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Android is by far the more customizable of the two major mobile operating systems, but every major release, Google is taking away some of the very options that made the platform a runaway hit among power users and geeks around the world. Up until Android Oreo, users could useSubstratumto theme the entire operating system even without having root access, but all that is about to change with the next installment of the operating system....

State-run telcoBSNLhas partnered with iPass, a US-based connectivity solutions provider, to strengthen its country-wide network of public Wi-Fi hotspots. With this alliance,iPass users will have access to over 23,000 public Wi-Fi zonesat different tourist attractions, public places, and villages in India. This initiative is aimed at providing easyinternet access to western tourists traveling to and within India. iPass offers SmartConnect, a cloud-based connectivity suite which automatically identifies authorized public Wi-Fi hotspots nearby and connects the user without the hassles of memorizing passwords or even entering OTPs....

Twitter is makingsweeping new changesto allow users to participate more actively during live events and breaking news. It’s part of the company’s longstanding efforts to be the central source of discussion around hot topics, especially as it is happening. And we have seen such active discussion can actually have a huge impact on everyday life. First step is to let users know what’s happening, so they can check out the issues or stories closest to their hearts....

Advertisements are a great means to promote one’s products and services.Twitter, being one of the biggest names in social networking, has now expanded on a global scale to allow interested businesses to partner with them to promote and advertise their content. Twitter has announced in anofficial blog post, that it will be making its in-stream video ads available to all advertisers in India, along with 12 other markets including Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States....

Smart speakers are found almost everywhere these days. While Amazon had the head start with its Echo lineup of devices, Google soon caught up to it with the Google Home range. While these two are the big dogs in this league, many other competitors in the tech world have been trying their hand at smart speakers, including the likes of Alibaba and Xiaomi. Apple did not see much success with thefirst-gen HomePod....

Besides live matches, Airtel TV users will also be served with behind-the-scenes clips, other commentaries from before and after the match, as well as details like match fixtures and squad details. To be able to watch these matches, users must update the Airtel TV app to the latest version. Similarly, Jio users will also be able to watch these matches on JioTV for free. To attract more users, Jio is alsooffering 1....

Just days after a study from the Pew Research Center suggested thatUS teens are moving away from Facebookin in favor of other social media platforms such asSnapchatandInstagram, the Reuters Institute has published the results of its study that seems to corroborate the findings, especially for the use of social media for news. At the same time, there has been a rise in the usage of alternative social platforms for news, with WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat emerging as the clear favorites, especially, among younger people....

AWS DeepLens, Amazon’s deep learning-enabled video camera for developers, will finally go on sale tomorrow, June 14, after being unveiled last November. The device is similar to theGoogle Clips, but unlike Google’s smart camera, Amazon’s target audience is much niche, seeing as it is aimed at developers instead of mainstream consumers. It has been priced at $249, and is currentlyup for pre-order on Amazon.com. In case you didn’t know it already, DeepLens is a programmable video camera that comes with tutorials, code and pre-trained models designed to expand deep learning skills of programmers....

Social media and forumsexploded with angerwhen Facebook’s horrifyingCambridge Analytica scandalcame to light. It affectedtens of millionsof users and seems to have not just made the social networking giant but all other tech giants aware of the importance of user data and privacy as well. So if you look at the ongoing reforms, Apple is the one company that’s taking it super seriously. Yes, Apple has recently taken stringent steps to shield your data from being harvested by developers....

Apple has been rolling out tons of features and improvements. This year at WWDC, we saw the Cupertino giant show offiOS 12 with ARKit 2, Group FaceTime, improved Photos, Memoji, Screen Time and more. However, another addition that the tech giant had announced was Apple Books, which is set to replace the company’s iBooks app. Now, the company has given us a deeper look at the upcoming reading app. In anofficial blog post, Apple reveals that when the iOS 12 update will hit its lineup of iPhones and iPads, will see the iBooks app being replaced by the shiny new and totally redesigned Apple Books....

Reliance Jio offering its users additional 1.5GB data per day to all users until 30th June. Now, BSNL is stepping up to offer great offers to its users. BSNL is now offering a new Special Tariff Voucher (STV) worth Rs. 149 which entitles users for 4GB of data per day from June 14 to July 15which is the entire duration of the FIFA World Cup. The new offer is only for prepaid consumers and not for postpaid users....

Thenewly-launched Vivo NEXcomes with a number of new and exciting features that make it one of the most remarkable smartphones in recent times, and is a definite breath of fresh air in an industry that has often been accused of lacking innovation. Forget the specs of the thing, Vivo is offering Android phone makers a roadmap of sorts to base their next-gen phones on, so thatwe can move on from unsightly notches....

In an attempt to crack down on misleading advertising on its platform,Facebookhas added a new option that lets buyers give feedback about the quality of products and services being offered by the businesses that advertise on the site.Facebook saysthat the new feature is meant to weed out advertisers who fail to deliver on their promises. To leave a feedback, users will have to go to theirAds Activity tabto view the ads that they have recently clicked on....