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WhatsApp to Share Your Phone Number with Facebook

A while back. Facebook made a $19 Billion offer to acquire instant messaging service WhatsApp. Following the acquisition, the majority of users worried that WhatsApp would begin sharing their data with Facebook. WhatsApp CEO responded to these claims stating the company had no such intention in a blog post. An excerpt of the blog post stated<br />
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In a blog post, WhatsApp says it will soon allow Facebook to access your phone number. The move means that soon users will begin to see more ads on Facebook based on their behavior from WhatsApp, though the messaging service will not offer any ads itself. Part of the blog post reads: By connecting your phone number with Facebook’s systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them. For example, you might see an ad from a company you already work with, rather than one from someone you’ve never heard of. <br />
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Facebook has been looking for ways to monetize WhatsApp with some of the suggestions revolving around making WhatsApp a CRM tool for businesses. WhatsApp says that messages will remain private and that they will not sell user data to advertisers. The company, however, says the increased collaboration with Facebook will allow them to track basic metrics about how often people use their services and better fight spam on WhatsApp.

WhatsApp to Share Your Phone Number with Facebook

A while back. Facebook made a $19 Billion offer to acquire instant messaging service WhatsApp. Following the acquisition, the majority of us...

YouTube Planning to Add Text, Image to the Video Service

YouTube has in recent times faced intense competition from Facebook Video. The competition has particularly intensified with Facebook continually optimizing its platform for video consumption. Facebook has particularly seen increased video consumption from mobile devices, which has fast become the core mode of internet access across the world. Even so, YouTube still has clout in its space with over a billion active users who spend an average of  40 minutes per session.<br />
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YouTube is set to add other features aimed at taking closer to this direction if an internal project called Backstage materializes. According to VentureBeat, Backstage will see YouTube add different types of content including text posts, polls appearing in a reverse chronological order. In addition to the normal YouTube sharing modes,Backstage will also allow users to share Backstage-only videos akin to Facebook Live. When a user shares videos they will also have the option of sending it to Twitter, Facebook and other platforms where these forms of content will appear much like how Instagram previews and links appear on Twitter.  It will be interesting to see if YouTube actually offers this feature to its users eventually.

YouTube Planning to Add Text, Image to the Video Service

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You Will Now Be Able to Initiate a Twitter DM From A Publisher’s Website

Social networks like Twitter usually have embedded buttons which allow  publishers add to their website for a variety of functions. The common ones include the share buttons which have become quite important for publishers and others like the follow buttons of the official social media accounts of the publisher.<br />
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The process is quite easy. You only need to visit Twitter Publish and click on Twitter Buttons. This will show you a variety of buttons that you can add to your site and select the Message button. It will ask for your Twitter handle and your User ID where the latter is obtained from your Twitter data that requires your password to obtain it. You will get a preview of how the message button will look on your website complete with the embedding script below it.<br />
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The Message button can also be customized where you can decide to hide your Twitter username or not, make it bigger, adding a text that will be prefilled when someone DMs you and also to set the display language.<br />
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Of course for this to work, you as the site owner must set your Twitter account to receive DMs from anyone which is available as an option under the general settings. This feature will allow website owners like news outlets or businesses to receive messages that are sourced from their website in the intention for customer support or any other queries. Twitter has been positioning the DM as a customer support tool thanks to a slew of updates and this can be included amongst them in achieving their goal.

You Will Now Be Able to Initiate a Twitter DM From A Publisher’s Website

Social networks like Twitter usually have embedded buttons which allow publishers add to their website for a variety of functions. The comm...

Samsung’s Gear S2 Smartwatch Will Soon Start Pairing With iPhones After Start of Public Testing

Word that Samsung’s Gear S2 smartwatch will be fully compatible with Apple’s iPhones began spreading last December. Since then, it has been a wait and see game. Now, the company has begun a beta program that will see users of the Gear S2 and the Gear Fit 2 able to pair the wearable with their iOS devices.<br />
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This will all be possible after users install a beta version of Samsung’s Gear Manager application meant for iOS devices. The beta program is said to run from yesterday (August 24th) through to September 19th. A beta sign up page is live for those interested. Just make sure your device is running iOS 8.4 and up. For those with jailbroken iOS devices, the leaked Gear Manager for iOS app has been floating around the interwebs for a while now (good luck finding it since Samsung’s R&D team has been very active in ensuring it is pulled down in the various file sharing sites it was popping up).<br />
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The choice of September 19th is rather curious, though. With the Gear S3, the Gear S2’s successor, already confirmed for launch next week at IFA 2016 in Berlin, that is around the time it is likely going on sale in various markets. That hints at one thing: the Gear S3 will be compatible with iPhones running recent versions of iOS straight out of the box.<br />
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Samsung is expected to avail the app after September 19th to all iOS users in the iTunes store.

Samsung’s Gear S2 Smartwatch Will Soon Start Pairing With iPhones After Start of Public Testing

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Officially Unveiled

Xiaomi has officially unveiled the much anticipated Redmi Note 4 in China.<br />
The device takes over from the Redmi Note 3 which was announced in China back in December 2015 but only started showing up in international markets in early 2016.<br />
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The device’s body has been upgraded to sport a premium all-metal build with chamfered edges. The Redmi Note 3, in comparison, had a plastic design with a fingerprint scanner and upgraded internals being the main difference between it and its predecessor, the Redmi Note 2.<br />
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Redmi Note 4 specifications</h2>
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 <td class="column-1">Size and weight</td><td class="column-2">151 x 76 x 8.35mm, 175g</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Display</td><td class="column-2">5.5-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Processor</td><td class="column-2">MediaTek Helio X20 clocked at 2.1GHz with Mali-T880 MP4 GPU in tow</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Memory</td><td class="column-2">2GB/3GB RAM; 16GB/64GB internal storage (expandable via microSD)</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Camera</td><td class="column-2">13MP rear with PDAF and dual-tone LED flash, f/2.0 aperture; 5MP front, f/20 aperture, wide-angle lens</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Operating System</td><td class="column-2">Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Battery</td><td class="column-2">4,100mAh</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Network</td><td class="column-2">3G, 4G LTE</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Connectivity</td><td class="column-2">USB Type-C, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11ac</td>
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 <td class="column-1">Other</td><td class="column-2">Hybrid dual SIM, fingerprint sensor</td>
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The device arrives in gold, silver and gray colours for an equivalent of $135 and $180 for the 2GB RAM-16GB internal storage and 3GB RAM-64GB internal storage models respectively. It starts selling in China tomorrow (August 26th) through Xiaomi’s Mi online store, carrier China Mobile and other retailers. We’re crossing our fingers for international availability soon.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Officially Unveiled

Xiaomi has officially unveiled the much anticipated Redmi Note 4 in China. The device takes over from the Redmi Note 3 which was announced ...

In Store: Infinix Note 3 X601 Now Available (Jumia, Konga Price)

Infinix Note 3 is now available for purchase.<br />
The device which runs on Android Marshmallow and latest Infinix XOS UI was made available on Jumia online store with discounted price tag. Powered by mediatek MT6753 Octa-core processor with a clock speed of 1.3GHz, It features a 2gb RAM and an internal storage of 16gb.<br />
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The Note 3 is also a 6 incher with full HD IPS display at a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels (368ppi).<br />
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It is also camera friendly device for photo freaks as it packs 13-megapixel shooter at the back with dual flash and a front facing camera of 5mp with flash led. In terms of Battery capacity, there is an upgrade from the usual 4000mah we use to get on Infinix devices as this one comes with a bigger 4,500mah lithium battery with a 3.0 fast charging charging technology which can charge the phone from 0-100% in 99minutes. Five minutes charge gives you amazing 200 minutes of talk time.<br />
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Oh am even going deeper on the specs, you can check the complete Specification of the Note 3 Here and the complete features Here<br />
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Price<br />
₦54,700<br />
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WHERE CAN I BUY IT?<br />
Buy it from you can buy it from junia or konga<br />
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Payment on delivery also applies same as same day delivery for Lagos residents.

In Store: Infinix Note 3 X601 Now Available (Jumia, Konga Price)

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LG V20 Appears in Glorious New Render- see photos

LG has been screaming from the rooftops about its upcoming new flagship smartphone, the V20. That it will be the first smartphone in the world to pack the shiny new Android Nougat. That it will have the best-in-class audio and also include a “special” pair of Bang & Olufsen earphones. We’ve heard it all from the horse’s mouth.<br />
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Third parties have also not been left behind. We have a pretty good idea of what the V20 looks like thanks to case makers who can’t help but list the device’s accessories even before it becomes available [just look at these images]. We’ve also seen some unofficial efforts to recreate the device based on the rumours so far. But none of those renders have looked nearly official than what serial leaker Evan Blass shared with his Twitter followers earlier on. Here is what is said to be the LG V20:<br />
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As can be seen from the above render, the device’s reported modular designs looks understated while that secondary display that adorned the front of the V10 seems to have been spared the axe. September 6th, when the V20 will be announced, is not far off so we’ll surely be hearing more about LG’s latest smartphone as that date nears.

LG V20 Appears in Glorious New Render- see photos

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Xiaomi to Launch Two New Redmi Smartphones

Xiaomi is expected to announce two new budget smartphones at an event in China tomorrow (August 25th).<br />
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The launch of the two devices, tipped to be the Redmi Note 4 and the Redmi 4, comes not long after Xiaomi started selling the Redmi Note 3 back in February. In Kenya, Xiaomi has only started selling the Redmi Note 2 officially through Telkom Kenya (formerly Orange Kenya) shops.<br />
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Rumoured specifications of the two devices are as follows:<br />
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<tr class="row-1 odd">  <td class="column-1"></td><td class="column-2"><strong>Redmi 4</strong></td><td class="column-3"><strong>Redmi Note 4</strong></td> </tr>
<tr class="row-2 even">  <td class="column-1">Display</td><td class="column-2">5-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels)</td><td class="column-3">5.5-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-3 odd">  <td class="column-1">Processor</td><td class="column-2">Snapdragon 625 clocked at 2GHz and backed by an Adreno 506 GPU</td><td class="column-3">MediaTek Helio X20 with 700MHz Mali-T880 MP4 GPU /Snapdragon 652 SoC with Adreno 510 GPU</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-4 even">  <td class="column-1">Memory</td><td class="column-2">2GB/ 3GB RAM; 16GB/ 32GB internal storage (expandable via microSD)</td><td class="column-3">3GB RAM; 32GB/64GB internal storage (expandable via microSD)</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-5 odd">  <td class="column-1">Camera</td><td class="column-2">13MP rear with LED flash; 5MP front</td><td class="column-3">13MP rear with PDAF and dual-tone LED flash; 5MP front</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-6 even">  <td class="column-1">Operating System</td><td class="column-2">Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8</td><td class="column-3">Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-7 odd">  <td class="column-1">Battery</td><td class="column-2">4,000mAh</td><td class="column-3">4,100mAh</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-8 even">  <td class="column-1">Network</td><td class="column-2">3G, 4G LTE</td><td class="column-3">3G, 4G LTE</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-9 odd">  <td class="column-1">Connectivity</td><td class="column-2">Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi 802.11ac</td><td class="column-3">Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi 802.11ac</td> </tr>
<tr class="row-10 even">  <td class="column-1">Other</td><td class="column-2">IR blaster, fingerprint scanner</td><td class="column-3">Dual-SIM</td> </tr>
</tbody> </table>
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The new devices will arrive with the latest MIUI 8 which started rolling out yesterday.<br />
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In July, Xiaomi revealed that it had sold over 110 million Redmi smartphones. The unveiling of the Redmi 4 and the Redmi Note 4 is expected to shore up those numbers further in the wake of the company’s reported decline in China where it is facing intense competition from Huawei’s budget Honor sub-brand and rivals like Oppo and Vivo.

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How Update Your Tecno P5 To Android 5.0.1 Lollipop Without Computer

Our great readers now you can received our updates direct to your as SmS goto Message and Send <b>Follow Tutowapblog TO 40404</b> Its Absolutely <span style="font-size: x-large;">FREE</span> Experience the full and pure LOLLIPOP OS right in ya Tecno P5. This ROM has improved features and menus making your phone stands out!<br />
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Rooted<br />
Deodexed ASUS Home<br />
Statusbar Lollipop and Asus<br />
Asus File Manager<br />
Left Side Signal Icon<br />
Lollipop UI<br />
100% Lollipop Framework<br />
Tinted Status Bar<br />
Perfect RAM management<br />
Tweak Battery<br />
8 Mega pixel (camera)<br />
EZ Weather<br />
Tweaked Bravia Engine v3<br />
Tweaked Build.prop<br />
init.d Supported<br />
DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS<br />
DUAL 3G with Switching Option<br />
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Google Keyboard pre-installed &<br />
Apollo music player doubled up with MX player to enjoy ya videos playback.<br />
AND many more.<br />
Enough talk! Flash, I know you definitely love it.<br />
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<b>HOW TO FLASH THE ROM OF TECNO P5</b><br />
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</b> <b>NOTE</b>: Please don’t use stock recovery to install any custom rom if you have not install custom recovery, get it at the below address<br />
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Download recovery for Tecno P5 <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MzHt8KX-5yNWxjLVo0TzM2UVk/view?pref=2&pli=1">Here</a><br />
Download <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_9QkMMt5UScGpOTWtnZFZpb0U/view?pref=2&pli=1">Pure Asus Lollipop ROM for Techno P5</a><br />
Before flashing any ROM, make sure your battery is above <b>70%</b> charged.<br />
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Rooted Phone<br />
Installed CWM Recovery<br />
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Before flash take a full backup of your current rom.<br />
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<b>FLASH METHOD</b>:<br />
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Reboot to Recovery Mode ><br />
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A.Wipe data/factory reset<br />
B.Wipe cache partition<br />
C. Mount and storage ><br />
               1. Format data<br />
               2. Format system<br />
               3. Format cache<br />
D. Advanced ><br />
               1. Wipe dalvik cache<br />
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Back to the Main Menu.<br />
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Select<br />
Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard<br />
Select Rom zip file.<br />
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Installation will start. Wait until finish.<br />
Reboot and Enjoy ASUS Rom.<br />
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Twitter for Android Beta Gets The Quality Filter Option

The notification tab is one of the core sections of the Twitter app since it is the one place you get to see replies from other Twitter users and a bunch of other interactions like retweets and likes. Traditionally, it has always had extra settings to control its behaviour which are buried deep in the general settings<br />
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Last week, Twitter introduced a new feature for the mobile apps that is geared to let you filter your notifications way better. It was first rolled out to iOS users and now it has been ported to the Android app.<br />
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Just like how Twitter explained the features earlier, they have added a dedicated settings tab on your notification ta Yb to help you filter out your notifications. On Android, there is a persistent toolbar at the bottom of the screen with three tabs: All, Mentions and Options. When you tap “All”, it will show you all of your replies and interactions while tapping “mentions” will only show you replies from other users. This is an update that was carried forward from twitter.com that has been there for a while.<br />
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The only new thing added is the Quality Filter which was the headline feature. According to Twitter, this feature “improves the quality of tweets you see by using a variety of signals such as account origin and behaviour. When turned on, it filters lower-quality content like duplicate tweets or content that appears to be automated.” They also went ahead to explain that it does not filter content from the people you follow or those who you interacted with recently. However, when you activate it, you will notice it will affect tweets that supersede what you see on your notifications and onto other places like top search results. This can be seen as a move to stem out bots which is a big problem in Twitter thanks to their annoying automated replies that appear in your notifications tab.

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Prisma Has Basically Eliminated Its Server Issues By Making The App Offline

Prisma, the neural network based filter app that has become quite the hit on the popular app store will now get one of the features that I have been wanting since the beginning: Offline processing.<br />
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The news was broken by Alexey Moiseenkov, Prisma’s Founder and CEO on his Facebook account which was written in Russian.<br />
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From the translation done by Facebook, the statement says that: “I am pleased to announce that we launched the offline version of the processing of photos of our styles.” According to Engadget, the company claimed that it has been able to implement the neural tech in a smartphone which is the key selling point of the app. There is a downside where only half of the 16 Prisma filters will be available offline but they promise to add the rest in the future.<br />
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This move to free their servers from processing the filter information paved way for their second announcement: Video. “Now that we’ve implemented neural networks right to the smartphones, we have enough server capacity to run full videos on them in the near future.” As you can remember, the video feature was announced earlier and this news is a build up to that.<br />
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Well this cool feature is only available on iOS and of course the offline processing speed depends on the iPhone that you have. Apparently according to the company, the iPhone 6S takes 2.5 seconds to repaint a photo while the older iPhone 6 takes 3 seconds. Since Android is more fragmented than iOS, this will take longer obviously and droids will be updated later on.

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Sony Confirms That Only 9 Xperia Devices Will Be Receiving Android Nougat(V7.0) Update

<a href="http://www.tutowap.com/2016/08/android-70-nougat-is-now-rolling-out-is.html?m=0">Google has started the Android 7.0 rollout to its Nexus devices.  </a>Obviously, the next question everyone asks is, “When am I getting it on my device?” If your device happens to be from Sony Mobile, the company has provided an answer.<br />
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If you bought your Sony Xperia smartphone or tablet before the year 2015 then you are out of luck. Sony is only focusing on devices launched after the start of 2015. As such, the confirmed list of devices in line to receive Android Nougat is rather small with just two devices staining the grouping of Sony’s most recent flagship smartphones in the Z5 and X series.<br />
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In order to be more specific, here they are:<br />
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1. Xperia Z3+<br />
2. Xperia Z4 tablet<br />
3. Xperia Z5<br />
4. Xperia Z5 Compact<br />
5. Xperia Z5 Premium<br />
6. Xperia X<br />
7. Xperia XA<br />
8. Xperia XA Ultra and<br />
9. Xperia X Performance<br />
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The exclusion of the Xperia Z3 from the list is rather surprising, though, despite the device having been launched back in 2014 and as such an unlikely candidate going by Sony’s criteria. This is because the Xperia Z3 was one of the few non-Nexus devices besides the Android One devices that had access to Android 7.0 pre-release. Google released the Android N Developer Preview to some variants of the Xperia Z3 (D6603 and D6653) in partnership with Sony and if anything, this was seen as a sign of good things to come for the two-year-old device. How wrong we were!<br />
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Like it has done in the past, Sony is not showing any love to mid-tier devices like those in its C series and others down the food chain.<br />
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The company has not provided any timelines on when the update will be hitting the devices it has confirmed will be getting it.<br />
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In case you’re thinking, “Wow, Sony device users are getting a raw deal,” then just remember that HTC has only committed to updating 3 recent smartphones and nothing more. Yup, it’s that time of the year when you get reminded why you should give Google’s Nexus smartphones a second look next time you go shopping because only them are assured of getting a new version of Android early.

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Facebook is Testing Autoplay Videos That Have Sound Turned On By Default

Facebook loves video and that is why they have been on a roll to make sure that most of the content you consume on their network is video. They have the usual standard video where people can upload or 360 degree ones, Live Video broadcasts and of course video ads.<br />
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Well it is no secret that most people do not like videos on their feed start autoplaying without sound and that is why by default, they usually autoplay while muted. But, the company confirmed to Mashable of a test that is devoid of this simple setting.<br />
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“We’re running a small test in News Feed where people can choose whether they want to watch videos with sound on from the start”, a spokesperson told the publication. Apparently this test was done in Australia where some residents may have noticed that the sound plays immediately after the video starts while others were able to turn the sound on from an icon that is located on the bottom right of the video.<br />
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This test is rather odd since from their research specifically on video ads, 80% of people “react negatively” to those ads that catch them by surprise. Having the sound on as default works in certain settings for example when you are alone in a location but generally people prefer the sound being off initially and be given the power to turn it on when needed.<br />
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You can understand why Facebook is doing this where you can speculate they want people to engage with the content in their feed rather than letting it being a plastic view but since this is a test, we will have to see how it will turn out.

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Jumia to Launch a Mobile Money Wallet called Jumia Pay

A while back, the Africa Internet Group (AIG) re-branded its startups with each one of them taking the Jumia name. Under the new order,  Jovago became Jumia Travel, Lamudi changed to Jumia House while HelloFood became Jumia Food. Site car Carmudi changed to Jumia Cars while Vendito became Jumia Deals withJob search site Everjobs becoming Jumia Jobs. The move was meant to give the company more marketing clout.<br />
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In line with these efforts, Jumia has announced the launch of Jumia Pay, a third party online payment solution. Jumia Pay aims at facilitating online payments across the 23 African countries where Jumia operates. The service is modeled on AliPay, which is Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba’s online payment solution. This means that Jumia Pay, will not only be used for online check-out on when shopping online  but may also include other activities such as the payment of utility bills and even top up of mobile phones with airtime.<br />
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According to Jeremy Hodara, Co-CEO of Jumia, Jumia Pay will provide a safe, secure and  convenient shopping experience to for customers across its various platforms in addition to fostering financial inclusion. Jumia Pay will first launch in Nigeria, which is Jumia’s biggest market before launch in other markets across the African continent.

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Xiaomi Begins Global Rollout of MIUI 8

Chinese device maker Xiaomi has started rolling out the latest update to its Android overlay, MIUI, to users of its devices around the world.<br />
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MIUI 8, as the latest version of the software is known as, will soon be hitting a number of Xiaomi devices across the world.<br />
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According to a post on its forums, MIUI will be made available to users of Redmi 1S, Mi 2/2S, Mi 4i, Redmi Note 3G and Redmi Note 4G today (August 23rd) over the air. Users of the Redmi Note 2 and Redmi 2 may or may not get the update notification today. The update will be available to every other eligible Xiaomi device on August 25th. Those who cannot wait can go ahead and manually download the update for their specific devices and flash it (check the source link below).<br />
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MIUI 8 debuted back in May during the unveiling of the Mi Max phablet and brings with it several feature updates and improvements over its predecessor, MIUI 7.

Xiaomi Begins Global Rollout of MIUI 8

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Lenovo Smartphones to be Preloaded With Microsoft Apps

Microsoft’s new focus is no longer trying to drive users to its own mobile platform but, instead, reaching out to users on whichever platform they prefer and providing such enticing solutions that they’ll have no choice but to use whatever the company throws their way. This can be seen in the number of applications it has released for mobile platforms from its industry rivals Google and Apple.<br />
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There are a lot of quality apps available to both Android and iOS users that originate from Redmond. This has largely been as a result of the company’s failure to make its own mobile platform successful as well as the realization that it is becoming harder by the day to tie down services users want to a single platform. As such, besides availing its apps on the Play Store, the company has been keen on signing up device makers who will preload its core apps on their new devices and as a result drive further user adoption.<br />
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That has been the case over the last one year when the company had an agreement with Samsung to preload several of its applications on its Galaxy smartphones. Those apps (OneDrive, OneNote etc) even got their own Microsoft folder on either the home screen or the app drawer.<br />
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Today, though, Samsung is no longer prioritising OneDrive on its devices as can be seen in the Galaxy Note 7 where the company has introduced its own competing cloud storage offering in Samsung Cloud.<br />
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So, what to do?<br />
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Pursue other partners as well. That is exactly what Microsoft has done after managing to ink a deal with Chinese device maker Lenovo that will see Lenovo preload Microsoft apps like Skype, OneDrive and Office on its new smartphones. According to various reports, the smartphones in question will only be Lenovo’s premium devices.<br />
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Just like in the Samsung case, the agreement with Lenovo also involves patents touching on both Lenovo and Motorola devices. It is one way for the company to get value from device makers like Lenovo and Samsung whose devices use some of its patents and have had to pay for royalties. Word on the street puts the figure at not less than $5 per device or more than $2 billion every year. That is at least $5 paid to Microsoft for every Android device sold. That has meant that Microsoft has been making more money from the royalties Android device makers pay it than from sales of its own Lumia mobile devices and licensing of its Windows Phone operating system.<br />
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Even though it has recently been kicked out of the top 5 smartphone vendors in the world list, Lenovo still ships millions of smartphone units annually and a good number of those will now ship with Microsoft apps pre-installed.

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Blackberry on a Suing Spree over Infringement of its Patents

Blackberry has in the recent times increased its offerings as far as software goes as it seeks to move away from its loss-making hardware business. Part of the move has seen the Waterloo company begun to take measures to monetize its 38,000 patents through licensing. The company has also been opening up its exclusive services to users on other platforms. First was the opening up of BBM in 2013 to users on  Android and iOS. Recently, Blackberry allowed users on any Android device to download and install the Blackberry Hub which is a centralized suite for all things communication.<br />
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Even with this generosity, Blackberry seems intent on going after OEMs who either knowingly or unwittingly have used the company’s patents on their devices. Last week, the company sued Internet telephony firm Avaya over patent infringements. Blackberry claimed at Avaya infringed parents relating to speech decoding and compression, tracking location of mobile devices as well as methods of displaying messages among other patents. As such, Blackberry is demanding loyalties from the company for some of its products including  Avaya’s video conferencing systems, Avaya Communicator for iPad, a product that connects mobile users to IP Office systems, and various IP desk phones.<br />
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This week, Blackberry has turned on Blu, an android device manufacture stating that its infringed on 15 of Blackberry’s patents including a software code-signing system, a phone log display and a battery disconnection system. Others include patents for detecting the number of transmit antennas in a base station as well as methods and systems for signaling connection release indication according to Ars Technica.

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One Year Later, Samsung Pay Nears 100 Million Transactions Mark

Samsung Pay, Samsung’s mobile payments service, is about to hit the 100 million transactions mark, a key milestone for the company, a year since the service was launched.<br />
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According to a statement from Samsung, the service has been particularly popular in its home market, Korea, where users have added nearly 11 million cards (ATMs, loyalty, credit etc) to the mobile payments service.<br />
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The service hitting the 100 million transaction mark globally is despite the fact that Samsung Pay is only available in a handful of countries. The US (including Puerto Rico), Korea, Spain, Singapore, Australia, China and Brazil are the only places where the service is live.<br />
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The service’s other limiting factor is the devices that users can access it with. So far, Samsung has restricted Samsung Pay to its premium smartphones in the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series with 2016 editions of the Galaxy A5, A7 and A9 being the only exceptions to the rule. It has been previously reported that the company was working to bring the service to more budget devices but that is yet to happen.

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Opera Launches a Free Unlimited VPN App on the Play Store

Opera has always been one of those companies that release really welcome products for the masses and it is well known for its browsers. VPNs are not new on the browser space and are usually done by third parties since the demand is quite huge and users are usually charged for full use of the service.<br />
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However, Opera has had other ideas about offering VPN services. On May this year, they launched a free unlimited VPN service on the App Store, an in-app VPN service on their desktop browser and now they are doing the same for Android.<br />
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The cool thing about it is that the VPN is free, does not have data restrictions and does not need some form of restriction which on paper is what everybody looks for in a VPN. This looks too good to be true and would mean that there could be some strings attached. Apparently in order to cover the cost of providing the free VPN service, Opera will show ads and collect data. The last part could be frightening in this age where privacy is all but a blur but according to the company, they would only collect data of “how a large group of people use their phones.”<br />
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Nevertheless, if you still want to use the app, you will be glad to know that it will allow you to seem like you are in either Singapore, Netherlands, US, Germany or Canada. It will also have the ability to show you how secure your WiFi network is and an in-app ad blocker to prevent advertisers from tracking you.

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Samsung Z2 Press Images Hit the Web Ahead of Launch

Tomorrow, August 23rd, will see Samsung unveil a new Tizen-based smartphone, the Samsung Z2, at an event in India. At this point in time, we’ve seen and heard everything there is to see and hear about the device. Save for the obvious details that will be confirmed at the launch event, there’s not much left to our imagination.<br />
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Since, it appears, that video wasn’t enough, it doesn’t hurt to see the device in official images, though, does it?<br />
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Here they are:<br />
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The Samsung Z2 is an entry-level smartphone (as evidenced by the specs) that Samsung will be pushing over the next few months in a couple of emerging smartphone markets including Kenya (for the first time ever) after the success of previous budget Tizen phones.

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LG V20; The First Smartphone To Run Android 7.0 Nougat - Google

LG V20 will be the first smartphone to run Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box according to Google. It's worth remembering that LG had already claimed that this device will be the first ever android phone to feature android 7 from the box but we didn't give it 100% believe until now that Google confirmed it. <br />
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On the official page for the newly-released Android 7.0 Nougat, for some reason Google thought it necessary to add the following message at the image released.<br />
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Arguably, LG V20 is gonna be the direct rival to latest Samsung flagship device, the Note 7 but the V20 will definitely prove superior in one aspect and that is the software. While it is coming with Android 7 straight from the box, it will take the Galaxy S7 about two to three months before the Nougat updates starts rolling out. <br />
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According to GSM Arena, "the LG V20 is expected to be in stores on September 23, with pre-orders starting on September 14".

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OLX will now let Farmers Sell Produce via SMS

Olx is probably the most popular ecommerce platform thanks to spirited ad campaigns in Kenya that have propelled it to that position. The company has now announced the launch of a new service that allows potato farmers to sell their produce via SMS. The platform allows farmers to sell potatoes on OLX by dialing *887# and selecting region from which their potatoes come from. A notification is then sent to OLX, who in turn contact and link the farmer to potential buyers.<br />
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The service currently has over 9,000 farmers signed up in Nyandarua and Nakuru counties and will soon roll-out to other markets. The  service is particularly important to farmers without smartphones as it allows them to get in contact with the market.<br />
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The service will see OLX help farmers to deliver  potatoes end to end directly from the farm to customers and retailers in markets, restaurants and potato chips companies. Olx will then in three weeks assist farmers get fertilizers, agrochemicals and seeds delivered to them at a subsidized rate. Potato farming generates Kshs. 25 billion at farm gate prices most of which goes to the middleman.

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Gionee S6s Specifications, Review & Price - "Selfie With Flash"

The specs of Gionee S6s, which i hinted about last week is here in full details. The S6s is Selfie centric device according to Gionee this is why it bears the nickname "Selfie With Flash". The phone is a mid-range android phone featuring a 13 megapixel main camera and an 8 megapixel front-facing camera with flash light, just like the Gionee F103 Pro. <br />
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GIONEE S6s SPECS REVIEW<br />
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PLATFORM<br />
The S6s comes with Android 6 Marshmallow out of the box together with Amigo OS 3.2 which is beautiful. Users don't need to stress up or crack brain on how to upgrade to Marshmallow via SP flashtool or the data used for downloading updates. <br />
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NETWORKS<br />
As expected, it carries support for 4G lite and VoLTE technology which makes it perfect to work with Ntel 4G services, MTN 4G, Smile 4G etc. Apart from the 4G reception ability, it also supports the older networks like 2g, 3g, H and H+<br />
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DESIGN<br />
Gionee S6s is beautifully designed with 5.5 inches screen protected with corning Gorilla Glass. The screen uses 1080 x 1920 pixels and 2.5D Curved Edge Display at a dimension of 154.50 x 75.60 x 8.15 mm. Another interesting fact is designed with full metal body and comes with Latte Gold and Mocha Gold colors respectively. <br />
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CHIPSET AND STORAGE<br />
The device is powered by Octa-Core CPU which clocks at 1.3GHz while maintaining the usual MediaTek processor commonly associated with Gionee Smartphones. Apart from the general processor, it uses a separate graphics card codenamed Mali T720<br />
In terms of memory and storage, the phone is in line with the latest trend in the business as it packs 3GB RAM and 32 GB of internal storage space which can be expanded up to 128 GB with an external SD card. <br />
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CAMERA<br />
The highlight of this phone is the front camera even when the teaser of the phone surfaced online, it was only known as selfie with flash until the real name came out. So talking about the camera, it features 13 Megapixel shooter at the back with autofocus and LED flash with video recording while at the front, it has 8 megapixel Lens with flash. <br />
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BATTERY<br />
The S6s comes with a removable 3,150 mAh Li-Polymer battery which should offer about 17 hours of usage (browsing, playing music and making calls) <br />
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GIONEE S6s SPECIFICATIONS & PRICE<br />
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GSM: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900<br />
3G: HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100<br />
4G + VoLTE: LTE-FDD B3 / B5 / TDD: B40<br />
SIM Type: Dual SIM (Micro + Nano)<br />
OS: Android 6 Marshmallow + Amigo OS 3.2<br />
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Body Design<br />
Dimensions: 154.50 x 75.60 x 8.15 mm<br />
Weight: 161g<br />
Display: 5.5 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, 2.5D Curved Edge Display With Corning Gorilla Glass<br />
Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity<br />
Build: Full metal body<br />
Colours: Latte Gold. Mocha Gold<br />
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Processors And Memory<br />
Processor Type: Octa-Core 1.3 GHz<br />
Processor Name: Mediatek MT6735<br />
Graphics Processor: Mali T720<br />
RAM: 3 GB<br />
Internal Storage: 32 GB<br />
External Storage: MicroSD card up to 128 GB<br />
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Camera<br />
Rear: 13 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash<br />
Video recording: Yes<br />
Front-facing: 8 megapixel with flash<br />
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Multimedia<br />
Music Support: mp3, aac, aac+, eaac+, amr<br />
Loudspeaker: Mono<br />
Video Support: mpeg4, h.263, h.264<br />
FM Radio: Yes<br />
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Connectivity<br />
Bluetooth: v4.0<br />
WiFi: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot<br />
GPS: Yes<br />
USB: microUSB v2.0<br />
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Battery<br />
Battery: Removable 3,150 mAh Li-Polymer<br />
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Status<br />
Announcement: August 2016<br />
Availability: August 22nd, 2016<br />
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Price<br />
Launch Price: Rs. 17,999 (Indian Rupee) <br />
Nigeria: N88,195<br />
Global Price: $267<br />
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SUMMARY<br />
Gionee S6s flaunts a 5.5-inch HD display running at a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The S6 is powered by MediaTek's 1.3GHz MT6753 octa-core processor paired and 3GB of RAM. The smartphone comes with 32GB of internal storage, which is further expandable using a microSD card and the price is Rs. 17,999 in India while in Nigeria, it's expected to be priced around N72,000 Naira and will cost $267 USD globally.

Gionee S6s Specifications, Review & Price - "Selfie With Flash"

The specs of Gionee S6s, which i hinted about last week is here in full details. The S6s is Selfie centric device according to Gionee this i...

Instagram Has Joined An Exclusive Club on The Play Store

There are a lot of people out there with smartphones (in the billions) where most of them use Android and download from the Play Store. Since one of the key uses of smartphones in this era is posting content on our social networking profiles, these networks have become popular and in turn gained a lot of installs.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtB_uhrkfG9D-gBTiy0BwR7h19c5AZmvj56u0XQQv4CNRkpx42IKIAfOkxuYU288HEIwsvKetuJKF7X3mGQfuWLewlN6-UMVko-_FNzDUIfwHqO8kZKf0woNY2UMP7eoweNexzi0-81d8f/s1600/Instagram-new-icon1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtB_uhrkfG9D-gBTiy0BwR7h19c5AZmvj56u0XQQv4CNRkpx42IKIAfOkxuYU288HEIwsvKetuJKF7X3mGQfuWLewlN6-UMVko-_FNzDUIfwHqO8kZKf0woNY2UMP7eoweNexzi0-81d8f/s400/Instagram-new-icon1.png" width="400" /></a></div>Instagram is a pretty popular app with over 500 million monthly active users and it was about time they hit a billion installs on the Play Store. They have finally done it according to a report by Android Police where they join the rest of their siblings on the Facebook ecosystem.<br />
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This is actually no mean feat for the app that was bought by Facebook in 2012 for a billion dollars and turned into this massive social network that has matured over time. It joins the other Facebook apps like Messenger, Facebook app itself and WhatsApp in the billion app installs club.<br />
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Facebook is not the only developer on the Play Store to have several apps with over a billion installs. Google is the other major player here with several apps with over a billion installs since one of their requirements to manufacturers when they ship Android on their devices is to install their services (Maps, Chrome, YouTube, Gmail etc)<br />
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It is also interesting to note the usual discrepancy we usually notice between the number of installs and the actual active users which the latter is usually the metric social networking companies focus on. Apparently Instagram is the 19th app to achieve this feat so all eyes will be on the next app to have a billion installs on the Play Store.

Instagram Has Joined An Exclusive Club on The Play Store

There are a lot of people out there with smartphones (in the billions) where most of them use Android and download from the Play Store. Sinc...

Twitter Adds Night Mode to the iOS app

Apps on smartphones predominantly have a white background but consuming content with such a background can be a pain during really low light situations. One of the answers to this problem has been the inclusion of a “night mode” which offers a dark background so that you won’t be blinded by the usual white background.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AzUYPLY7VViTVEZyRW6lK2ElMiE1KP9HdoftWoK1KToW2sY1SFbsjs1767yuqYznIXcDCXkGeVnQ2SM_fnYSGyuZZVVAP_UZAhXNwBAoNPQtRukuQxu6p3zgNOYe5ADeHfjdllwGDqEd/s1600/Twitter-logo-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AzUYPLY7VViTVEZyRW6lK2ElMiE1KP9HdoftWoK1KToW2sY1SFbsjs1767yuqYznIXcDCXkGeVnQ2SM_fnYSGyuZZVVAP_UZAhXNwBAoNPQtRukuQxu6p3zgNOYe5ADeHfjdllwGDqEd/s400/Twitter-logo-2.png" width="400" /></a></div>Twitter was testing that feature for a while on the Android app until they made the feature official recently. Naturally, the next question would have been: “When is the iOS app going to be updated with Night Mode?“ Well, the company has answered your question where they officially announced that Night Mode on iOS will be rolled out starting today.<br />
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It is rather easy to activate this feature. You only need to go to your profile, tap on the gear icon, and click on” turn on night mode.” It looks exactly like the Android implementation with the navy blue background and if you want to disable it, you only need to go back to the gear icon, tap it and turn it off. In comparison with the Android implementation which follows Material design, you activate/deactivate it using a toggle that you see on a menu that is revealed by making a gesture.<br />
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This update will finally satisfy iOS users who probably felt that they were left behind in the update. We only now wish that the night mode integration was automatic where there could be an option of setting a specific time for it to be activated.

Twitter Adds Night Mode to the iOS app

Apps on smartphones predominantly have a white background but consuming content with such a background can be a pain during really low light...