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Certified refurbished gadgets are now on sale at eBay Shoppers looking for deals on tech now have a new option to save hundreds of dollars: eBay Certified Refurbished. The new program sells used gear from manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo and Microsoft, and includes a two-year extended warranty through Allstate insurance. Not only that, shoppers buying Certified Refurbished get a money-back guarantee and 30-day hassle-free returns. As icing on the cake, all products are shipped in manufacturer-sealed packaging and include new accessories and manuals....

Multitasking in Teams meetings on the iPad has improved. There’s now a collapsible right panel during meetings that allows the participant, for example, to chat with colleagues while watching and listening to a presentation. Chat bubbles in meetings are now available on iOS and Android. When chat bubbles are enabled, users can see chat messages on the screen to preview the two most recent messages. This avoids the need to manually open the chat window within a meeting to see what participants are typing....

Apple announced iPhone 4S earlier this week. It is now available for pre-order in US, Canada, Australia, UK, Germany, France & Japan and will be available starting Oct 14th. The problem with iPhone 4S in many countries including US, is that Apple ties up the iPhone purchase to a local telecom provider like AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone or O2. The service providers in turn subsidize the price of iPhone 4S by more than half of its actual price....

After a month long delay, Xiaomi today announced the Mi Band 2, its newest and greatest fitness and sleep tracker. Compared to previous Mi Bands, the latest Mi Band 2 comes with a 0.4-inch OLED display that displays the time, steps, and your heart rate. One end of the OLED display sports an anodised aluminium button that can be used to switch between the various viewing modes. The heart rate scanner resides below the module....

Mi TV 4X: Design and Display In terms of design, the Mi TV 4X comes in at 13.9mm thickness with a two-color anodized metal frame and a flat back panel that gives it a flush-look when mounted on a wall. It features a 4K HDR 10 display that offers deeper and punchier colors along with improved picture quality. It also features WCG (Wide-Color Gamut) and Reality Flow (with MEMC enabled by a dedicated chip)....

In late January 2015, WhatsApp rolled out a limited trial for its calling feature, which allows WhatsApp users to make calls to one another right from within the app. That limited nature of the rollout must have worked out well, because according to several different reports, the calling feature is now rolling out to all WhatsApp users. However, as noted by some reports, there are a few important details that need to be met before the feature becomes available, apparently....

Many talented people have developed specialized skills through experience, certifications, and self-learning but have had doors shut in their faces due to a lack of a college degree. “Many employers still require a four-year degree because they have not updated or innovated how they screen talent and evaluate their potential,” according to a study recently published by Cengage Group. Also: How to perfectly answer the ’tell me about yourself’ interview question Among technology employers, 47% say skills training credentials are most important when considering a candidate for an entry-level job....

Google Glasses: Still a Dream I decided to let things cool down and see what people think about it. At least, from where I stand, Project Glass is what it should be – a project and I don’t think we’ll see those fantastic glasses any time soon. If you ask me, I think Google and companies alike should focus on solving stringent issues of our digital lifes before luring us with almost hollow promises....

At least you won’t have to wait to catch a glimpse of the new Spiral 2 prototype hardware next version release of ’s Module Developer Kit (MDK). teased the prototype in the same + post. y this matters: has a lot of outreach to do if modular smartphones are ever going to catch on, but it’s starting with its Android faithful first. Rather than limit the conference to a select few thous attendees, it’s exping beyond Mountain View to reach other parts of the world....

This is the only reason Windows XP and Windows 8.1 are still downloaded today. Although Microsoft has officially ended the support for Windows XP, you can download Windows 8.1 on your outdated or old computer. Compared to Windows 10, Windows 8.1 requires less space and RAM. Windows 8.1 Free Download Full Version in 2022 So, if your laptop or computer is compatible only with Windows 8.1, then you can download the ISO file of Windows 8....

Abbreviated as WP, Windows Phone is a new Smartphone operating system developed by Microsoft in order to succeed the old Windows Mobile, and this “new” operation system will be potentially the major mobile’s platform in next few years. Windows Phone stills young proprietary mobile operating systems which mean its digital forensics is still not very advanced. This article will take a look at Windows Phone 7 from a forensics’ perspective; we will see how to explore SMS, Facebook and Whatsapp messages, how to extract emails, contact pictures… I’ll try to show you the basics and try to extract as much information as I can from a Windows Phone based Smartphone....

But if you really want to be sure, you can grab an app from Zimperium bs, the organization responsible for uncovering Stagefright. en you download launch the app, it pulls up a list of the specific CVEs (common vulnerabilities exposures) that impact your phone. Of course, if you’re susceptible ( unless you’ve applied the patch, you are) Zimperium throws in a “Contact Us” button to give out your email address, phone number, other details that would presumably give Zimperium a method to reach out to you....

WhatsApp To Get These Ultimate New Features The well-known instant messaging app, WhatsApp is one of the best and most used instant messaging applications available, but there is always opening for developments and new features, especially in terms of security and privacy of each chat or conversation. Yes, Something that was missing on this platform, of course, WhatsApp compared to some of its alternatives and the interesting thing is that this is the new feature that is currently being tested....

According to the 2019 (ISC)2 “Women in Cybersecurity Report,” women comprise 24 percent of the industry. This is compared to the 10 percent that was estimated in 2015 by a Frost & Sullivan report co-sponsored by (ISC)2. While there seems to be a positive change, we should put things into context: women make up 47 percent of the labor force across all sectors in the United States. According to Liz Mann, a 25-year industry veteran, one of the challenges is the fact that not as many young women pursue higher education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields in general....

Windows 7 was launched officially last week amidst launch parties and fanfare. As always, Microsoft gave its customers an option to get the Windows 7 DVD from retail stores or download the Windows 7 ISO directly from its servers online. Users who do not want to download Windows 7 ISO images which are widely available on Bit Torrent sites can download the ESD version of Windows 7 setup installer instead....

This designer has been working with Xiaomi for a while and now we can see that he will have a smartphone belonging to the company. After announcing the Ceramic Black model, the company has just surprised us with a special edition of it. It will be exactly the same in terms of specifications, although in terms of design we see slight changes. 8 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage and ceramic body This new device comes with a ceramic body and aluminum frame, while the other has a fully ceramic back....

And when it comes to smartphones, perhaps no company has shown as much skill in carpet bombing as the South Korean giant, Samsung. Even as other players in the Android zone advanced cautiously, the Korean brand literally flew in with both feet, and in no time at all, had multiple devices at different price points, something the likes of Sony, HTC, Motorola and even Samsung’s own Korean rival, LG, could not deal with....

The ability to take a screenshot on your iPhone has long been a handy feature. But what if you wanted to save an entire webpage and view it later to avoid taking dozens of screenshots? Good news. Now you can. Keep reading to find out how to take a screenshot of an entire webpage on your iPhone. TikTok does it again There isn’t much that TikTok isn’t useful for, and learning new hacks and tricks seems to be a high point lately....

We then turn to Netflix or whatever your streaming service of choice is to stay entertained. All this online activity has probably put your internet connection front and center. If you’re not getting the speeds that you’re paying for, that’s a problem. Tap or click here to report slow internet to the FCC. Upgrading isn’t as simple as calling up your provider, as that would mean a probable increase in monthly charges....

Take another look. If you still think that it’s clean, take it into another room – or better still, a coffee shop or some other public place – and look at it under different lighting. Unless you’ve been keeping on top of cleaning, it’s probably foul. Here’s mine, and it’s only been a few weeks since I last cleaned it. Also: The best keyboards: Find your type That’s unpleasant! There are a lot of different ways that people can clean their keyboards, but my method of choice is to use a cleaning gel (also known as “slime”)....