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Nokia 3 to Get Android 7.1.1 Nougat by August-End, Confirms HMD Global   HIGHLIGHTS Nokia will get Android 7.1.1 Nougat update by August-end HMD Global’s Chief Product Officer confirmed this news on Twitter Nokia 3 is currently available in India at Rs. 9,499 The smallest sibling of the Nokia smartphones, Nokia 3, which was launched by HMD Global in June this year and started selling via offline channels in India at Rs. 9,499 recently, has been confirmed to receive the Android 7.1.1 Nougat update by the end of August. While the mid-tier Nokia 5 shipped with Android 7.1.1 Nougat out-of-the-box and the high-end Nokia 6 moved to the wider Android 7.1.1 rollout in May this year, Nokia 3 has not been left behind by the company as HMD Global's Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas took to Twitter to make the confirmation. The Nokia 3 currently runs Android 7.0 Nougat, and as promised by HMD Global it will receive the latest A...

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Renders Leak, Said to Have Richer Multimedia Capabilities As the August 23 launch date for Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is still far away, more leaks regarding the smartphone are continuing to pour in. Following the earlier pattern, the upcoming Note series smartphone has been leaked in renders yet again and has reportedly received FCC certification as well. Separately, the South Korean company has also purportedly hinted at multimedia capabilities of the smartphone. Talking first about the leaked renders,  obtained  by Forbes, the new images provide essential details about the design on Galaxy Note 8 and suggest that it will come with a dual camera setup (in horizontal orientation) at the back. Further, the display size of 6.3-inches, which has been tipped for quite some time, has again been tipped in the latest leak. These leaked renders have been provided by smartphone case-maker Ghostek and Forbes says that as the renders are from the co...

The value of the virtual currency Bitcoin has always been volatile. Even so, there has been particular turbulence in recent days as fears of a "civil war" among its adherents first grew and then subsided, although they have not gone away altogether. On Sunday, the value of one bitcoin dropped to about $1,863 (£1,430) before bouncing back to $2,402 on Wednesday, according to data  from the news site Coin-desk  - still some way off a June high of $3,019. What's at stake? Bitcoin risks becoming a victim of its success. The popularity of the financial technology has caused transactions to be processed slower, with some users complaining of  having to wait three days or more  for confirmation of trades when the  backlog was at its worst , in May. Moreover, fees have also risen, hitting a high of $5 per transaction at the start of June. That makes it too costly to justify its use for some purchases, such as buying a pint of lager in a Bitcoin-accept...

The security industry needs to worry less about technology and more about people, said Facebook's security boss. Alex Stamos scolded the security industry in the opening keynote of the 2017 Black Hat conference. He said there was too much focus on technically complex "stunt" hacks and not enough on finding ways to help the mass of people stay safe. The problem would only worsen if the industry did not become more diverse and exhibit more empathy, he said. No spies "We have perfected the art of finding problems without fixing real world issues," he told attendees. "We focus too much on complexity, not harm." He cited examples of technically brilliant presentations at the show, such as insulin pumps being hacked, that had little relation to real issues experienced by people who use technology rather than work with it or understand it well. Cyber-hacks season: Ransomware is here to stay warns Google Ukraine braces for further cyber-...

With September fast approaching, speculation has begun to roil about the next generation of iPhones, particularly the iPhone 8, or whatever Apple decides to name its special 10th anniversary edition of its smartphone. However, fans aching to get their hands on the iPhone 8 may have to ache longer than those upgrading to the expected new iPhone 7s and 7s Plus models, if Monday's report in DigiTimes is correct. The iPhone 8 won't ship until the November-December time frame, the Taiwan-based trade newspaper reported, and even then it will be available only in low numbers. Yield rates at the companies manufacturing the phones have not yet reached levels to warrant mass production runs, DigiTimes said. Production of the more conventional 7s and 7s Plus models is one to two months behind schedule, it added, with full-scale production not expected until August. Plausible Delays While documenting the delays may be difficult, the reasons suggested for them make sense. "The is...

Following its initial announcements of updates to Photos, Home and Assistant, Google finally got around to Android O at its main I/O 2017 keynote. While there's not a whole lot new visually in Android O, there's plenty that will help improve it in very important ways. Google updates its mobile operating system every year, and although we're still a few months away from the next version rolling out to our devices, Google has already pushed out the first beta version for the public, which follows just a few weeks after the initial Developer preview release. Here's everything you need to know about Android O. What is Android O? Android O is the next major update to the Android. It follows the release of Android Nougat from last summer. Android O will also likely be labelled Android 8.0. After all, Android Marshmallow got the numerical designation Android 6.0, and Android Nougat got Android 7.0-7.1. However, older versions of Android, such as Ice Cream Sandwich, Jel...

Apple is gearing up to release its new iPhone in a few week's time. The upcoming iPhone 8 is expected to mark a radical change for the company as it seeks to wow users with a 10th anniversary device that takes it in a new direction. The iPhone 8, if indeed it is called that, has been rumoured to include features such as wireless charging, an edge-to-edge display and - for the first time - no home button. Here's what we're expecting from the iPhone 8 release. When will it be released? Apple has developed a pretty reliable release pattern. A new iPhone tends to be unveiled in early September, either on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Perhaps by coincidence, it often tends to be the week after IFA, a big technology conference in Germany, which this year starts on September 1. That means the best guess is Tuesday September 5 or Wednesday September 6. Because the Monday is a US holiday, the Wednesday might be more likely. T he phone then tends to go on sale ...

We're on the cusp of some serious virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) tech arriving in our smartphones, and RED has got ahead of the competition by announcing a 2018 model that it says will display 3D holographic images, no glasses required. With just  a brief splash page  to its name, the Hydrogen phone is mostly hype and promise right now, but RED has a solid reputation as a high-end camera maker, so if any company can pull this off then it might be RED. The  specs sheet  speaks for itself really: "This incredible retina-riveting display advancement features nanotechnology that seamlessly switches between traditional 2D content, holographic multi-view content, 3D content, and interactive games," says RED. "Experience 'look around depth' in the palm of your hand," the company continues, "no glasses or headsets in sight." Exactly what that means remains to be seen, quite literally, but it sounds along similar lines to te...