AT&T has finally folded its 2G wireless network. The Dallas-headquartered telecommunications company announced the news on Monday after careful thought in the previous years. According to MacRumors, though AT&T announced the discontinuation of the network early this week, the implementation actually began on the first day of 2017. Thus, since Jan. 1, the wireless … [Read more...] about AT&T Officially Shuts Down 2G Wireless Network For Phones Like 1st Gen iPhone
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Seagate to Shut Down One of Its Largest HDD Assembly Plants
As a part of its cost-cutting efforts, Seagate has decided to shut down its HDD manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. The factory is one of the company’s largest production assets and its closure will significantly reduce the company’s HDD output. Seagate intends to lay off ~2200 employees, but it is unclear what it intends to do with the facility, which it owns. The factory … [Read more...] about Seagate to Shut Down One of Its Largest HDD Assembly Plants
Instagram Finally Puts the Hammer Down on Fake Likes and Followers
If you follow influencers on Instagram, chances are their followers and likes aren’t from real people. The problem with that is people who aren’t really all that famous pretend to be famous with fake likes, and that’s led to a bunch of funny incidents online. And Instagram knows that’s a real issue for its platform — especially when things like the follower and like counts … [Read more...] about Instagram Finally Puts the Hammer Down on Fake Likes and Followers
Here’s How Apple Is Cracking Down On Fake Component Repairs Of iPhones By Unauthorized Third-Parties
It is definitely not unusual for large companies to produce internal measures and proprietary technology designed to make efficiencies within its business. It’s being reported that Apple Inc. has done exactly this in order to reduce mass repair fraud by operating a ‘Zombie Check‘ system to crack down on stolen serial numbers in its devices. It seems that … [Read more...] about Here’s How Apple Is Cracking Down On Fake Component Repairs Of iPhones By Unauthorized Third-Parties
Google to shut down Google+
Google just announced that it will sunset the company's social networking service Google+ for consumers in the coming 10 month period. Google+ was Google's last attempt at creating a Facebook competitor that would put Google on equal footing with the social networking giant in regards to user data and number of users. Google+ received mixed reviews and ratings when Google … [Read more...] about Google to shut down Google+
Microsoft will soon offer slimmed down version of Windows 10 to enterprise customers
Microsoft has announced that the company is looking into solutions to slim down the size of Windows 10 for enterprise customers. The company claimed that it’s expensive and time-consuming for Enterprise customers to download the whole Windows 10 files to update the device. Until now, Microsoft used to release two major versions of Windows 10- x64 and x86, both of which were … [Read more...] about Microsoft will soon offer slimmed down version of Windows 10 to enterprise customers
Microsoft to Crack Down and Remove Bloatware that Tricks You Into Unnecessary Purchase
Microsoft just made an announcement on January 30, 2018, to crack down the growing number of freeware that scans your computers for errors and then uses alarming messages to scare end users into buying a premium version of the same program. A great move from Microsoft to make life a lot harder for those who make those bloatware programs. Starting March 1, 2018, Windows … [Read more...] about Microsoft to Crack Down and Remove Bloatware that Tricks You Into Unnecessary Purchase
Apple Used DMCA To Take Down Post Containing iPhone Encryption Key But Retracted The Request Later
Apple recently used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to have Twitter delete a tweet that included an iPhone encryption key. The tweet was originally shared on December 7 by a security researcher going by the name Siguza. That key could allow someone to reverse engineer the iPhone’s Secure Enclave which is where all of Apple’s encryption is taken care … [Read more...] about Apple Used DMCA To Take Down Post Containing iPhone Encryption Key But Retracted The Request Later
Fai.music.metaservices is down for Windows 7 users [HERE’S WHY]
Many Windows 7 users reported that fai.music.metaservices.microsoft is not working on their machines. As a quick reminder, back in January, Microsoft decided to discontinue support for Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 PCs. This explains why many users are now experiencing this problem. Microsoft says that users can’t view metadata … [Read more...] about Fai.music.metaservices is down for Windows 7 users [HERE’S WHY]
Insane Discount Brings Xiaomi Mi 9 Down To Just $377.99 – Houses Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, more
Great smartphones have all gone up in terms of price with an upwards of a $1000 tag. Thanks to our discount, there are still some options available which deliver the flagship experience in a budget price. That’s right, today we have the Xiaomi Mi 9 in store, housing all the latest internals, best in performance and comes with a pretty great camera. Also. the design of the … [Read more...] about Insane Discount Brings Xiaomi Mi 9 Down To Just $377.99 – Houses Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, more