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You will not be able to use WhatsApp after February 8, if you do not accept the new privacy policies

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After Facebook acquired WhatsApp in the year 2014, it was expected that at one point in time Facebook would integrate its services or the customer data with WhatsApp. WhatsApp since then has risen to 2 billion active users and now it has changed its terms and condition which is a mandate for users to accept if they want to continue using the App. During this time, Facebook brought business accounts and brands to the customers on WhatsApp to bring the e-commerce features to the app as well. Due to this WhatsApp was a popular app in itself and till now Facebook never tried to integrate the data or features in it. 

However, with the changes in the terms and conditions, Facebook is finally trying to do things that they have been holding for a long time now. The company has updated privacy policies for WhatsApp which requires users to share the data with Facebook as well as its associated companies including Facebook payment, Onavo, and CrowdTangle. The user data that will be shared with Facebook is the Profile name, Picture, IP address, Phone number and contact list, app logs, and status messages. 

As per the official statement from WhatsApp, “As part of the Facebook Companies, WhatsApp receives information from and shares information (see here) with the other Facebook Companies. We may use the information we receive from them, and they may use the information we share with them, to help operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services and their offerings, including the Facebook Company Products.” 

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The Co-Founder of WhatsApp, Jan Koum said that “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA, and we built WhatsApp around the goal of knowing as little about you as possible: You don’t have to give us your name and we don’t ask for your email address. We don’t know your birthday. We don’t know your home address. We don’t know where you work. We don’t know your likes, what you search for on the internet, or collect your GPS location. None of that data has ever been collected and stored by WhatsApp, and we really have no plans to change that.” 

The company has already stated that after February 8 you will not be able to use WhatsApp unless you accept the new privacy policies. The major reason for the changes in the privacy policy is done to convert WhatsApp into an e-commerce service and this is one of the ways through which Facebook will be running trials. If you do not want to accept the terms and conditions, then you can go for alternatives like Snapchat, Signal, and Telegram.

New OnePlus fitness band teased on Amazon

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Shanmugam
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So a few days back details came on the internet that OnePlus might be launching a new fitness band in the market before they actually decide to launch a smartwatch. It seems that the company is already to do so and the OnePlus band has already been teased on Amazon India. The fitness band is expected to launch first in India and then to the global market. As per the details provided by leakster Ishan Agarwal on Twitter, the OnePlus band will be launched in the Indian market on January 11 and the price for the same would be around Rs 2,499. 

The price range will allow it to directly compete against the likes of the Xiaomi Mi Band. Since the band has already been listed on Amazon, it is expected that it will be an exclusive Amazon launch and later it will be made available to another website. OnePlus has also created a microsite especially for the fitness band and shows features like sleep tracking, real-time heart rate, and water resistance. The band is also expected to provide the data on blood saturation with a 1.1-inch display and 14-day battery life. 

The band will also have almost 13 exercise modes for the users to use while working out. The company is expected to have brought in the band to bring an affordable competitor to OnePlus, which at the same price could deliver better performance and a lot more premium features as well. Let’s hope that the new OnePlus fitness band delivers to its hype.

Samsung to be the exclusive supplier of LTPO OLED display for iPhone 13 series

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A lot of details about the iPhone 13 have already started flooding the internet and we already know that the new iPhone series will have a different kind of display and new camera unit as well. Now as per the new details Samsung will be the exclusive supplier of LTPO OLED displays for the “Pro” models in Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup later this year. The details were given and confirmed by TheElec and say that it will allow the iPhone to run at 120Hz refresh rate on the higher end next generation of iPhones. the 120Hz refresh rate is something people were expecting in the iPhone 12 version, but the company decided to include the same in the iPhone 13 series as they are going to use an entirely different screen type. 

Other details of the leak say, “Both models of iPhone 13 will use low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) thin-film transistors (TFT) OLED panels made by Samsung Display.“” All the four variants of the iPhone 13 that will be launched next year, will be equipped with these LTPO OLED displays and will have the 120Hz refresh rate for all.

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A previous report that was rumored said that the screen will be provided to Apple by both LG and Samsung. However, it has been noticed that LG will start to increase the production of the new screen so that it could supply Apple with it next year. Also, the screen has been considered to be a major and one of the most important developments of the iPhone 13 model, which will be launched this year.

Honor to launch a new 5G smartphone in the market

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Sajin Vargheese
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Honor as a smartphone brand was under Huawei, due to which the brand suffered a lot from US sanctions. However, ever since Huawei has sold the brand to a different company to cover its losses, it is no longer under the US sanctions and can continue to use US technologies in them. Now the brand is all ready to launch its new smartphone with 5G technology in the market. According to the details, Honor is currently working with Qualcomm to develop a 5G smartphone which could be launched in the Q2 of the year 2021. 

There are currently no details about the design and hardware of the phone as Honor has been trying to keep things quiet about it. Also, there is no information on what kind of chipset will be used in the phone. However, it is expected that Honor is trying to build the new smartphone Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 chipset, which has recently been released by Qualcomm to provide a more affordable version of 5G smartphones to the public. Also, the one thing that is confirmed is that the phone is not from the Honor V40 series. 

The Honor V40 is said to launch in the next couple of weeks and will be powered using the Dimensity 1000+SoC. Although there are currently no details about the new 5G smartphone, the company is making a great step forward into the smartphone market. Before Huawei sold the company, Honor had to incur a lot of loss and lack of demand in the market as well.

Samsung Galaxy 21 fakes are already out in the market

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Ramana Rishi
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While Samsung is all ready to launch the Galaxy S21 series in the market on January 14, the fake clones of the handset have already hit the market. As per the reports from the leakster iFeng, the fake imitations of Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus and Ultra have been spotted in the market. The images that have been leaked for the cline smartphones bring in a lot of similarities from the render images and also include all the branding that you would expect from the original phone. 

The appearance of the phones gives us a very good idea of how the original phones would actually look like. The smartphones have the same 6.3 inches and 6.9-inch screen sizes that are expected from the original smartphones. What we already know about the original smartphones is that they will be powered using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 or Exynos 2100 depending on the market they will be sold in. Apart from that, they will have a flat display and a lot of beautifully crafted camera units on the back. 

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The company is going to launch three variants of the phone and is also suspected to offer a light version of the same, which will be somewhat similar to what they have offered in the past like the Samsung Galaxy FE smartphone. Apart from that, the company is expected to reveal a lot of new features as well which will be exclusive to this smartphone, such as the additional support of the S Pen and much more. The company is also expected to launch a few IoT products as well.

Mi A3 get second Android 11 update with bugs resolved

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Alex Infant
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Yesterday it was reported that all the Mi A3 smartphone users in Indian were facing issues where the phone got bricked after updating it to Android 11 OS. Xiaomi acknowledged the issue and told the customers to get their phones to the authorized service centers so that it can be fixed for free. However, at that time there was no information on whether the data on the phone will be affected by the repair, and when will the stable update be launched again. 

Since then the company halted the buggy Android 11 update for any user with Mi A3 smartphones. Now the company has released a new Android 11 update for the smartphone and this time, the new update seems to have resolved the issue in the previous buggy update. The new update comes with version number 12.0.3.0 in India. and the release was rolled out on Tuesday night, while at the same time it was also reported by users on Twitter. The update is 1.40GB in size and includes the security patch for December 2020 as well. 

The fresh update has been downloaded by many users till now and no issues have been reported in the phone yet, apart from the slow charging time after installing the new software version. A few users have also mentioned that the new update does not have WiFi calling support. For now, Xiaomi has not acknowledged any of these issues and it seems that these minor issues only exist in very few phones for now.

Qualcomm reveals Snapdragon 480 5G mobile platform for affordable 5G smartphones

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When it comes to 5G technology, the feature was only available to a handful of smartphones, and that too in the premium smartphone segment, where the smartphones used high-end chipsets from Qualcomm. However, Qualcomm is now working on bringing a new and much more affordable 5G chipset to the market, which would make 5G enabled smartphones accessible to more people, especially for those who do not want to spend a fortune on premium flagships. Qualcomm has recently announced their new chipset, the Snapdragon 480 5G platform, which is a great processor, more affordable, and the first 5G processor in the series. 

As per their official statement in the press release, “Snapdragon 480 continues to help drive the further proliferation of 5G, allowing users access to truly global 5G connectivity.” As per them, bringing 5G technology in the 4-series chipset will help in making the next-generation networking standard more accessible to users globally. The chipset is a successor to Snapdragon 460, and the new Snapdragon 480 will be productive longer and recharge faster. The chipset is based on the 8nm architecture and the first to support Quick Charge 4 Plus as well. The chipset will also support 120fps FHD+ panels, the first to offer 64-megapixel still images. 

The chipset has the support for a triple camera setup on the rear and can shoot three photos at once. As per Kedar Kondap, Vice President, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, “the Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform will exceed OEM’s and consumer’s expectations in delivering high- and mid-tier features at an affordable price.“” On this, the Product Manager of Oppo, Brenda said that “We are excited to leverage the new Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform to scale consumer access to and use of 5G globally.“” The smartphone with this chipset is expected to roll out in early 2021.

Instagram bringing new functionality on Stories for desktop users

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When it comes to Instagram, the best experience to view stories can only be found on the dedicated app. However, the same experience was not the same as the desktop. Therefore, Instagram is currently developing a new design for the Stories on the website which gives the option of viewing stories a much-needed upgrade. The new look of the stories in the desktop version will show stories as a carousel rather than a single title that takes up the entire page. 

The navigation in the stories will still be the same and the users will be able to manually click through the stories or let me change automatically. However, the queue design will make it much easier for the users to track which stories they are looking at and which ones they already had. The new-look has already been implemented for some users so that the company could understand how the feature can be optimized before rolling it out globally. Also, it would help them to take their feedback and improve it much further. 

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A spokesperson from Instagram has confirmed the test and has also confirmed that the feature is already visible to a small group of people from last month. However, there is no confirmation as to when it will be available globally to all users. The new functionality will also make the website a lot faster and with a much more cleaner interface. Instagram has finally brought a noticeable and important change and will expect more to come for the desktop version in the future.

Xiaomi Mi A3 users face bricking issue after Android 11 update

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When it comes to Android updates, there are very few instances where the update leads to total nonfunctioning of the phone. A very similar incident has happened yet again with Xiaomi as well. Mi A3 users in India were impacted by the latest Android 11 update where their phones were totally bricked. A similar incident happened with Mi A1 smartphone users as well, where the Android update disabled their cellular networks and the issue was reported by a small segment from all over the world. 

However, this time Xiaomi has announced to provide a free fix for the users at their service centers where the phone will be fixed for free. So all the users whose Mi A3 smartphone has been bricked after the update can contact the Mi service centers and they will repair the phone for free. As soon as the issue was reported, Xiaomi was quick to acknowledge the issue that users have faced with the Android 11 update, and since then the company has halted the update. As per their official statement, “We kindly request users who experience this issue to visit any of the 2,000 plus service centers across the country nearer to you wherein a solution will be provided for free unconditionally (within or beyond warranty).” 

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The company has not provided any details on the loss of data or any solution regarding the same. The users have also mentioned that the phone did not even turn on the bootloader or wake up when it was connected with a PC. There is also no confirmation as to when the new version of the Android 11 update will be provided to the users.

Microsoft developing a One Outlook client to replace existing Calendar and Mail app

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Sajin Vargheese
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With Google revamping its online tools like Gmail, Google Office tools, and more, more companies have also been doing the same to provide a better online service for both professional and home users during the pandemic period. The recent to join the list is Microsoft, who will be making major changes to Outlook, which is one of their most popular email tool to be used around the world. As per the update, the company is working on a totally new Outlook app that will be replacing the default Mail and Calendar apps for Windows operating system. 

The new client has been codenamed “Monarch” and will be based on the Outlook Web app for the browser. Microsoft is carrying forward the “One Outlook” vision which tries to deliver a single Outlook client across PCs, Mac, and the Web. It has been done with the view to replace the existing desktop client with one app based on web technologies. The new platform will provide the same experience regardless of users using it on the Mac or Windows operating system. 

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While an early version of the Project Monarch has already been leaked, it will not be released as a stable version until next year. However, Microsoft has the goal to replace the default Mail and Calendar apps on Windows 10 in 2022. The new email client will offer multiple functionalities and will also add a lot of new features and options for the users to use. The final version will have a lot more changes and optimizations as well

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