During the coronavirus pandemic, people not only spend more time at home but also on their smartphones. They download more new apps than ever before and spend more money on them. This comes from statistics from the market analysis company App Annie. According to this, users last year 218 Billions of new mobile apps downloaded,… Read more
read more...Mobile phone users will spend 125 billion euros on apps in 2020
Caught: rule app reveals pregnancies, photo service builds face recognition
The US FTC has caught two companies improperly using consumer data. You can get away with a settlement with no penalty. The US app Flo, which calculates menstruation and ovulation dates, had promised to protect all data entered. The operating company Flo Health is said to have secretly passed the data on to Facebook, Google,… Read more
read more...Pocket-lint Best of CES 2021 Awards: The 15 top gadgets, TVs, laptops and more
(Pocket-lint) – The last 12 months or so have been unlike any other and that has had a profound affect on this year’s CES. Being virtual-only for the first time, it meant we couldn’t tread the halls of the world’s largest trade show as we usually do, and therefore didn’t get to see as many… Read more
read more...Qualcomm to Acquire CPU Designer Nuvia: Focuses on High-Performance Processors
Home News (Image credit: Nuvia) Qualcomm on Wednesday said that it had agreed to acquire Nuvia, a small yet ambitious microprocessor startup. The takeover of Nuvia will get Qualcomm a high-performance CPU design along with a proven CPU and system architecture design team, something that could give a strong boost to the company’s mobile and… Read more
read more...Arlo has a touchless doorbell, too — can’t we just update existing ones to do this?
“Finally, a doorbell for the pandemic era,” we remarked, as Alarm.com introduced its sub-$200 Touchless Video Doorbell yesterday. But what was once a curiosity has now become a trend: Netgear spinoff Arlo has its own Touchless Video Doorbell, right down to the same product name. Arlo doesn’t have a price, release date, or even a… Read more
read more...iRobot Roomba i3 +: Clean Base and automatic emptying within everyone's reach
iRobot plays a very interesting card: Roomba i3 + brings Clean Base and automatic emptying with autonomy of 60 days for everyone with an all-inclusive price of 699 Euro to the public by Roberto Colombo published 12 January 2021 , at 19: 01 in the Home channel iRobot Roomba If one volta Roomba was synonymous… Read more
read more...Motorola moto g 5G: winner for incredible autonomy! The review
With the new Motorola moto g 5G the winged company decides to continue on the open medium range 5G device line with the Plus version. The will is to ignite the desire of users for the old brand by offering good quality at an attractive price and even with the prerogative of the 5G network…. Read more
read more...MEPs want a one-hour deletion period for terrorist content
Operators of online platforms in the EU must in future delete “terrorist content” within an hour by order of any authorities from a member state without judicial approval. The lead committee for civil liberties, justice and home affairs of the EU Parliament voted on Monday for the draft of a corresponding regulation. 54 MPs were… Read more
read more...Brief information: CES, environmental protection, Ubiquiti, Twitter
CES 2021: More chance than crisis The US electronics industry is starting the new year with some confidence despite the corona crisis. Because of the pandemic, consumers at home are particularly reliant on technology to cope with everyday work, education and entertainment, said the industry association Consumer Technology Association (CTA). “The pandemic has pressed the… Read more
read more...The best of CES 2021: 9 product and technology highlights
Home News (Image credit: Samsung) We’ve had Sony’s Airpeak drone, Samsung’s butler robot for your washing-up needs, tuneable glasses that let you adjust lens strength, and pretty much a health-checking app for everything. Indeed, while CES 2021 has been a markedly different affair due to its online-only format, the consumer electronics show has kept up… Read more
read more...First Wi-Fi 6E router on the market: Netgear Nighthawk RAXE500 presented
Wi-Fi 6 is still a long way from being established, as Wi-Fi 6E is already in the starting blocks. With the Nighthawk RAXE 500 Netgear has now introduced what it claims to be the first Wi-Fi 6E router. Regular Wi-Fi 6 is still limited to the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band. Only at the… Read more
read more...Google Titan 2FA keys are vulnerable to side channel attacks
The hardware keys for authentication two-factor Google Titan could be circumvented with a sophisticated attack, which can also be exploited on Yubico and Feitian keys that use the same chip by Alberto Falchi published on 12 January 2021 , at 15: 51 in the Security channel Google Several times on Edge9 we have stressed the… Read more
read more...CES 2021: Edifier debuts new Bluetooth speakers and TWS earphones
Dominic Moass 59 mins ago Featured Tech News, Headphones, Speakers, Tech News Over the years Edifier has earned a well deserved reputation for high-quality speakers and audio gear. At CES 2021, the company unveiled three new products – the D12 Bluetooth speakers, as well as two pairs of TWS earphones. Starting with the D12 speakers,… Read more
read more...WTF: Confused Android App: The ARD Mediathek thinks it is a web browser
A curious mistake in the ARD Mediathek Android app is causing confusion among users: since the latest update, the media application has felt called to open URLs. Because the app mistakenly pretends to be a web browser, all of the links clicked on the smartphone suddenly open the ARD media library for numerous users –… Read more
read more...Netgears Nighthawk RAXE500 is the first Wi-Fi 6E router to hit the market
Wi-Fi 6 is still a long way from being established, as Wi-Fi 6E is already in the starting blocks. With the Nighthawk RAXE 500 Netgear has now introduced what it claims to be the first Wi-Fi 6E router. Regular Wi-Fi 6 is still limited to the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band. Only at the… Read more
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