The platform had banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April.
On the microblogging site, the company wrote that now users can select who from their contact list can see Profile Photo, About, and Last Seen status.
The company said that the beta will start to roll out slowly, starting Wednesday, but it will take about a week to reach all users.
Door Detection can also read signs and symbols around the door, like the room number at an office, or the presence of an accessible entrance symbol.
On one end, many companies are planning to return to the offices, while on the other many are tweaking their work from home policies to meet the employee demand for flexibility. Global tech giant Apple is all set to end work from home option for its employees worldwide, next year.
It was the first civilian mission by SpaceX and the crew included Hayley Arceneaux, a physician assistant, Christopher Sembroski, an aerospace data engineer and Air Force veteran, and Dr Sian Proctor, a geoscientist.
Back in June, Apple CEO, Tim Cook announced that employees would have to return to the office in September. But, now the iPhone maker is delaying its plans to return to the office again. As per reports, Apple has delayed return to office until at least January 2022. The company took this decision as the United States witnesses a surge in cases of the delta variant of Covid-19.
San Francisco: Google has announced features coming to Google Assistant, with the most notable feature for Apple users being the ability to locate a lost iPhone using the digital assistant.…
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly testing the ability to easily migrate chat history between an iPhone and an Android device. According to a 9To5Google report, this feature is part…
New Delhi: Do you know that your iPhone has a calculator with a scientific mode which is visible when the device is kept in a portrait mode — a feature that can help students and researchers in the remote learning times. To access the iPhone’s built-in calculator app with a scientific mode, just tilt it […]
San Francisco: Apple is reportedly planning to assemble its new iPhone SE in India. The iPhone maker has already asked one of its suppliers in China to start shipping components for the iPhone SE 2020 to its manufacturing partner Wistron in India, reports AppleInsider. Assembling the iPhone SE 2020 under the ‘Make in India’ initiative […]
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced to roll out the much-awaited ‘Dark Mode’ feature on both iPhone and Android devices globally. ‘Dark Mode’ is designed to reduce eye strain in low-light environments and prevent those awkward moments that happen when your phone lights up the room. The feature is being rolled out with the […]
Washington: Ultrasonic waves do not make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger – without the phone owner’s knowledge, suggests a new research. Researchers have previously shown that ultrasonic waves can be used to […]
New Delhi: Several Android and iPhone devices which only support outdated operating systems were no longer be able to run WhatsApp from February 1. According to the Facebook-owned messaging platform, the move was necessary in order to protect the security of its millions of users. If WhatsApp is currently active on your iOS 8 device, […]
Las Vegas: Reiterating its commitment to safeguarding the iPhone user’s data at any cost, Apple has defended its stance on hardware encryption at the ‘CES 2020′ trade show here, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asked the Cupertino-based giant to unlock two iPhones. Participating in a privacy-focused session, Jane Horvath, Apple’s Senior Director of […]
As smartphone hacking via third-party bugs increases (like WhatsApp-Pegasus case), a new study in Britain has discovered that iPhone owners are a whopping 167 times more at risk of being hacked than other mobile brands. The tech experts at UK-based phone case company Case24.com gathered the data by analysing monthly Google search volumes to see […]
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is testing a new beta update for iOS users which would bring features like hide muted status update, splash screen, and app badge improvements among others, according to WABetaInfo, a fan website that tracks WhatsApp updates. “I always recommend to back up your chat history before updating to the new beta: […]
San Francisco: Apple has started selling Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Controller in its online stores, after adding support for the gamepad in the latest software updates for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and the Mac. The controller, spotted by MacRumors on Wednesday, costs $59.95. It is now available on both Apple’s and Microsoft’s websites. As of now, […]
Moscow: A Russian man has sued Apple after claiming that a message sent to his iPhone drove him to homosexuality, the media reported. The man is seeking more than $15,000 in damages from the iPhone maker, The Moscow Times reported on Wednesday, citing a report from the Govorit Moskva radio station. The plaintiff, identified as […]
San Francisco: YouTuber Michael Bennett posted a video earlier this week after he found an iPhone in a filthy waterproof case at the bottom of the Edisto river in South Carolina. It had apparently been lying there for around 15 months. In an interview with local news channel WDAM 7, Bennet described that it was […]
New Delhi: iPhone users who have not upgraded to a new version of the operating system for long — there is one more reason to do so. If WhatsApp is currently active on your iOS 8 device, you will be able to use it only until February 1, 2020, according to an update from the […]
Cupertino (California): Apple has announced India pricing of newly-launched iPhones — available in the country from September 27 — and the starting iPhone 11 model (64GB) with dual camera rear setup will cost you Rs 64,900. iPhone 11 will be available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB models in purple, green, yellow, black, white and PRODUCT(RED), […]
San Francisco: Internet giant Google has updated its Gmail app for iOS devices with a new image blocking setting to prevent Gmail from automatically loading attached images. With the new update, users can choose to be asked each time whether or not to display external images in an email. The new setting is meant to […]
San Francisco: Apple has announced a new repair program, offering customers additional options for the most common out-of-warranty iPhone repairs. The iPhone maker would provide more independent repair businesses – large or small – with the same genuine parts, tools, training, repair manuals and diagnostics as its Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs), the company said […]
San Francisco: Apple iPhone 11 would come with a USB-C charger as well as a lightning to USB-C cable in the box. Apple would do away with its original 5-watt charger and instead include a USB-C charger that would enable twice-as-fast iPhone charging times without ditching the lightning connector, MacRumors reported on Wednesday. Apple’s upcoming […]
San Francisco: Apple has never shied away from boasting about how secure its systems are, but researchers have found that contacts saved on iPhones are vulnerable to an SQLite hack attack which could infect the devices with malware. SQLite – the most widespread database engine in the world – is available in every operating system […]
San Francisco: Apple is planning to reintroduce Touch ID with an in-display fingerprint sensor to its iPhones starting in 2021, a new report from noted industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said. Kuo said that over the next 18 months, a lot of technical issues would be resolved which would enable Apple to deliver the high-tier experience […]
San Francisco: The 2019 line-up of iPhones are expected to come with support for Apple Pencil — a wireless stylus pen from Apple, a new analyst note from Citi Analysts suggests. Rumours about Apple Pencil support for iPhones go back several years when CEO Tim Cook in an interview in 2016 had said, “If you’ve […]
San Francisco: Apple’s upcoming iPhone 11 line-up is expected to feature company’s new A13 chip, sport a new Taptic Engine and feature a lightning port for audio and charging. The iPhone maker would launch three iPhone 11 models this year. The D43 (internal name) would replace the iPhone XS Max, the D42 (internal name) would […]
San Francisco,: To make its devices more gaming-centric, Apple may add quick and ultra-smooth displays to its 2020 line-up of iPhones, for which the company is currently in discussion with Samsung and LG. Both LG and Samsung are known to be the two biggest suppliers of smartphone AMOLED displays in the world. “Apple is considering […]
San Francisco: Less and less Apple users are sticking with iPhones when it comes to replacement and are switching to Android phones, especially Samsung, a new report by BankMyCell has said. The iPhone trade-in site has been collecting data on the new device people have during the valuation and trade-in of their old iPhone. It […]
San Francisco: Apple is being sued by Location Based Technologies (LBT) for an alleged patent infringement tied to the ‘low-power mode’ and ‘facedown detection’ features in iPhones and iPads. A lawsuit filed against the iPhone-maker claims that Apple’s mobile products that include a ‘low-power mode’ feature that reduces or stops certain background activities like GPS […]
San Francisco: Apple has released the first public beta of its upcoming iPhone and iPad operating systems (OS), iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, open for everybody to download and experience the test versions. The final version of the new iPhone and iPad operating systems is scheduled to release later this year, most likely by September, […]
New Delhi: A 20-year-old youth’s craze for TikTok landed him in jail as he was arrested for snatching an iPhone that had better camera features in order to record his videos in East Delhi’s Preet Vihar area, police said Sunday. According to the police, the accused has been identified as Jatin Nagar, a resident of […]
San Francisco: Samsung is likely to skip the standard 3.5-mm headphone jack and even physical keys for functions like volume and power on its upcoming Galaxy Note 10. “The Note 10 will have no 3.5mm connector, and exterior buttons (power, volume, Bixby) will be replaced by capacitive or pressure-sensitive areas, likely highlighted by some kind […]
Gurugram: Gen Z users are looking for smartphones that deliver superior consumer experience with premium tech innovations at entry-level prices, and OPPO, Samsung and Apple are the top three brands that find favour with consumers, a new survey said on Friday. At least 78 per cent Gen Z consumers see smartphones as a symbol of […]
London: Apple has committed to be clearer and more upfront with iPhone users about battery health and performance, the UK’s competition watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had raised consumer law concerns with the Cupertino-based tech giant last year after finding people were not being warned clearly that their phone’s performance could […]
Nuapada: Police have arrested a girl on charges of blackmailing and abetting suicide of a youth in Nuapada. According to police, the youth, a resident of Khariar area, was in a relationship with the accused, who is a resident of Bolangir district. According to the police, the girl used to harass and blackmail the youth […]
San Francisco: Netflix has suddenly withdrawn support for Apple’s AirPlay, a feature that let people watching Netflix on their iPads and iPhones to instantly play the content on their TVs, the media reported. The move came as a shock to may fans as Netflix for iOS had been supporting AirPlay since 2013. The news comes […]