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Thankfully, there’s a method already available which lets you install and use Bixby’s homescreen feature on any Samsung phone running Android Nougat 7.0. If you do belong to that group, here’s how to get started. Disclaimer: This method is known to cause bootloops in some cases, hence proceed with caution as we’re not responsible for anything that happens with your phone. First off, head over to this link to download the S8 launcher app....

For adding a gesture-based navigation system on your Android phone, you’ll need to install an app called “Home Bar Gestures”. It’s mostly free of cost with in-app advertisements. But since you won’t be opening the application after the first boot, they won’t bother you. Get iPhone X and OnePlus 5T like Navigation Gestures on Any Android Phone Next, once the app is done installing, fire it up and grant the necessary accessibility permissions....

To give you some background, a package manager is essentially a utility that lets you automate the process of installing, updating, and removing softwares/packages on an operating system. The utility comprises of several softwares/packages and allows you to use the command-line utility (or terminal) to enter a bunch of commands that automatically pull up the package and download and install it on your system. While package manager is a common sight on Linux (and even macOS, for that matter), Windows users have been missing out on a native package manager all this time....

Computers have become the place where you hold pictures, documents, favorite music, and everything else in the same place. While storing may include regular data, random and even useless information, people may also keep important stuff, such as wedding photos, work documents, projects, and others. Have you ever thought about protecting critical data with a password? Taking into consideration that all information could be vulnerable to hackers or to unauthorized persons, this is a rather obvious procedure....

Since then, Web Clipper has proven to be a valuable addition to Notion and has managed to amass a large number of users who use it to capture web clippings into their workspace. In this guide, we will explain what Notion Web Clipper is and what you can do with it, along with the steps to use it effectively. What Is Notion Web Clipper? Notion Web Clipper is an extension to Notion that allows you to save any page on the web to your Notion workspace....

The HTC Desire 310 comes with a 4.5 inch display with a 480×854 resolution touchscreen, a quad-core 1.3GHz Mediatek processor and on the software side we find Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. This is not a clean, vanilla Android, but rather HTC’s own Sense skin which brings such features like the HTC Blinkfeed and Zoe. Inside the HTC Desire 310 we also find 1GB of RAM, only 4GB of internal storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card, a 5MP rear-facing camera, a VGA front-facing camera and a 2,000mAh battery....

That being said, Huawei is still dealing with strong competition in China and the decline in sales in the US. The US sales are expected to tank further once Washington’s plan for higher import tariffs on Chinese tech products in enforced. Speaking of numbers, Huawei’s net profit has grown to $7.3 Billion which is a remarkable comeback especially if one considers the 0.4 percent increase in net profit last year....

Fixed broadband, India: A need for speed The best way to measure fixed broadband penetration in India is to see the number of connection(s) present in India for every household. Every fixed broadband connection to a single household is usually shared among the family members of the household. Therefore ideally, in a fully penetrated market, there should be one fixed broadband connection for every household. As per the 2015 census data, there were 248....

The Instant Pot Duo 60 has a 3-ply bottom stainless steel design that makes the inner pot durable and has no health concerns with its non-stick coatings. To monitor the pressure and temperature of the cooker and keep the heating intensity and time under check, the cooker comes with an embedded microprocessor that does all the heavy lifting. As already mentioned, the Duo 60 us a 7-in-1 programmable cooker, which can perform multiple functions of a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté, yogurt maker and warmer....

Intel has been touting that the Skylake family of processors offers 10 percent better performance, 30 percent better graphics performance and also an extra hour of battery life while playing 1080p videos as opposed to the Broadwell chips, which was released last year. Core M family Intel has been striving to incorporate smaller and better performing chips to power up the ultrabooks and the Skylake seems to be the next piece in the puzzle....

Apple Music is launching simultaneously in 100 countries along with iOS 8.4. The update will be rolled out in batches, so it might take a while for everyone to get it. Along with the Music app, the update also includes audiobooks support in iBooks and CarPlay and general bug fixes. For desktop users, Apple Music with Beats 1 radio will require iTunes version 12.2. But currently the iTunes download page is only offering version 12....

But, what is Back Tap, and how can you use it? Here’s a guide to help you understand and use the feature on your iPhone. What is Back Tap, and what can you do with it? Back Tap is a new accessibility feature on iOS 14 that allows you to double-or-triple tap on the back of your iPhone to perform a bunch of different iOS actions. It offers you the entire rear estate of your iPhone to perform a tap, and the ability to assign any action (from a series of supported ones) to either a double or a triple tap....

The landmark decision to append DMCA to make iPhone Jailbreaking and unlocking legal might have got you all excited, but as far as Apple’s stance is concerned, nothing much has changed – “Jailbreaking still voids your warranty“. According to CultofMac, Apple’s PR has released an official statement as given below In simpler terms, jailbreaking iPhone or iPod Touch or iPad or any iDevice will definitely void your warranty. Even in the past, Apple has not officially sued or prosecuted companies that publish or market jailbreaking software....

The 2012 iPod Touch is the best iPod ever, that’s guaranteed. Many see it as the iPhone without the phone and rigthfully so. Much like the iPhone 5, the 5th generation iPod Touch has been redesigned – and boy what a redesign it got! The iPhone gets so much attention that many tend to overlook its smaller siblings. The iPod Touch is a mix between the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5 at a lower price....

iQOO 3: Design and Display In terms of design, the iQOO 3 features an all-glass design — from the front to the back — with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 6 on top for better protection. It comes in three colorways: Volcano Orange, Quantum Silver, and Tornado Black. Taking into consideration the growing gaming scenes in the country, the company has included Monster Touch Buttons on the device with two pressure-sensitive buttons along its side frame to aid with better multi-finger operations while gaming....

What’s new in LibreOffice 4.0? As you would expect of any new major release, the version 4.0 of LibreOffice fixes a lot of inept issues and brings tons of improvement. For instance, there is a significant melioration over startup and loading time. Another noteworthy implication this suite has undergone, is cutting down of dependency off notorious Java. They have replaced most of the Java tags with native platform codes and Python....

Back in March, the company announced it’s merging JioMusic with Saavn to form a new entity reportedly worth a billion dollars. It, however, didn’t reveal how the deal will affect existing JioMusic and Saavn listeners. Well, it seems like it won’t be good news at least for the former. Saavn’s support team, in a tweet, has revealed that the new platform — which is being called JioSaavn — won’t be free for Jio subscribers....

As the industry of imaging products has evolved and completely, Kodak has tried hard to remain relevant. But it hasn’t managed to retain the fame it once had, which prompted the company to explore other markets, even launching its own photo-focused smartphone. And now the company is exploring the market of surveillance cameras. Kodak has released their new CFH-V20 camera as part of the Connected Family Home series. Kodak markets it as a video monitor that has the ability to view a 180° field without any moving parts....

The alleged Nubia bezel-less phone has been leaked via a bunch of pictures. The device is bezel-less and it apparently also comes with a sliding mechanism, something that we have seen in phones back in mid-2000’s. That said it is still not crystal clear on how this sliding mechanism works but the images show how the screen can be slid down to reveal the front facing camera along with the flash....

The adware is reportedly capable to intercept and hijack SSL/TLS connections to websites thanks to the installation of a self-signing certificate authority on affected machines. Called Superfish Visual Discovery software, it seems that it was installing a self-signed root certificate authority which allowed it to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack and view the contents of any encrypted connections. Now, what would happen if some criminal-minded hacker could use Superfish’s encryption methods and abuse them to intercept other people’s traffic?...