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Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival that’s as cheap as $540

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Chinese smartphone and smart device maker Xiaomi just announced its 
first laptop — and boy does it look familiar to products belonging to a 
company that begins with the letter ‘A’ 😉<br />

The Chinese tech giant is holding a press event to unveil its new 
Redmi Pro smartphone today, but it also dropped a surprise with the 
unveiling of the Mi Notebook Air. Even the name sounds familiar, right?<br />

The laptop comes in two sizes — 13.3-inch and 12.5-inch — running 
Windows with a full-HD display, full-metal body and type-C USB charging 
and two USB slots. There’s a full-sized keyboard with Apple-esque keys 
that are individually backlit.<br />

Under the hood, Xiaomi is promising an Intel Core i5 Processor with 
8GB DDR4 RAM and 256GB PCIe SSD, and an expandable SSD slot. For games, 
there’s a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics card. Size-wise, we 
are talking 306.9 mm x 210.9 mm x 14.8 mm with an apparent weight of 
1.28 kg.<br />
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The starting price is 3599 CNY, or around $540, with a flagship model
 priced at 4,999, or $750. Don’t hold your breath on an international 
launch, since many of Xiaomi products — particularly its first forays 
into new categories — are China-only affairs. What we know so far is it 
will go on sale in China from August 2.<br />
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comparison. The Chinese company said the Mi Notebook Air is thinner (13 
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Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival that’s as cheap as $540

Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival that’s as cheap as $540 Chinese smartphone and smart device maker Xiaomi just announced its first laptop — and boy does it look familiar to products belo…

27 Jul 2016

More pictures showing the Xperia F8331 flagship leak

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Exactly one week ago we brought you an exclusive first look at the upcoming Sony Xperia handset with the model number F8331. This is going to be the successor to the Xperia X Performance
 that just went on sale this month, and while in terms of innards it's 
not entirely different from that phone, it does sport a very different 
design.<br />

Here are a couple of newly leaked images showing the F8331, 
emphasizing that point further. Sure, the front of this device does look
 like a lot of past Sony flagships, but its back is distinctive, 
thankfully. Oh, and you get to see a horribly designed screen protector 
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The Xperia F8331 will come with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 at the 
helm, like its predecessor, but it will have a slightly bigger screen 
(now 5.1") and the ability to record 4K video with both of its cameras.<br />

This phone might end up being Sony's flagship offering for the second
 half of 2016, and its unveiling could happen at the beginning of 
September at IFA in Berlin. It will come with a USB Type-C port (a first
 for Sony) but will retain the 3.5 mm headset jack that so many 
companies are ditching this year.<br />

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27 Jul 2016

BlackBerry DTEK50 becomes official, runs Android and costs $299

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Over the past few weeks we've seen a lot of leaks and rumors 
regarding BlackBerry's second Android-running smartphone. At various 
points this was referred to as Hamburg, Neon, or DTEK50, with an official press render leaking mere hours ago. And now we know that, out of those three, BlackBerry chose DTEK50 to be the phone's official name.<br />

As rumored, the BlackBerry DTEK50 is just a rebranded alcatel Idol 4,
 a mid-range Android device that got announced at the beginning of this 
year. The difference, obviously, is that the DTEK50 runs BlackBerry's 
interpretation of Android, and not alcatel's.<br />
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It comes with the BlackBerry Hub preinstalled, as well as the 
BlackBerry keyboard, while DTEK (the software) monitors your overall 
security rating and has suggestions for improving it. DTEK tracks your 
apps and notifies you when someone is taking pictures or videos without 
your knowledge, or accessing your contacts or location. The same goes 
for when your microphone is turned on and when an SMS is sent.<br />

The phone also features a programmable BlackBerry Convenience Key, 
pop-up widgets, BlackBerry Device Search, Instant Actions, and Gesture 
Controls as part of the Canadian company's software enhancements to 
Android.<br />

The DTEK50 is "the world's most secure Android smartphone" according 
to BlackBerry - but if you believe that then you also see how ironic it 
is that the much more expensive Priv is apparently less secure.<br />

As for specs, if you know those of the alcatel Idol 4, then you know 
the BlackBerry DTEK50's too. The two handsets are identical. So 
BlackBerry's newest offering comes with a 5.2-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 
13 MP rear camera with phase detection autofocus and LED flash, an 8 MP 
selfie shooter, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 617 SoC, 3GB of RAM, 16GB of 
expandable storage, and a 2,610 mAh battery. It runs Android 6.0 
Marshmallow.<br />

It's already up for pre-order from BlackBerry's own website
 in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the 
Netherlands. It's priced at $299, €339, CAD 429, and £275, respectively.
 It will become available during the week of August 8.<br />

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27 Jul 2016

Verizon's LG G5 and V10 receive new software updates

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Today Verizon has started pushing out new software updates for both the LG G5 and the V10.
 These are rolling out to the handsets over-the-air, so if you own 
either one expect to get an update notification within the next few days
 (as OTA rollouts are usually staged).<br />
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With the new VS98713A software version, Verizon's LG G5 finally gets 
an option to show an app drawer in its built-in launcher. This has 
sorely been missed by some people who like app drawers and for some 
reason aren't aware that there are plenty of launchers in the Play Store
 providing this functionality.<br />

So if you want to see an app drawer as part of LG's launcher, just go
 to Settings > Home screen and choose "Home with app drawer". 
Additionally, G5 owners will now see a USB selection screen like the one
 portrayed in the image to the left whenever they connect a cable to the
 phone. The LG Health app has also been improved with the addition of 
customizable exercise modes, and a change to its dashboard.<br />

The LG V10's update arrives as software version VS99023A, and it's a 
smaller affair, bringing with it the new USB selection screen - 
identical to the one for the G5 (again, see the image in this article). 
Finally, it's also supposed to have some unnamed improvements to Wi-Fi 
Calling functionality built-in.<br />
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27 Jul 2016

Hack of Pokémon GO APK by DroidJack RAT

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<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">DroidJack RAT spreads through infected Pokémon GO APK.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Popular mobile games are the productive attack vector for cyber criminals, and Pokemon's GO Android augmented reality game released last week is the latest proof of this.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first game Pokemon sanctioned by Nintendo for iOS and Android devices was released in Australia and New Zealand on July 4 and landed in the United States on July 6 but the rest of the world did not receive it through the official channels. Three days after arriving in the US, Pokemon GO has become one of the most used applications in the Google Play Store, SimilarWeb shows data.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">For cyber criminals, it is a great opportunity, and they were quick to take advantage of this: the modified package Pokemon GO APK malicious remote access tool (RAT) is called DroidJack was seen in less than 72 hours after the game has been officially released. The objectives of this game were the attackers outside the three geographic regions, which are expected to result in third-party portals, to capture it.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is not uncommon for users to turn to third parties to capture the application or game is not available in your area, especially when many publications provide detailed information on how you can make side-loading. However, applications downloaded from unofficial portals often carry hidden risks, the main reason that users are always warned against this practice.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the case of Pokemon the GO, the attackers were very quick about it: they have created a malicious APK for three days after the initial start-up, taking advantage of the hype surrounding the official games. However, those of installing this program is a third party may have been warned about his malice if they paid special attention to the requested permissions.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">DroidJack (also known as SandroRAT) malware hidden in an unusual APK asked permission during installation, researchers explain Proofpoint. These include the permission to read and edit text messages, make phone calls, record sounds, edit contacts, bookmarks and read the Web History, connect to Wi-Fi, as well as applications running at startup.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">All these permits fall in line with functionality that has been associated with DroidJack, a mobile threat that has been around since 2014, the Trojan can steal user messages, call logs, contacts, browser history and installed applications, and can also execute remote commands, such how to take pictures, record video calls, send SMS and more.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Released on Google Play, as the </span>Android<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in 2013, DroidJack was originally designed as a legitimate application that allows users to control your computer from your Android device. SandroRAT first appeared in December 2013 on the hacker forum, but DroidJack version was announced in June 2014 it was suggested to your own website for $ 210 for the whole package of life, the Symantec researchers showed in 2014 in November.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In October 2015, European law enforcement agencies raided the suspects coordinated DroidJack users who bought malware and used it in 2014 and 2015. In November 2015, researchers analyzed OmniRAT, Android tool as DroidJack, it was originally designed as a legal application remotely manage Android devices, but later became malicious.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to Proofpoint, Pokemon game GO has been modified in such a way meant to trick users, believing that they have established a real game, and both versions have the same start screen. The good news is that the APK was not observed in the wild, although the researchers noted in a malicious file storage service.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Security researchers also explain that DroidJack RAT is configured to communicate with a command and control (C & C) Pokemon domain [.] No-IP [.] Org via TCP and UDP port 1337. C & C domain is enabled for Turkey IP-addresses (88.233.178 [.] 130), the researchers said, adding that the IP does not accept connections from infected devices during analysis.</span><br />
<br style="background-attachment: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important; background-color: #f5f6f5; background-image: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; color: #222222; font-family: "Diaria Light Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;" />
<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although the infected Pokemon GO APK was not observed in live attacks, it is an excellent example of why users should always download applications only from trusted sources. Cybercriminals closely follow the trend of apps and games, and, of course, prey on their popularity to carry out their nefarious activities.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f5f6f5; color: #222222; font-family: "diaria light pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Installing apps from third-party sources, except officially tested and authorized corporate app stores, is never recommended. Official and corporate app stores have procedures and algorithms to verify the reliability of mobile security applications, as well as side-loading applications from other, often dubious sources, putting users and their mobile devices for a variety of malicious software, "say the researchers Proofpoint.</span><br />
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24 Jul 2016

Layoffs and a shift towards app development at Cyanogen

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Friday was the last day at the office for about 30 people at Cyanogen
 Inc. The company has laid off about a fifth of its workforce, mostly 
the open source division. US offices in Palo Alto and Seattle have been 
heavily affected by the cuts, while the Lisbon and India branches have 
been pretty much entirely shut down.<br />

Additionally, the company will reportedly be making a shift towards app development.<br />
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How all that will affect the future of CyanogenMod is yet unclear, 
but with no one at Cyanogen Inc. actually working on it, it's not 
looking bright. The Android ROM debuted on the original OnePlus One, then the two companies parted ways when Cyanogen chose to work with Micromax in India.
 Ultimately though, the lack of manufacturers willing to adopt it meant 
CyanogenMod couldn't become the alternative to Google's take on Android 
to the extent its creators had hoped for.<br />

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24 Jul 2016

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Top 10 trending phone of week Our Top 10 chart would seriously benefit from a new high-profile launch sometime soon, because as it stand...

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Top 10 trending phone of week </h1>
Our Top 10 chart would seriously benefit from a new high-profile 
launch sometime soon, because as it stands nothing seems to be able to 
shake up the status quo. Top 3 remains unchanged yet again with the 
Redmi Note 3 on top and its usual sidekicks Galaxy J7 (2016) and Moto G4
 Plus.<br />
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The fourth position occupant remains the same too - last year's 
Galaxy J5, but it's now followed by the J3 (2016), two spots up from 
last week. OnePlus 3 is killing flagships indeed - it's the highest 
ranked top-tier smartphone in our chart, taking 6th.<br />
Galaxy J7 follows, then the reigning Samsung flagship Galaxy S7 in 
8th, while the S7 edge is in 10th. And it's right about here that we 
would usually find the iPhone 5s, last week in 9th, but this time it's 
been replaced by the Smart Glow of the Galaxy J2 (2016).<br />
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Top 10 trending phone of week

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