Niantic’s Pokémon GO mobile app was an instant hit when it launched in the summer of 2016. Augmented reality-driven gameplay let players interact with familiar characters in an immersive way using the camera and screen on our phones. Unpredicted growth saw Niantic’s servers regularly struggle to keep up with the number of new players coming online around the world. Those growing pains are now a thing of the past, and Niantic has added features like battling between players and in-game missions to keep players coming back....

Powerbeats Pro were officially announced earlier this month as the first real competitor to AirPods. Now, Beats is hyping the launch of its truly wireless earphones with a star-studded advertisement entitled “Unleashed.” In the ad, countless athletes can be seen wearing Powerbeats Pro – offering a great look at the truly wireless earbuds in action. The ad is set to “Saw Lightning,” a new track by Beck. The ad showcases the sporty design of Powerbeats Pro, physical controls on the side, and more....

The deal is – users pay $5 per month to receive three key digital items – music from a leading artist (U2, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Emmylou Harris and Death Cab for Cutie have all signed-up to take part in this initiative), a track from an up and coming act and a surprise piece of content, which could be a song, video, short story or anything else. Subscribers will also receive detailed stories of (RED) cash being spent in Africa....

New update on June 16, 2020: Good news for the Oppo A9 2020 smartphone users, because the OEM has now made the Android 10 (ColorOS 7) stable update live for the users. There is no set quota for this push and all the users of the Oppo A9 2020 are eligible to pick up the update. The update will be arriving with version number C.65 via OTA. In order to check for the update, you need to head over to Settings > Software Updates and click on “Trial Version” from the gear menu located in the upper right corner....

In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the Android 10 update on Oppo A91. Now that the device has received the tenth iteration of the OS upgrade, users are likely to welcome a plethora of new and interesting features. These include the likes of a revamped Visual Interface, the incorporation of Smart Sidebar, the addition of Navigation Gestures 3.0, and tons of System-related changes. Not to mention the fact that there are some optimizations to the Home screen, Game Space, Camera, and Applications as well as enhancement to the overall device security....

On this page, we will guide you on how to download and install the Oppo F7 CPH1859 DA file. DA file also known as the Download Agent file is a file that helps in fixing the device secure boot error. If you are using the Oppo F7 and facing any issues such as FRP lock, corrupted memory, secure boot error, authentication, or buffer error. To flash the Secure Boot DA file on your Oppo F7, you need flash tools like SP Flash Tool, NCK Box, Miracle Box, or CM2 box....

Fred Vogelstein, author of Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution, has published a massive, detailed account of the atmosphere around Apple in the lead up to the historic announcement of the original iPhone in 2007. This particular profile, which is entitled “And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone,’” appears in The New York Times Magazine and portrays the exceptional excitement and nervous energy that encompassed the people who worked tirelessly to deliver what we now love and know as the iPhone....

(so far today) Just 24 hours after Apple released Mountain Lion, over half of our readers are already on the slightly smaller, big cat. That is an impressive feat for a desktop OS, and it is one made easier by the Mac App Store. We had a bit of a head start with 10 percent grabbing the developer download over the past weeks, and obviously the general Mac populations is probably a bit behind....

There’s a new money-stealing scam that you need to watch for. It ditches the traditional method of attaching malware to an email or cold-calling you with some bogus scam. Instead, the scammers expect you to call them. Keep reading to learn how this tricky scam works so you can avoid falling victim. Here’s the backstory Phishing emails typically follow the blueprint of including malicious links or attachments that, if clicked, will infect your device with malware....

Why target banking? One word: money. Access to a bank account or to the internal network of a financial institution is akin to striking gold. Unlike the “old days,” where breaking into a bank involved digging tunnels and having a highly skilled team that included a safecracker, cyber-thieves can do much more damage remotely with very little skill and much less risk; now there are groups operating in the dark web that create malware or password-cracking apps and share or sell them to others....

Ahead of the Pixelmator Pro version 2.1 launch, the Pixelmator team has given another sneak peek of a feature coming to the macOS photo editor: the ML Crop function. In April, the developers shared two new features coming to version 2 .1 of Pixelmator Pro: the ability to quickly see and set the primary and secondary colors and a way to change the color of any object in the document using drag and drop....

The website Plays.org has over 2,000 different free and interesting online games that may be accessed directly from the browser. The website is jam-packed with web browser-enabled games; there are no fancy applications to download, no need to use up your phone’s memory, and best of all, no money is necessary to proceed with the games. All of the games are free and full-length, making them appropriate for both children and adults....

Now that Apple’s new MacBook Pros are out… which model do you plan on picking up? As expected, Apple officially unveiled all-new MacBook Pros today including new 13-inch and 15-inch models. The highlight new feature of the devices is the Touch Bar, a thin Retina touchscreen that replaces the function key row on the keyboard and offers contextually sensitive buttons and gestures. But the company did have one somewhat of a surprise: it introduced a less expensive 13-inch entry-level model that doesn’t include the Touch Bar and a couple less Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports....

With Apple’s much rumored upcoming iPhone 5se on the horizon— an upgraded version of the iPhone 5S that retains the 4-inch display size for diehard fans of the model— we want to find out if you plan on upgrading when the new device launches. That’s the question we ask in today’s poll, in addition to what device you’re upgrading from (or downgrading, depending on how you look at it). There are a few things to consider unlike usual Apple and iPhone product launches....

A client trying to connect to a server on port 80 initializes the connection by sending a TCP packet with the SYN flag set and the port to which it wants to connect (in this case port 80). If the port is open on the server and is accepting connections, it responds with a TCP packet with the SYN and ACK flags set. The connection is established by the client sending an acknowledgement ACK and RST flag in the final handshake....

Pressure is growing on Facebook to explain its failure to protect customers against misuse of their data by a firm of political consultants. Both US and UK governments have demanded that CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally appear before them to give testimony. But in the case of the UK, Zuckerberg has already refused … Reuters reports that Zuckerberg has said that he will instead send another senior exec. The firm says that these execs would be better placed to explain what happened and what steps are being taken to ensure that there can be no repetition....

Earlier this week, we noted Apple SVP of Design Jony Ive and U2 pop star Bono made a joint appearance at the Cannes Lions Festival to discuss Apple and Product Red’s partnership in raising funds for AIDS/HIV programs in Africa. During that appearance, Bono pointed out with Jony Ive on stage that Apple does not prominently display the Product Red logo on the products that support the effort, according to AdWeek’s account of the event (the full video has not been made available and the clip showing Bono relaying another story on Steve Jobs has since been made private):...

I’m sure most of us have at some point had Windows- and Android-using friends ask us why we pay the ‘Apple tax’ – the price difference between an Apple product and what they perceive to be an equivalent competitor product. A large part of the answer, of course, is that the competitor product isn’t equivalent at all. You can’t compare a MacBook with its premium materials, build-quality, high-spec components, screen quality and aesthetics with a low-end Windows laptop with plastic casing, low-spec innards and cheap and cheerful display....

A new report says that the idea for Oprah Winfrey’s Apple TV+ show focusing on mental health came from a conversation with Britain’s Prince Harry, aka The Duke of Sussex, and that the Duke is heavily involved. The Telegraph spoke with Prince Harry. Prince Harry believes the show could save lives. The series will focus on breaking down the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness — showing examples of the “human spirit fighting back from the darkest places,” as the Duke puts it....

These days, there are so many different streaming services for people to choose from when they’re looking for something new to watch. With so many different streaming services that all have their own original content, a lot of which can’t be watched anywhere else, it can be tough to decide which ones to subscribe to or what to watch. But, it also means that people have a ton of options for what to watch when it’s time to kick back on the couch and binge a new TV show....