The first Android N developer preview was launched a month ago and being the first release it had a slew of bugs and unfinished features that could hamper your user experience. The Android team seems to have introduced three major features to the second preview and some of them are very thoughtful. The new launcher shortcut is something that left me impressed, Android N users will now be able to choose up to five shortcuts for sub menus inside the app....

US-based security firm Lookout revealed the results of its ‘App Genome Project’ report, demonstrating that around 300,000 applications for both Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating systems, were stealing user data. But if you are an Android user, here are some useful tips to stay safe and secure your data from these malicious apps. Android Apps Permissions Explained When you install an application from the Android Market, it will tell you all of the permissions it needs to function....

Jio’s apps have cunningly enabled a permission which essentially allows themselves to overlay content on any other application. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if you are using them or not. The fix is quite straightforward, though. You merely need to disable the permission setting for each app that belongs to Jio’s suite of services such as JioMusic, JioTV, JioCinema, and others. Unfortunately, you’ll have to repeat the process for every one of them....

The new version comes with quite a few important upgrades, and the moment couldn’t be better for Apple. Yosemite is said to have reached the fastest adoption rate of any desktop OS ever, with 55 percent of active Mac users using it. And the new OS X El Capitan could maintain that trend with a bunch of new useful features. With this new OS version, Apple says it has focused on improving the experience and performance for Mac users....

The company is expected to unveil its new iPhones — or at least the 4.7-inch version, probably an iWatch, rollout of iOS and Mac OS X Yosemite among other things at the event. The venue choice is interesting. The company usually holds its event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco or its campus, but this time it has picked Flint Center — a place where its corporate headquarters are located....

But now Apple has partnered with mobile connectivity company GigSky in order to expand Apple SIM cellular data plans to over 90 countries and territories around the world (check the entire list on Apple’s website). Thus, from now on, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 users with an Apple SIM can make use of short-term data plans in their travels. Ravi Rishy-Maharaj, Founder and CEO of GigSky, said the following: Thus, you can now purchase an Apple SIM iat Apple Retail Stores in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States....

The main highlight of the Watch Series 3 is the built-in cellular connectivity. The Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) makes use of a unique antenna design that utilizes the display of itself as both a transmitting and receiving element for LTE and UMTS. Furthermore, it uses an inbuilt eSIM, which according to Apple is one hundred times small than a traditional SIM card. What’s more interesting is the fact that the Apple Watch Series 3 shares the same number as on your iPhone....

From the looks of it, the Ather 450X looks like any other EV scooter, with a slim aesthetic profile and three different paint options to choose from White, Grey, and Green. Besides the regular 450X model, the company is also introducing a Collector’s Edition 450X, which takes a more premium approach with better graphics and a bunch of other goodies offered to customers during pre-ordering. The EV scooter will be available in two performance packages: 450X Plus and 450X Pro, with the Plus subscription starting at Rs 1,699/month and the Pro coming in at Rs 1,999/month....

Some of these tools and applications are meant to showcase the deals that suit your interest, some others are trying to compare prices and show what the cheapest airfares are. While a few years ago it was difficult to find any type of software that could help, now it’s hard to choose which one’s the best. In this piece we’re going to tell you a bit more about eight of the most relevant airplane deal comparison apps, so you can choose the flight that suits you....

Not just that, text-to-speech utilities also make it easier for you to consume any text via audio. Doing so allows you to multitask and consume content efficiently. So, if you are an Android or an iOS user, here are our top picks for the best text-to-speech (TTS) apps that help you read your ebooks, PDFs, or other files. Best Text to Speech Apps for Android and iOS 1. iTranslate iTranslate is one of the popular translation apps on both Android and iOS....

The latest offerings from OnePlus include three models, two of which belong to the U-series — priced considerably on the lower end, while the third falls in the slightly higher-end of the spectrum. Called the OnePlus TV 32Y1, 43Y1, and 55U1, the numeral in the name specifies the screen-size for the three models. Amongst the three models, the top-of-the-line OnePlus TV 55U1 features a 4K display, while the 43Y1 comes with Full-HD panel and the 32Y1 having an HD-ready display....

We got the gold variant of the phone and boy it does NOT look like a Rs 6,999 phone! That pair of metal rails that go all around the phone shine out. The back of the phone has a subtle curve to it and coming at 143gms, the phone is quite good to hold in the hand – thanks to the matte finished metallic back the phone doesn’t try to slip away....

We followed your events around the One M9 and the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge last night with a good deal of interest. First off, a quick note of congratulations on what seem to be very good devices indeed in terms of design and hardware – a sight for sore eyes, be they mainstream or geek ones. We, however, are beginning to wonder if you ladies and gentlemen know where your competition is coming from....

BattleForge Features There are a total of 200 cards available, almost equally divided between the powers of fire, frost, nature, and shadow. Players can buy and sell cards at an in-game auction house, using BattleForge Points (BF Points), an in-game currency. Players can also invite each other to conduct a direct trade. There is a PvE mode (player versus environment) and a PvP mode (player versus player). In the PvE mode, players can complete missions....

Even better news is that they have released a portable version of the software, which means you can keep VLC on your USB drive and use it on other people’s machines. Just like the normal installable, even the portable version is lightweight and fast. VLC 1.0 is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. All you have to do is download the file and install it to your USB drive....

This means that now you won’t be able to buy the drone of your choice, simply stuff it in your baggage and clear the customs. This move seems to be inspired by the fact that many of the terrorist and extremist groups are heavily relying on drones to plan and carry out their attacks. Security personnels in the vicinity of Indian Parliament have been briefed about the threats from the drones and that they need to keep an eye on the same....

That might surprise some people. We mean, music is just a file playing on your device, right? Sure, it will consume some battery or electricity, but that’s necessary for the device to function, isn’t it? It would consume battery anyway doing something else if the music was not playing on it. Well, there’s a little more to it. If you are streaming music, you are accessing the information on a server....

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As Apple’s new Apple Music service gets ready for a global release, its competitors are already thinking of ways to counteract the threat from the behemoth tech company. But while everybody is focusing on Apple, a new surprising player could make its entry into the game. Recent reports tied Facebook to record labels through ad-supported music videos but now MusicAlly claims that the world’s biggest social network is actually working behind the curtains on their own music streaming service....

The new tool called “Signal” is all set to help Journalists find out what’s trending on the social networks and also help them embed the same into their stories. This is surely a more effective way to crawl the Internet as compared to the feeds that are used by most of the Journalists. The Signal offers a typical Newsroom kind of dashboard which will allow them to sort out stories based on the topic they are covering and also takes care of the chronology part....