The Department of Telecommunications of India recently ordered all smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on all devices. The aim was to prevent and identify counterfeit goods, and also help to trace lost or stolen devices. However, this move has faced a lot of criticism from both citizens and smartphone OEMs, as the… Read…
Since its release, the app has helped recover over 700,000 lost phones and locked down more than 3.7 million stolen or lost devices.
Apple Music is getting ahead of Spotify Wrapped with the launch of its yearly recaps. This year’s Apple Music Replay is available natively within the app and comes packed with even more listening stats, allowing you to review all the new artists you listened to, which ones you kept returning to, and who made a…
If you used Windows for years, you know that Microsoft started to introduce the Settings app in Windows as a replacement for the Control Panel. What started out as a seemingly simple job, move everything over and be done with it, has turned into a usability nightmare for administrators all over the world. The migration…
Google and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to offer a link between their cloud services, as reported earlier by Reuters. With this tool, companies can establish a private connection between AWS and Google Cloud within “minutes,” giving online businesses a possible safety net if either of the providers experiences an outage. Though the tool…
The point is to help organizations comply with legal inquiries and regulations, but if you’re using your company device for personal matters, you may want to consider moving away from Google Messages.
When Microsoft launched Windows 11, version 25H2 a few months ago, it claimed that the new version of its Windows 11 operating system had not a single issue. This changed shortly after release, but up to this date, Microsoft lists just four issues on the official known issues page for the operating system. However, a…
Apple’s HomePod is $30 off, and you can also grab a deal on the excellent Eve Energy smart plug that works with it. ‘Tis the season to score some serious bargains on smart home gear. While Black Friday is behind us, Cyber Monday is coming up fast, so there is still time to grab a…
All modern web browsers support notifications, also known as push notifications. These allow websites to send, mostly text, messages using the device’s notifications system. The main idea behind notifications is to allow websites to send users information, even if the user is not on the website. However, for any website that uses notifications ethically, there…
Black Friday is technically a thing of the past, but many of the best deals we told you about yesterday — including deep discounts on the AirPods Pro 3, the Pixel Watch 4, and the latest Kindle Paperwhite — are still kicking for now. In some cases, gadgets are out of stock at certain stores,…
