Mobile

Huawei is about to hold a bittersweet event to launch the Mate 40 series. While it will be one of the company’s top performing phones for the foreseeable future due to the U.S. trade ban, it will also be the company’s last phone with a high-end Kirin chipset for the foreseeable future. This is, in…

Samsung Smart Call automatically blocks fraudulent calls on the Galaxy Note 20. It is part of a larger team with Hiya that also deals with spam. You just have to activate it in the app. It should soon be easier to dodge robocalls and other unwanted phone chats on a Samsung phone. Samsung has signed…

WhatsApp will reportedly get support for face unlocking on Android in a future update. The app is also designed to facilitate participation in an ongoing group call through notifications of missed calls. According to reports, WhatsApp will bring two functions to the app in a future stable version. The first will appeal to those who…

The Google Play Music Android app will shut down permanently for some users. The app now prevents users from accessing its content and asks them to transfer their data to YouTube Music. The Play Music web portal is no longer accessible to some. Google Play Music will be permanently closed to several users around the…

Documents related to Apple and Qualcomm’s regulatory regime have revealed Qualcomm’s 5G modem roadmap. The documents show that Apple expects to use previously unseen X65 and X70 5G modems from Qualcomm. Apple just launched its first iPhone 12 series 5G iPhones. It looks like they’re powered by Qualcomm’s X55 modem, which can also be seen…

India’s smartphone shipments hit a record high in the third quarter of 2020. The news comes after a sharp drop of nearly 50% in the second quarter. Indian smartphone shipments declined nearly 50% in the second quarter of 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This led to all-time lows in the market, but it…

Minesweeper was one of the earliest PC games. Its history dates back to the 1960s and is still played today. It is a logic game where you have to uncover all the mines without selecting any. You use numbers on the board to determine how many mines are nearby. There are a ton of variations,…

Quibi, the streaming service that launched earlier this year, is reportedly being shut down. The service was intended to appeal to a younger audience with its mobile-centric business model. However, the service lagged in the number of its paid subscribers. It looks like the lights are out for Quibi. The streaming service, which started in…

The end is in sight for Quibi, PayPal offers support for cryptocurrency and Netflix is ​​testing a new advertising strategy. This is your daily crisis for October 21, 2020. The big story: Quibi shuts down Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s acclaimed streaming video app, which raised nearly $ 2 billion in funding, is reportedly shutting…