This Whatsapp payment feature was rolled out to limited users six weeks ago. For this move, the company has collaborated with Novi, Meta’s digital wallet app. The payment will be made using Pax Dollars (USDP), a stable coin pegged to the US dollar developed by Paxos Trust Money. Novi’s head Stephane Kraisel announced this by posting a tweet saying the new Novi payments feature on Whatsapp in the United States....
Both features are unique and will make it more convincing for WhatsApp users to use WhatsApp calls, even if it is about an audio call or video, so let’s know about them. WhatsApp Will Soon Test Out 32-person Video Chats Firstly let’s discuss the first feature, which is WhatsApp Call links. With this feature, users can generate a call link and share it with their friends or anyone to join WhatsApp calls with just “a single tap”....
For those who are technically challenged, DNS is basically a system to convert domain names into IP addresses. Domain names are easier to understand, memorize and write for humans while computers only use IP addresses to communicate. A Google Code page details how to change the DNS servers to use Google Public DNS servers. Experienced users need to use the following two DNS servers. Many of you might already know and some of you might already be using OpenDNS, which is the most popular DNS service provider until now....
Already on several occasions many situations appeared in which advertising is shown to products of the company, suggesting users to change. But a new “publicity” seems to be emerging now, suggesting that Chrome users use a Microsoft extension. Microsoft had previously shown that it could use one of the new features in Windows 10 to introduce its users to its products. After starting to show in the Start Menu proposals for applications that can be found in the Windows App Store, it began to alert users that your browser can be as good or better than the competition....
But what are the true, bias-free differences between Mac computers and Windows ones? Tap or click here to hear Kim’s take on Macs getting more attacks than Windows PCs. We’ve done our research and we found 10 objective differences between Macs and Windows computers. So what sets them apart? Let’s start with their price tags. 1. What you pay Price is one of the big differences between Windows PCs and Macs....
Xiaomi first showcased its foldable phone at the beginning of this year via a teaser video. It was widely expected the company would talk about the device at MWC 2019 but the company instead announced the Mi 9. A month later, Xiaomi is once again teasing its foldable phone via a teaser video. The teaser video shows the Xiaomi device in an open tablet-like state from where the left and right corners of the display fold outside and it turns into a smartphone....
It’s the price we pay for having easy access to GPS, right? How could we live in the 21st century without our smartphone using our location to recommend restaurants, showing us the hours at Costco and pinpointing our doctor on a map? There is a downside to our openness that is downright shocking. Sure, if you activate the location tracking on your smartphone, you realize you’re giving up some of your privacy....
Last week, the Google Play edition HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 started receiving the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update. While the Jelly Bean version for these devices is very much stock, there are still a lot of differences compared to the Android 4.3 seen on the Nexus 4 and other Nexus devices. Below is a small list of changes that are present in the HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google Play edition ROMs compared to stock Android on Nexus 4 or even their previous Android 4....
If you do decide to take a trip, there is one critical error that many people make that you need to avoid. Your security is on the line. Critical mistake made by travelers We’re talking about something that seems to be innocent enough, your airline boarding pass. Even these days with so many cybercriminals looking to rip us off, many travelers are extremely careless with their boarding passes. Not only will they toss them in the trash at the airport or leave them on the plane, but some take pictures and post them all over social media to let everyone know where they’re headed....
The Mi Band 2 comes with heart rate monitor and an OLED display, two quintessential features that the Mi Band missed out on. The very fact that Mi Band depended completely on the companion app to relay the information was kind of painful. Goqii, for instance, came equipped with an OLED display and was more accurate than the Mi Band. The Mi Band 2 employs a design philosophy that is similar to the original Mi Band and thankfully the Mi Band 2 also employs a layer of Gorilla Glass just to ensure that the glass is sturdy enough and doesn’t pick up scratches easily....
Xiaomi has some good news for those waiting for Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite, Mi 10T, and Mi 10T Pro. The Xiaomi Mi 10T series has already been launched in Europe and the company seems to be working on an India launch. Xiaomi India Managing Director Manu Kumar Jain conducted a Twitter poll and got an overwhelming response from Mi fans who want the company to launch Mi 10 series in India....
That sounds crazy, right? Apparently, it’s totally plausible. Originally discovered by Fast Company, the patent filing describes technology that works similarly to a fingerprint scanner in a smartphone. Only instead of your fingertip, the watch takes a picture of your “vein structure characteristics,” stores that in its database. Then, any time you have to authenticate, it’ll ensure your veins match the initial imprint. The patent illustrations suggest that this kind of authentication is possible by equipping the smartwatch with a camera sensor two light sources on either side of the chassis....
The open-source social media network has been attracting a steady stream of new users, most of them disaffected Twitter users who’ve been turned off by new owner Elon Musk’s shenanigans. After crossing a million daily active users in early November, the Mastodon user base has continued to climb. The latest figures show daily active users at 3.3 million, with roughly 50,000 new accounts being created daily. Also: I started my own Mastodon server on a Raspberry Pi....
Once this feature is enabled, there are three new tabs, one for calls, chats, and contacts. The feature set is pretty straightforward. But you can switch to speakerphone or mute your microphone if needed during a call. Why this matters: Add WhatsApp to the strong group of contenders offering free phone calls for your Android device. Facebook also provides calling within its Messenger app, a full-blown platform. And don’t forget about Google’s Hangouts, which also comes with Android....
In Summary Windows 11 22H2 update is going to be one of the major updates to the OS since its launch. Microsoft has been testing this version in its Insider program with beta users for several weeks. The new update brings in the much-awaited drag and drop on the taskbar feature, which was a major missing in Windows 11. Here are all the new features that you will see in the Windows 11 22H2 update, releasing on 20th September next month....
The Mi 4i was released mainly for Indian users, so it seems the Mi 4c is aimed at domestic Chinese consumers, first of all. We say the device is similar, because it features the same 13 megapixel rear camera along with a 5 megapixel one, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and a similar 3,080mAh battery. But the device seems to be getting a better processor, the Snapdragon 808 SoC, which is actually the same chip found in the LG G4....
There is a good news for all Xiaomi Lover, the Chinese company has just launched Xiaomi Mi 6 at an event in Beijing. Well, as excepted Xiaomi Mi 6 sports some extraordinary feature. The phone will come in three color variants – White, Black, and Blue. The price has been announced as CNY 2,499 (approx Rs. 25000) for 64GB Storage, the 128GB storage and 6GB RAM Variant costs CNY 2,899 (approx Rs....
Since its introduction, there have been rumors of a successor who could even cover a greater percentage of the screen and that it was on sale in the market in a much more globalized way. The latest rumors say that the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 is close to its design completion to begin production and go on sale before the new iPhone. Xiaomi’s strategy with its new Mi Mix 2 is to become, once again, the most revolutionary phone on the market combining a striking external appearance with a good technological portent....
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 comes equipped with a 5.99-inch IPS LCD display and the device now offers 18:9 aspect ratio as opposed to the 17:7 offered by the Mi Mix. On a related note the 18:9 aspect ration has now become quite popular with Samsung, LG and other OEM’s using it on their smartphones. In all likelihood, the new aspect ratio might also help achieve better ergonomics. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 is powered by Snapdragon 835 paired with 6GB of RAM....
Before diving into the differences, let’s quickly walk through what remains consistent among these three variants. For starters, all of them are powered by the same Android-based PatchWall software which comes integrated with a multitude of entertainment services such as Voot, Hungama Play, and more. In addition to that, each of them is compatible with Xiaomi’s intuitive way to bring cable and cloud content on a common platform. Xiaomi has also bundled the same 11-button remote (although, you can also just use your phone) with every one of them....
