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According to the latest data from IDC out today, Apple continued its lead of the worldwide tablet market in Q2 despite a decline in overall sales. The report follows Apple’s fiscal Q3 earnings report last week where the company confirmed it sold just under 10 million iPads during the April to June quarter. That was a decline from the 11 million units it sold in the same quarter last year, but IDC shows Apple managed to slightly increase its market share as number two Samsung experienced an even larger decline in sales....

Over the years, smartphone’s display, processor, RAM and other components have evolved to become substantially better. But batteries, despite being one of the most crucial components hasn’t innovated with the same pace. There are plenty of tools and tricks to improve a phone’s battery life, but IFTTT is making it a whole lot easier while also offering some handy new additions. Some of the interesting recipes available as of now are as follows:...

If This Then That (IFTTT), the service that lets users automate tasks from a long list of other mobile apps and web services, is about to launch two apps for Apple Watch. Do Button, its iOS app for controlling hardware and software connected to the service with a single tap, and Do Note, a notepad app that uses IFTTT to save and share to other services like Google Calendar, Evernote, and Twitter, will both be receiving updates for Apple Watch by tomorrow....

We’ve heard about NFC but iLounge floats two more very interesting, if unlikely rumors out there today. First, Carbon Fiber to be used in the shell of some test units which would drop the weight of the device down further. We’ve been hearing that Apple has been trying to shave some weight off wherever it can (displays?), so this would be another step in that direction. An <1 lb iPad 2 would be insane....

Short – like Steven Wright jokes, though my thoughts are not nearly as funny as his (if they are, I’m in trouble as an analyst, but I’ll have a new career). Also: Personalization at scale: What’s the tech again? Steven Wright jokes Business as a (Sales) force for change Those of you who know me know I cover companies, not technologies. Salesforce is almost always the most interesting company I cover, because rarely do I see a company of their size do so much right....

We can save any result set data as a view in Hive Usage is similar to as views used in SQL All type of DML operations can be performed on a view Creation of View: Syntax: Create VIEW AS SELECT Example: Hive>Create VIEW Sample_ViewAS SELECT * FROM employees WHERE salary>25000 In this example, we are creating view Sample_View where it will display all the row values with salary field greater than 25000....

In this tutorial, we will guide you to download and install the Infinix Note 8 (X692) DA files on this page. DA file, also known as the Download Agent file, helps fix the device secure boot error. If you use the Infinix Note 8 and face issues such as FRP lock, corrupted memory, secure boot error, authentication, or buffer error. To flash the Secure Boot DA file on your Infinix Note 8, you need flash tools like SP Flash Tool, NCK Box, Miracle Box, or CM2 box....

Looking to install the firmware file on Infinix Zero 5 X603? then you are at the right place. Infinix Zero 5 X603 came out of the box with Android 7.0 and under the hood runs on a MediaTek processor. In this guide, we will help you to flash the official firmware file on Infinix Zero 5 X603. To flash the firmware file, you need software known as SP Flash Tool, Formally also called the Smartphone Flash Tool....

Huawei Nova 3 was launched in the year 2018 which came out of the box with Android 8.0 Oreo under EMUI 8 skin. It is powered by Kirin 970 processor. But if you’re one of the Huawei Nova 3 PAR-AL00, PAR-TL00 users and want to find out Test Point to Remove FRP lock, Huawei ID, User Lock, and Firmware Flashing then follow this article. Here we’ll gonna share how you can find out the Huawei Nova 3 PAR-AL00, PAR-TL00 Test Point, or get into the Download Mode (Emergency Download Mode) so that you can perform multiple advanced level tasks by yourself....

After a burst of reporting suggesting a deal between Hyundai and Apple for Apple Car production was imminent, the narrative is starting to shift. In new regulatory filings today, reported by Bloomberg, Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia Motors said that they aren’t in discussions with Apple about a self-driving car. The backstory Hyundai made a bold statement last month when it confirmed that it was in talks with Apple about a potential partnership for Apple Car....

While TV channels are lagging, Netflix is gaining popularity among the people, mostly the youth. Working on its growth, Netflix is not limited to the browsers or smartphones only as you can access it on your TVs as well and even on the Chromebooks too. If you want to download the app on any of your devices, you must run the troubleshoot to reset its programming so that you can enjoy your favorite series and shows without any hindrance....

Following the release of iOS 4.3 Apple has updated their popular iAd Producer application, which allows anyone to create iAds with little or no programming knowledge. iAd Producer has been updated to version 1.1 and here are the release notes: Support for full screen banners in ads that target an iPad running iOS 4.3 Creation of ads with multiple banners Improved compatibility between iAd Producer project files and version management systems Support for importing and editing JavaScript (JS) and CSS files Sample projects and plug-ins that demonstrate iAd Producer and iAd JS capabilities iAd JS is updated to version 1....

On Thursday, an early teardown video of the new iPhone SE detailed the internal similarities the device shares with the iPhone SE. Now, iFixit has published a more in-depth look at how you can even swap parts between both of the phones. As the report points out, backwards compatibility between iPhone models was virtually unthinkable until now. This time around, however, the iPhone SE and iPhone 8 can swap several different parts, including the display assembly, cameras, and Taptic Engine....

iLuv has just announced its new Rainbow8 light bulbs, a new HomeKit offering in the muticolor light space. Available to buy now ($49.99), these are the first WiFi HomeKit bulbs that do not require a separate hub to use. This means you can add some smart home features to your house just by replacing an existing ceiling lightbulb with the Rainbow8. With HomeKit integration, the Rainbow8 multicolor lights can be controlled using the Home app on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch as well as Control Center....

Many of those businesses may never go back to being fully on-premises, either because they are switching to a permanently remote model or a hybrid model where employees balance their time between working remotely and working from the office. While this has brought benefits, the increased use of cloud applications and services also brings security risks. Employees can now access corporate applications from anywhere – and that can be exploited by cyber criminals....

Image via The Verge Eddy Cue, Apple’s new iTunes/iCloud chief, has just went through a series of iCloud features at the company’s Cupertino, California campus. He covered the stuff Steve Jobs already explained during his WWDC keynote talk this past summer, including Documents in the Cloud, Photo Stream, iTunes in the Cloud and redownloading purchased content. Some have already coined a new name for it: The iOS Latitude. Don’t worry, you have privacy controls at your disposal allowing you to set Location sharing to only happen during set periods of time and you can control with whom to share your location....

Numerous complaints in Apple’s discussion forums have spotlighted a problem preventing iCloud.com and me.com email addresses from receiving Google Gmail messages, with delays lasting hours or days. 451 4.5.3 Too many rejections; try again later. According to the discussion forum threats, Apple’s servers have been rejecting Gmail messages since last week, and Apple engineers are continuing to work on a fix for the problem: They are very aware of the issue and working on fixing it....

IDC has just released its smartphone market share data for Q2 2015, and at least one thing is clear: Samsung is still struggling, and Apple is still doing really well. The Korean company’s smartphone market share dropped from 24.8% to 21.7% year-over-year, a 3.1 percentage point drop. Conveniently, while other manufacturers made gains as well, Apple’s numbers are up about the same number — 2.4 percentage points year-over-year to 14.1%…...

A good indication that an Apple product refresh is coming soon is when the respective product’s supplies begin tightening up. Most recently, this process happened with the iPad prior to the iPad 2 launch and with the MacBook Pro prior to the MacBook Pro refresh with Thunderbolt and quad-core processors. Now, it’s the iMac’s turn for a refresh. We have been told by three people familiar with the matter – all in different countries including the U....

Following updates to iMovie and Final Cut Pro on macOS earlier this week, Apple has finally updated the iOS version of iMovie for the larger screen size of the iPhone X. The new version also uses Apple’s Metal framework for graphics processing within the app as well. Full release notes below: iMovie for iOS is a free update on the App Store. What’s New Version 2.2.5 • Updated for Super Retina display on iPhone X • Adopts Metal for graphics processing • Improves localization for Simplified Chinese • Improves overall stability...