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Reddit Thread Reveals that Oneplus May be Aiming for a Side-by-Side Release with Google For Android 10
Android is a platform that is omnipresent around the world now. While different companies may opt for different iterations of it, impose personal skins, the main platform is still the same. Due to these personalisations, developers take time to roll out updates to there devices. Therefore, the more a firmware…
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Windows 10 August Patch Tuesday Bug Report: What You Should Expect Before Updating Your Systems?
This month’s Patch Tuesday updates brought multiple improvements and fixes for Windows 10 version 1903, Windows 10 version 1809 and older versions. Most importantly, these updates included patches for 26 critical vulnerabilities in the Windows OS.Microsoft rolled out security enhancements for Bluetooth, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and core OS components.…
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Processor With Integrated 5G Modem Specifications And Features Leaked Online
Mobile processors and chipset maker Qualcomm is busy with the development of the next-gen smartphone System on a Chip (SoC). The new mobile CPU may not boast higher clock speed but should have several more benefits, including onboard 5G modem and the ability to support higher bandwidth memory. A listing…
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Xiaomi Clarifies Mimoji Controversy; Issues Official Statement
The Chinese giant Xiaomi is all set to announce camera-centric Mi CC9 phone on July 2nd. Ahead of the official announcement we heard reports Xiaomi is geared up to bring back Mimoji feature with the upcoming Mi CC9. Soon after the reports regarding Mimoji coming back, many Chinese bloggers accused…
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Android App ‘Play Store’ Alternative ‘Aptoide’ Launches ‘Google Play Fair’ Campaign Alleging Anti-Competitive Behavior
Aptoide, a popular alternative to Google Play Store, has launched a large online campaign against the developer of Android. The alternative Android app store hosts most of the apps that Google’s popular mobile operating system runs and several more. The app store has strongly alleged that Google isn’t playing fair.…
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KDE Applications Updated to 18.12, Over 140 Bugfixes
KDE has just announced the release of KDE Applications 18.12, which is a massive update. Over 140 bugfixes have been implemented in many of the apps, as well as a number of overall improvements. This is fresh on the heels of KDE Frameworks also being updated to 5.53.0 just a few days…
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Manjaro Deepin 18.0.2 Released, Tons of Packages Updated
The Manjaro team released a stable update for Manjaro Deepin, which focuses on a lot of improvements to existing packages. Whats new in Manjaro 18.0.2? For starters, a lot of improvements have been put into VirtualBox 6.0. These improvements include (full changelog here): Implemented support for exporting a virtual machine…
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Spotify for Android May Soon Get Google Maps Integration, Sleep Timer, and More New Features
When it comes to music streaming services, Spotify is among the top choices for a large number of users worldwide. In 2018, Spotify held 36.2% of the market share, a slight increase compared to 35.8% in 2017. Apart from its massive music catalog and personalized playlists, one of the main…
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OnePlus 3 and 3T May Receive Official Android Pie Update Soon
OnePlus may soon begin rolling out the Android Pie update for its OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones. The company has recruited testers for the next HydrogenOS update, which is based on Android Pie. Update Imminent The OxygenOS update based on Android Pie, on the other hand, has reportedly hit…
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Transfer.Sh Not Going Down After All
The highly popular Linux shell-based file sharing website, Transfer.sh, announced some time ago it would be shutting down on November 30. This came as quite sad news for the Linux community, as Transfer.sh’s service made it incredibly easy to share files from your Linux PC, using only the terminal. Transfer.sh will…
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Render Images of Google’s Pixel 3 Lite and XL Lite Leaked
Google’s Pixel phone has been the talk of the town recently with rumors circulating of a possible budget Pixel phone. Some of the pictures of the Pixel 3 Lite were leaked last month and now we have more renders of the phone. Not only that, but render images of a…
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Free Software Foundation Received 1 Million USD from Handshake
The Free Software Foundation just received a series of earmarked charitable donations from Handshake. The donations amount to a total of $1 million USD. The FSF has already received a $1 million Bitcoin donation from the Pineapple Fund earlier this year. With all this funding, the FSF will be in…
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BlackArch Linux Updated Is Over 10GB, but Full of New Tools
The growingly popular Arch-Linux based BlackArch Linux has just been updated to version 2018.12.01 (yes, they are numbering releases based on the date), and it brings a whole slew of new tools – 150, to be exact. Users will find that this brings BlackArch Linux’s total amount of tools to…
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Samsung Galaxy M2 Geekbench Benchmarks Revealed; Features Exynos 7885 & More
The Samsung Galaxy M series has been rumored for quite some time now, and as per reports, it was all set to target the entry level-mid range segment and replace the Samsung On series of mobile phones. There was absolute little to no evidence supporting the same, until today, when…
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Google Intentionally Allowed The Pixel 3 And Pixel 3XL Leaks – Also Third Pixel Device From HTC In The Works
Google’s own branded Android smartphones have been received well historically. We did see great devices coming from the Nexus lineup, specially the first Nexus device which was made in collaboration with LG, the Nexus 5. Although the Pixel series hasn’t been as consistent. Most of the time, the software and…
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Honor 8X Contest on XDA Forums, Win 3 BT Speakers for Guessing Global Price
The official Honor account on the XDA forums opened a contest for users to guess the price of the latest Honor 8X 4+64GB version before its global release. The reason we’re posting about this contest is that it isn’t on the front page of XDA, or found anywhere in XDA’s…
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BusyBox version 1.29.0 Continues Support for Embedded Linux Systems
BusyBox version 1.29.0 came out today, and though most GNU/Linux users won’t find it in their repositories just yet it should prove to be an extremely important update nonetheless. There might be no other tool that’s quite as commonplace in the world of open-source software. The single binary provides a…
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LG V20 and Q6 to Receive Android Oreo Update Along With Camera and Audio Enhancements
LG can be somewhat slow to push updates for their Android phones, even their flagship series, but it looks like things may turn around as LG recently launched their dedicated Global Software Update Center just a few months ago, and it seems they’ve been investing some time and effort into…
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More Pixel 3 XL Leaks Show Google Camera with Lens Suggestions, and Assistant-Enabled Headsets
The story surrounding the recent slew of Google Pixel 3 XL leaks has just gotten more interesting, as further leak details continue to crop up, including details about the leaked devices and the Pixel 3 XL’s hardware specs. As we covered just earlier today, the source of the Pixel 3…
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Quirky Xerus 8.6 features latest DEBs from Ubuntu 16.04.x
The independent Linux-based operating system, Quirky 8.6, a side project of Puppy Linux made with Woof, has just hit the market. According to an announcement by its creator, Barry Kauler, who retired from the Puppy Linux project to work on the Quirky Distro, the woofQ operating system is live for…
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Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS Released on Heels of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Bundles All Past Stable Release Updates
A few days ago we covered the release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and also the NCSC’s guidelines on Ubuntu 18.04 security, but there’s more news yet from the Ubuntu team – they just released Ubuntu 16.04.5 Xenial Xerus LTS (Long Term Support) for folks who will not upgrade to Ubuntu…
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver Officially Available for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Xylin, and Xubuntu
Ubuntu, the ever-popular Linux distro available in a wide variety of flavours, was just recently updated to 18.04.1 LTS (Long Term Support), codenamed “Bionic Beaver”. This is the first “point” release of 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver, and with it brings a ton of optimizations and fixes which many users have…
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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Discussion Forums Open Following Product Launch
Following the launch of the massive (literally) Xiaomi Mi Max 3, a forum has popped up on XDA Developers to facilitate discussion, expression, and thought exchange on the now available for purchase smartphone. The forum has been flooded with real life review posts discussing the phone’s speaker system, Wi-Fi strength…
KaOS Releases New Snapshot with the Latest KDE Plasma Desktop Packages
KaOS introduced the new 2018.06 snapshot release today, which features KDE Plasma 5.13 as well as a redesigned first-run wizard that can help to customize a freshly installed instance of the operating system. The newest version of Plasma came out just a few days ago, which makes KaOS one of…
