Global Smartphone Shipments Grow 1% in Q3 2019; Samsung Leads the Pack While many in the industry believed the smartphone market will continue to see slower shipments, thelatest reportfrom Canalys contradicts the same. The global smartphone market witnessed 1% growth in Q3 2019, which may seem like a minor feat but it’s the first year-on-year increase in shipments in the past two years. The report mentions that 352 million smartphones were shipped in the previous quarter, ended in September 2019 as compared to 349 million from the same quarter last year....

Google Confirms It’s Acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 Billion Reports of Googlelooking to acquirepopular wearable company Fitbit made their way to the Internet earlier this week. Well, the rumors have been proven true. Google has today taken to itsofficial blogto confirm the acquisition of Fitbit, a move which it states will be helpful in furthering the Wear OS, as well as Made by Google hardware ecosystem. The official press release states,“Fitbit, Inc....

Google Maps ‘Incognito Mode’ Rolling Out on Android: Here’s How to Enable it After beingrolled out to YouTubeearlier this year, Google Maps is the next app from the search giantto get the ‘Incognito Mode’that the company hopes will reassure users about their privacy while using the company’s apps and services. Believed to have been firstspotted by Android Police, the launch of the new feature was officially announced by the company through anofficial poston the Google Maps support forums earlier this week....

Hackers Used ‘Trojanized’ Tor Browser to Steal Bitcoins Researchers at cyber-security firm, ESET, have discovered what they called a ‘trojanised’ version of the open-source Tor Browser that they say has been infused with malware to steal bitcoin from users. According tothe report, the nefarious campaign has been running unnoticed for‘many years’, and has been successful in stealing up to $40,000 worth of Bitcoins, largely from Russian-speaking usersbrowsing the deep web....

How to Add Custom Glyphs to Shortcuts on iPhone and iPad Apple offers a handful of default glyphs for Shortcuts. For most users, those predefined goodies are more than enough for basic customization. But those (like me) who love to personalize their stuff with a unique design, may find the collection below par. And this is where the need to add custom glyphs to Shortcuts on iPhone and iPad arises. So, if you would like to give some personal touch to your shortcut icons but don’t know where to begin, let me guide you through....

How to Enable Fingerprint Lock on WhatsApp on Android My work requires me to use both Android and iOS devices and I love both the operating systems equally. And that’s why I hate it when developers treat Android like a lesser operating system. WhatsApp has been doing it for a while now even though a majority of its users use Android smartphones. Gripes aside, I am happy that the company is at least bringing the new features to their Android app rather than completely abandoning it like some developers do....

Indian Government Asks Twitter for Information on 474 Accounts The Indian government has asked Twitter to provide information about 474 accounts and requested to remove or withhold content about 504 accounts on violating the law of the land in the first six months of this year. According toTwitter’s latest transparency report, it helped the Indian government in 5 percent of the information request cases and complied in 6 percent of cases for account removal requests....