iFixit’s mid 2010 MacBook Pro teardown reveals a few interesting tidbits: Apple has stopped using five-point Torx screws found on other MBP 15″ Unibodies in favor of Tri-Wing screws The battery is now rated at 77.5 Wh. That’s just a tad bit more than the 73 Wh battery found in last year’s 15″ model, but not enough to explain the 1-2 hour battery life improvement Apple is claiming for this machine....

Teardown wizards over at iFixIt have peeked inside one of the new iMacs. Not surprisingly, Apple’s engineers re-used many design directions from the previous generations. The 21.5-inch model (EMC 2428) they tore apart scored “a very respectable 7 out of 10 Repairability Score” because it’s “moderately difficult” to access the hard drive and optical drive. It’s possible to upgrade your Sandy Bridge processor, but that requires taking out the logic board which voids warranty....

Indian site LiveMint is reporting that the Indian government has formally rejected Apple’s request to sell refurbished iPhones in the country as a way to make them more affordable to local consumers. A newly-formed lobbying group opposed the plan, with Bloomberg reporting earlier this month that the government was expected to rule against Apple. This now seems to have been confirmed, despite Tim Cook making the case for the exception during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Modi …...

On this page, we will guide you on how to download and install the Infinix X5516b DA files. DA file also known as the Download Agent file is a file that helps in fixing the device secure boot error. If you are using the Infinix X5516b and facing any issues such as FRP lock, corrupted memory, secure boot error, authentication, or buffer error. To flash the Secure Boot DA file on your Infinix X5516b, you need flash tools like SP Flash Tool, NCK Box, Miracle Box, or CM2 box....

Did you accidentally brick your Huawei Honor Play 4T, 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 Play 4T AKA-TL10. The guide is simple and easy. The new Huawei Honor Play 4T has launched in the year 2020 with Android 10, Magic UI 3.1 out of the box....

Huawei Y8p was launched in the year 2020 which came out of the box with Android 10 under EMUI 10.1 skin. It is powered by a Kirin 710F processor. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install the firmware flash file on Huawei Y8p AQM-L21A. To install the firmware flash file on Huawei Y8p AQM-L21A, you need to download the software called the Huawei Flash tool. This method simple and easy....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa2CJZArOlg&w=640&h=385] And we thought the iPhone 4 antenna issues were over… iLounge has put their Verizon iPhone 4 to the test (video above) and has determined the device has anntenuation issues like the AT&T version of the phone. In this case, it’s not the “death grip” but is the “death hug” and affects both the cellular and WiFi antennas. The issue appears to be on webpage loading times when gripping the iPhone 4....

If you have bought this device and want to install a firmware flash file on Infinix Hot 6 (X606/X606D/X606C/X606B)? Then you are in the right place. Here we will guide you to install the official Stock ROM flash file on Infinix Hot 6 using the software known as SP Flash Tool, Formally also called the Smartphone Flash Tool. If you have installed Custom ROM or bricked your device, then this guide will be helpful to fix back to Stock ROM or unbrick it....

After a rigorous tussle from the U.S. government and other parties involved, Huawei finally introduced its in-house HarmonyOS last year. Cut to now, the new and improved HarmonyOS 2.0 has arrived and it has already been released on more than 100 million devices in China. HarmonyOS 2.0 is a unified distributed operating system from Huawei that brings all the devices in Huawei’s ecosystem closer and work in harmony. This includes but is not limited to smartphones, in-car infotainment systems, wearables like smartphones, IoT devices, smart home products and more....

On this page, we will guide you on how to install the official stock ROM flash file on your Huawei Mate 20X Ever-N29C. Well, the device runs out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie which is powered by the Kirin 990 processor. Later, it received the Android 10 update. To install the firmware flash file on Huawei Mate 20X Ever-N29C, you need to download the software called Huawei Flash tool....

On this page, we will guide you on how to install the official firmware flash file on your Huawei nova 5 Pro SEA-AL10. Well, the device runs out of the box with Android 9.0 Pie and later received the Android 10. Huawei nova 5 Pro is powered by the Kirin 980 processor. To install the firmware flash file on Huawei nova 5 Pro SEA-AL10, you need to download the software called the Huawei Flash tool....

Last week, reports started popping up that iOS 11.3 was bricking devices that had been repaired with third-party screens. A pair of other issues have also emerged, including the new Battery Health feature not supporting aftermarket batteries and auto brightness and True Tone failing on the iPhone 8, iPhone 8, and iPhone X. iFixit, however, speculates today that these issues are primarily software fixes, rather than deliberate efforts by Apple to sabotage third-party repairs…...

Technology has improved remarkably since the last decade. The banking sector has seen a tremendous makeover in its working after the introduction of internet banking. Literally, 24*7 a user can transfer or receive money whenever he wants. However, with the availability of easy banking facilities, problems associated with it have also risen. Thugs have shaped up their game of looting innocent users. We are talking of the internet bank fraudsters that are rampant these days....

Virtual good sales are spiking within Apple’s iOS ecosystem, with revenues from such sales dwarfing ads revenue, reports analytics firm, Flurry. The analytics company looked at revenues accrued by a sample group of social networking and social gaming apps to reach its conclusion. The sample group offered a “combined reach of 2.2 million daily active users”, Flurry says. It found that in-app purchases were accounting for over 80 percent of their revenues....

To help us better understand the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and future IT investment trends and key technologies that can enable economic growth in a post-pandemic digital economy, Ray Wang, CEO and founder of a Silicon Valley-based advisory firm Constellation Research, and I invited Crawford Del Prete to join our weekly show DisrupTV. Here are my main takeaways of our conversation with Del Prete. The five stages of enterprise COVID-19 pandemic recovery Driven by the global pandemic, IDC believes we will go through five phases from crisis to recovery....

Unfortunately, finding the time to distill social data is also an ongoing challenge for marketers. The Sprout Social Index™, XVII: Accelerate found that only 55% of marketers are using social data to understand their audience, despite the fact that many of their key goals can be informed by social data. As marketers work to increase their familiarity with social data, they often encounter some common roadblocks. You may have reports set up to measure your own key metrics, but in the course of trying to prove the value of social to your larger organization, you’ve likely run into questions about how you stack up to competitors or how your social presence “should” be going compared to your industry....

Why will this happen? PageFair says the number of desktop and mobile devices worldwide using ad blocking services reached 615 million devices at the end of 2016. It is expected to keep growing in the coming years. And this trend will heavily affect publishers, marketers, agencies, and other businesses that depend on ad revenue. Brands eagerly choose influencer marketing as better way of speaking directly to consumers. Many see it as the perfect way to boost reach and relevance....

Although originally not as popular an alternative as some others, Hulu has since grown to be considered one of the most content-filled streaming services on the market today. Some of the best movies on Hulu include titles like The Fifth Element, The Matrix, Heathers, and Lethal Weapon, not to mention their wide variety of television shows, many of which are already not available for streaming anywhere else. Now, the company is poised to add even more....

Following the first teardown of the new Apple TV over the weekend at XBMC.org, we get some more details from yet another teardown. They already gave the new iPad the teardown treatment, and now our friends over at iFixit ripped apart the third-generation Apple TV giving it an 8 out of 10 reparability score. The report revealed the device now has two antennas instead of one, which iFixit noted: “Apple added the new antenna to address complaints about range and signal strength....

. Update: According to a report from The Guardian (via The Verge), Apple has now updated its Maps app to include the correct location of Mildura. Six different motorists in the past two months have gotten lost in an Australian national park because of Apple’s Maps (coupled with the lack of planning, reading road signs, etc.) according to Australian Police. And when you get lost in Australia, you are really lost....