Industry news

Apple has unveiled a range of new products including a cheaper iPad, larger iPhone SE and new colours for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.  Complete article: Apple launches iPad und red iPhone 7

Good news for WhatsApp users: The text-only Status feature has made a comeback on Android. Users can update the WhatsApp app to the stable Android v2.17.107 from Google Play Store to get the feature. To use the old Status feature, click on the three dots on top right in the WhatsApp app. Next, click Settings […]

Now you can instantly start chatting with your best friends on Snapchat. Instead of digging a chat thread out of Snapchat, users can select their favorite friends, create Bitmoji widgets for them with their personalized avatars and click them from their iOS Today screen or Android home screen to launch straight into a chat with […]

Facebook today announced the launch of a voice search feature for its Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Samsung’s Gear VR headset. It’s available now in beta for people who use English as their primary language, the Oculus team said in a blog post. “This feature lets you perform voice searches from Oculus Home […]

The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con controllers connectivity problems could be due to bad design by the manufacturer. Released last week, the Nintendo Switch has enjoyed a strong start, selling out across multiple retail stores and selling privately on eBay for stratospheric prices. The launch, however, has not been without its problems, with new owners reporting issues with […]

Huawei has just announced its two new flagship smartphones – the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus – at a press conference the day before Mobile World Congress 2017 kicks off in full in Barcelona. The new devices have improved designs, enhanced camera technology and a few other upgrades to refine the already impressive Huawei P9. […]

Apple has slowly been expanding mobile phone billing (or carrier billing) to additional countries, and three more have been added to the short list of supported countries this week. Customers in Austria, Italy, and Singapore can now use mobile phone billing with select carriers where available. Complete article: Apple expands service to three more countries

Apple is moving forward with the long-rumored curved iPhone display, a new report says. The tech giant signed off on a curved screen for one of its three smartphone models this year, The Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing people who claim to have knowledge of its plans. The curved screen will spill over the […]

WhatsApp is rolling out a new Status feature to all users. Instead of the text-only status that lets people know whether you’re busy or available to chat, the new Status feature uses photos, text, emojis and sketches to show what you’re doing. If that sounds familiar, it could be because it appears to be inspired […]

The Galaxy S8 will be the first Samsung device with on-screen buttons, if you don’t count the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which was designed in collaboration with Google. So it’s a shame that none of the pictures show the home screen with the full suite of buttons present. We can get an idea of what the buttons […]

The $130 glasses, which allow wearers to take circular videos and post them to their Snapchat accounts, are now available on Spectacles.com. Before, the glasses were sold through vending machines which popped up in major metro areas around the country, as well as a store in Manhattan. Complete article: Now it´s possible to buy Snapchat Spectacles […]

WhatsApp claims it is one of the safest messaging services available because it offers end-to-end encryption. This means if any message is intercepted, there would be no way to read it. And now the messaging app has introduced a major security update, bringing two-step verification to its log in process. Complete article: WhatsApp – new level of […]