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With instructions: Create your own GIFs and stickers on WhatsApp

With instructions: Create your own GIFs and stickers on WhatsApp

By Marlon McDonald on September 24, 2020

In WhatsApp you can create your own GIFs and send personal emoji stickers. TECHBOOK explains how it works. The post Create your own GIFs and stickers on WhatsApp appeared first on TECHBOOK . ...

Android 11 officially launched Android 11 released

Android 11 officially launched

By Chris Westermann on September 23, 2020

In addition to the current Google smartphones, some models from OnePlus, Oppo, Realme and Xiaomi are already being updated to the latest Android version. However, this is still a beta version....

Researchers report nine vulnerabilities in Android’s VoIP component

By Chris Westermann on December 18, 2019

Some were removed in 2017. However, the researchers have so far only examined Android 7 to Android 9. In one case, it is even possible to infiltrate and execute malicious code remotely. ...

Xbox Series X – Backward Compatibility is already complete upon release

By Chris Westermann on December 17, 2019

If you buy the upcoming Xbox Series X aka Xbox Scarlett aka Xbox, you will have access to your entire game library from day one. ...

Android Pie is spreading faster than its predecessor

By Chris Westermann on December 10, 2019

One year after its launch, Google reports for Android Pie a share of 22.6 percent. Android 8 Oreo comes in the same period only to 8.9 percent. Further improvements to Project Treble are expected to further accelerate the delivery of Android updates. ...

Zynga: 200 million player accounts cracked

Zynga: 200 million player accounts cracked

By Chris Westermann on December 20, 2019

Do you play Words With Friends? Then your account could also be affected. COMPUTER BILD has all the information about the mega-hack! ...

OnePlus: Again customer data stolen

OnePlus: Again customer data stolen

By Chris Westermann on December 2, 2019

Cybercriminals have again tapped customer data from the smartphone manufacturer OnePlus. He sticks to the details but conspicuously covered. ...

IPVanish: The American VPN provider in the field test

IPVanish: The American VPN provider in the field test

By Chris Westermann on November 30, 2019

VPN services protect privacy and anonymity. But the selection is huge. Is the VPN worth it from America? TECH SCURRY has checked. ...

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Fitbit deal postponed until the end of the year

Fitbit deal postponed until the end of the year

By John Arnold on September 24, 2020

There is apparently still a need for discussion in the antitrust proceedings for the takeover of Fitbit by Google. The EU Commission has extended the deadline. Could Google use Fitbit user data for personalized advertising? This is what the EU Commission's current review procedure for the takeover of Fitbit by Google is about. She opened the proceedings in August, and now the deadline has been postponed. In the end, conditions or a ban could be decided. Postponement decided together Actually, the decision should have been made until ... read more at t3n.de...

Bytedance: This is the billion dollar company behind Tiktok

Bytedance: This is the billion dollar company behind Tiktok

By Chris Westermann on December 20, 2019

Tiktok was the social media hype of the year - despite reports of censorship and discrimination. We introduce you to the IT company behind the app. The short video platform Tiktok is currently one of the most successful apps among teenagers. It is used all over the world in 175 different languages. Last year alone, the app is said to have been downloaded 750 million times. Tiktok is also the most controversial app of the year: In the USA, people are afraid of China's influence on American teenagers - and wonder ... read more on t3n.de. ...

For $ 4.3 billion: Lastpass operator Logmein sells

For $ 4.3 billion: Lastpass operator Logmein sells

By Chris Westermann on December 18, 2019

$ 4.3 billion lets investors jump around Francisco Partners to grab Logmein. Among other things, the company operates the password manager Lastpass. For private internet users, Logmein is probably best known for its password manager Lastpass. However, the company has a lot more to offer companies and describes itself as one of the top 10 providers in the field of software-as-a-service (SaaS). Several million customers around the world should use Logmein's services, according to the self-description that the company ... read more on t3n.de. ...

Apple versus Williams: iPhone company sued ex-employee and Nuvia co-founder

Apple versus Williams: iPhone company sued ex-employee and Nuvia co-founder

By Chris Westermann on December 10, 2019

Apple has sued its ex-chip developer Gerard Williams III. The iPhone group throws Williams, who founded the chip startup Nuvia, breach of contract before. Williams does not take that. For a good nine years, Gerard Williams III was co-responsible at Apple as the lead developer for the chips in the iPhone and iPad. As a so-called Chief Architect Williams worked on about the design for the current A13 Bionic. Williams had left Apple in the spring and had come in November with a funding message for his startup Nuvia from the several-month sinking. ... read more on...

Wirecard: Financial Times raises new allegations against the DAX Group

Wirecard: Financial Times raises new allegations against the DAX Group

By Chris Westermann on December 10, 2019

The Financial Times has raised new charges against payment service provider Wirecard. This time it's about an alleged brightening of the 2017 balance sheet. Wirecard denies that. The dispute between the Financial Times and Wirecard over allegations of alleged irregularities in the balance goes into the next round. For the balance sheet 2017, according to the current allegations of the British business newspaper, the German payment service provider is said to have added funds parked on fiduciary accounts to the cash reserves. Trustee accounts are used to ... read more on t3n.de ...

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Zynga: 200 million player accounts cracked

OnePlus: Again customer data stolen

IPVanish: The American VPN provider in the field test