Welcome to today’s edition of AndroidBeat’s Daily Briefing where we talk about the LG V30 doing well in South Korea, Motorola updating one of its older devices to Nougat, and more. LG V30 Off To a Strong Start in South Korea LG’s recently launched V30 is off to a strong start in South Korea, with strong pre-order performance. Pre-order units of the V30 between September 14 to September 20 was around 15,000 units, which is around 50 percent higher than that of the LG G6....

Early today, both Hasbro and Rovio officially announced the cross-over between Transformers and Angry Birds, called Angry Birds Transformers. The new property will boast the launch of the Autobirds and Deceptihogs as they do battle not just in a new mobile-focused game, but also in a new toy line, and other consumer-focused physical products that people will be able to get their hands on later this year. According to John Frascotti, Chief Marketing Officer at Hasbro, it’s all about new ways for fans of both series to engage with both brands: “Angry Birds Transformers provides fans worldwide with a fun, new story and characters, and innovative ways, like our TELEPODS platform, for consumers to engage with the brand....

The reason for this is that the reserves that are being carried out for the new iPhone X smartphones are surpassing the predictions that the tech giant Apple itself had made in this regard. It has been just over 24 hours since the deadline for reservations was opened and the desire of the tech giant Apple’s users and fans is already more than evident. As pointed out by Reuters, the truth is that in the technological world there were some doubts about the interest that the iPhone X would arouse in its first moments of existence....

Lockdown Mode will be available this fall with iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura. The new feature is designed for the few users – such as journalists, activists, and government officials – who may be targets of NSO Group or other private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware. SEE: The best 5G phones: Which flagship comes out on top? Turning on Lockdown Mode hardens defenses on your device and strictly limits certain functionalities, reducing the ways your device could be exploited by cyberattacks....

As most of you already know, the tech giant Apple has significantly raised the bar of its smartphones in regard to authentication, all after the implementation of Face ID technology in the iPhone X launched a few weeks ago. As we have said on other occasions, in part that it requires developers of devices based on the tech giant Google’s mobile operating system, Android, to start offering competing versions of the same security functionality....

Autopsy: Windows/UNIX friendly and Mac friendly’ish platform Autopsy is ready to go on any Windows-based or UNIX system that can allow the user to view data from NTFS, FAT, UFS1/2, Ext2/3 images (and more), and can be adopted for use by Macintosh as well. Both Autopsy and The Sleuth Kit are Open Source, and run on UNIX platforms. The complexity of UNIX might deter some users, but that’s perhaps the worst drawback to this package....

In today’s environment of highly interconnected system necessities, bringing down a system may cause a catastrophic damage to an individual in many ways. Hackers are frequent in the market, making exploit kits that can bring down the whole system. Even a novice in hacking technology can use these exploit kits to wipe the enemy out from the globe. Most organizations fail to update in response to the latest threats in the market and, due to a competitive environment that requires product innovation and reduction of administrative cost, such releases in exploit kits remain undetected in an organizational perspective....

We are going to split the review into five major components that we feel are vital. They are – Comfort, Ease of Use, Effectiveness, Value and if you really need them to help you sleep better. Let’s begin. Comfort and Physical Form Factor The Sleepbuds are extremely tiny in size and have soft ear-tips with attached hooks that fit snugly into your ear. Frankly, the fit of the Sleepbuds is one of the best aspects of it....

If you’ve missed the best deals in recent years — or if you’re a new Prime Day shopper — you need to get prepared now for the shopping spree you’re going on in a couple of weeks. You can check out the tips below to help snag the deals you’re looking for. The best Prime Day deals available right now You don’t have to wait until Prime Day to get in on some amazing deals....

The back of the phone will sport a 13MP camera with another one being present in the front. Interestingly, there will be four other low-power infrared cameras on the four sides of the handset to provide 3D effects in the software and display.

What do you get when you mix lasagna with good feels? Lasagna Love. Its fantastic mission is to pair up people who want to do some good with others who could really use a homecooked meal. And who doesn’t love a tray of lasagna? Are you a parent trying to balance way more during COVID? A frontline worker who could use some love? A person who’s lost income and is trying to figure out how to put dinner on the table?...

As if to reply, just began pushing out updates to a host of recent Nexus devices. The Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (both versions), Nexus 10 are starting to receive over-the-air (OTA) updates from KitKat to llipop. The staggered rollout might take a few days to reach your device—if you just can’t wait, head over to ‘s Factory Images page to download install it yourself. You’ll need the developer tools to do so, the procedure is the same as it was for the Developer eview released this summer, with just a few obvious file name changes (follow our guide)....

According to the Android 6.0 Compatibility Definition Document, devices whose sensors are accurate to within very strict tolerances can set a new flag: roid.hardware.sensor.hifi_sensors. Devices whose accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, barometers, step detectors, etc. all deliver data with high accuracy broad range must set this flag. This is a boon for developers, who can look for a single value know it can rely on the sensor data being accurate (or at least, put up a warning message to users that their device might deliver a sub-par experience)....

Android OEMs have been aggressively pushing the display quality in smartphones with their flagship handsets every year. Not only do Android devices feature high-resolution displays, they are also color accurate. However, due to the lack of wide color gamut support in Android, third party apps have been unable to take advantage of these displays in their apps. It was largely always up to the OEMs to add wide color gamut profile support in their skins so that users could take proper advantage of it....

Android Q Beta 2 Reveals Google Is Working On Themes The tech giant Google is meeting the deadlines marked with the beta of Android Q, which recently released its second edition and includes many new features like bubble notifications, mobile phone emulator and much more. Now it has been discovered that the second beta of the next version of the operating system, of course, I am talking about none other than Android Q, also includes Pixel Themes, an application to modify the theme and aspect of the system....

But sometimes this goes too far. For example, I’ve come across several Android smartphones where the USB-C port is too small to accept regular cables. To make use of the port, you have to use the included cable. Lose that and you either have to buy another extended tip low-profile cable or extender adapter, or hack at the connector of a regular USB-C cable and hope you don’t destroy it in the process....

Android Wear was announced just over three months ago, and since then we’ve seen plenty of little details find their way online, most of which focused on the software. In a new video released by the Google Developers YouTube channel, we get to see how notifications, including their specific parts, will work. Timothy Jordan, a developer advocate at Google, took the reigns for the video that showcases plenty of new features within Android Wear, all of which should be important to any consumer that plans on picking up a wearable running the set of APIs that extend the Android platform....

Welcome to today’s AndroidBeat daily briefing where we bring you up to date with the latest happenings in the world of Android. Today’s briefing contains news that is bound to make Huawei fans happy, two new smartphone launches in India from Lenovo, some leaked renders of Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 2, and more. Huawei is Now World’s Second Largest Smartphone Vendor Huawei managed to beat Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone vendor in June and July....

These draconian measures may seem harsh, but they’re all part of our national effort to flatten the curve of infection and slow the spread of the coronavirus. By limiting our exposure to others, we’re keeping ourselves and our loved ones safe. Tap or click here to see activities you can do during self-isolation. Countries that saw the most success from these social distancing measures often implemented another feature that’s been absent from the U....

The document (shown below) provides specific instructions for support personnel to follow when dealing with a customer who has called AppleCare to request help with this specific attack. /i/story/60/34/003362/apple-macdefender-investigation-may-2011.png /i/story/60/34/003362/apple-macdefender-investigation-may-16-2011.png There are two different resolution paths, depending on whether the customer says Mac Defender / Mac Security has or has notbeen installed. According to this document, if the caller says he or she has not installed the software, the support rep should “suggest they quit the installer and delete the software immediately....