BIZ TECH
  • Smartphone

    Hacking tool used on San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5c works on few models: FBI

    FBI director James Comey reported that the hacking tool used to unlock the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syred Farook works on a small percentage of iPhone models and probably not the iPhone 5s or 6. The FBI was in a legal battle with Apple after the feds changed the handset's Apple ID password then secured a court order demanding the tech giant build a new version of iOS to hack the smartphone. One day before the start of the federal trail the Department of Justice (DOJ) claimed that a third-party had showed the FBI a hacking method to collect the mobile phone's data.

  • FUTURE TECH

    Volvo to test 100 autonomous vehicles in China using regular drivers

    Volvo's self-driving cars will be tested in China as it sends a fleet of 100 autonomous vehicles (AVs) there for road tests. Human drivers will test the robotic cars on China's roads. The Swedish automaker claims that if the tests are successful it will be a big step forward that will allow drivers and passengers to sit back and enjoy rides in driverless cars.

  • Business

    Reddit’s user blocking tool battles annoying trolls, harassment, and spam

    Reddit is fighting its war on trolls and harassment by adding a new feature that allows people to block and mute users to improve their experience on the social network. Reddit co-founder Christopher Slowe announced the changes on the news site on April 6, Wednesday and chatted about how the company is taking steps to make the platform an open community. However, the new user blocking feature will make it easier to avoid spam and similar junk mail.

  • Business

    Top 5 well known Tech brands of 2016

    Here's the list of top 5 most popular tech brands for 2016.

  • BIZ TECH

    Nintendo terminates 'Social Justice Warrior' Alison Rapp for moonlighting?

    Former Nintendo staff, Alison Rapp, has been fired recently by Nintendo. The termination is reportedly unrelated to controversies surrounding Social Justice Warrior Rapp, but speculations have aroused that this is not the case

  • Business

    Tesla greatly underestimated Model 3 EV’s demand that passed 275K pre-orders

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk reports that pre-orders for the Model 3 electric vehicle (EV) were up to twice as high as the company had projected. The e-car maker has already received over a quarter of a million early orders for its all-electric car that is scheduled to start production runs next year. Musk expected about 30 people to line up at Tesla dealerships to buy the affordable EV, but at some stores hundreds of people lined up and camped out.

  • Smartphone

    Build 2016: Surface Phone absent at developer conference, rumored to launch in October

    Microsoft's Build developer conference did not provide any big news this year about new smartphones including Lumia models. Surface Phone fans also did not get any updates about the mobile device but it could reportedly be launched this October. The OS giant seems to be moving away from Lumia smartphones as year-over-year sales plummeted 57 percent during Q4 2015.

  • BIZ TECH

    Sony Computer Entertainment changes name to SIE to boost PS4, PlayStation VR

    Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) as well as Sony Network Entertainment (SNE) have been collapsed into a new company named Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). SIE will be headquartered in California's San Francisco Bay area and have other offices located in London and Tokyo. The big change took effect on April 1, Friday but was not an April Fools' Day joke.

  • Smartphone

    Walmart slashes all iPhones by $100, discounts Galaxy smartphones by $150

    Apple's new 4-inch iPhone SE and all other iPhone models, as well as Samsung's Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S7 are all getting price cuts at Walmart. The Apple smartphones have been discounted $150, while the latest Galaxy mobile phones have been slashed $150. For example, Apple fans can enjoy the brand new small-screen iPhone SE handset for a rock-bottom price of $299, or save a hundred bucks on the bigger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s models launched during the past few years.

  • Business

    Apple 40th anniversary: Tech giant’s highlights include Mac, iPhone and iPad

    Apple Inc. has turned 40 years old after being co-founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976. During the past four decades the tech giant went from almost going bankrupt to becoming the world's most valuable company. Key products in the company's history include the Apple II and Macintosh desktops, iPod media player, iPhone smartphone, and iPad tablet.

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