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With the growing popularity of ‘zero emission’ electric vehicles among the masses, one of the biggest vehicle makers Volkswagen is now also adapting to the change. The company has announced that it will launch a new all-electric car-sharing platform called ‘WE’ in the coming year. Stackmann further continues to add that VW may be arriving late to the market (after the likes of BMW andRenault) but the car-sharing ecosystem still has a ton of potential....

We are all a fan of apps which aggregate notifications from different apps, brings them to us in one neat bundle. But WhatsApp seems to be uneasy with the idea of third-party apps interacting with its service, despite them actually not even using WhatsApp APIs. WhatsApp has reportedly started sending ‘Cease and Desist’ notice to developers whose apps interface with WhatsApp in any manner, despite these apps using standard Android APIs such as Notification Listener and functionality such as Direct Reply which are certified by Google....

5 Best VPN Apps to Avoid Uganda’s Social Media Tax My personal favorite in this list has to be X-VPN. The app offers you access to multiple locations, all for free. Yes, there are ads in the app, but to be honest, you’d rarely encounter them. It alsopromises 256-bit encryption, however, that is mostly reserved for premium users, who also get to use the app without any ads.X-VPN also works really well for downloading torrents, which a lot of VPN apps out there don’t support....

Samsung customers have always complained about the company’s lackadaisical approach towards Android updates, and the latest news about the company’s Oreo update schedule isn’t likely to please them at all. That’s because latest reports now suggest that the Android Oreo update for a number of mid-ranged Samsung smartphones has been pushed back by several weeks. There’s no official reason cited by Samsung for the delay, but one would imagine that the company must have stumbled across some serious bugs that need to squashed before the new software can be rolled out universally....

Apple recently began the rollout of the first beta builds ofiOS 12andmacOS Mojave, both of which brought some major performance improvements and introduced a host of new features on their respective platforms. Apple has now released theDeveloper Beta 3 of macOS Mojave (v10.14) and iOS 12, and they are now available to download via the developer channel. iOS 12 Developer Beta 3 Aside from fixing a host of issues introduced by the previous iOS 12 developer beta build, the third developer beta also brings a host of new features and UI changes....

Asus might have had a rough time as of late in the smartphone market, with its once famous Zenone lineup failing to live up to its former glory. However, with theZenFone Max Pro, the company has been giving decent competition to the budget king Xiaomi. Now, the company looks to capture the budget-flagship market now and give competition to the OnePlus 6 with its latest offering, the Asus ZenFone 5Z....

Boat Lifestyle has just announced the launch of its brand new neckband-style wireless earphones in India. CalledBoat Rockerz 275, the earphones“deliver an energetic, powerful & inspirational sound while keeping the bass level high”, according to the company. Hardware Specifications The earphones comply with the A2DP V1.2 and AVRCP V1.4 standards, and come with a150mAh/3.7V rechargeable Li-Polymer battery that the company claims will deliver up to 10 hours of audio streaming and 200 hours of standby....

Samsung next-gen flagship phablet, theGalaxy Note 9, is allset to be announced on August 9, and various leaks over the past few months have revealed quite a bit about its specs and features. The device has now beencertifiedby the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), revealing a new feature that was earlier rumored by well-known leakster, Ice Universe, but has only now seemingly been confirmed. According to the FCC listing, the Galaxy Note 9’s ‘S Pen’ stylus (FCC ID – A3LEJPN960) will come with Bluetooth support, allowing it to connect to the Note 9 over 2....

The collection of Android Excellence apps and games is refreshed every three months, and highlights apps and games which set high benchmarks for parameters like overall quality, user experience, and technical performance. Android Excellence Apps Another well-known app on the list is the Wynk Music app, which is owned by Indian telecom giant Airtel, and hosts an expansive catalog of songs from Indian as well as international artists.

A report in The Wall Street Journal yesterdayaccusedGoogle of allowing third-party app developers to read user’s private Gmail messages. Thus, the tech giant todaypublished a blog postto explain its partnership with app developers and reiterate the vetting process that they need to pass to view and use your Gmail data. The Mountain View-based giant starts off by saying that users have access to a variety of non-Google apps and services that lets them get the most out of their Gmail account....

An APK teardown ofGoogle Duo27 back in February revealed thatGoogle was looking to add multi-device supportand Google Account linking to its popular chat app. While the latter functionality began rolling out in March, the tech giant has now reportedly started rolling out the former. According toXDA, the new features have only just started to roll out, and is available for a select group of users for now, with a wider roll-out expected at some stage in the future....

With police departments in the country failing miserably to maintain law and order in their respective jurisdictions, the Indian IT ministry is now laying the responsibility for the spate of brutal lynchings squarely at the door of social media sites and messaging apps, and has asked WhatsApp to stop the spread of false and incendiary messages through its platform. According toReuters, the ministry on Tuesday issued a press statement, saying that it got into touch with WhatsApp to convey its concerns regarding the rise of fake news and unsubstantiated rumors....

Nokia 7 plus received support for dual VoLTE functionality with the May security update, enabling users to use 4G LTE service on both SIM simultaneously. However, many users had taken to thecompany’s forumto complain that the recent June security update had broken the feature and was causing issues with the same. However, HMD Global has nowfixed the dual VoLTE issues being faced by the users with the rollout of a server-side update....