The top tech story this week is not the new Macbooks or the new Redmi device but the fact that Huawei’s smartphone business could cease to exist. Despite being one of the top brands in the world, an executive order by the US President prohibits any US company to deal with the Chinese brand. This, […]
WhatsApp Launches Business App on Google Play
WhatsApp has been used by multiple small businesses all over the world to effectively communicate with their customers, which is why it made perfect sense for Facebook to launch the WhatsApp Business app. The business app will enable businesses to have an official presence. Some of the new features provided by Whatsapp business are given […]
The latest Humble bundle features useful PC tools
Humble Bundle is generally known for providing video game bundles but every now and then they offer special software bundles. The new HAPPY PC bundle brings together 10 utilities which cost $444 when purchased separately but for 12 more days is being offered in 3 tiers which are cumulative. You can also choose to divide […]
Samsung Pay is here and it works flawlessly
Samsung recently announced the Early Access Program inviting users with compatible devices and cards to use Samsung Pay. The registration was last week and now Samsung has flipped the switch on the users wanting to use the service. I tried out today to pay at Burger King via Samsung Pay today and it worked flawlessly […]
WhatsApp ending legacy support this year
Making good on its promise from early last year, WhatsApp will be pulling the plug on supporting older Operating Systems and devices starting this year. However, the plan to drop support for Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Blackberry 10 and Blackberry OS has been delayed with the company extending its support into 2017. The app […]
Flock is a team communication app that competes with Slack
Slack is the leading choice when it comes to collaborating with employees within the organisation. And while Slack offers a Free tier, it does come with a fair amount of restrictions. However, now Flock, an app from Riva that brings in collaboration and more. The free app is available on Android and iOS, and boasts features like […]
Microsoft Teams – A Slack alternative
Microsoft is integrating Teams to its Office 365 suite of online productivity software. The Slack alternative is another move by Microsoft to become an ‘all-in-one’ service company for organisations and users heavily into collaborative work. Teams provides a centralised platform online for user groups to perform various tasks, share data or even chat. What separates […]
Firefox 48 brings various changes to desktop and android
Firefox has begun to roll-out the multi-process version of Firefox for the desktop version. Dubbed “electrolysis” or e10s, the release aims to reduce freezing and make the browser much quicker to respond. It promises to offer a major improvement to the overall browsing experience by separating web content and Firefox UI processes. During real world […]
Today is the last day to get the free Windows 10 upgrade
Windows 10 celebrates its first anniversary today getting launched exactly a year ago for all desktops and tablets. Reception to the OS has been quite divisive with some loving the interface while others citing it to be unwieldy for the desktop. Today is the final day for users of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 to […]
Presenting Android Nougat
Keeping in line with naming their OS iterations after food, Android N has officially been christened ‘Nougat’ by Google. The search giant had opened up a website some time back inviting suggestions from fans for naming Android N. Nutella had been a global fan favourite suggestion along with Nankatai from Indian users who were trying […]