Apple yesterday announced that it sold 46.89M iPhones in the previous quarter. The company’s staggered iPhone releases both this year and last make comparisons tricky, but the bottom line was slight growth of 0.5%. IDC data now puts that number into perspective. The firm says that global smartphone shipments fell by a full 6% in Q3 (Apple’s fiscal Q4) … IDC data comes from its quarterly phone tracker. The firm says there were two big factors at play here....

In the age of YouTube and seemingly endless “prank” content, Impractical Jokers has managed to make a name for itself as one of the funniest things on television. The Jokers - Joe, Sal, Murr, and Quinn (Q) - are forced into doing or saying ridiculous things by the other guys. In a subversion of typical prank shows, the joke is on the pranksters, not on the subject. And though all are shameless in their own way, Joe takes shameless to a whole new level....

Have you ever had one of those moments while writing where you knew what you wanted to say, but you couldn’t think of the right word express it? If so, you’re not alone. Anyone who has spent time writing is probably well-familiar with this dilemma. The best way I’ve found to overcome this problem is with the use of a useful tool: a thesaurus. This tool is included in Microsoft Word, and it is incredibly easy to do that....

Infinix is a popular smartphone company targeting users who are low on their budget. Affordable pricing is one of the primary reasons for its popularity. The brand keeps releasing new phones, but the post-services are not that great, especially regarding software updates. While the company does not have a good track record regarding software updates, it releases new OS updates to some of its phones. In this blog post, we’ll keep tracking information around Android 13 for Infinix phones....

Warning: Major SPOILERS ahead for I Am Not Okay with This season 1! Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This serves up a brilliantly enticing series debut, but it isn’t without several lingering questions. Season 1 of the Netflix series by Jonathan Entwistle & Christy Hall ends with a sizable cliffhanger. The coming-of-age tale is based on Charles Forsman’s comic book and stars Sophia Lillis in the lead role. High school is difficult enough but throw in struggles with sexuality and the emergence of superpowers and Sydney Novak (Lillis) is anything but a typical teenager....

Did you accidentally brick your Huawei Honor 8X, or are you facing any boot loop, lag, or shatter? Then you are in the right place. Here we will guide you to flash the latest firmware file on Huawei Honor 8X JSN-L22. The guide is simple and easy. The new Huawei Honor 8X has launched in the year 2020 with Android 10, Magic UI 3.1 out of the box. The device is powered by the Kirin 710F....

On this page, we will guide you on how to install the official firmware flash file on your Huawei P40 Pro ELS-AN00. Well, the device runs out of the box with Android 10.0 which is powered by the Kirin 990 5G processor. To install the firmware flash file on Huawei P40 Pro ELS-AN00, you need to download the software called the Huawei Flash tool. This method simple and easy. Also Read...

In a new report from IDC aiming to determine the impact of Samsung’s recall of its defective Galaxy Note 7, a survey shows around half of those affected plan to switch to an iPhone. While the report from IDC concludes that Apple is at least in some way benefiting from the exploding recalled device, Apple said during its recent Q4 earnings call that it currently wasn’t a factor as it’s already shipping as many phones as it can make....

If this is your first time reading this series you’ll get the most value by starting with the first article. Note for the already tech savvy, IT professionals, and our regular readers: this is designed as a resource as you help others or for those looking to become tech savvy on their own. Background, Expectations, & Best Practices The foundation and most important factor in becoming tech savvy (or learning anything) is your mindset....

A new motion signed into law in India will require all phones, including iPhones, to feature a ‘panic button’ to call emergency services and GPS for location pings from January 1st, 2017. The provisions are being brought in to aid the ‘security of women’, via the Indian Express. Obviously, GPS has existed in iPhones since the iPhone 3G but it seems that Apple will have to make some software modifications to iOS to comply with the panic button request....

Indivisible is a lovingly-made mix of genres with an exciting combat system and an enchanting world, but uninspired platforming and other rough spots hold it back from greatness. It’s been a long journey for Indivisible. Announced back in 2015 as the next major title from Skullgirls developer Lab Zero Games, it was billed as a hybrid of Valkyrie Profile-esque combat mechanics with Metroidvania-style platforming and exploration. This description, coupled with Indivisible’s southeast Asian aesthetic and themes, made for a very intriguing pitch....

Updated quote with WSJ correction: While few would expect the record-breaking surge in iPhone sales generated by the larger-screened models to continue into subsequent quarters, Tim Cook argued in a WSJ interview that the potential is there. Corrected the wording in the third paragraph of my Apple story from yesterday. I misunderstood Tim Cook’s comments. http://t.co/fAW3esQW0F — Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) January 29, 2015 Cook noted during the Q1 earnings call that the current iPhone lineup had experienced “the highest Android switcher rate in any of the last three launches....

Hugh Jackman has taken to social media to reflect on Logan’s release, three years later. The movie picks up with Jackman’s Wolverine and Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier in the year 2029, a desolate time in which the other X-Men are dead, mutants are no longer being born, and Logan’s healing abilities have begun to falter. Directed by James Mangold, the movie was loosely inspired by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s “Old Man Logan” comic book story and introduced Dafne Keen as Laura, a young mutant created from Logan’s DNA who seeks his and Xavier’s help in escaping the sinister government program that developed her and fleeing to safety in Canada....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XW5aEQzTcW0] In a decision that will inevitably lead to similar cases in the future, Associated Press reported a judge in California awarded an iPhone user $850 in a small claims case filed against AT&T that found the carrier guilty of throttling data speeds on the iPhone 4’s unlimited data plan. According to the iPhone user, who was grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan, his data was throttled after reaching between 1....

Last week, we reported that Apple was preparing to perform an overnight refresh on its older retail locations beginning tonight, May 16th into May 17th. Now that retail stores are closing for the night, the refresh process as begun as you can see in the images below… The images show Apple Store employees overhauling the store design. These specific images were taken at a New Jersey Apple Store which does not feature Apple’s latest retail store design....

This is achieved through code reuse in the form of Metasploit modules and payloads, a powerful set of provided tools, and the ability to extend the console itself. This article will explore how to utilize and incorporate your own shellcode for use with the Metasploit Framework. We will focus more on the end-to-end process than on any individual piece. I will add tidbits that I have found to be useful or particularly relevant....

Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) dons an Iron Man suit in Avengers: Infinity War concept art. Setting up the stage for Avengers: Endgame, Joe and Anthony Russo’s 2018 film brought together all pockets of the MCU in the hopes of stopping Thanos (Josh Brolin) from his villainous plan. That meant seeing characters who hadn’t met each other before finally coming face-to-face and learning to work together for the common good. That included the sorcerer and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr....

If you have bought this device and looking to Install Stock Firmware on HTC U12 Plus? then, you are at the right place. Here we will share all the latest HTC U12 Plus Stock Firmware Collections. Here we have shared the full list of firmware links to download and install stock firmware on HTC U12 Plus. As we know, Android is one of the highly customizable software and there is a possibility that we may end up in a situation of lag, boot loop, or soft brick....

HTML5 introduces built-in media support via the element, which offers you the ability to easily and quickly embed your audio media into HTML documents. The main advantage of the element is that it provides support for playing audio media without requiring external plug-ins. Until now, there has not been a standard for playing audio files on web pages. What you commonly find on websites is that audio files are played through external plug-ins such as flash or other third party audio components....

In this article, we will share the detail whether the Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 8 device will receive the official Android 10 Q update. We all know, Google ditched the dessert naming moniker and rolled the Android 10 OS for the Pixel series and other supported OEM devices. Here in this article, we will share the details of Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 8 Android 10 release date and EMUI 10 features in brief....