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EFF Files Court Brief Calling For Warrants For Border Searches Of Digital Devices

by Staff on Wednesday, August 09, 2017

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has recently filed a court brief in order to push for warrants to be required for any search of digital device conducted by federal agents at borders as well as at international airports.

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Music App Updates: Spotify, YouTube Music

by Staff on Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Want to listen to your favorite Spotify playlists while gaming on the Xbox One? Well, you might be thrilled to know that Microsoft has recently announced this week that the Spotify mobile app is now made available on the Xbox One.

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There Are 67 More New Emoji Proposed For Next Year

by Staff on Monday, August 07, 2017

Yup, the Unicode Emoji Consortium has rolled out version Unicode version 10 just a month ago, but it appears that another batch of candidates is being proposed for deployment in 2018.

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How Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid Is Winning Social Media

by Staff on Saturday, August 05, 2017

Along with Argentine Leo Messi (who plays for Spanish team Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo is considered by many as the best soccer player in the world. But when it comes to winning the world of social media, the Portuguese Ronaldo (who plays for Spanish team Real Madrid, whose rivalry with Barcelona goes a long, long way) might just be the runaway winner.

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Google Play To Rank Mobile Apps With Better Quality Higher

by Staff on Thursday, August 03, 2017

Developers of mobile apps better beware -- Google has just recently revealed that it is now deploying an update to its Google Play app store that will rank quality apps higher compared to those “buggy” titles.

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Singapore Survey: Consumers Won’t Last A Day Without Mobile Data

by Staff on Wednesday, August 02, 2017

According to the results of a survey recently conducted by Circles.Life in Singapore, it turns out that about half of consumers today can not last more than a day without mobile data.

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Spotify Now Has 60 Million Paying Subscribers

by Staff on Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Spotify has added another milestone to its growing list of achievements. The music streaming giant has recently hit 60 million paying subscribers, which is equivalent to a pace of about a couple of million new subscribers in any given month.

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Honolulu Becomes First Major City In US To Ban Mobile Use At Crosswalks

by Staff on Monday, July 31, 2017

In the last few years, several cities in America have tried to introduce various measures in order to discourage people from being too busily engaged with their mobile devices when crossing the street. Even states have attempted to propose legislation that would require mobile users to be more careful when they are out on the street.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

WhatsApp Now Has 1 Billion Daily Users

by Staff on Friday, July 28, 2017

WhatsApp has managed to reach the 1 billion mark, not only in terms of the total daily users, but also when it comes to active users on a monthly basis (1.3 billion, to be exact, for this metric).

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Australian Company Partners With Apple For First Made For iPhone Hearing Implant

by Staff on Thursday, July 27, 2017

An Australian medical device company has recently launched its first Made for iPhone cochlear implant device.

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