Latest News ( Tech and some others) as of Feb 12 2018

                                                                 Today's Top List


1. Airtel Sign an agreement with Star TV networks to stream its content Via Airtel TV app and HOTSTAR  premium Subscription for Airtel users.

Followed by Jio,Airtel today signed with Star TV networks pvt.Ltd to Stream the digital content of Star TV in Airtel Tv app. It has been made available for the prepaid and postpaid subscribers of Airtel.


The Airtel users can avail the Hotstar premium Subscription for free. they can stream the premium content of Hotstar for free with airtel.

To avail this , you have to install the latest version of Airtel TV app. If not available after you have installed the app, wait for few days.


2. iPhone users who paid full price for battery change , may get partial refund.

It has been confirmed by a reply of Apple to US senator's question. The users who recently changed their battery to improve the performance of iPhone. But actually the poor performance was caused due to their flaw in software updates.



So, the US senator asked regarding this to Apple via letter last month. Today Apple replied to him that ,it had changed the batteries for iPhones for 29 dollars.But the actual price is 79 dollars for exhausted warranty mobiles.

And Apple said that,"Yes we are exploring this and will update you accordingly".


3. Intex launches an Affordable 5" inch smartphone Today for Rs.4499.

Indian manufacturer Intex Mobiles today launched "Aqua Lions T1 lite" for Rs.4499. It is a 4G VoLTE device with 2.5D curved glass runs Android 7.0 Nougat.

It sports 1GB ram, 1.3 GHz Quad-core 64 bit MediaTek chipset with 8GB Rom and memory expandable upto 64 GB.

It has 5MP rear camera with 2MP front camera with selfie flash and its a dual 4G mobile.


4. Instagram has been testing alerts when someone takes screenshot of your posts.

Insta soon to launch a feature , that when someone in Insta takes a screenshot of your posts , you will get a notification about it.It will  become easier to find the fans for your posts who took a screenshot of it .



5. Apple's core iOS source code leaked on Github , may strengthe Jailbreaking.

The source code of Apple has been kept confidential. Today it has been leaked via Github profile named "q3hardcore".


This could lead to attacks and vulnerabilities on iOS . The iBoot framework is low level piece of software on Apple hardware running iOS . on Other devices , it is called as Bootloader or the BIOS. Its the first thing starts up and loads the kernel when the phone starts to verify whether it was signed by Apple.

 Apple has confirmed the leak by its Quick DMCA.These codes are mainly available in iOS 9 and a small amount in iOS 10. Some important key Files are missing , so it can't be compiled,Dont worry..

The company issued a DMCA takedown request to the profile. As of now it has been removed from that profile.


6. Snapchat's snap map(- used to view your snapchat App friends location) comes to the web including in embeddable form.




Its an awesome feature in Snapchat App . Now, the feature is available for anyone to view on the web. But in web you can't you cant view your friends location. In web , you can view public stories. the users can look at the map and click a bubble to look a public story at that place.Its a neat way to check any famous event from that place.

The map also shows the weather radar-like-heat map snap uses to show activity from users from relative volume, even if said content has not been incorporated to public story. It is used to view live content driving more users. Some company events to drive traffic to that.

Soon more  features will be embedded to it.


7. Vivo to release Oreo update for 7 Smartphone models.

The update will come through a Funtouch OS within April.

The list is as follows

* Vivo X20 , X20 plus
* Vivo X9s , X9s plus
* Vivo X play 6
* Vivo X9, X9 plus

You can opt for the beta test version as per info available at Vivo forums in china , before being upgraded with stable version.


8. Jio has  topped the chart of 4G LTE service providers by recording a download speed of 25.6 Mbps for Nov 2017.

The vodafone got the second place with a speed of 10Mbps.

The Bharti Airtel secured the third place by a speed of 9.8Mbps.

Idea has been securing next place with a speed of 7 Mbps.


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