Gartner predicted last month that global smartphone sales would return to growth next year, and its latest numbers show that this was actually achieved sooner than expected, in Q3 this year. Apple’s growth in Q3 was of course constrained by those awaiting the launch of the iPhone X in Q4, limiting year-on-year sales growth to 5.7%. Gartner said that Apple also returned to growth in China, and saw strong sales in India and other emerging markets....

Easily switch between accounts If you use more than one account with G+, switching between accounts is much easier now with this latest update. All it takes is a simple tab on the left side logo to get an option to switch between accounts. Very hand if for instance for managing pages as well. Just hit Select Google+ page and you can access the pages managed by the respective account....

Last month, Google started letting new MVNO subscribers with iPhones set-up cellular service over eSIM. Google Fi is now starting to roll out eSIM support to existing members using iOS devices. Similar to the experience offered on Pixel devices, existing Fi subscribers with iPhones can replace their physical nano-SIM card with a downloadable eSIM. This capability is tied to version 2.5 of the Google Fi companion app, which rolled out yesterday....

Gossip Girl focused on an attractive and affluent group on the Upper East Side in New York City, and the stars of the show were Blair Waldorf, played by Leighton Meester, and Serena van der Woodsen, played by Blake Lively. These two were best friends, yet they did not always act like it; in their world, people craved power and popularity, meaning these characters sometimes acted out, in order to get what they wanted....

Meredith Grey has been through more than her fair share of trauma throughout Grey’s Anatomy’s fifteen seasons. From losing her mother, her sister, her husband, and so many others, it’s understandable that having to endure such hardship would change Meredith for the worst. Meredith is, of course, the main focus of the series and has been from the beginning, but with everything that’s happened and all that she’s been through, has she really changed that much?...

The official runtime for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has surfaced online. James Gunn’s highly anticipated sequel is less than three weeks away from its release, and buzz has only continued to build in recent months for the second installment of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Early reactions to the film suggest that it may be even better than the original - a fantastic sign for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, considering how big of a hit the first Guardians of the Galaxy was....

Bought an Evercoss device and facing WiFi Connectivity issue? Then, here in this guide, we will try to fix the Evercoss WiFi Connectivity Problem. Smartphones are purchased by the users for multiple reasons. The smartphones became a huge hit in the tech market is due to its features that make the device so smart. Now phones can access data at speeds that older phones or technology can only dream of. The main part of which made the device smarter is the fact that they have stored unlimited access to knowledge....

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 have great reviews from the players. After their release, both games are performing well. The players are playing the game consistently and exploring the different maps, weapons and skins. When it comes to skin, we hope that you are aware of the Gaz Operator. The Gaz Convoy, Aquatic and Grass Ops Skins are making the players crazy to unlock them. They are continuously looking for a perfect blog which can guide them in doing so....

HTB is an excellent platform that hosts machines belonging to multiple OSes. It also has some other challenges as well. Individuals have to solve the puzzle (simple enumeration plus pentest) in order to log into the platform and download the VPN pack to connect to the machines hosted on the HTB platform. Note: Writeups of only retired HTB machines are allowed. The machine in this article, named Mirai, is retired....

During its long run, HBO’s epic fantasy show Game of Thrones featured many memorable characters. Besides the main heroes who appeared in almost every episode, such as Arya, Daenerys, and Jon a Tyrion, the show worked with countless other characters. One of them was The Mountain whose real name was Ser Gregor Clegane. The fans of the show never saw him speak much but The Mountain was still an imposing figure and helped create one of the most memorable show-downs in Game of Thrones: the final fight between Gregor and his brother Sandor which led to both of their deaths....

WWDC is right around the corner, and you can definitely expect some interesting changes with iOS 9 and OS X 10.11. This week we discuss some of those changes, along with some new features for the next iPhone. Also, it looks like Jony Ive has moved on from his position as Senior Vice President of Design at Apple. What is he up to now? The Happy Hour podcast is available for download on iTunes and through our dedicated RSS feed…...

A financial calculator is a total game-changer. It helps you save for college, vacation, retirement and even day-to-day budgeting. Finding the right one is the hard part. Researching online financial calculators will turn up a few expensive programs. But if you know where to look, there are also some great free calculators. Here are some of our favorite free online finance calculators brought to you by our sponsor, NetSuite....

GolfLogix has announced a major update to its iPhone and Apple Watch app that gives golfers an even better experience. GolfLogix now offers exact yardages, 3D green images, score tracking, and more for Apple Watch Series 3 and 4 users. The iOS and Apple Watch app was previously updated, with GolfLogix announcing the news today in a press release. Here are the specific enhancements with the latest update: GolfLogix has an average rating of 4....

Google today has started rolling out an update to its iOS app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The update, the first significant update to come to the app in some amount of time, bumps it to version 7.0 and includes a handful of notable new features. First off, you can now say “Ok Google” while on any webpage to get detailed answers about whatever topic your researching. For instance, you could say “Ok Google, where was he born?...

Google today has announced an update to its Google Play Books app on Android and iOS that brings with it a new feature called “Night Light.” The update will rollout soon to users via the App Store for free. Night Light is a feature that Google says will significantly improve the comfort of reading late at night in darker environments. Google says it has noticed that reading activity peaks between 8PM and 10PM local time, meaning that a lot of people are reading right before they go to bed and it’s not good for your eyes to stare at a bright white screen right before going to sleep....

Beautiful renderings from German site Curved/labs depict a stunning metallic ode to Apple’s original Macintosh computer. While acknowledging the enhanced functionality of Apple’s latest computers, such as the Retina iMac, Curved/labs suggests that the company often neglects its own design history when releasing new machines – the inspiration for this “tribute.” Made from aluminum with a front-facing SD card slot at the edge of a floppy disk-styled groove, the proposed Mac would be roughly based on the internals of a MacBook Air, including an 11....

Any self-respecting bicycle owner with a gadget habit will have at least considered a GPS bike tracker. But the options to date haven’t been overly practical. GPS signals are weak, and battery life is limited, meaning that it’s not practical to hide them inside a bicycle frame. So the first problem is where to put one so that it can receive fixes and is easy to charge. A second problem is that, by time most alert you, they are on the move and it will be too late to prevent the theft, only allowing you to track it after the event…...

Green Book’s box office is booming after its Oscar win for Best Picture. The civil rights era film has been a drastic change of pace for its director and co-writer, Peter Farrelly, who has primarily been known for decades alongside his brother Bobby as the go-to guys for gross-out comedy hits like There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber and Hall Pass. While Green Book has been promoted as a true story based on the tour taken by famed jazz pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) through the southern US states in 1962, Shirley’s family has refuted the film’s alternate history, claiming that not only did it misrepresent his relationship with his family but that the highly regarded musician did not consider his driver and bodyguard Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen) to be his friend....

B&H Green Monday Apple sale B&H has kicked off its annual Green Monday sale with some of this year’s best prices on Apple products. Free shipping is available for all. Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is discounted by as much as $250, with the upgraded 2.6GHz/16GB/1TB model going for $2,349. Check out our hands-on review for more. Another standout is B&H’s discount on the latest 27-inch Retina 5K iMac, you can grab the 3....

According to a growing number of posts on Apple’s Support forums, some iPhone 7 matte black models are suffering from paint chips. Affected users claim that even with the use of a case, their iPhone 7 matte black model is showing paint chips around the edges of the device and on the back… The issue is similar to one that plagued the black iPhone 5 when it was first released. While the issue appears to be rather limited in scope as of right now, the Apple Support forum has reached multiple pages in length and continues to grow...