In the past, manufacturers like Apple kept a tight lid on the equipment needed to replace your gadget’s screen. However, now that this equipment is more easily accessible to other repair shops, it’s much easier to find someone who can fix your smartphone or tablet when it’s broken. But there’s just one problem: As more and more people begin opening up repair shops, it leaves room for bad eggs to pop up....
In fact, some of our staff members here at komando.com have received variations of these phishing messages. They’re so cleverly disguised, I suspect that plenty of people are unfortunately falling for it. As usual, these crafty crooks are sending out emails and creating websites that look like the real deal. Recognizing these fake messages can be difficult to the untrained ey, but we’re here to help. Read on and learn about the latest Apple ID phishing scam that’s making the rounds and how to spot it before it’s too late....
Vivo has pulled the wraps from Vivo X70 Pro+. The latest camera-centric device from vivo comes with all the bells and whistles, including a ZEISS lens. The current model features a camera upgrade, a bigger battery, and much more compared to its predecessor. Vivo X70 Pro+ Features and Specifications The Vivo X70 Pro+ comes equipped with a large 6.78-inch Samsung E5 AMOLED display offering a maximum resolution of 1,440 x 3,200 pixels alongside HDR support....
It feels just like yesterday when Samsung announced the 4.3 inch Galaxy S II and the tech media went absolutely mental, calling it a gigantic device. We all know what happened next. The 4.8 inch Galaxy S III was launched a year later, and now the GS4 sports a 5 inch panel. We saw the same evolution happen with the Galaxy Note, the first one being 5.3 inches, the current model being 5....
If you want to get your privacy back, your first step is to shut down all the intrusive GPS trackers and hidden maps. Tap or click for eight buried settings you need to change now. Now it’s time to see what’s out there. You can do a quick Google search for your name, but it won’t turn up everything floating around. Tap or click here to start digging up all the dirt others can see when they look you up online....
For Verizon Wireless customers out there that happen to use Android Pay, there’s a nice promotion going on for a limited time. Verizon Wireless has just confirmed that, for a limited time, any person that has an Android device that supports the mobile payment option Android Pay will be able to get 2GB of free data, for the period of two billing cycles, just for using the service. To actually get the deal, you’ll need to use the service once to get the initial 1GB added to your plan....
Later today, Samsung will be unveiling its flagship phablet for 2015: the Galaxy Note 5. The launch of the phablet is expected to be accompanied by the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Plus, a bigger variant of the Galaxy S6 edge. Samsung will be holding the event at the Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York. The event is scheduled to kick off at 11:00 am EDT. Not everyone is lucky or privileged enough to be invited by Samsung to go at the launch event....
Recall when Huawei introduced the Mate 10 model weeks ago. This top of range came with all the merits to position itself as one of the best devices for the end of the year and beginning of 2019. Its battery of 4,000 mAh competes with other high-end smartphones. This is what the company itself knows, and that is why it has decided to implement a promotion strategy that gives the South Korean giant Samsung the point for the creation of the Galaxy S8....
Vivo has introduced its latest mid-range smartphone called Vivo Y12S. The device offers a big battery and comes equipped with a dual rear camera sensor. Let us take a closer look at Vivo Y12s has to offer. Vivo Y12S Features and Specifications The Vivo Y12S comes equipped with a 6.5-inch HD+ display that offers a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and an aspect ratio of 20:9. Under the hood lies Helio P35 paired with 3GB of RAM....
Considering that the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus had cost me a whopping Rs 17,500, there was no way I could buy a new smartphone for at least the next 1.5-2 years or so. This got me thinking about how I could get more from this smartphone in terms of performance. My main intention back then was to somehow play games like Temple Run, Subway Surfer, etc., without any lag. I started Googling ways to increase the performance of Android smartphones, which led me to the world of XDA....
Looks more from Cupertino than from China We said it in our initial impressions that the Vivo V5 Plus wants to be an iPhone when it comes to design. And it manages to pull that off! We used the phone for close to two weeks and there were over half a dozen occasions when we had people thinking asking us if that was an iPhone. This, in spite of scores of iPhone clones and wannabes out there, and folks bored to death looking at them....
An extraordinarily painful process begins whereby they have to type in their credit card details on the new smartphone they just purchased, the one with the tiny keys they still haven’t figured out how to use properly. Frustration ensues, and the purchase doesn’t happen. Enter operator billing. Your phone has a SIM card inside, and you either pay a monthly bill or you’re a prepaid customer. Why not just charge the transaction to the company that you already have a financial relationship with?...
Now the dangerous family of malware SonicSpy has been distributed in more than 4000 infected apps all over the Internet that has already managed to infect thousands of users around the world, and worst of all is that three of them have sneaked on Google Play passing The security barriers of the tech giant Google itself. According to the security research firm Lookout, the three applications that have passed above the security barriers of the tech giant Google Play are Soniac, Troy Chay and Hulk Messenger, so if you have any of them on your device you may have already been infected with most of your data exposed to external servers....
Backtrack 5 comes with a very good set of tools required for performing all necessary information gathering. Tools for performing web application analysis are: CMS Identification IDS/IPS Detection Open Source Analysis Web Crawlers Vulnerability Assessment and Exploitation Maintaining Access CMS Identification: blindelephant cms-explorer whatweb BlindElephant BlindElephant is a python based tool for fingerprinting the web applications. This tool basically attempts to discover the version used by comparing the static files at certain known locations against the hashes which are pre-computed for the versions of those files....
We also learned how to fuzz different parameters to collect different data or test some other test cases, and we found some sensitive user information, such as: The user Id 2 is a valid user ID. It contains two accounts. Account ID 20 is a checking account. Account ID 21 is a savings account. Now we will focus on how we can use this information for creating other attacks. I will continue from where I left in the last article....
After AT&T backed out of a deal with Huawei, which would see the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States selling the flagship Mate 10 Pro, things looked pretty bleak for the smartphone manufacturer’s plans for U.S. expansion. Indeed, the U.S. government does not seem happy with the idea that Huawei could sell smartphones in the United States, and has been reported to be leaning into AT&T to sever all times with the company altogether....
Career training has become a service much of America is looking for these days. Look no further than Google. The tech giant recognizes that its Career Certificate program has shown a lot of value and has decided to grow it. If you are curious about changing careers or just getting a little more education under your belt, here’s what’s offered in Google’s expanded training programs. Why Google? The Google certificate program isn’t new, it’s been around for years, and it’s been growing since its inception....
Sensors are all the rage these days. Slap one in a pair of headphones, and boom, you get a heart rate monitor. Put one in your bracelet, and there you go, instant pedometer. Now Eye Tribe is a company I’ve never heard of, but they were at CES showing off a tiny prototype $99 infrared sensor that plugs into the microUSB port on your Android device. It’s a super-advanced eye tracker that makes what Samsung slapped into the Galaxy S4 look like a pile of garbage....
Let’s start with the phone’s key selling proposition – the selfie camera. The V7+ comes with a 24MP front shooter with a LED flash. Coupled with it is a camera app loaded with options and modes that help you click pictures in various conditions. Vivo has upgraded their Face beauty algorithms to v7.0 that claims to do a very good job on video calls too. Are those claims true? Well, yes and no....
It’s already rolled out incredible deals on its own line of tech, along with Apple products and items you didn’t know you wanted or needed. Just looking at the Prime Days deal page can be somewhat overwhelming — and that kind of distraction is exactly what cybercriminals are counting on. During a fast-paced sales event like Prime Day, some concerns might come to mind such as: Am I getting the best deal?...
