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Pixel and Nexus owners have long complained about the ‘Check for Update’ button on their phone not doing anything. Repeatedly mashing the button whenever Google has rolled out a new software update for its Nexus or Pixel devices has done little except to further frustrate advanced users who are eager to get the update on their device as soon as possible. Back in 2017, a Googler had promised that the ‘Check for update’ would soon start working and allow users to manually pull the latest OTA update on their device....

For the six months ending 31 December 2021, the Australian IT solutions provider recorded net profit after tax of AU$12.4 million, climbing 32% year-on-year from last year’s reported AU$9.4 million. Revenue came in at AU$999 million, following a 17% uplift. According to the company, revenue growth was underpinned by solid public cloud revenue, which was up 35% to AU$466.7 million as major organisation and government departments migrated to cloud-based infrastructure....

While new malware is constantly developing, security researchers closely watch for updated variants. Banking trojans like TeaBot can hide in any mobile app and wreak havoc with your finances. The nasty variant has been spotted hiding in a QR code app on an official app store. Keep reading to see the risks and ways to avoid them. Here’s the backstory The highly infectious TeaBot banking trojan is known to piggyback on Android apps to steal your money eventually....

th Quick Charge 4, Qualcomm promises you’ll only need five minutes to get five hours of phone use. The technology will work with the Snapdragon 835 processor, also due out next year. Exact performance is likely to vary based on your battery size other hardware factors, but in general it’s a positive step towards less time tied to the wall. The figures are based on internal tests of a 2,750 mAh fast charge battery at the thermal limit of 40° Celsius....

Originally slated to share the news at MWC which was canceled due to coronavirus, Qualcomm held its “What’s Next in 5G” event today in its hometown of San Diego. At the event, the company highlighted its new 3rd-gen 5G X60 modem with the capacity for super-fast download and upload speeds. Qualcomm announced it is testing the X60 with partners this quarter, could the iPhone 12 lineup that will arrive this fall feature the new chips?...

Queen Elizabeth II unveils a historic new portrait of her with the three male heirs. Many around the world wonder when the time comes if Prince Charles would abdicate, allowing his younger son, Prince William to take over and represent the Royal Family. For Americans ’ the British royal family has always amazed us with their traditions as they have been the backbone of the British Empire, holding up centuries of practices and pride for the British people....

If you are fond of handy little helper apps for your Mac like MenuTab for Facebook, Tab for Google+ or MailTab for Gmail, you will definitely want to consider adding Rasmus Porsager and Anders Myrup’s QuickMailer to your daily productivity arsenal. Do you hate having to launch a full-blown email client just to fire off a quick email message? Worry not; QuickMailer comes to the rescue (via Cult of Mac). All this little Mac app does is sit at your menu bar and wait for a keystroke combination....

But how can you find the best laptop for your needs? Once you start shopping, get ready to navigate a stormy sea of acronyms, features and storage options. It’s hard to pinpoint the best laptop brands when you’re squinting at the product description, trying to figure out if the PC’s processor is powerful enough for your needs. Basically, there’s a ton of jargon that can overwhelm you when you start your search....

Microsoft announced Volterra on Day 1 of its virtual Build 2022 developers conference on May 24, hoping to generate more excitement around its Windows on Arm (WoA) platform. Microsoft has been working on Windows on Arm for years, but there are still few (if any) compelling PCs and devices running on it. Qualcomm isn’t expected to field a respectable WoA processor for PCs until the second half of 2023. Microsoft officials talked about Volterra in the context of “intelligent hybrid compute” – the idea that local compute on devices will make use of local CPUs, GPUs and Neural Processing Units (NPUs) in conjunction with Azure for cloud compute....

How to Print Prime Numbers Between 1 to 100 Program in Java Below is the Java program to print prime numbers from 1 to 100: Program Logic: The main method of prime number program in Java contains a loop to check prime numbers between 1 to 100 in Java one by one. The main method calls the method CheckPrime to determine whether a number is prime number in Java or not....

Types of Intellectual Property (IP) In the US, intellectual property rights violation awards can reach eight figures. (Business Insurance) There are four main types of IP rights. Which one to choose to protect your IP depends on what you are protecting: a slogan for your business, your granny’s recipe for pop tarts or a new operating system. Trade secrets (Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Defend Trade Secrets Act) A trade secret may be a recipe, formula, technique or process you don’t want anyone to know about....

P.T. has been recreated in Dreams and it seems to be as equally horrifying as its original source material. P.T. became an instant classic in the horror genre upon its release to the PlayStation 4 store back in 2014 as the playable teaser for Silent Hills. However, developer Konami ended up cancelling Silent Hills, and, likely because of this cancellation of what seemed to be becoming one of the most anticipated Kojima games ever, P....

Qualcomm has announced three concessions that it hopes will help resolve its long-running legal battle with Apple over the fees it charges for use of its wireless chips and patented technology. First, it is making it easier for smartphone makers to choose a lower-cost licence, for which it charges 3.25% of the cost of the device, rather than the 5% Apple and others have so far been paying … Second, reports Reuters, it is including use of its 5G patents at no extra cost to manufacturers, a move it hopes will placate regulators as well as customers....

The Makayama Movie Mount is essentially a case for your iPad 2 that allows you to “radically improve video capture” by attaching a number of professional photography related peripherals. Some of the possibilities include third-party wide angle and tele-lenses, microphones and lights, and a standard tripod (not included) for “stable shots, pan & tilt camera movements”. Simply clip the iPad 2 into the case and attach your third-party accessories to one of the two standard hot shoes or screw fittings....

As the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland continues, Apple CEO Tim Cook today met with Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. Amidst discussion of progress in the Czech economy and advancements in artificial intelligence, the Prime Minister suggested Apple establish an official retail location in the country’s capital of Prague. Apple doesn’t currently operate first-party retail stores in the Czech Republic. While Apple expanded its online store to the country back in 2011, locals must still rely on a network of Apple Premium Resellers for brick and mortar sales and service....

You could be forgiven for tuning into FOX recently and wondering what year it was. A quick glance at its schedule would suggest the network is living in the past – or at least with revivals of The X-Files, 24, and now Prison Break, trying to relive some of its past glories. Early in 2016, FOX launched a six-episode revival of the spooky FBI show, netting a ratings win that helped fill in the crater left by the miniseries’ overall critical response....

Prototyping Model Phases Prototyping Model has following six SDLC phases as follow: Step 1: Requirements gathering and analysis A prototyping model starts with requirement analysis. In this phase, the requirements of the system are defined in detail. During the process, the users of the system are interviewed to know what is their expectation from the system. Step 2: Quick design The second phase is a preliminary design or a quick design....

Apart from adrenaline-pumped action-packed gaming on Sony PS5, there’s a lot you can do on your PS5 such as using it as a media player thanks to its integration with Spotify. Well, PS5 is a fully-packed entertainment hub that lets you access a tonne of services including Disney Plus, Netflix, and Spotify. Although you will find reports on various features on PS5 breaking down, the PS5 Spotify crashing is consistently visible on forums which means it is an issue that users want to get resolved quickly....

A growing list of Instagram users have taken to Twitter and elsewhere online this afternoon to report an outage that has left most of the app’s functions and webpages online inaccessible. Instagram has yet to offer official details on the outage. Many users attempting to access Instagram through either the mobile apps or through webpages of user profiles or support pages online were greeted with various server errors. Others are experiencing much longer than normal page loading times within in the app, making it almost unusable....

Earlier today Samsung revealed its latest generation of Tizen-based smartwatches, the Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier, and 9to5Google was on hand to test the device. While these two new devices don’t look much different compared to last year’s Gear S2 lineup, they do make some major improvements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynTB211p1PQ Obviously, the first thought with a Samsung wearable is that it is designed to go with their Andoid-based smartphones even though this one has LTE, GPS and a reported 4-day battery life....