Latest Gboard Update Adds Text In GIFs, Supports 28 New Languages

With the proliferation ofemojis,animated emojis, andGIFsin recent times, it’s hard to imagine online conversations without them. Not only have they become an integral part of social-media conversations, they can alsohelp address social issues in their own way. In order to make it easier for people to express themselves with fun imagery, the company back in Mayintegrated a custom GIF-makerin the Gboard app (v7.2 Beta) on Android. Now, the company has expanded the feature with the option to add texts to those custom GIFs....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 291 words · Scott Johnson

Moto Z3 Arrives With Last Year’s Internals; Verizon-Exclusive 5G Moto Mod Unveiled

TheMoto Z3isn’t much different than its predecessor,the Moto Z2 Force, in terms of the internals and looks exactly the same as theZ3 Playreleased a couple months ago. It also has an aluminum frame, coupled with the glass back, the circular camera bump, and the host of pins for attachingMoto Mods. As for the internals, it is stillpowered by last year’s Snapdragon 835 chipset, paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage (expandable up to 2TB via microSD card)....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 361 words · Latoya Miranda

OnePlus 6 Now Comes With Rs 1,500 Cashback on Amazon

OnePlus is offering a new discount offer on its latest smartphone, theOnePlus 6. As part of a new scheme unveiled earlier this week, buyers will be able tosave up to Rs. 1,500on the device, which waslaunched earlier this year. The cashback will bevalid on all payments made by ICICI credit cards. Buyers will also be eligible for‘No Cost EMI’offers for 3-6 months from all major credit cards and Bajaj Finserv. Other offers include an additional cashback of Rs 1,500 on exchange, and a Rs....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 270 words · Caroline Reed

Porn Pops up on Government-Issued School Tablets in Chhattisgarh, Thanks to Malware

The Indian government’s Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry distributed tablets to schools in Chhattisgarh in September last year to ease the process of recording attendance for teachers, but their initiative has taken a nasty turn. According to reports, pornographic images have started to pop up on the landing screen of the tablets due to a virus which has infected the system of the tablets which record attendance of teachers. According to a report fromThe Times Of India, the principal of one of the schools where the tablets are used‘possibly’clicked on a spam link or accessed a porn site, which led to the virus infecting the software....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 304 words · Diana Rogers

PUBG Mobile Gets ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Missions, Items and Theme

As part of a tie-up between PUBG Corp and Paramount Pictures,PUBG Mobile, will get a new theme based on Tom Cruise’s‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’that was released in theaters last week. The deal, said to be the game’s first major brand partnership on mobile, will bring an all-newBattle Royalemission that is based on the movie. The new content is being rolled out as part of an incoming update. According to an official press release, the new in-game content includes aMission: Impossible – Fallouttakeover, where players can get new background music and customizable parachutes themed to the film....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 265 words · Sean Martin

Reports Suggest Telegram Passport Has Brute-Force Vulnerabilities

Telegram recently launched the Telegram Passport, which allows you to store your real-world IDs (or documents) online for easy sharing with services that require you to prove your real identity. However,recent reports suggest that the personal identification authorization tool is actually quite vulnerable to brute force attacks. According to a report by cryptographic software and services developerVirgil Security, Inc., users’ data is kept on the Telegram cloud using end-to-end encryption, subsequently moved to a decentralized cloud, which cannot decrypt personal data as it is seen as “random noise....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 234 words · Samuel Garcia

Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5, and More Fighting Games Free to Play on Steam This Weekend

While many of the titles are already popular, there’s a chance that you might have held off from buying them at the listed price, which means this sale is a good time to get them. Below is the list of games available on sale on Steam this weekend: Absolver Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers....

August 3, 2018 · 3 min · 455 words · Dr. Maria Garza

Telangana, Tech Mahindra Ink MoU for India’s First Blockchain District

They will be core founding partners for the Blockchain District, which will be a centre of excellence for blockchain, an incubator for technology and process development with innovative infrastructure and facilities to foster growth of Indian blockchain start-ups and companies. The agreements were signed at the inaugural ceremony of international blockchain congress here in the presence of Telangana Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao and Tech Mahindra CEO and MD C....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 351 words · Aaron Taylor

Top 10 AppSee Alternatives You Can Use

AppSee is a great service which lets you visually see how users are behaving inside your apps. The service is very popular as it enables you to measure, understand, and improve the user experience in your native mobile apps both on iOS and Android platforms. While it’s a good service, we understand that no one service is perfect for everyone, and if you are not happy with it, we have got just the article for you....

August 3, 2018 · 8 min · 1666 words · Alexander Pena

Top 3 MoviePass Alternatives You Can Use

Best MoviePass Alternatives You Can Use The best part about using this service is that unlike MoviePass, you don’t have any restrictions on the type of theaters you can go to.You can watch movies in any theater, whether it is an IMAX, a RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema or any other. This is a very big advantage over MoviePass as the latter only includes entry-level 2D theaters. Even better is the fact that you can book tickets in advance, watch multiple movies in a day, and even get a 10% discount on food and drinks....

August 3, 2018 · 3 min · 577 words · Ruben Pearson

Tutors for Fortnite? Yes, It’s a Thing, and Parents Are Paying for It!

Fortnite has quickly risen to the top of the battle royale chain, dominating the genre by in popularity and revenue success,on practically every platform. While PUBG might have revived the battle royale genre and isleading in terms of eSports, Fortnite is still touted as the title to beat, thanks to its vast popularity amongst gamers of all ages and kinds. What’s bizarre is that parents have started to realize the potential of eSports, and are actually paying tutors to teach their kids the art of grabbing that ‘#1 Victory Royale’ in Fortnite....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 341 words · Laura Atkins

WhatsApp Working on Picture-in-Picture Mode For Android

The introduction of Android Oreo last year brought along a lot of thoughtful little changes that make the user-experience a whole lot more enjoyable. One of those new features is a nativepicture-in-picture (PiP) modethat allows users to tuck away the current window to a corner while switching to another app. The shrunk-down window can then be moved around from one area on the screen to another as need be. The feature is available for third-party developers to implement, and as you’d imagine,Googlehas taken the lead in implementing it in a number of its popular apps, including Google Maps,desktop Chrome,YouTubeand more....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 294 words · Lauren Williams

Why the UIDAI Helpline Number Is Automatically Saved on Many Android Phones in India

Just days after TRAI Chairman RS Sharmamade a major security blunderby revealing his Aadhaar number on Twitter and challenging people to “harm him”, another major controversy has landed at the doors of the UIDAI. This time the issue seems to be that UIDAI’s helpline number is being saved by default in most Android device’s contact lists. French security researcher Baptiste Robert who goes by the pseudonymElliot Alderson on Twitterpolled his followers to find out if they had the UIDAI helpline number saved on their phone without their intervention....

August 3, 2018 · 2 min · 346 words · Melinda Robinson