WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow Hackers to Modify Text, Send Fake Messages WhatsApp has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, thanks to multiple incidents of violence thanks to rumours that spread through fake news and incendiary messages on the app. While WhatsApp has beenreprimandedby the government and some cyber experts, thecompany has been taking stepsto ensure that such incidents are curbed. But new security flaws discovered in WhatsApp could make the problem even worse, as it allows hackers to send fake messages, intercept legit messages exchanged in a conversation and modify their contents among other attacks....

Xiaomi Mi A2 ‘Pre-Order Sale’ Ends in Minutes on Amazon and Mi.com Having originally unveiled the Mi A2 in Spain last month, Xiaomi yesterday finallylaunched the new smartphone in India. Now, pre-orders for the phone went liveon Amazontoday and ended in a matter of minutes. The phone also went on pre-order on the company’sofficial webstoreat noon IST and is out of stock there too. While Xiaomi called it a‘pre-order sale’, which did not mean it has a lot more stock than what is usually seen in a flash sale....

Xiaomi Officially Announces Pocophone Brand Putting all speculations to rest, Xiaomi has today officially confirmed and taken the wraps off its sub-brand Pocophone. Yes, it seems rumors and leaks were all true. Xiaomi’s Lead Product ManagerJai Mani today confirmed Pocophonevia an official tweet, which read“Today is a special day. I’m excited to start sharing more about the new project I’ve been working on. Wish me luck! @IndiaPOCO @GlobalPocophone.” The details for Poco, which seems to be the informal name, are quite sparse for now but we at least now know that it will be coming to India, thanks to theIndiaPOCO Twitter handle....

70% Smartphone Buyers in India Switched Brands Last Quarter; Xiaomi Reigns Here Too More than 70 percent of smartphone users in India switched brands in the second quarter of this year, benefitting Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi the most which sold nearly 37 per cent of the phones that were replaced, according to a CyberMedia Research (CMR) report on Wednesday. Xiaomi was followed by Vivo (17.8 per cent), Oppo (16.3), iTel (6....

Acer Chromebook 11 N7 Review: Well-Armored But Under-Powered Google introduced Chrome OS as an alternative to Windows and macOS, and while the company didn’t succeed in its ambitions the way it did with Android, it succeeded in creating a niche of computing machines targeted at users deeply invested in Google’s ecosystem of apps and services, and also gained popularity among students. At the moment, nearly all major PC makers have released Chromebooks with different hardware targeted at a different audience, but in general, Chromebooks are often marketed as a more affordable alternative to conventional PCs, so their hardware is‘just sufficient’in most cases....

All-New Palm Smartphone Gets Certified; Could be Released This Year Palm, the now-defunct smartphone brand whoseWebOS operating system originally introduced gesture-based navigationto the world, is all set for a comeback this year. Chinese tech company, TCL, which now owns the Palm brand, had last year announced its intentions to re-introduce the once-cult brand in the market in 2018, and recent evidence now suggests that the comeback may indeed happen sooner than we expected....

Android 9 Pie Official Build Ported To Over 20 Phones, Thanks To Project Treble Android 9 Pie is finally here, and while it doesn’t bring anything huge to the table, it does come with theBeta for Digital Wellbeing. But sadly, the Android Pie update has been rolled out “officially” just for the Pixel devices. Okay, for the Essential Phone too. But besides that most Android users might have been looking at a long wait to get the latest version of the OS....