104 Countries Hit by Ransomware Cyber Attack 'Wanna Cry' With India Being One of the Major Affected Country!

 By Unknown on May 15, 2017       

One of the largest cyber attacks- the Wanna Cry ransomware attack has been taken place in the past 24 hours. The Wanna Cry attack has wrecked tens of thousands of computers across the globe and India is the majorly affected country out of them. 

The attack is now slowed down because a firm named 'MalwareTech,' detected a kill switch to halt the attack. However, the company also warned that hackers will bypass the kill switch very soon.

The MalwareTech also said that an excess of 200,000 systems has been affected by the Wanna Cry attack. The popular antivirus tool Avast has said that over 126,000 systems being affected. The attack has been made on 114 countries and India is the one among the most affected country among them. 

Nevertheless, Indian Government says that there's no harm created by the attack and a total of nearly 100 system have been affected until now. Besides India; Russia is also vastly infected with an excess of 60 percent systems from the country. The US Government is taking necessary precautions to prevent the issue.

If you're asking yourself what is ransomware, well it's a special type of virus that encrypts your system files and asks you to pay a ransom feel to get them Decrypted back without paying that fee you won't have access to them.

Motorola 2017 roadmap LEAKS!

 By Unknown on May 14, 2017       

Motorola's 2017 full portfolio of phones has just leaked online. Popular Twitter leaker, Evleaks, just shared a picture from the presentation of the rumored Moto X4 we saw yesterday. The picture is showing many new phones, including the new Zs and the Moto X4. It's surprising to see so many Motorola leaks this year.

The picture of the presentation shows all the new devices that will launch this year. This includes a Moto Z Play, Moto Z Force, Moto X, Moto GS, Moto GS+, Moto E4, Moto E4 Plus, Moto C and Moto C Plus. Although we have seen specs and leaked renders of most of these phones, we now have the confirmed names and most relevant specs out of this roadmap.

We still have no information on when Moto and Lenovo will launch these devices, but you can expect them to be released really soon, as this presentation must have been an internal pre-launch thing. Evleaks Tweet can be read here:

Motorola 2017 [via tip] pic.twitter.com/qahD9PIxrD

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) May 14, 2017

Samsung Finally Releases a New Tizen Phone, But It's a Device from Old-Age

 By Unknown on May 14, 2017       

Smartphones have come a long way from what they are in 2011 or 2012. But Samsung just took us back to the initial stages of smartphone era by launching the Samsung Z4, the successor to Tizen OS's Samsung Z3 released back in 2015. 

Samsung has been betting big on the Tizen OS to replace it with Android, but it is just a dream for the firm. The new Samsung Z4 doesn't inspire confidence in any aspect- design, specs, and pricing. 

The phone comes with specifications such as a 4.5-inch WVGA display, 1.5GHz quad-core chip, 1GB of RAM, and a mere 2050mAh battery. The specs are just unbelievable on paper, considering we're in 2017. But, Samsung has its own reasons to release the smartphone. 

Coming to the USP of the phone, it's the Tizen OS, which is the less secured OS, not many apps in the store, and many other drawbacks. Not at all a great thinking from the world's best smartphone brand, not at all. 

Google is Promising to Fix Slow Android Updates for OEM Phones With the 'Project Treble'

 By Unknown on May 13, 2017       

Google has announced yet another project that will fix the slow Android updates in its partner phones. The 'Project Treble' from Google will fix the slow Android upgrades. Google with the Project Treble will 're-architect' the core Android. 

Google says that it can achieve the same by “re-architecting Android to make it easier, faster and less costly for manufacturers to update devices to a new version of Android.” So, Google will separate out the vendor implementation section controlled by chip makers.  

“With a stable vendor interface providing access to the hardware-specific parts of Android, device makers can choose to deliver a new Android release to consumers by just updating the Android OS framework without any additional work required from the silicon manufacturers,” says Google. 

The Project Treble is already integrated into the Android O Developer Preview. In the past as well, Google started various projects to fasten the Android OS upgrades, but all of them went in vain. Hopefully, the Project Treble should solve the issue. 

The So-Called Moto X (2017) Will be Called as Moto X4

 By Unknown on May 13, 2017       

It's raining Moto X (2017) leaks nowadays. Yesterday, we saw a presentation video allegedly confirming the specs of the phone and now, popular tipster, Evan Blass claims that the phone won't be called as Moto X (2017). 

Instead, the Moto X (2017) will be named as Moto X4. Seems somewhat unusual, right? But, Blass is pretty sure that Motorola will name is as Moto X4. 

If you recall, Motorola released three generations of the Moto X- the Moto X, Moto X2, and the Moto X Style, which was the third generation. And, it's no wonder that Motorola is looking to resume the product portfolio by naming it as Moto X4. 

Let's stop calling it "Moto X 2017," eh? pic.twitter.com/dBnUr5n7CU

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) May 13, 2017

The Moto X4 will feature a 5.5-inch Full HD glass layered with 3D glass on top. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 660 chipset along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The device will sport dual camera at the back, metal body, and a 3800mAh battery. 

This is the Moto X (2017) With Dual Camera, 3D Glass, Metal Body, and IP68 Rating

 By Unknown on May 12, 2017       

Motorola's Moto X (2017) was in the limelight some days ago because it was touted as the company's first dual camera smartphone. Several people imagined that Motorola has killed the Moto X series and replaced it with the Moto Z series. But, that not the case folks as Moto X (2017) will be released alongside the rumoured Motorola smartphones. 

And now, a strange video has been leaked online, where some one is demonstrating the features of the Moto X (2017). At the background, the key specifications of the device are listed. The video says that the phone will be powered by the recently announced Snapdragon 660 SoC with 4GB of RAM. 

There will be a 5.5-inch display up front, but what's interesting is that it will have a 3D glass on top, rather than the regular 2.5D curved glass. With the 3D glass, the display will be more curved and it will be the world' second smartphone to boast of 3D glass after Huawei Honor Magic. 

The device will have a dual camera at the back, but the implementation is a msytery. The smartphone will have metal body and will be an IP68 dust and water certified one. There will be a beefy 3800mAh battery with Quick Charge support. Surely, it will be Quick Charge 4.0 as the Snapdragon 660 officially support it. 

Motorola may launch the device in coming days, but no official confirming yet. With the leak coming as a presentation one from Motorola, there's no barrier to call it as a fake one. That said, these might be the final specifications of the phone. 

VIA: Reddit

Motorola Moto Z2 Play Grey Color Variant Along With Style Mods Leak Online

 By Unknown on May 12, 2017       

Last month, we saw a render of the Moto Z2 Play is Crown Gold color, and now we have a render of the Lunar grey color variant of the same Z2 Play along with its Style Mods. As seen with the Moto Z Play, the Z2 Play will also get style mods in five colors. 

The Moto Z2 Play won't feature drastic changes from the Moto Z Play because Motorola promised that the Moto Mods will fit their devices for the next two years. 

Not only in the form of design, the device won't feature any drastic hardware changes as well. The phone will feature the same 5.5-inch display with increased brightness levels. The Snapdragon 626 will power the phone, but this time around there will be 4GB of RAM and 64GB onboard storage. 

The Z2 Play will use the same camera sensor as the Moto G5 Plus along with 5MP front-facing camera with dual tone LED flash. The battery size may also be trimmed down to 3000mAh, which will be a huge downgrade. 

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Samsung Updates its Launcher in Google Play Store and it's Galaxy S8 Launcher

 By Unknown on May 12, 2017       

Samsung has released an update to the TouchWiz Home launcher, and the update takes the launcher to the one seen on Galaxy S8/S8+. The update makes it to version number 6.1.02, and it's the same version as Galaxy S8 launcher. 

The Galaxy S8 launcher has various new features, and it's much faster than the previous TouchWiz launcher. The biggest change is the scrapping of app drawer icon, which can now be accessed by swiping up from the home screen. 

Samsung did not release the update for all the countries, and it is currently available in the US and other European countries. You can grab it from the Play Store or sideload the APK by downloading it from apkmirror.com. 

Also, make a note that the launcher works only with Samsung devices and that too devices running Android 7.0 Nougat only. If you've a Samsung Marshmallow device, then wait for the Android Nougat update. 

2017 Google Pixel With Codename Taimen and Android O Spotted on Geekbench

 By Unknown on May 11, 2017       

It might be early, but here's the news: The 2017 edition of Google Pixel has been spotted on Geekbench with codename 'Taimen.' Earlier rumours said that Google is working on three Pixel phones- walleye, muskie, and taimen. 

The Google Taimen is said to a smartphone with a 6-inch display, and the device will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset and will feature 4GB of RAM, according to the listing. Also, at the time of testing, the device was running Android O. 

Not many details have revealed by the Geekbench listing, but we're expecting to surface in coming weeks. That said, it's now almost confirmed that Google is working on three Pixel smartphones this year. 

Also, the three Pixel phones will be separated by the screen size and battery capacity, same as what we saw with Google Pixel and Pixel XL last year. There are no details about the Walleye and Muskie as of now. 


Via: Techupdate3