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Adam Mosseri: Top-ranked Facebook executive is the new CEO of Instagram
Social Media Networks The new CEO of Instagram. Today’s latest news for Instagram users is: “Adam Mosseri has been appointed as the new CEO of Instagram”. Whether this news is exciting or igniting, it will be decided in future, as it indeed depends upon the later modifications in the application. Facebook has not stopped the promotions of its strategic group of executives, whatever the incidence company faced before.
Microsoft Windows 10 update officially rolls out!
OSWindows 10 update rolls out. Microsoft Windows 10 update just released and we are entirely in love with the new features it has to offer. Want to know more? Have a look! Also Read: In-depth analysis of Windows 10. 2nd October 2018: Microsoft surface event marks the release of the second major Windows 10 October 2018 update. The windows update has taken things to a whole new level.
Google Maps has Some Really Exciting Features to Offer!
AppsGoogle Maps is set to make your commute better than ever. Are you looking for an app that can provide you a complete commute support? Well, the answer to your search is new features of the Google Maps. Google Maps has launched some exciting features to facilitate your Commute. The features include a lot of commuting and music. Google has got itself out from the boundaries of direction and routes. The app now offers complete commute management for you.
Das Keyboard 5Q: The Smart Keyboard everyone needs in their life!
ComponentsThe smart keyboard everyone needs in their life. If you’re tired of your obsolete and boring keyboards then this smart keyboard is all you need to light up your day. This amazing keyboard can control all your smart devices! Das has taken the market by storm after launching this optimized keyboard that is so easy to program. The 5Q design is unique; its features are exciting and new for all those who have been using standard keyboards for decades.
Brain-to-Brain Network: Taking Communication to a Next Level
World of TechBrain to brain communication. Brain-to-brain communication has been tested before, but now it has converted into a versatile communication network. Scientists and researchers have succeeded in developing a network that allows participants to share their thoughts via brain signals. The network is smart enough to play mind-games. Tetris is an ideal game to test the system. Advanced technology is used for the network development but in a much more sophisticated pattern.
IPhone XS and XS Max reportedly hit with a Charging Bug
Phones Well, just after a few days of the launch, iPhone XS and XS Max are hit with a bug! Yes, you read that right. The most awaited overpriced iPhone XS and XS Max made it to the market just a couple of days ago and are reportedly hit with a charging bug. This has led to a sheer disappointment among many iPhone X fans. The iPhone users have reported that the phone doesn’t start charging when the screen is idle. Plugging a charger to an inactive screen does nothing.
Fallout 76: Beta download Capacity Unveiled
GamingFallout 76, the full game will be available on November 14th. Bethesda has just announced the release date of Fallout 76 beta. It will be available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. After this exciting announcement, Bethesda uploaded the FAQ section of the Fallout website to unveil the download capacity i.e. 45GB. The game publishers mentioned that Fallout 76 beta would not be open for pre-load for the time being.
Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6; No USB-C Ports
LaptopsImage Courtesy: mysmartprice We are just a few days away from Microsoft’s Surface Hardware Event scheduled on 2nd October 2018 in New York, and a new leak has made its way to the news. So, here is good news for all those awaiting Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6; New leak unveils the launch of Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6 in Microsoft surface hardware event on Tuesday. As the news hit the web, discussion regarding the inclusion of USB-C ports took the internet by storm.
Side by Side Comparison of the Most Promising COVID-19 Vaccines
It all started in a little city in China called Wuhan, where this mysterious virus, now known as coronavirus, spread fast through the world, halting life as we once knew it and endangering millions. Fast forward a few months as we now have a few promising vaccines. Over the course of the year, covid 19 has taken the world by storm, but a recent breakthrough in potential covid 19 vaccines has shed some hope and light on what has been a bleak and challenging year for all.
Leak: LG’s Hybrid Smartwatch is all set to Launch
WearablesImage Courtesy: Wareable Rumor has it LG is all set to launch its hybrid smartwatch alongside the V40 this week. LG is all set to launch a hybrid that would somehow combine Wear OS with an analog; mechanical watch face. We were expecting the launch of this masterpiece last spring but nothing seemed to progress either with the rumors or the product itself. We lost all hope to see the product launch any sooner until now.
Apple Store Robbery: Theft of $1 Million
World of TechImage Courtesy: Newstrack Apple store was looted in Palo Alto, the city of California, in less than 12 hours during the launch of iPhone XS on the weekend. The U.S Police reported that 17 persons were arrested as suspects. Upon further investigation, Police informed that another gang of burglars looted 19 counties of California and managed to rob accessories worth $1 million.
Google to pay $9 billion to remain default search browser on Apple Safari
BrowsersImage Courtesy: Tech Worm The Goldman Sachs analyst Ron Hall declared in their new research that Google is inclined to keep its browser as default search engine on Apple’s Safari. This year Google is paying $9 billion to Apple to secure the default browsing rights across Apple’s platform. Google estimated that the investment of $9 billion would yield a revenue of amount $12 billion next year. Google has been paying Apple for many years.
Alibaba Cloud Launches Second Data Center in India
World of TechImage Courtesy: Alibaba Alibaba, the famous e-retailer, is all set to launch its second data center in India. With first data center set up this January, Alibaba Cloud is all set to inaugurate its second data center in India. With the growth of small and medium scale business, there has been a dire need to set up data centers in India to meet the growing business needs. The second data center is expected to be made in Mumbai.
Qualcomm -Ban iPhone Imports Appeal Rejected
ComponentsImage Courtesy: AppleInsider Apple is facing severe allegations from Qualcomm on infringing their patent. There has been a continued battle of allegations and charges between Apple and Qualcomm based on technologies. Apple has accused Qualcomm of acquiring unfair patent licensing practices. Whereas, Qualcomm has accused Apple of the infringement of one of its patents related to power management technology.
Intel Faces Supply Issues: Gaming and Commercial Systems Demand More PCs
ComputingImage Courtesy: Wired Intel’s interim CEO Bob Swan issued an unusual letter that contains Intel’s tight supply concerns. He has highlighted increasing demands of PC is the major cause of supply shortage. CEO Bob declared that “Strong demand for gaming as well as the commercial system is the cause of supply Shortage”. Higher demand fixed with extraordinary production concerns for its 10nm architecture have made things tinny for Intel.
Burger King Trolls Artificial Intelligence
World of TechWhat do you think? Up for some lighthearted jab on Artificial Intelligence? Go check out Burger Kings’ new advertisement campaign. The new campaign has quite decently mocked at technology taking the world by storm. They have made their viewers believe that each video from the series has been created through artificial intelligence. Whereas in reality none of them has been created through artificial intelligence.
5G and VR Adoption; What future awaits
World of TechImage Courtesy: PressFrom Are you a VR/AR fan waiting to experience a frictionless and outstanding performance of VR/AR? We have some serious concerns to bring in to your knowledge. With the internet’s evolvement to 4G services, user expectation has touched new heights. Gone are the days when you waited for the split of minutes to get your web pages loaded. 4G technology has smoothed out this to microseconds.
How does cognitive behavioral therapy work?
TechEngage » Science » Health How does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy work? This is a question that I’m sure pops into your head once in a while. In order to answer your question, let’s first talk about what exactly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is. What is cognitive-behavioral therapy? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, otherwise known as CBT, is a therapy technique in which there are most commonly 20 one-on-one sessions.
Areen Zahra, Author at TechEngage
Areen Zahra Technology Writer IT professional and a passionate writer who enjoys putting my love of technology into words for a general audience. How does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy work? This is a question that I’m sure pops into your head once in a while. In order to answer your question, let’s first ... Bitcoin is the digital cryptocurrency, secured through encryption, having no bills and physical coins. The existence of the currency is highly dependent upon ...
What are spy apps and how do they work?
Spying applications and software offer direct access to someone’s phone. It helps to know about the hidden facts that a person does not know but want to know. Usually, a spy arises from the women to track the husband’s or boyfriend’s messages. It is to find out if he is cheating or not. If you are the one who asks, can I track my boyfriend’s SMS messages without him knowing for free? Then yes, you can do it without knowing him with the messages monitoring application. What is mean by the spy app?
CES 2019: Energous inches us closer to over-the-air charging
Using your gadgets while they’re is plugged in for recharge is kind of a pain. You either need to look for a socket near your bed, couch, or chair (and then hope you have a long enough cord) or carry a power bank along with you. But even this slight inconvenience may be a thing of the past.
CES 2019: The smart lighter that can help you quit smoking
Smoking is a deadly habit. Now the tech industry is trying to help people quit. CES 2019 just showcased an amazing and diverse range of products, from lab-grown burger patties to bread-baking robots. But one thing that caught my attention was a new lighter that can help you kick your smoking habit. The concept of a lighter helping smokers is pretty unique, but a tech company from Lebanon has made it happen.
The best of CES's cutting-edge car tech
2018 was a huge year for cars and car tech. But now that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has revved its engines, it looks like 2019 is poised to be the year when we all learn just what vehicles can really do with a little imagination (and a lot of investment). Here’s a rundown of some of the most impressive new auto tech from this week’s show. Holoride, powered by Audi via Audi Audi has launched a startup company called Holoride.
Harley Davidson's Electric Motorbike makes it to CES19
Yesterday at CES, Harley Davidson announced that it has started taking orders for its futuristic all-electric bikes from project LiveWire. The two-wheel vehicle made its first public appearance in 2014. While the company is making its way towards an ideal zero emission and battery-supported vehicle, this amazing ride will run you $29,799 and will be delivered to the users by Fall.
Apple expects a $9 billion drop in revenue for the first quarter of 2019
The trillion-dollar company had a shaky entrance into the New Year. On January 2, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook announced in a press release to shareholders that the company is expecting a $49 billion drop in its revenue for the first quarter of this year.
Netflix issues a warning over the Bird Box meme challenge
Bird Box is the Netflix horror movie that not only broke viewership records but also took social media by storm through the #BirdBoxChallenge. People around the world are now going crazy for the new Bird Box Challenge, in which they put on blindfolds to explore the surroundings. As soon as dangerous videos made it to the social media, Netflix issued a warning to its customers, telling them not to participate.
Google Maps rolls out "Messages" feature for businesses
Design by Muntaha / TechEngage Messaging has become one of the most important features of apps recently. There are hundreds of applications that provide an instant messaging feature. Now, Google has decided to add instant messages to its Maps application. But why? Google’s latest add-on to doesn’t aim to connect you with your friends and family. Instead, the purpose of this feature is to let you inquire about a location.
Nokia 9 PureView has been leaked in a promo video
Nokia fans waiting for the new Nokia 9 PureView – your wait is over. MySmartPrice has released a video that shows exactly what the much-awaited phone will look like. It’s expected to make it to the market officially in January 2019, just before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The video by MySmartPrice reveals details of the phone’s design along with some key features.
Artificial Intelligence 2018 report: milestones and progress
Your today was once someone else’s dream! This goes so on point with Artificial Intelligence which has somewhat turned the fictions from past into the realities today. Artificial Intelligence literally means the “mechanization” of human thoughts. If technically put, Artificial Intelligence is nothing but the intelligent machines that can learn to decipher the human thoughts moving towards an independent state where at last the machine can replace the human behavior.
Chinese scientist behind genetically edited babies is under house arrest
The Chinese government has detained the scientist who recently made some stirring news in the world of biotechnology. He Jiankui, a Chinese scientist, became famous for developing the first gene edited babies. Dr. He Jiankui is a research scientist at the Southern University of Science and Technology and an entrepreneur for two biotech startups in China.
Essential Phone gets discontinued, but a new phone is in the works
2018 did not prove to be kind for the startup by the Android creator Andy Rubin. His new Essential Phone faced the worse in last year and a half with many price drops and flash sales. Finally, the company announced to end the product and make sure it’s not available anymore. The PH-1 is no more available on the Essential store, and the company has confirmed that it won’t be restocking the device either, making its discontinuity official. The product is also not available on Amazon.
Honor View 20 makes it to Chinese market today
For all the Honor fans waiting for the next rollout of Honor phone, the wait is over. Honor launched its V20 or View 20 phone today in China. The Huawei’s sub-brand honor has launched its first phone with a hole in the display for the camera. The phone also has a rear camera of 48 MP. The phone is expected to make it to the south East Asian market in January 2019. The live stream of the phone came from the Chinese website of Honor which began at 3 pm Beijing Standard time.
Rolls-Royce tests its first autonomous ship
After self-driven cars took over the roads for testing, the self-driven ships are taking over the waters. The idea of transportation has been completely transformed with the autonomous transportation making its way into the scene. Rolls-Royce has announced that it would create autonomous cargo ships in coming six years. Recently, the company completed its recent test on autonomous ships.
Reason why Tesla shares saw a major fall of 7.62% in the stock market
This December didn’t turn out to be well for the US stock market. The Dow fell by 653.17 points which is around 2.91 percent. A lot of companies experienced a fall in their shares, but this drop in the stock market affected Tesla the most. Tesla’s share fell by a good 24.38 points which is 7.62 percent. The previous close was on 319.77 points whereas the latest close was at 295.39 points.
Facebook halts project "Common Grounds" for good
Design by Muntaha / TechEngage Facebook has decided to halt its project that would promote political discussion on Facebook. The project was named “Common Grounds,” and Facebook has held on it for an unknown period. According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook conducted research and discussion on an idea that revolved around encouraging Political discussions on Facebook’s platform.
Uber comes up with a deal to settle the dispute with Uber drivers
illustration by Muntaha / TechEngage Uber offers to pay 11 cents, for every mile traveled by the drivers, as part of a settlement to the class action. Uber, the ride-hailing service, has previously been in dispute with its driver community who filed a class action against Uber demanding the company to treat them as employees and not individual contractors.
Apple will charge the significant fee on the replacement of bent iPad Pro
Design by Muntaha / TechEngage Have you bought the new 11-inch iPad Pro and experienced it bending within a few months? You want to replace it with a new one, right? To have another new iPad Pro you must have AppleCare+ and a suitable amount of dollars in your pocket. The Apple user named Zach has reported that he got the new replacement of his bent iPad Pro just because he had AppleCare+ plus hr paid 49 dollars to Apple as a service fee.
What Google knows about you might give you Goosebumps
Have you ever been spied on by someone? If not, then I’m sure that even the thought of being spied gives you some serious chills just like the ones I got last night when it took me a little longer to get back home from work. It wasn’t until this notification popped on my smartphone screen asking “You haven’t reached home” To my surprise, this message was from ours truly “Google.” Since then I have been into some consideration over the fact that how exposed is my life, or maybe your even?
Walmart Christmas Deals 2018 for every Tech Geek
The Christmas is just around the corner, and a lot of stores have amazing Christmas deals rolling out. Walmart has some amazing deals for tech geeks this Christmas. The store has launched some amazing deals for Christmas, and you can check them out. Have a look: Apple Watches Apple Watch Series 3 GPS-42mm- Sports Band- Aluminum Case The watch series 3 has an incredible water resistance rating of about 50 meters. This puts that it can be worn in underwater activities like deep ocean swimming.
Google makes collaboration easier for people with no G Suite accounts
TechEngage » News » Software Don’t have a Google account and want to collaborate on G Suite documents? Well, we have good news for you. Google is bringing a feature that would enable Google users to share and collaborate documents with people who are neither on G Suite subscription nor have Google accounts. G suite users will now be able to send documents to people without a Google account.
LG Smart Kitchen is what we all have been waiting for
With really high hopes from the Consumer Electronics event which is still far away, we are truly amazed by how LG is teasing the change right from now. The bar has been set high for the event with LG already giving hints about what it is working on. LG has partnered with some companies to help form the entire concept of smart kitchens from ideas to reality. LG has partnered with Drop, which is known for the development of the Drop Kitchen OS.
OnePlus 5 and 5T get Android Pie open beta, here are the new features
After rolling out the Android 9 Pie-based HydrogenOS public beta on OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T users in China, the company is now rolling out Android 9 Pie-Based OxygenOS Open Beta 22 and Android 9 Pie-based OxygenOS Open Beta 20 to OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T users. This new beta update has a lot more to offer than the previous ones. It comes with new DND (Do regulate Disturb), better UI, and navigation gestures for the OnePlus 5T along with the support for parallel apps.
Cydia app store for jailbroken iPhones, shutting down purchases
People with jailbroken iPhones need to definitely stop on this one! The jailbroken iPhones have nowhere to download applications from. Cydia store is has reportedly shut down the purchase mechanism for users. For Apple users with jailbroken iPhone, who turned to Cydia store for the applications that were restricted for them on App Store, will now have to look for another alternative. The founder of the service announces the demise of the app store for jailbroken iPhones.
Microsoft launches Hummingbird; the AI based news app
Microsoft has almost released an AI-based news application named as Hummingbird on the stores. The app is currently available in the United States only for now. The application is assumed to be the second news aggregation application from Microsoft. It is available in around 28 languages. The app allows you to pick the sites of your choice and the news type that you like. This helps in creating a News Feed of your choice.
Netflix is testing an 'instant screen replay' feature
Are you someone who is a crazy Netflix addict and always wished to watch and rewatch images? Well, the good news for you is that Netflix has introduced something as exciting as watching a scene again on your screens reported by the Los Angeles Times. Netflix is testing the feature that lets you rewatch a scene. It will be rolled out as an instant screen replay feature.
Apple building a new $1bn campus in Austin, add jobs across the US
Apple announced that it is planning to build its new 133-acre campus in Austin. The company plans to expand its operations in Austin with an investment of $1 billion. Not only Austin but Seattle, San Diego, Culver City and many other cities such as Pittsburgh, New York, Boulder, and Colorado are on Apple’s list for the upcoming years. The list of cities and states makes it clear that the company plans to expand all around in the US in the coming years.
Pokémon Go rolls out the Trainer Battles for level 10 players and onwards
All the members of the Pokémon Club, here comes the most awaited news for you. Niantic has finally rolled out Pokémon Go Trainer Battles. The much-awaited PvP mode in Pokémon Go is out now. All the level 40 players have already access to the trainer battles since it has been launched in the morning. However, it didn’t take long for it to be available for level 10 players. Calling all level 40 Trainers.
The new Australian encryption law is alarming
The Australian government has passed a law that gives Australian law enforcement agencies, every right to access users’ encrypted data. The law bounds the technology companies operating in or out of Australia to reveal the encrypted data for the users present in Australia. Last week, the Australian government signed a bill that allows the law enforcement agencies to get every encrypted data of users from the technology companies.
'YouTube Rewind 2018' is the most disliked video of the year
A lot of you who have been following various vloggers on YouTube must have waited for the YouTube’s wrap-up Video. If you have watched it already, you might have noticed the huge number of dislikes on the video. Well, YouTube Rewind 2018 is the second most disliked video on YouTube. Last Thursday YouTube released the Rewind 2018 and amazingly has got 8.1M dislikes till date. The video is the second most disliked video on YouTube after Justin Bieber’s Baby which has around 9.7M dislikes.
Tesla is testing "AutoPilot Navigation" on traffic signals
The futuristic thought of the autopilot navigation is exciting, but it is alarming too. The Navigate on Autopilot brings a lot of things, issues and scenarios into consideration. The software used for this purpose needs to be on point to handle many of the scenarios. We can’t say that the idea is still something that the future holds. With Tesla having released the 9.0 software for self-driven cars has made a huge step towards changing the future of driving.
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