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A new report today from Canalys shares its estimates for US smartphone shipments. The data shows Apple as the big winner with iPhone sales actually increasing during the pandemic despite the overall smartphone market in the US seeing a drop in shipments. We’ve seen estimates for Apple’s iPad shipments from Q2 (Apple’s fiscal Q3) which showed impressive growth as high as 34% YoY. Now we’ve got a report from Canalys on iPhone June quarter shipments in the US that show Apple bucked the industry trend of a 5% decline that the firm attributes to the pandemic....

As already mentioned, the Realme UI is based on ColorOS 7 and Android 10. The company says the new UI offers a near stock-Android experience and includes a bunch of exciting features. It is touted to offer Seamless Fun for its users with new add-ons and improvements in terms of the design, functionality, and optimization. For which, the UI includes new system colors, icons, wallpapers, and animations, that come together to offer an immersive user experience....

Original story from Electrek. Digital license plates are a relatively new concept that could open up the transport industry to an array of new features. Beyond the Big Brother-like properties the implementation of the technology could enable, like location tracking or alerts for expired registrations, it could also greatly facilitate fleet management and transfer of ownership – things that are crucial for the future of mobility to embrace autonomous driving and ride-sharing....

Redmi 9A: Design and Display In terms of design, the Redmi 9A appears to have an Aura 360 design, similar to some of the other Redmi smartphones. However, unlike the Redmi 9, which has a square-shaped camera module on the rear, the 9A features a vertical camera setup, with a vertical strip following along to the bottom. Towards the front, the device has a 6.53-inch IPS LCD with a dot notch for the front-facing camera....

While we’ve long known that Apple is planning to introduce a budget-friendly 6.1-inch LCD iPhone this year, a report this evening indicates the device will feature a “Full Active LCD” from Japan Display… According to a report from supply chain outlet Macotakara, the 6.1-inch iPhone will use a Full Active Display from Japan Pixels that features a “Japan Pixel Eyes” touch sensor. With a Full Active Display, manufacturers are able to achieve ultra-small bezels, down to as low as 0....

Although the Apple event scheduled for tomorrow has been colloquially labelled as a ‘new Mac’ unveiling, it appears Apple will be talking about some other things as well. USA Today is reporting that Apple is preparing to unveil a new app for Apple TV, which will give users personalised TV shows recommendations. The app will contextually suggest TV shows to watch based on their existing viewing habits and content subscriptions....

There’s been a huge shift in Hollywood in the last couple of years with female-driven blockbusters like Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, female characters taking over huge franchises like the Star Wars saga, and female-led comedies outshining male-led ones. Before then, the heroes of the silver screen were predominantly male. Still, some women managed to slip through the cracks of sexist Hollywood and stand out. A few of these strong cinematic women became legendary in Peter Jackson’s big-budget adaptation of The Lord of the Rings trilogy....

Google completely revamped the notification settings in Nougat, and with Android O, it is further tweaking things for a better user experience. Aside from Notification channels, Google has also introduced the ability to snooze notification in Android O. You can snooze any kind of notifications for up to an hour. The feature is similar to what is already found on Inbox. To snooze a notification, you need to swipe left on it which will reveal a clock icon....

Real Racing 3: The highly anticipated third installment in EA’s Real Racing iOS series has officially arrived in the US App Store today (via 9to5Toys). Available now for free, the game’s new in-app purchase model is getting a little bit of negative attention, but otherwise reviews of the game have been quite positive. AVP: Evolution: Fox has released another app in the Alien vs Predators series with the release of AVP: Evolution....

If there’s one constant for security practitioners across virtually all organizations regardless of size, industry, or location, it is compliance. PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, EU Safeharbor, NERC/CIP, state laws, client contracts: whatever business you’re in, chances are there is at least one regulatory framework holding you accountable for some level of security. For many organizations, the primary goal of their security program has become simply meeting one or more of these standards....

The good thing is, Reliance Jio had just completed its two years of success. So, to celebrate their second anniversary, the telecom company has come up with another mind-blowing offer. In the latest Jio Celebrations offer, the company is giving away 8GB of high-speed 4G data at absolutely no cost. It’s worth to note that users don’t need to do any recharge for availing the ‘Jio celebrations offer’. The company is giving away 8GB of data for free....

Following two reports earlier this month detailing Apple’s deal to move iCloud partly to Google’s Cloud Platform, as well as the company’s efforts at building out its own cloud infrastructure, The Information today offers new details on the projects. Adding to a report from VentureBeat earlier this week, today’s report offers more details on what Apple is doing with“Project McQueen” that could see the company replacing third-party vendors with more of its own cloud infrastructure....

It looks like Apple could (again) select the graphics giant Nvidia as the primary GPU provider for the upcoming Mac Pro hardware refresh. According to a mostly speculative story by MIC Gadget based on unnamed industry sources, new Mac Pros will feature Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge chipset fabbed on the chip maker’s latest 22-nanometer Trigate transistor technology (no surprise there). According to Intel, 22nm Ivy Bridge silicon claims a 37 percent speed jump and lower power consumption compared to the chip giant’s 32 nanometer planar transistors....

When the Razer Phone launched late last year, the company made sure that the green-and-back three-headed snake logo was easily viewable on the back of the handset. But, special editions means some colors can change. To help celebrate the Year of the Dog on the Chinese calendar, and the Spring Festival, Razer has officially launched a brand new variant o the Razer Phone, with one distinct difference: Instead of the green-highlighted logo on the back, it now has a gold color scheme....

Oppo’s subsidiary brand Realme has released its latest smartphone called the Realme 3 Pro smartphone. The smartphone features Oppo’s VOOC 3.0 fast-charging technology out-of-the-box. The smartphone looks premium and stunning with the quite decent technical specifications with ColorOS 6. Here you will find all the tips related to Realme 3 Pro such as Recovery mode, Hard and Soft Reset guide, Fastboot, Safe mode, and more. This guide will be useful for future reference....

Sony’s late 2013 flagship phone, the Xperia Z1, has all the makings of a champion. There’s a Snapdragon 800 in there, 2 GB of RAM, and a 20.7 megapixel camera. Unfortunately, the camera isn’t too hot, and the phone, while eye catching, is bulky due to the massive bezels around the otherwise “small” 5.0 inch 1080p display. Sony being Sony, they sell the Z1 in three colors: White, Black, and Purple....

Redesigned icons for iPhoto for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and Garageband have appeared in the iCloud Storage Management function in the iOS Settings app. The new icons are simpler, flatter, and is designed with iOS 7’s new icon grid system in mind. They are a stark contrast from the colorful, 3D-like icons used in the current versions of the apps. In line with the app redesigns for all of Apple’s bundled iOS 7 apps, it is likely that the new icon will come as a complement to a completely redesigned version of the iPhoto app....

Few will dispute the importance of Street Fighter II. It’s one of the most celebrated one-on-one fighting games of all time. While not the first competitive multiplayer game ever, it revolutionized the idea of competitive arcade play with a gameplay foundation that holds up to this day and is still copied by countless imitators. Fewer still will dispute the ubiquity of Street Fighter II. Ever since its initial coin-op arcade release in 1991 (and numerous arcade re-releases in subsequent years), the game has been ported to nearly every system imaginable, from the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis all the way up to today’s cutting-edge machines like the Nintendo Switch....

BadUSB exploits the USB standard’s versatility and allows an attacker to reprogram a USB drive to, for example, emulate a keyboard to create keystrokes and commands on a computer, install malware prior to the operating system booting, or to spoof a network card and redirect traffic. SEE: Your cybersecurity training needs improvement because hacking attacks are only getting worse While BadUSB attacks aren’t common, cyber criminals in 2020 posted BadUSB drives to targets in the post with a message claiming to be from BestBuy that urged recipients to insert a malicious USB thumb drive into a computer in order view products that could be redeemed from a supposed gift card....

According to a post last week on the Office Web Apps blog: Read and Convert PDFs to Word Docs in Microsoft Web Apps The feature should be rolled out to all users with a Microsoft account. When you go in to your SkyDrive, just right-click a PDF and select to open in the Word Web App. Additionally, for SkyDrive you can convert PDFs to editable Word documents. This allows you to “release” the text in PDFs without requiring PDF editing software....