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Cyber Secuirty firm has found a vulnerability in Android phones that are using Qualcomm processor. The vulnerability emerged in 2011 as vulnerable APIs. Secuirty researchers have warned that it could have put millions of smartphone users at risk. This vulnerability if exploited, allows the hacker to get access to sensitive details of the user. The software package is open source, it could also affect the other projects which also includes Cyanogenmod....

No Doubt, smartphone sales are growing day by day. This news comes from University of Sydney where the study was done for about 3 decades. The study has concluded whether the mobile phones cause cancer or not, it has been published now. Researchers from Australia tracked the rate of brain cancer in the countrys population from 1982 to 2013. They discovered that there was no statistical proof abiding the idea using a mobile phone can cause cancer....

Sony files patent for new contact lenses which will have the potential to record and play videos. You will be able to turn it off and on by closing your eyes. It will let you to record and playback the video you will record. The tech giants are showing keen interest in the wearable technology sector. Sony filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office for smart lenses with camera like features....

A user will have to pay subscription fee to watch television channels over Internet. Paid users will be able to watch various cable TV channels over the Internet. YouTube has been working on online Television streaming since 2012, according to the people familiar with this project. YouTubes top executives, Christian Oestlien and Jonathan Zepp are working on Unplugged project. Dish online grid Corp. and Sony Corp. have already launched online TV services....

Those who want to sign up with Facebook must be at least 13 years before creating an account. If anyone puts wrong details in an account, he/she is violating terms of Facebook. He has got $10,000 reward for finding flaw in Instagram. He verified his claim by deleting a comment that the company published on a test account. The bug was resolved in February this year. Later in March, Facebook informed Jani of the fix and rewarded him with $10,000....

Still this makes the Spec-Alpha a relatively light mid-tower, particularly given that it only uses steel and plastics. Before the case arrived, I honestly didn’t think that I would. Finally, there is also a black and red case which should appeal to a lot of people. When it comes to PC builds, it seems red and black themes are the new rage. From the front, the Spec-Alpha can only be described as unique....

Millions of usernames and passwords of many Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail accounts are being sold in Russia. Hackers can also use passwords for accessing other accounts of the same user. However, majority of user credentials are available online. This information is potent. These credentials can be abused multiple times. A Microsoft spokesman said theft of online credentials was an unfortunate reality. Google and Yahoo are yet to comment on this issue....

Motorola was the first company to build a handheld mobile phone. MotorolaDynaTACwas the worlds first commercial phone that weighed 1.1Kg. Surprisingly, the first cell phone call was made in New York, United States. The call was ultimately placed to the Bell Labs Headquarters in New Jersey. Martin worked with designer Rudy Krolopp, he used Motorolas existing patents to make their new rig. Surprisingly it required 10 hours for full charge and it could be used for only 35 minutes....

Since the WhatsApps acquisition by Facebook, it witnessed many drastic changes. Rumors about the video calling in WhatsApp already made rounds on Internet last year. Now screenshots of beta version of WhatsApp for iOS have emerged online. The screenshot consisted of the Video Call option on the top right of the chat screen. The leaked screenshots of the beta version for iOS have surfaced online. Video Call option icon can be seen on the top right of the chat screen....

The hacktivist group Anonymous carried out attack on Greece Bank as the bank was reportedly indulged in financial corruption. The group is looking to carry more attacks on Banks against financial corruption. Due to strong DDoS attack, the banks servers remained offline for more than 6 hours. To recall, OpIcarus was restarted by Anonymous in March 2016. Charge your lasers and aim them at the Financial Matrix. It has been said that humanity is not an end in itself but rather a means to an end....

Google on Tuesday released update to its Keyboard app on Android. This app got number of updates and other changes. The present latest version of the Google Keyboard app is 5.0. One handed mode will be useful for those android smartphone users who are having large screen devices. It sports an arrow key which lets the users to switch hands. Users can also toggle it back to the full sized version by using expand button....

Samsungs SmartThings witnessed second security flaw in six months. The company has released many updates for securing SmartThings users from the vulnerabilities reported by the researchers. You may have wondered that how could it affect the SmartThings users ? The answer is quite simple as we have mentioned below : The vulnerabilities can prove to be fatal. The hackers apparently creates link to Samsungs actual login page with the potential to steal the users login tokens....

Scientists have build worlds smallest microscopic engine which is having potential to work quickly and exert large forces. Scientists Build Worlds Smallest Light Powered Engine The smallest engines size is few billionths of a metre. It also has the effect of forcing the gold nanoparticles to bind together into tight clusters. Its like an explosion. We know that light can heat up water to power steam engines. Building nanomachines have been fantasy of scientists including people....