More importantly, though, this is a set of users service-oriented companies such as Google, Facebook are missing out on. Enter KaiOS, a startup based out of the United States which is trying to solve that exact conundrum. Its operating system for dumb phones brings smarter features and modern applications while still retaining the simplicity of the interfaces you find on keypad-equipped handsets. And it’s succeeding quite expeditiously. KaiOS is already powering over 40 million devices worldwide including India’s most popular feature phone — JioPhone (the funkiest feature phone to ever exist), HMD Global’s banana phone aka the Nokia 8110, and more....

I remember being a little kid and watching soccer games together with my father, brother and even cousins. It was like a holiday and we were sharing together the thrill and emotions of scoring a goal. But things definitely go bad when watching TV goes out of hand and it transform you into a vegetable. The Internet Steals Viewers From Television? A Nielson study back in 2009 revealed that the average American watches 4 hours and 49 minutes of television each day....

Right now, you can search through numerous travel services including Expedia, TripAdvisor, Priceline.com, Booking.com, and Kayak or go directly to a hotel chain’s website to compare prices. So to give you some idea of where all this is leading to, the main question is this – Does it always pay to do a direct booking with a hotel as opposed to online travel services? This study sought to find out....

Thousands of Americans received the scare of a lifetime when their phones buzzed to life in the middle of the night with text messages their contacts didn’t remember sending — some even received texts from long-dead friends and family members! What could cause such a strange occurrence? As it turns out, the truth isn’t based in the supernatural. If you received one of these mysterious messages, don’t panic. There’s nothing wrong with your phone....

Since 2020, NASA astronauts have been relying on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to reach the ISS, but “it’s really important we have the Boeing spacecraft also flying,” NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana said during a live-streamed event Wednesday. “We want that dissimilar redundancy between SpaceX and Boeing so that if there’s a problem with one, we still maintain access to our International Space Station.” NASA retired its own space shuttle program in 2011 with plans to rely more on the nascent commercial space industry....

Here’s why: Think of your internet connection like a pie that is shared with everyone at the table. If you have an additional knife (or another router in this case) to cut the pie with, you still would have the same amount of pie that you’d need to share. What you’d really need is more pie. However, purchasing an additional internet connection and a dual WAN router could increase speeds, albeit it would be more costly....

And for good reason, too. Scams have been on the rise during this pandemic and billions of dollars have been lost to predatory schemes promising cures, treatments and other nonsense. Tap or click here to see red flags to look out for. Out of all the victims scammed by these con artists, a few significant trends have emerged. Owners of Apple products, it seems, are far more likely to be attacked by phishing schemes — with Apple IDs being the biggest targets of all....

And now the brand is all set to deliver to the consumers a complete, truly no-compromise flagship, the Motorola Edge+. A phone that is so powerful that even the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (no mean device in its own right) pales in comparison. A true flagship comes with zero compromises. It is all about delivering the best possible performance with zero corners cut. And the Motorola Edge+ shows just how that can be done, and consistently outperforms the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which for many was till now the ultimate Android flagship in the market....

Google is chock full of personal information you may not always want public. Whether it’s gathered by the search engine itself or scummy people-search websites, you have a right to know what kind of data other people can access when they look up your name. Tap or click here to see how to remove yourself from people search sites. What others see about you online can mean the difference in landing a job or spending more time looking for one....

This is important because making a resume can be time-consuming. You can’t just slap all of your work experience onto a sheet of white paper and expect it to blow your prospective employers away. You have to create a well-designed, professional resume — and that can be hard to do on your own. If you’re looking for a way to stand out among the pool of job applicants, give one of these resumes a try....

If you haven’t tried Googling your email address, though, this is a new tip that you should try. While you can scroll through the internet and look for your old accounts one by one, there is an easier way. Searching for your email address can bring up all sorts of stuff you weren’t expecting. The most common thing you’ll find is your information on people-search databases. Let’s look at what those are and how to remove yourself from those sites....

The guide that now appeared on the Internet that was presented by the Business Insider website shows the rules that the tech giant Apple employees must follow in deciding which iPhones are repaired under warranty, those that are not entitled to this repair, or which ones are exchanged directly without any repair. This 22-page guide, dated March 3, 2017, is called “Visual/Mechanical Inspection Guide” (VMI) and details the rules to apply to iPhones 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, 7 and 7 Plus....

English Wikipedia Articles: 5m Words: 2.9bn Size (Storage): 30 terabytes Editors: 126,672 a month Page views: 8bn a month Longest article: List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States. Most edited article: George W Bush (45,000+ edits) On the other hand, it is still no place close to a level that would see it cover all human learning, as per appraisals. More than 104 million articles would be expected to cover the aggregate scope of mankind’s data as per Wikipedia client “emi jrp”, who is running an undertaking on finding such an appraisal....

Vulnerabilities in software can be exploited by hackers, leading to personal information being stolen. In severe cases, your device and all its files can be held for ransom. Tap or click here for the secret behind ransomware attacks that hackers don’t want you to know. Your first line of defense against cyberattacks, whether it’s malware or intrusions, is by having reputable antivirus software. Windows 10 comes pre-installed with Microsoft Defender and aims to root out any suspicious activity on your system....

With the Galaxy Note 4, Samsung first introduced a Peel app that made it extremely easy to control your TV from your smartphone. Beside controlling your TV, it also provided information about the upcoming shows on various channels. The handy app was also found on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, so its not surprising that many consumers who upgraded to the Galaxy S7 were surprised and shocked to find that it is missing from Samsung’s latest flagship....

Details of Windows 10 21H2 “Sun Valley” Update Every year, Microsoft releases two major updates for Windows 10. From May 2019 update, the company has stopped using the marketing names and started including the month’s name in the update. With this, it has same names like Windows 10 May 2020 update and Windows 10 October 2020 Update. Microsoft has rolled out the Windows 10 May 2021 (21H1) update with few improvements....

In 2013, Snapchat introduced something called “Stories” that enabled its wide audience to stitch multiple live (cannot be uploaded from storage unless it is captured within 24 hours) photos and videos together to generate a timeline which automatically disappeared after 24 hours. Now, Instagram has updated its application with a new addition titled “Stories” that lets users sew together live memories which will automatically disappear after hitting 24 hours on the clock....

That’s because college campuses are fast emerging as a critical early testing ground for the robotics sector. The latest example comes via juice purveyor Jamba and Blendid, a robotic food service solutions provider. The companies will roll out their autonomous robotic kiosk locations at UCLA. Jamba, which along with Walmart, is one of Blendid’s early partners, sees a big advantage to a college rollout, part of an interesting trend industry-wide of using colleges as automation testbeds....

A new rumor coming out of Phone Arena says that the next Nexus phone isn’t going to have a 1080p screen; it’s going to have a 720p panel that measures just 4.5 inches diagonal. The display is said to occupy 88% of the front of the device. To put that number into some perspective, the 5 inch screen in Sony’s Xperia ZL takes up “only” 76% of the front of the device....

If the latter is the case, you can try setting up network extenders to cover dead spot rooms. Although cheap, the downside with network extenders is that they are slower than your main Wi-Fi connection since they often come with a single radio transmitter that cannot send and receive data simultaneously. Adding to that problem, the more gadgets connect to a Wi-Fi extender, the more it slows down. Fortunately, there’s a better way....