Pranav Dixit

Your Amazon Account Can Be Hacked Via a Malicious Kindle Ebook

If you download Kindle ebooks from dubious sources aka anywhere other than Amazon, watch out. A security researcher has discovered a security hole in the “Manage Your Kindle” page on Amazon’s website that outs your Amazon credentials to hackers when you upload a malicious ebook. Amazon’s provides an extremely handy “Send to Kindle” plugin for…

The NFC Chip In Your New iPhone Is Only Good For Apple Pay — For Now

You’re not going to be able to use that NFC chip in your shiny new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus for anything other than Apple Pay. No tapping to pair your phone with NFC-enabled speakers, no NFC tags all over your house, no nothing. Sorry to burst your bubble. According to an email that…

HarperCollins Is Now Using Digital Watermarks To Stop Ebook Piracy

Pirating ebooks is a breeze. Their file sizes are so small that it usually takes all of 60 seconds between a Google search and having the book on your Kindle. Now, publishers have hit upon a solution that they hope will trip up pirates: an invisible, traceable watermark on every ebook sold. HarperColllins and ebook…

Flipboard Now Has Video Ads (But They Won’t Auto-Play, Thank Goodness)

Nope, you can’t escape advertising. Flipboard, the gorgeous mobile reading app with over 100 million users, will now start showing you full-page video ads as you try to catch up on your reading. As you browse through Flipboard’s major sections like News and Entertainment today, you’ll see clips from Sony Pictures, Chrysler, Gucci and more.…

Google Is Testing Drones That Could Bring the Internet to Remote Lands

Man, Google really is all in on drones. After testing delivery drones as a part of its Project Wing program, the company has now asked the FCC for permission to test drones that could eventually be used to deliver internet access to remote areas of the planet. https://gizmodo.com/google-project-wing-the-secret-drone-delivery-program-1628194268 Back in April, Google bought a high-altitude…

Facebook’s Revamped App Settings Page Makes It Easy To Unhook Apps

If you head over to your Facebook Apps Settings page, you’ll be shocked to know how many useless apps you’ve got attached to your account. My account, for instance, is hooked up to 448 apps (there’s something called “are u in love?!?!?

If you’re a Spotify Premium subscriber in the U.S, you can now access Spotify on your Amazon Fire TV. You can control you music using the Spotify app on a mobile phone or a tablet, so music streams can switch from mobile to the TV seamlessly and leave your phone free for other things without…

Google Kicks Off Android One in India With Three $105 Handsets

As a part of its awesome Android One initiative, Google just launched three Android phones running a stock version of Kit Kat, the company’s latest smartphone operating system, in India. The devices were launched in partnership with local brands and cost a ridiculously cheap $105. The three new handsets — the Spice Android One Dream…

India Can Now Download YouTube Videos. Why Can’t We?

In the next few weeks, YouTube users in India will be able to save videos offline and watch them anywhere, any time, without a data connection. The announcement was made at an event in Gurgaon, India, immediately after Google launched its low-cost Android One initiative in the country. “YouTube is popular here. You watch some…

Voice Calling Spotted in the Latest Version of Whatsapp on iOS

Voice calling is definitely, definitely coming to WhatsApp and what’s more, it’s round the corner. A reference to the feature was spotted in the latest iOS update to the app by NDTV Gadgets, an Indian news portal. There’s no mention of the feature in the app’s release notes, presumably because it’s not active yet, but…

This Portable XBOX One Gaming “Laptop” Can Be Yours For Just $1,500

There are plenty of great things about the XBOX One, but not being able to stuff it into a backpack and take it with you on a road trip is definitely a downer. If you’ve got $1,500 to spare, however, you might just be able to snag an Xbook One: a portable chassis with the…

Bonjour! Netflix has finally arrived in France as a part of its ambitious European expansion program. Local rivals are having sleepless nights. [Engadget]

Here’s the First Windows Phone Device With Official “Windows” Branding

We already knew, thanks to leaked internal documents, that Microsoft was ditching the Windows Phone branding for a simple “Windows” on devices that run its mobile operating system. Now, we have our first look at an actual phone that uses the branding. British brand My Go has displayed the Windows branding on an unlinked micrsosite…

HBO Is “Seriously Considering” Offering HBO Go Without Cable TV

Hey, all you HBO Go moochers, there is still hope of getting a standalone HBO Go subscription at a totally-not-a-rip-offprice without paying for cable TV first. HBO is now “seriously considering” the possibility of making that happen. At an investment conference, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes was asked by Goldman Sachs analyst Drew Borst whether…

We shall spend the rest of our days in shiny handcuffs. Thanks, technology. [XKCD]

These Ant-Sized Radios Might Power The Internet of Things

The jury is still out on whether the Internet of Things will make our lives any easier. If and when it does, a lot of it might be powered these tiny, ant-sized radios. These radios that are made of silicon and measure just a few millimeters each, have been developed by researchers at Stanford University.…

iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Are Now Available For Pre-Order

Get those credit cards ready. Pre-orders for the iPhone 6 an the iPhone 6 Plus are now live, so you can snag the phone of your choice. Update: The store on Apple’s website is still down but we just confirmed that you can, indeed, place your orders through the iOS app. The online Apple Store…

Those Excavated E. T. Video Game Cartridges Are Being Auctioned Off

If you’re an old-school gaming aficionado, here’s your chance to own a piece of (infamous) gaming history. The Alamogordo City Council in New Mexico is auctioning off half the recovered E. T. cartridges that were found buried in a landfill. The cartridges of what is widely believed to be the worst video game in the…

Viber for Android and iOS now allows you to make video calls. If you have the desktop app installed, you can even switch devices in the middle of the conversation (and vice versa). Nice. [The Next Web]

Reuters: The Next Apple Watch Will Track More Fitness Data

The Apple Watch, as it exists right now, is pretty sweet. If you’re tempted to snag one as soon as it hits the shelves some time next year, we won’t blame you. But here’s a reason to hold off right now. There’salready evidence that a better, richer Apple Watch might be here in 2016. This…