microsoft announced on a blog post that Cyber-criminals are targeting healthcare, critical services, and shared tips on how to block new breaches by patching vulnerable internet-facing systems. Multiple ransomware groups that have been accumulating access and maintaining persistence on target networks for several months activated...
Samsung Electronics Announces First Quarter 2020 Results
Samsung Electronics today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Total revenue was KRW 55.33 trillion, a decrease of 7.6% from the previous quarter mainly due to weak seasonality for the Company’s display business and Consumer Electronics Division and partially due...
Bollywood Star Irrfan Khan Passes Away At 53
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, known internationally for roles in Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World, has died at the age of 53. He was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai when he passed away. Khan was known for his nuanced and understated performances,...
Microsoft Security Intelligence Found Malicious VBScript Into ZIP Files Posing As Movie Downloads
Microsoft warns that malicious actors are taking advantage of this trend trying to infect potential victims with malware delivered via fake movie torrents. “With lockdown still in place in many parts of the world, attackers are paying attention to the increase in use of pirate...
US Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Million
More than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the U.S., marking a grim milestone in the country with the most reported coronavirus infections in the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. U.S. deaths from the respiratory virus passed 57,000 on...
The 14 Best iPhone SE (2021) Tricks & Tips
Apple announced the second-generation iPhone SE (2020), a powerful new iPhone featuring a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, paired with Touch ID for industry-leading security. It comes in a compact design, reinvented from the inside out, and is the most affordable iPhone. The new iPhone SE is powered...
WhatsApp Ups Limit On Video Calls To Eight People
WhatsApp video calls can now include up to eight people instead of just four. In order to reach the new upper limit, everyone on the call will need to be running the updated version of the app. To start a group video call, you can either...
What Is Elastic IP, Static IP & Public IP ? Explained
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique number assigned to every device on a network. Just as a street address determines where a letter should be delivered, an IP address identifies computers on the Internet. Network devices use IP addresses to communicate with each...
30,000 Percent Increase in COVID-19-Themed Attacks In March 2020
An increase of 30,000% in pandemic-related malicious attacks and malware was seen in March by security researchers at cloud security firm Zscaler when compared to the beginning of 2020 when the first threats started using COVID-19-related lures and themes. On any given day, Zscaler’s cloud security products...
COVID-19: Apple To Delay 2020 iPhone Production Due To Decreased Demand
The tech giant ‘Apple’ is delaying the production of its new 2020 iPhone models due to a slump in demand, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Production of the new models will be pushed back by approximately one month, as fewer people are...
WhatsApp Says Its Forwarding Limits Have Cut The Spread Of Viral Messages By 70 Percent
The social media giant Facebook -owned service said on Monday that spread of “highly forwarded” messages sent on WhatsApp had dropped by 70% globally in weeks after introducing a new restriction earlier this month, TechCrunch reports. The new measures were introduced at the beginning of April in response to...
Here’s How You Can Get Your Video Trending On YouTube
Watch time of any video is primary reason for it to be trending, followed by views, likes, comments and sharing of videos. YouTube usually takes maximum 2 hours to index any video and it compares the all the important video metrics on a given time...
Malware vs. Viruses: What’s the Difference?
The terms "virus" and "malware" are often used interchangeably. However, they are technically different, so the question of malware vs. viruses is an important one.
COVID-19: Australia’s COVIDSafe Contact Tracing App Is Trending In The Market
More than a million Australians have downloaded a coronavirus contact tracing app within hours of it being released by the government, the BBC reported. COVIDSafe lets devices conduct a “digital handshake” when they come within 5 feet of each other, notifying users if they’ve come...
