Google today announced that it is bringing Android Pay to Russia. At launch, Android Pay will be supported by 15 banks with thousands of retailers and organisations supporting it as well. Some popular retailers in Russia supporting Android Pay at launch include KFC, Magnit, Rosneft, Burger King, and more. As for the supported banks, it includes MTS Bank, “Ak Bars,” Yandex.Money, Bank “Opening,” VTB 24, and others. Russian payment services like ASSIST and Payture are also working with Google on adding Android Pay support....

Using Apple Business Essentials, small businesses can provision iPhone, iPad and Mac devices using the Apple Business website, eliminating the need to hire an IT professional or similar. Once a device goes through the user enrollment process, it can receive specific apps hand-picked by the small business owner, along with VPN configurations and Wi-Fi passwords. For example, businesses can create different profiles in the portal for specific departments and users....

The Cupertino-giant Apple discontinued the AirPower charger as it didn’t go well. The device was a matt Qi charger that was capable of charging three Apple devices. Last year, Apple released a new wireless charging technology, MagSafe with iPhone 12 series. Apple Will Soon Allow you to Charge iPhone via iPad Now, the latest reports from Bloomberg says the company is developing multi-device charger, short and long-distance wireless chargers for the future where all the devices can charge each other....

The Foxconn facility, which is situated in the Sriperumbudur town of Tamil Nadu, is expected to be upgraded and expanded for iPhone production through a Rs 25 billion investment. The same plant is also responsible for building phones for India’s leading smartphone OEM — Xiaomi. In addition, Tamil Nadu’s Industries Minister M C Sampath said the development will spawn as many as 25,000 jobs too. What’s more, the country’s Commerce and Industry Minister, Suresh Prabhu is planning to meet Apple executives next month in Davos....

Basically, when you contact someone through messages, the application sends a request to Apple’s servers to see if that person has iMessage account. At that time, according to the intercept, Apple records the contact information whether it is in iMessage application or not and the date, time and IP can reveal your location. According to internal documents obtained from the “Support Team of Electronic Surveillance” of the authorities of the Department of Florida (an agency that coordinates other bodies engaged in the cyber world), every SMS sent by this application of Apple triggers a query on the servers of the company....

The best online colleges in Oregon prepare graduates for positions in high-paying fields like corporate and financial management, semiconductor manufacturing, software development, and utility maintenance. The state’s key industries include activewear and outdoor gear, natural resources, and clean energy. Read to find our picks and the opportunities these online colleges can offer you. Top 5 online schools in Oregon: Quick facts The best online colleges in Oregon ZDNet’s ranking methodology relies on research, rigorous editing, and authoritative, objective sources....

Samsung is a bit late to the AI race led by exa, Siri, Assistant, but it has a bit of a different strategy. Instead of wowing us with encyclopedic knowledge, Samsung is putting Bixby at the center of the Galaxy experience. It’s calling it an intelligent interface, rather than an assistant, it will work across the phone any “Bixby-enabled” apps to reduce the number of taps we need to make....

Activision has just released the first ever official Call Of Duty game on the Play Store – Call of Duty: Strike Team. As it can be expected from such a big title, the game packs some stunning graphics and a hefty price tag of $6.99. There is a mix of FPS and third person shooting in Strike Team, with the game allowing users to use a drone to place your team mates in strategic locations....

To an extent, behaviors like not touching your face and regularly washing your hands are powerful ways to fight the spread of disease. And no amount of quack medical gear and snake oil can change that. Tap or click to see how Facebook is banning ads for fake coronavirus cures. Endangered rhinovirus Every year, the U.S. economy loses $40 billion in lost productivity and doctor’s visits. And that’s on top of millions of missed school days from kids around the country....

Hence, now again Google’s official Android website includes a fun “Taste Test” that takes a few minutes to complete which will help you to make a personalized home screen. Android ‘Taste Test’ Helps You Make A Personalized Home Screen If something distinguishes the open systems, then it’s their personalization. Linux systems are a clear example of this premise by having a multitude of environments and vast ways to customize. Something similar happens in the world of mobile devices as well....

The Android 4.4.3 update was recently rumored to be undergoing internal testing at Google, and now it looks like the update could be ready to roll out, at least to the Nexus 5. Sprint’s support page for the Nexus 5 says that the device is due to receive an update today, and while it doesn’t specifically mention 4.4.3, there’s a good chance it’s what we’re looking at. The changelog for the update – which carries build number KTU84F – is quite short, only saying that it enables Sprint Spark band 26 and band 41 and includes “Misc Android updates....

The leaked firmware is meant for the T-Mobile variant of the handset, and early report suggests that the firmware works flawlessly as well. The firmware has leaked just an hour ago so details about what all new features it includes are scarce. Anyways, if you own a Moto X and feel like flashing the firmware, make sure to do a full wipe manually. There are some issues with the script included in the ROM, and it does not wipe the system or data partition properly....

While Google may not have introduced official support for themes in Android 8.0 Oreo, it did lay the underlying groundwork for themes. Even better, you will be able to apply themes to your Android device without having to root it first, which is usually the case right now. Thanks to the hard work of Sony on Overlay Manager Service (OMS) which has made its way into Android 8.0 Oreo, it is possible to theme an Android device running Oreo without bothering with root access....

It’s that time of the month again, Google has updated Android’s platform distribution numbers earlier today. The latest numbers reveal that the adoption rate of Android 4.4.x KitKat, which was released more than two months back is still below 2% at 1.8%, compared to 1.4% last month. So the rollout of the KitKat update by carriers and device manufacturers continues to be slow. The latest numbers reveals that the adaption rate of Jelly Bean, which was first released back in July 2012, increased from 59....

rldwide sales of tablets to end users totalled 195.4 million units, fuelled by sales of low-end, smaller screen devices, purchases by first time buyers, the company said Monday. Android has become the biggest tablet operating system with 62 per cent of the market. In 2012, ’s OS trailed Apple’s iOS by a margin of about 8 million tablets, but by the end of last year had turned that into a 50 million-unit lead....

Welcome to today’s edition of AndroidBeat’s daily briefing where we talk about the Essential Phone getting an update to improve its camera performance and missing texts issue on the Galaxy S8. Essential Phone Update Improves Camera Performance While the Essential Phone has received largely positive reviews from the media, its camera has been heavily criticised for its sub-par performance. Essential had rolled out a couple of updates to its camera app to improve performance, but with today’s software update, the company is taking its biggest step yet....

Xiaomi Launches the Mi Mix 2, Coming Soon to India The Mi Mix from last year was more of a concept phone that was sold in limited quantities. This year, Xiaomi is launching the Mi Mix 2 as a smartphone which people will actually be able to buy. Even better, Xiaomi has improved the Mi Mix in every possible way and ensured that it comes with powerful internals and global LTE band support....

Not everyone has the luxury of having access to high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity all the time, with a majority of the people in developing countries having to rely on spotty 2G coverage for their internet needs. In such cases, it is troublesome for the user to download hefty app updates regularly for their installed apps. While Google has already implemented delta update feature for app updates in the Google Play Store, it is now further reducing the app update sizes using its new delta algorithm, bsdiff....

This is the first expansion outside of the US since Apple launched the program in April, offering consumers repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools so they can fix their own iPhones. These are not available for the latest iPhone 14 models. “Customers who wish to complete their own repairs will be able to perform many of the most common repairs for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 lineups, and Mac notebooks with Apple silicon,” Apple notes in a press release....

There is a new version of macOS coming up that will be called, Mojave. After the sea and the mountain, the tech giant Apple is “inspired” in the Mojave Desert, an arid and driest desert in North America. What’s new in the new Mojave macOS? Dark mode As we had already revealed, the new MacOS 10.14 will have a Dark Mode. “This feature, aimed at protecting users’ eyesight, will allow you to use the system more comfortably in low-light settings, such as at night....