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Google Drive updates arriving today include new features for the service’s iOS app including sharing notifications and what Google promises will be a ‘consistent sharing experience across platforms.” As part of its Drive mobile app updates today, both users of the iOS and Android apps can now enable notifications for when files are shared with them. Not only is it a notification, but it also acts as a quick link to jump right into the file or folder....

While recent weeks have seen a flurry of developments in the podcasting industry, Google has remained relatively quiet about its offering. That said, Google Podcasts has just redesigned the Now Playing screen on iOS and has widely rolled out the ability to block recommendations. The revamped Now Playing screen first appeared on Android at the start of 2021. Google has moved the timeline scrubber so that it appears directly below the episode/show name....

Classification of social engineering attacks Social engineering can also be classified in three categories – as direct and indirect, prior-the-attack information gathering and classical attack, and in computer-based or human-based attack, as Susanne Quiel classified it in her Bachelor Thesis entitled “Social Engineering in the Context of Cialdini’s Psychology of Persuasion and Personality Traits”. Direct social engineering means that the attacker contacts a prospective victim and attempts to build a relationship and exploit it, while indirect means no contact whatsoever is made with a particular target....

Business Insider pointed us to an interview on OpenForum with the Guess? CIO Michael Relich. The clothing retailer implemented iPads for merchandising in 2010, and it has since installed iPads in stores, started accepting credit card payments via iPod touch, and even started supplying extra iPods instead of cash registers to stores during the busy holiday seasons. Well our buyers saw an improvement immediately. Instead of just seeing a number on a spreadsheet, our iPad app allowed them to see the specific coat, pant or dress accompanied by a photo and where it was selling....

Bluetooth is one of those very useful connectivity options which majority of the mobile phones these days offer. Bluetooth allows hassle-free connection to a wide range of devices. Here is what you have to do if you come across any Bluetooth related issue on your Xiaomi phone. Steps to Fix Bluetooth Related Problems In A Xiaomi Phone. Steps 1: Toggle On and Off The first simple step to be suggested would be to ensure that the Bluetooth has been actually turned ON....

Phones were invented to call. But then it evolved for text communication. Now it’s in an advanced stage of social communication. Now smartphones are used mainly for communication via social media. Most of the devices are connected to the internet all the time. Smartphones have now evolved to function just like a personal computer or probably something more than that. Now people depend on their phones to stay up to date....

Nomad, known for its popular line of leather smartphone cases, has just launched a new charging hub to accommodate all of your power-hungry devices. The Nomad Wireless Hub is capable of charging up to five devices at once, thanks to four USB charging ports, and a 7.5W wireless charging top surface. Watch our hands-on video walkthrough for more details. Specifications Charges 5 devices simultaneously 1x fast charge USB-C port (15W) 3x USB ports (2x 5W + 1x 10W) Includes power brick 7....

This week Benjamin and Zac discuss iPhone 8 ‘panic’ stories including wireless charging shipping late, new color rumors including a mirror finish, Apple’s new HomeKit displays, and changes and improvements in the latest iOS 11 betas. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/333119851″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] New episodes of Happy Hour are available every week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app....

One of the first things that new Harry Potter fans learn about the series (maybe the very first, in fact) is that those dastardly Dursleys are some of the most unpleasant, judgemental, and snobbish people you could ever meet in a British suburb. Vernon and Petunia Dursley have a great fear and loathing of magic, which extends to Petunia’s own sister and brother-in-law, Lily and James Potter. On losing his parents, Harry Potter is brought to live with Vernon and Petunia, who extend that fear and hatred to the boy and instill it in their own son, Dudley....

German Apple Stores have dropped Vodafone and O2 contracts for both iPhones and iPads, offering them only with Deutsche Telekom contracts or SIM-free. The change affects only post-paid contracts: pre-paid SIMs remain available on Vodafone. The change in policy was reported by Teltarif and confirmed to us by two different Apple Stores in the country. Customers wanting service with other carriers can still buy them from Vodafone and O2 — the new policy applies only to iOS devices sold in Apple’s own retail stores....

Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Gilmore Girls was a hit TV series on the air from 2000 to 2007, and it even got a Netflix revival in 2016. The story of this television series focuses on a mother and a daughter, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. These two talk fast. They drink lots of coffee. They are always throwing out pop culture references. They love junk food. And they have had some very memorable outfits over the years....

At long last, Google today has updated Hangouts for iOS with support for the iPhone X. This update comes following a series of updates to Google’s other iOS applications and is one that’s been highly requested since the iPhone X’s release last month… With today’s update, Hangouts for iOS is no longer letterboxed on the iPhone X. This means the app takes full advantage of the device’s display and correctly wraps around the notch design, as opposed to having black bars along the top and bottom....

Then Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares the stage with Steve Jobs at the January 2007 iPhone unveiling. The times of happiness would abruptly come to an end amid Android whispers, culminating with Apple announcing Schmidt’s resignation from its board August 3, 2009. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has gone on the offensive and bashed Apple over patent infringement claims the company had filed against high-profile Android backers such HTC and Samsung....

Gotham season 5 has finally provided an explanation for the flashforward scene that saw Jim Gordon join forces with Penguin and the Riddler. Returning after a week off air, Gotham continued with “13 Stitches,” an episode that covered plenty of narrative ground; Eduardo Dorrance was transformed into the iconic villain known as Bane, Lee Thompkins made her long-awaited return and Barbara Kean revealed that she’s pregnant with Jim’s Bat-baby. Gotham season 4 concluded by triggering the “No Man’s Land” comic arc, in which Gotham City is isolated from the outside world and criminals run amok within....

A Reddit AMA with the Half-Life: Alyx team revealed a lot of new information about the game - most notably that it is finished and was made by the single largest development team in Valve history. The new VR-based game isn’t the sequel many fans asked for, but it does provide them with a Half-Life 2 prequel and a new, not-so-silent protagonist. Half-Life games have traditionally featured Gordon Freeman, the silent-but-deadly theoretical physicist who finds himself in the midst of an alien invasion following a lab accident that ripped open a hole to another dimension....

The fact that Half-Life: Alyx is a VR title led many fans to believe that it would be a short game, but the developers have confirmed that the it’s roughly the same length as Half-Life 2. VR games are generally shorter than other titles, which is due to how small the market is in comparison to regular games. Developers and publishers around the world have been reticent to create lengthy triple-A virtual reality experiences, but Valve recently stepped up to the plate when it announced that Half-Life: Alyx is a VR game....

Less than a decade ago, a desktop drawing tablet was an essential tool for just about every professional digital artist. More recently, the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and other competing products like the Microsoft Surface line have given creative professionals a range of affordable and portable options to consider. Still, many artists consider dedicated graphics tablets the gold standard for illustration and design. Leading the industry is Wacom, known for its line of Cintiq pen displays....

There are a variety of relationships in the Harry Potter series, and some of them are better than others. While many of the relationships from the series are positive and adorable, others aren’t so great. Many of the boyfriends in the series aren’t ones you’d want to date weather because they are still immature or because they are just horrible people overall. While the series isn’t about romance, there are quite a few romantic relationships talked about in the series including between Harry’s peers as well as the adults in the series....

We knew it was coming after we saw PDFs used as a jailbreak vehicle earlier this week, now it has begun: a German government agency has issued an official warning of potential security problems with iOS devices.The Federal Office for Information Security said on Wednesday that the OS has ‘two critical weak points for which no patch exists.’ Naturally, this includes opening a manipulated website or PDF file, which could let criminals grab your passwords and emails....

Get Out, Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning directorial debut, had a fairly happy ending, but an alternate conclusion gives Chris a much worse fate. In early 2017, Peele burst onto the scene as a filmmaker with Get Out, a racially-charged horror tale about Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young black man who heads to a remote country estate to meet his white girlfriend’s parents. Of course, what starts as just an awkward weekend quickly turns into a nightmare, as Chris finds himself the target of a terrifying scheme that lets rich old white people mentally stow away in the bodies of healthy black people....