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The impact on you: In our last look at the best Android keyboards we crowned SwiftKey the champ, but Keyboard was a very close second. is ramping up the competition with deeper ties to its predictive powers, which is critically important now that Microsoft acquired SwiftKey. Better typing tools One of the most useful changes is a fine cursor control: just tap hold on the space bar you can slide the cursor to where you want it to go....

CryptXXX was first found by Proofpoint researchers in April. The researchers found that this ransomware is closely associated to the Reveton ransomware operation and Angler/Bedep. The ransomware programs unusually encrypt files and then demand a ransom which the user has to pay via Bitcoin. However, the demands vary depending upon various ransomwares. Some ransomwares even demand Apple iTunes Gift cards, but Kaspersky’s free decryption tool allows you to recover files without paying a penny....

Microsoft’s latest voice assistant service dubbed as Cortana has been widely discussed on forums ever since it was shown off a few weeks ago. A new video by the folks at WP Central now compares the latest voice assistant in town with Android’s Google Now and Siri from iOS to ascertain which one comes out on top. Expectedly, Siri and Cortana handle native tasks like controlling the WiFi toggle quite comfortably, while Google Now excels in areas like navigation, web search etc....

But, as with other platforms, security and privacy are factors that will make or break YouTube’s future. And recently, a new hijacking threat has been targeting its most popular users. After sending out aggressive phishing emails, the attackers take over popular YouTube accounts and sell them (and the followers they have) on shady forums for a sizable profit. Are any websites safe from cybercriminals anymore? If you or your child have a YouTube account, here’s what you need to know about the tactics these criminals are using, and how you can keep your account out of the hands of hackers....

Whether you’re battling loneliness, anxiety or depression from quarantine, there’s no shortage of digital solutions to help you through the darker moments of your day. Tap or click here to discover 5 apps that can help improve your mindset. And if you enjoy quizzes, they’re another great way to pass the time under lockdown. This time, we have a fun new quiz that takes country names and scrambles them into emoji....

If you’re lucky, you might be able to find a work-from-home job and not even have to leave the house. Tap or click here to see the 20 best ways to make money online. Another fun way to earn extra money is with a secret shopper job. The good news is it’s a pretty simple occupation. The bad news is scammers are ripping people off with fake secret shopping offers....

If you bought a Nexus 5 the second it was available to order, there’s a high probability you were upset with what the FedEx man dropped off at your door. The camera was bad, the speaker wasn’t very loud, and the buttons rattled. Now we all know the camera was sort of kind of fixed with Android 4.4.1 and 4.4.2, but what about the other problems? According to Engadget, they’ve now been solved....

As per Sergey Brin, 7 seconds is all it takes for Google OS to start running after a cold boot. Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google, said the OS would boot as fast as turning on a TV, and run even faster than the Chrome browser on Windows. All of the applications will be web apps – nothing will be installed locally. “In Chrome OS, every application is a web application....

Already the company is working on the next series Google Pixel 7, which will be available after a year. A few details related to the Pixel 7 series have surfaced online. According to the reports, Google is also working on a second-generation Tensor chip. Earlier, there were reports that Tensor 2.0 could come with model number GS201 and codename “cloudripper.” Google Pixel 7 Series Might Launch in Q3 2022 The leaked rumors say the Pixel 7 series might get launched in October 2022....

Even though Apple’s App Store and Google Play are more trustworthy, shady apps do slip through the cracks from time to time. We recently told you about 17 malicious apps found in the Google Play Store. Tap or click here to find out if you have one of these apps on your device. Now, another batch of malicious apps has been discovered. If you’ve downloaded any of the 9 apps on this list, remove them immediately....

Google has updated the Play Store to version 8.0, which brings one crucial cosmetic tweak on board. With this update, users will be able to find the changelog of a particular app right on the update screen, letting them know of any small or major changes made to the app right there. This will basically save you the trouble of manually going to every app and finding the changelog. This new feature isn’t without its caveats, however....

Another month, and another security bulletin for Android posted by Google. This month’s update has just been released. Google has officially released the latest Android security update, signaling they’ve identified more than a handful of new vulnerabilities that they’ve addressed in the latest software update. According to Google, they’ve picked up on 25 vulnerabilities this time around (there were 29 in April), and that there were six of them that were called “critical....

But during the PwnFest, a team of Chinese hackers managed to break the security of the Google’s latest smartphone in just 60 seconds. Yes, sounds bit strange right but it is true, only in 60 seconds Google’s new pixel smartphone get hacked. It was in Seoul (South Korea) where an event held in the security area, where they were put some devices and applications to test. This event brought together for the hackers from all over the world that have shown the fragility of some systems....

Just a few days ago, Google posted a video that teased what Android M would be called, and now the company is gearing up to unveil the statue at some point in the future, too. As noted by Android Police, an employee (Jeff Sharkey) at Google has published a photo of what appears to be a large statue at the grounds of the Google complex, shrouded under a curtain. While this could be a lot of things, the safe bet at this point is that it’s the statue for the upcoming Android M, which Google hasn’t named to the public just yet....

A.Team and MassChallenge’s 2022 Tech Work Report surveyed almost 600 tech founders and executives to provide insight into the future of work in the tech industry. In the survey, 39% of employers cited product and engineering roles as the most challenging positions to fill. In addition, 62% of respondents said it took them more than four months to find the right talent to fill these vacancies. The Great Resignation was identified as a major contributor to companies’ hiring headaches....

How to Activate iPhone Without SIM Card 2019 (2 Methods) Note- This method in the article is to conflict with the normal settings of the iPhone and if you apply it then there could be calling issues and some other issues may also arise. You can try this method at your own risk! And we have discussed two different ways that you can use to activate your iPhone. So follow these steps below....

If you are using Windows 11, you can make a few changes to the audio settings to ensure that the sound plays correctly or as intended. One of the major issues that users often face after connecting a new audio device is the unbalance of the left and right audio. Let’s face it, we all have experienced situations where the sound coming out from the left felt louder than the right or vice-versa....

Few days back, I read an article on ThemeTation about How to implement Feedburner Text Counter without using any plugin whatsoever. It’s a simple and straight-forward tutorial which tweaks the Feedburner API to get the counter as a text and it worked as expected. But then, over the next couple of days I observed that this converted text counter was showing 0 and this happened almost at the same time everyday....

Rapidshare Plus ACC is a free Rapidshare premium account checker which lets you find out the working rapidshare premium account from the Rapidshare username and password list which you may have got from my site or other forums. What it does is, it automatically tests all the usernames in the list and validates if the corresponding passwords are correct. I had seen couple of online services which are supposed to do the same thing, but they didn’t....

That philosophy makes it relatively easy to fix, as illustrated by the 8/10 score the phone just snagged in a recent iFixit teardown. already know the battery is easy to replace, but it’s apparently easy to get at the display other components, too. l you have to do is slide out the battery unscrew two stard-size #00 screws. There’s also a general lack of adhesives few screws inside the phone, which makes it more accessible for one who wants to swap out a component....