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Realme X2: Looks like the Realme XT, although with a green touch The Realme X2’s similarity to the XT becomes apparent from the moment you clap eyes on it. For, the Realme X2 is an almost exact copy of the Realme XT, with exactly the same proportions – 158.7 mm x 75.2 mm x 8.6 mm- and almost the same weight (it is a gram lighter at 182 grams). Realme has brought a new color to the range, which it calls Pearl Green, and while it does add a bit of a flourish to the range, we must confess that we had expected a little more innovation....

Not Pro, but looks like it…GOOD! The Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro are two different devices but you actually cannot tell them apart. They are identical when it comes to design, which honestly is a great thing because both the phones look phenomenal. The two are actually amongst the best phones we have seen from Xiaomi in terms of design. You know how there are some phones with great fronts but just average backs or vice-versa?...

Memories of the Wall… And guess what, it actually succeeds in that very lofty aim. Which brings us to an explanation of that headline we have used, as it might have confused those who do not follow the game of cricket (it is supposed to be a religion in India). Allow us to digress slightly. In the period of 1996-2011, Rahul Dravid was a key member of the Indian cricket team....

But while smart gadgets can make it simple to automate your lights, vacuuming or other chores, they can also leave you open to privacy and security issues. If your smart device includes a camera, hackers could even use these vulnerabilities to spy on you. Video doorbells are one of the smart devices that come with potential security issues. Five popular video doorbells failed security tests in recent months, leaving users open to unforeseen issues....

There are a few Nexus rootkits around right now, but for this tutorial, I’ll be using gFresh’s Nexus Toolkit. This program allows you to do just about anything for your hacking needs. You can easily unlock the bootloader, root your Nexus phone or tablet, even flash a custom recovery in a simple, easy to use program. Once you have the program up running, you’ll need little else. st follow along with the prompts....

We have heard quite a bit about the Galaxy Note 7 at this point, including the fact that Samsung will be calling it the Note 7 and not the Note 6 to make sure consumers are not confused into thinking that the handset is older than the Galaxy S7. Confirming that Samsung indeed plans on calling the next big thing the Galaxy Note 7, @evleaks has posted what seemingly looks like the official naming logo of the handset....

A leaked A of what’s dubbed the xel uncher has appeared, taking the place of a previously leaked add-on called the Nexus uncher. The new xel uncher reworks the home screen’s performance in a few noticeable ways: It replaces the omnipresent search bar with a pull-out tab that takes you into Now. There’s also a date widget that, for now at least, you can’t replace. There are a few other aesthetic changes, like a slide-up entry into the app drawer, which gives you room for five apps replaces the l apps button....

OnePlus today announced that it will be hosting the first open sale of its ‘2016 flagship killer’, the OnePlus 2, on October 12. The open sale will only be held for an hour in four different time zones. Every order will be limited to two phones, though there is no restriction on the number of orders you can place. Below is when you’ll be able to buy the OnePlus 2 in your region on October 12 without an invite:...

The launch of the Oneus X does nothing to change the company’s atrocious invite-only business model, though it is a pretty good deal at $250. The phone features similar hardware to what you would find in last year’s top-tier phones, a 1080p AMOD display, dual SIM slots in a sleek little package. But it’s ultimately not worth sitting around on a waiting list to buy one. Small sleek The Oneus X is a snazzy little smartphone....

Oppo has finally started rolling out the final version of Color OS 2.0 for the Find 7 and Find 7a. The latest version of ColorOS is based on Android 4.4 KitKat and includes a number of new goodies and usability enhancements. The update brings system-wide animations, gaussian blur effect, a redefined task manager, UI changes to make certain aspect of the OS minimalistic and more. The full change log of the update is below:...

The study is a monthly pulse study complied from 4,000 respondents in the US. Inflation is impacting vulnerable, stressed, and overextended banking customers the most, the study found. Vulnerable customers are defined as individuals who struggle month to month to meet basic needs such as bill payments. Stressed customers make monthly payments but can’t plan for future finances, and overextended customers have a future plan – like a 401K through their work – but struggle to meet monthly needs....

Play For $100 Million In The Fortnite World Cup The well-known battle royale game, Fortnite, is one of the most popular video games in the world, not only the mobile version but also the version for the PC. As the star work of Epic Games has a large multitude of players, so it always serves to launch new updates that simply improve the user experience. After the arrival of ‘The Floor Is Lava’, a new mode of limited time, now comes the all-new contest, of course, the “Fortnite World Cup”, and it already has dates and awards of up to 30 million dollars....

Plotagraph (or Plotagraph+ Photo Animator to use its full official name) is one such app. It is a photograph editing app that lets you add animation to your picture. And, for those thinking animations has something to do with animated characters or cartoons, let’s just clear the air by telling you: No. By animation, we mean that it allows you to move or bring movement to a static part of your picture....

The messages are being sent by the Metropolitan Police as part of the UK’s biggest ever anti-fraud crackdown, following an international operation to shut down a cyber-criminal service. The operation was led by the Met and involving law enforcement agencies in Europe, Australia, the US, Ukraine, and Canada, resulting in the arrest of 142 suspected cyber criminals. Those arrested are suspected of being involved in conducting scams where they posed as representatives from banks – including Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, Natwest, Nationwide and TSB – and tricked victims into handing over money, or one-time passcodes to access bank accounts....

Most malware authors want their malware specimen to be protected from most antimalware products, and it is well achieved through packers. With packers, it is sometimes difficult to reverse engineer the specimen to deduce its functionality. However as well all know that whenever a compressed, encrypted or packed malware needs to run, it will in decompressed, decrypted form while in memory. When we see packed malware specimen we will notice that it will reveal very limited information about itself, for example, there will be many fewer strings that can be visible from the specimen, a very limited no of Import Address Table (IAT) calls, etc....

Building on the very successful Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 7 on the 2nd of August. The company’s latest Note packs in many firsts for the series and also reintroduces some key features that were missing from its predecessor. The Note 7 aims to be the Inspector Gadget of mobile devices as Samsung attempts to pack as much functionality they can fit under the hood....

Samsung will be releasing a Rose Pink variant of the Galaxy S8+ in Taiwan in July. The handset will be available in limited quantity and has been priced at TW 27,900 ($920). This is just a new color variant of the Galaxy S8+ so you still get the same internals and specs. This means we are looking at a 6.2-inch QHD+ Infinity Display, an Exynos 8895 chipset, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, a 12MP rear shooter, and a 3500mAh battery....

But, some rumors are coming that the Korean tech giant might be planning to drop the “Z” letter from the name, or we might see any name for foldable smartphones. Let’s discuss all the details below. Samsung Could Drop ‘Z’ From Foldable Smartphones Name In March this year, Samsung removed the Z letter from the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 in some European countries such as Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia....

Reports from Korea suggest that the initial consumer interest and demand for the Galaxy Note 7 is even higher than that of the Galaxy S7. As per Korea Herald, Samsung has received preorders for more than 200,000 units of the Galaxy Note 7 within two days of the preorders going live. The figure is almost double of the total pre-orders that Samsung received for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge combined....

Live in Canada and still using a Galaxy Note 7? Well, Samsung has now announced that all Note 7 units in Canada will lose the ability to connect to a mobile network from December 15. A software update from Samsung will also disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality on the handsets from December 12th onwards. Samsung has been forced to take this move in the interest of consumer safety. The Korean company says that out of the 39,000 units it sold in Canada, 90 percent of them have been returned....