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While YouTube users in the United States, Canada and other parts of the world have to subscribe to YouTube Red to gain the ability to save videos offline, Google has been offering this functionality for free to YouTube users in India. This is because of the poor internet connectivity in the country. Now, the company is further improving this feature with the addition of Smart Offline. The feature takes advantage of the cheaper data rate that many mobile operators offer in India during night hours....

The Internet itself is not a secure environment. And so beginner users (at home and school) ought to be fully aware of the dangers, of issues related to data privacy and security, and of how to protect themselves before downloading or installing software or doing anything that could possibly hurt them in the end. The younger the user, the more careless he or she might be when using mobile devices or Internet connections....

The tech giant Microsoft corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi has told Bloomberg that “Windows 10 is the fastest corporate adoption we have ever seen before” and that “we can not be more excited about the progress of Windows.” It seems that the Enterprise market of Windows 10 is working better than that of consumers where even Windows 7 is still the operating system of the brand preferred by Internet users for their personal computers....

Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun announced on Weibo today that the Chinese company has shipped 10 million units of its 2014 flagship — the Mi 4 — since it launch last year. Like all its other handsets, Xiaomi managed to pack the Mi 4 with some high-end specs and sold it at a very tempting price that made it popular among consumers. The handset comes with a 5-inch Full HD display, a Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB RAM, a 13MP rear camera, an 8MP front-facing camera, 16/64GB of storage space and a sealed 3080mAh battery....

Yahoo Mail Gets New features to Challenge with Google and Microsoft Yahoo has introduced a new version of its mail, bringing quality new features already present in top-rated email services like Inbox and Outlook. Yahoo Yahoo Mail is now updated with all new features and a bunch of new functions. A bunch of messages can now be easily moved or deleted by pressing and then holding the selection. However, it is straightforward to toggle between Google, AOL, Outlook, or different Yahoo accounts....

Thus, you can now send and receive WhatsApp messages right from your PC or laptop by using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Opera browsers. Unfortunately, it seems that Safari users will have to wait for a little longer. The sign up process is the same as before, which means users have to scan a QR code with the mobile app in order to start using the web client. At the moment, iPhone users don’t have the capability to scan the QR code but it works for Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Android....

The infection has been reported to show a “blue screen of death” message type to victims and scares them to pay the sum of $50 in Bitcoin simply to unlock the screen and rescue their files and data present on the infected computer. The “Your Windows has been banned” ransomware infection is lock screen type and is not a very dangerous threat. This new version of “Your Windows has been banned” ransomware is actually reported by The Merkel media site and the site also claims that all the computer and as well as infected users must note that it is a scam....

WhatsApp Business, in addition to that, also features a bunch of tools to help businesses manage their customer base. For starters, it allows creating quick replies, automated messages for when the moderator is away and even set up a welcome message for when a user contacts it the first time. Moreover, there are a few statistics owners can look into such as how many people have read their messages, how many have been delivered, sent, what have you....

If you want to use two-factor authentication (2FA) or even go full passwordless but you still have older devices with no biometric hardware (or you prefer not to use biometrics), a FIDO2 hardware key will let you use the same cross-platform authentication that’s built into Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, Linux (although you may need to do a little more setup) and an increasing number of online services like Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Google Drive and more....

Yesterday I shared a rumor from ZD|Net Korea that said LG was going to launch a flexible screen smartphone later this month called the LG Z and that it would have a 6.0 inch display. Today, that rumor got tweaked by The Wall Street Journal, who says the name of the device will actually be the “G Flex” and that it’ll come out in November, but they do confirm the massive 6....

Even your favorite apps can invade your privacy. While they might not be out to steal your banking information, they are gathering data on you. Tap or click here to see which major apps are guilty of sharing your data. You can protect your privacy in a few ways. Two common methods are using incognito mode and a virtual private network, or VPN. Think these are the same thing? They differ in one crucial way when it comes to privacy....

Recently, WhatsApp has rolled out some new features to its earlier launched “32 people in a group call,” these feature includes muting someone in a call and many more. New Features Would Come To WhatsApp Message Reaction As first spotted by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp introduced a new version of message reactions to beta versions of Android 2.22.15.7 and WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.14.0.71. Developers introduced this feature earlier, two months, and now it is planning to enhance it with more features....

The world knows Carl Pei as the person behind OnePlus. But tell us, how on earth did he get into technology in general and mobile phones, in particular? I got interested in technology relatively late. In 1998, my family got our first computer, a Dell laptop, and it was my first encounter with the internet. I remember being gifted Warcraft II but was too scared (or young) to actually play it....

WoW! WhatsApp Just This Ultimate New Feature There are several functions and features that little by little the most used instant messaging application, of course, WhatsApp has been adding to its application, and not only that even we already know some of the functions of the most used instant messaging application, of course, WhatsApp that could arrive soon. However, the latest beta version of WhatsApp simply advances that soon nobody will be able to add us to groups without our permission, as now it will simply provide us the opportunity to configure the app so that nobody can be able to add us to any group without our permission....

Some might wonder: what other tools could the guys at Google offer users to make their YouTube experience even better? Well, a new tool now offers the possibility to create Intros and Outros for their videos, so their subscribers can have a more pleasant experience on their channel. YouTube +Introduction Tool This tool is available for all users that like to create a short video to introduce their viewers to the main part of their playlist....

What is Mint Mobile’s Refer a Friend program? Our Refer a Friend program is a way to earn credits for you and your friend when you refer them to Mint–that’s right, you both get credit. And that credit goes toward your renewal, which means even more savings tacked on to your existing savings. It’s also a great way to stick it to big wireless and all of their myths. What does an existing user get if a friend signs up?...

A compliance officer is the central figure in ensuring that business processes and operations follow both internal policies and procedures, and external legislation. Typically serving in an advisory role and interacting with high-level stakeholders such as the company CEO and the board of directors, the compliance officer provides guidance on how to minimize risk related to data privacy and other laws. What Does a Data Privacy Officer Do? The International Compliance Association (ICA) describes the general responsibility of the compliance officer as providing an “in-house compliance service that effectively supports business areas in their duty to comply with relevant laws and regulations and internal procedures....

We thought the feature has finally been confirmed after few beta revisions and it seemed that WhatsApp will be sticking to the Google Drive backup feature for good. Much to our dismay the latest version of the app 2.12.233 had removed Google Drive backup feature. The Google Drive option is no more accessible when we try to backup the chats whereas the previous versions of the application allowed users to backup not only their conversations but also the image and other media (except for video....

Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp had announced that soon it will end support for the various Operating Systems from 2017, including the Nokia’s popular Symbian OS and BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10, as the reasons are more predictable: today 99% of people do not use these operating systems. Hence, to maintain support and updates for them are just waste of money by WhatsApp, hence, WhatsApp to stop working on them. In figures, Android 2....

However, there are many out there who feel that while HIPAA and HITECH were good starts, they do not go nearly far enough. Even as far back as 2013, there were calls for strengthening the protections provided in several crucial areas. These areas include the following, which we’ll address in greater detail later: HIPAA is more concerned with business errors than with actual hacking attempts. Mobile device security is not addressed....