Muhammad Jarir Kanji
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Google, Apple, and Amazon join forces in creating new smart home standard
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Three of the biggest players in the smart home space are joining forces with the aim of developing a new, open-source standard for smart home technologies.
NordVPN fesses up to data center breach, insists network is 'still safe'
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
NordVPN, one of the most popular virtual private network providers has admitted a data center in Finland was hacked. The company noted that user activity logs and credentials were not intercepted.
Billboard will start counting music videos for its music rankings
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Billboard is changing how it determines the rankings on its music charts and will now start including views on online streaming platforms such as YouTube, Apple Music, and Spotify.
Google will now let you take guided tours of places by following your favorite local guides
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Google is testing a new program in select cities that allows you to not just read reviews from Local Guides haphazardly but also follow your favorite guides to experience a city from their eyes.
Can't decide if it's 'Niece' or 'Nice'? Let Google Maps say it for you
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Google is adding a nifty little feature to Maps that saves you the embarrassment of having to pronounce the difficult names of foreign locales when on vacation.
Google's Stadia Controller isn't fully wireless at launch
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
A Google employee has confirmed that, at launch, the Stadia controller will only work wireless with the Chromecast Ultra. Using it with your PC or phone will require a wired USB-C connection.
You can finally turn the lights out on Twitter for Android
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Less than a week after pushing the feature to alpha users, Twitter has started rolling out the new 'Lights Out' dark mode for Twitter to all Android users.
The U.S. is launching a national security probe into TikTok
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
The U.S. government has decided to investigate TikTok's acquisition of Musical.ly for $1 billion owing to concerns about national security.
Indian users can now use Alexa to pay off their bills
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Amazon is pairing Alexa and Amazon Pay to enable Indian customers to pay their bills, the first time the company has allowed users to pay off their bills in any market in this manner.
Google will let you report more types of road incidents on Maps
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
iPhone owners can finally share information about crashes, speed traps, and traffic on Google Maps, while both iOS and Android users will be able to report more types of road incidents.
You can now chat in the Google Photos app
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Google's pushed a new update to its photo gallery app that lets you chat with friends about the photos you've shared.
Xiaomi's Redmi Note 10 series to hit stores in India next month
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
The next generation of the Redmi Note series will be launching in India next month, with an estimated price of under INR 20,000.
Twitter looks to outdo Clubhouse with new 'Spaces' tests in India
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
Twitter has begun wider testing of 'Spaces,' an audio-only chat feature that's a bit like Clubhouse, but without the exclusivity.
Netflix and YouTube are going to make you finally care about AV1
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
A new press release by Synaptics indicates Google and Netflix may require hardware support for AV1 decoding for some of their future content.
Samsung pulls One UI 3.0 (Android 11) update for Galaxy S10 devices
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
Just a couple of days after the stable One UI 3.0 update began rolling out to Galaxy S10 devices, Samsung has now pulled the update, seemingly due to firmware issues.
Family Sharing will let you to share Stadia Pro games, DLC with others
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji last updated
Stadia's Family Sharing feature will reportedly allow users to share DLC and even Stadia Pro games with others, according to a recent teardown of the Stadia app on Android.
Verizon Galaxy Z Fold 2 first in the U.S. to get Android 11 One UI 3.0 update
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
Samsung's most expensive smartphone is finally getting Android 11 with One UI 3.0. The rollout is starting in Germany first.
Samsung SmartThings now works with some Google Nest devices
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
Google and Samsung lived up to their earlier promise of better integration between their smart home platforms with the release of SmartThings support for Nest devices.
Google's new Guest Mode is like incognito mode for Google Assistant
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
The new Guest Mode for Google Assistant lets you interact with the virtual assistant without worrying about your voice or any other data being recorded.
Ring fixes one of its biggest flaws with rollout of end-to-end encryption
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
The Amazon-owned smart home company is finally making good on its promise of adding end-to-end encryption for video streams.
This new experiment by Google Chrome will make browsing the web safer
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji published
Google is looking to add a new experimental flag to its browser that automatically selects the HTTPS protocol when you type in a website's domain into the URL bar.
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