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The world’s most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, is dropping its token $1 fee still levied on some users as it experiments with making businesses pay to reach their customers, Chief Executive Jan Koum said on Monday.
In addition, the Facebook-owned communications service expects in the coming months to offer complete encryption of messages, in a move to ensure the privacy of user conversations that is likely to draw further criticism from some governments.
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Social networking website Facebook is testing an improved in-app browser that would allow users input their own URL should they want to check another page without leaving the Facebook app, media report said.
Besides the aesthetic shift, a new bar on the bottom tells you how popular a post is, includes back and forward buttons, lets you bookmark pages, and has a menu button which likely includes a few more features too, thenextweb.com reported on Sunday.
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Chinese smartphone maker LeEco, formerly Letv, has partnered with Facebook for a live streaming of its January 20 launch event here, the company said.
“This (streaming) is estimated to reach approximately 100 million people, setting a new record for the widest coverage on a social media platform,” the company said. The collaboration with Facebook will tremendously increase the outreach to a wider range of audiences,” the company said in a statement.
LeEco is expected to launch

BlackBerry Priv was priced around Rs 47,000 and sports 5.4 inch display and 3GB RAM. (Courtesy: Twitter) Canadian firm BlackBerry will launch its first Android-powered smartphone ‘Priv’ priced around Rs 47,000 in India on January 28.
First unveiled in October, Priv marks the BlackBerry’s foray into Android-based smartphones.
According to invites sent by the company, BlackBerry will unveil Priv, “the secure smartphone powered by Android” on January 28.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM has been launched in India at Rs 51,400 in India and is available on the company’s online store.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual-SIM version with 32 GB storage space has been launched in India at Rs 51,400. The Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM is available on Samsung’s India e-store website.
Samsung has also introduced a 64GB variant of the dual-SIM Note 5 priced at Rs 57,400. The company is also partnering with Airtel to offer 12 month 4G data offering for cust

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM has been launched in India at Rs 51,400 in India and is available on the company’s online store.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual-SIM version with 32 GB storage space has been launched in India at Rs 51,400. The Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM is available on Samsung’s India e-store website.
Samsung has also introduced a 64GB variant of the dual-SIM Note 5 priced at Rs 57,400. The company is also partnering with Airtel to offer 12 month 4G data offering for cust

Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications will share spectrum in some circles.
India’s Reliance Communications Ltd has agreed to trade airwaves in nine service areas with the upcoming 4G telecommunications venture of Reliance Industries Ltd, the companies said on Monday.
Reliance Communications, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, will also share its airwaves in the 800 megahertz band with Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd in 17 service areas, the companies said in separate statements, without

Apple iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus has a issue with the battery percentage bar that might not update for some users.
Apple’s iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus users might face an issue where the battery percentage indicator might not get updated automatically. Apple has acknowledge the issue and posted on its website, which can be accessed here.
According to the Apple post, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus battery percentage might not update after a change in time-zone. According to Apple, if a user

Many smartphone users are unaware of what their Android apps are accessing and that if they were, they’d like to stop it, according to a new study.
Using a group of 36 participants, researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of California-Berkeley, gave each person a handset with a tweaked form of Android that highlighted when information was being accessed or permission was needed.
After a week and 27 million data points, 80 percent of participants said they woul

Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
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Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
Watch ipad Pro First Look Video
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Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
However, the near 10-inch iPad 2 has start

Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
Watch ipad Pro First Look Video
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Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
Watch ipad Pro First Look Video
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Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
Watch ipad Pro First Look Video
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In a bid to push its latest Windows 10 operating system (OS) to enterprise users, the software giant Microsoft is all set to stop supporting older Windows versions on new processors.
The announcement via a report on Engadget notes that the users would now not be able to run Windows 8 or older versions on new processors from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm.
The processors will require the current version of Windows to get enterprise support. Microsoft has further listed out Skylake-based processors that

According to the latest edition in Barron’s, Yahoo is facing an increased shareholder pressure to sell its core Internet business, which could also lead to sales of its stakes in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba and Yahoo Japan Corp.
The sale of its core business and stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan could see Yahoo’s stock price jump to USD 40 a share, an almost 35 percent gain from Friday’s close of USD 29.14.
Yahoo’s shares look appealing because the company’s

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge smartphones are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now. This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far.New pictures of Samsung Galaxy S7 leaked: New pictures of the front camera unit hav

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now.
This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far, and the ones we might hear before the launch.
New benchmarks of Samsung Galaxy S7 leaked:  Bas

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge smartphones are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now. This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far.
MicroSD slots, water-resistant: According to a new report by VentureBeat, Sam

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge smartphones are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now. This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far.New picture reveals Samsung Galaxy S7: A new picture posted by @evleaks Aka Evan Bl

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now.
This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far, and the ones we might hear before the launch.
S7 edge+ to also launch: According to a leaks on

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now.
This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far, and the ones we might hear before the launch.
3D-Touch display just like the iPhone 6s:  Samsu

Anti-GPS: The app that hides your location from third-parties. (Source: Reuters)
A team of researchers at a US university has developed an app that blocks third parties from identifying an individual’s location based on what they search for online.
“The trend of people using searches and social networks on smartphones which aren’t well-protected is going up. Sometimes people share too much information. This is a way to help provide some security,” said Linke Guo, an assi

Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket delivered the ocean-monitoring satellite but failed to nail the landing.
After successfully delivering a US-European ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit, a Space X rocket made a hard landing on a floating barge in the roiling Pacific, breaking a support leg and toppling over on Sunday.
SpaceX announcers said the first stage of the Falcon 9 was not upright after reaching the 300-by-170 foot landing pad in choppy seas about 200 miles west of San Diego.
The rocket

Samsung Galaxy S7 rumours: There will be a bigger, edge-screened version like the S6 edge in this series as well.
Samsung Galaxy S7, the Galaxy S7 edge are expected to launch at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona in February, but rumours around the new S7 series have been doing rounds for sometime now.
This blog will take a look at all the rumours we’ve heard so far, and the ones we might hear before the launch.
3D-Touch display just like the iPhone 6s:  Samsu

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM has been launched in India at Rs 51,400 in India and is available on the company’s online store.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual-SIM version with 32 GB storage space has been launched in India at Rs 51,400. The Galaxy Note 5 dual-SIM is available on Samsung’s India e-store website.
Samsung has also given a price-cut to the Single-SIM version of the Galaxy Note 5. The 32GB Note 5 now starts at Rs 47,900, while the 64GB version costs Rs 53,900. The phone

Microsoft says that Windows 10 OS will soon be the only supported system on older and newer generation of processors.
Microsoft has said that the newer generation of processors will support only the latest Windows 10 OS platform. The Redmont-giant adds that as time passes it expects users and enterprises on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to upgrade to the latest OS.
Microsoft’s Executive Vice President for Windows and Devices Group Terry Myerson, made the announcement in a blogpost. His p

Apple iPad Pro is the big 12.9-inch productivity tablet: Read on to follow our weeklong review.
I know a lot of people who consider the iPad, or any other tablet for that matter, a pure consumption device. I, on the other hand, have been using an iPad 2 as my primary mobile computing device for around four years now. I use the iPad for my assignments, recording interviews, taking down notes and writing from the spot when needed. It has never failed me.
However, the near 10-inch iPad 2 has start