Global Smartphone Sales to Grow 3% in 2020: Gartner Global sales of smartphones to end users are set to reach 1.57 billion units in 2020, which is an increase of three per cent year over year (YoY), a new report by Gartner, Inc. said on Tuesday. In 2019, worldwide smartphone sales declined two per cent — the first time since 2008 that the global smartphone market experienced a decline. “2019 was a challenging year for smartphone vendors, primarily due to oversupply in the high-end sector in mature markets and longer replacement cycles overall,”Annette Zimmermann, Research Vice President at Gartner, said in a statement....

Google App Maker to Shut Down in January 2021 Google has announced plans to pull the curtains down on its low-code environment for building custom enterprise apps in 2021. According to an official blog post from Google, the company’s App Maker platform will be gradually disabled over the next year before being fully shut down on January 19, 2021, because of“low usage”. As of now, existing apps will continue to work, even though the software itself is no longer under active development....

How to Disable Ads, Bloatware, and Push Notifications in MIUI 11 There is no doubt that Xiaomi smartphones are great value for money when it comes to the hardware. However, if you look at the software experience, it seems MIUI has taken a step back in terms of the user experience. And it’s largely due to ads, bloatware and push notifications. Not so long ago, MIUI was Xiaomi’s strong suit as it brought many useful features that stock Android simply lacked....

How to Disable Ultra Wideband Chip on iPhone 11/11 Pro to Prevent Location Data Usage Following security expert Brian Krebs’ sensational revelation in December last year that the iPhone 11 Series devices access location data even when a user has enabled the privacy setting to avoid sharing the information, Apple came out with detailed clarification stating it’s due to the newultra-wideband technology. Feeling the heat from all corners, the tech giant also promised that it would soon offer a way to disable ultra-wideband chip on iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max....

How to Enable Color Filters on Mac for Improved Reading Experience Aside from thebeloved dark mode, I rely on color filters to make it a little easier to read text on Mac. They are my go-to tools for making stories easy-on-the-eyes. Being available in multiple designs like greyscale and protanopia (red/green filter), these filters work effectively in changing the appearance of images and UI, which can also be quite helpful for people with color vision deficiencies....

MWC 2020: Motorola Confirms ‘Flagship Smartphone’ Launch Motorola this week started sending out invitations to media companies for itsMWC 2020press conference, scheduled for February 23rd. Now, in a correspondence toAndroid Headlines, the company reportedly confirmed that it will launch its next flagship smartphone at the event in Barcelona, marking a major departure from the company’s recent strategy surrounding its smartphone business. Not only has the Lenovo-owned brand refrained from announcing anything big at the MWC in recent years, but the company had also quietly withdrawn from the premium segment altogether following poor responses to its Moto Z-series devices, deciding instead to concentrate on its G-series mid-rangers that continue to do reasonable business in certain parts of the world despite not being able to regain its former glory....

Poco X2 Will Be a Rebranded Redmi K30 4G; But Is That a Bad Thing? Just when we were ready to write off Poco as a one-off hard hitter, it’s back from the dead. About one and a half year after thePoco F1launch, werecently learnedPoco is going independent from Xiaomi and will be launching more than just a flagship. The company isn’t wasting any time and has proven that right byteasing the Poco X2, whicharrives in India on 4th Februarynext week....