The renders further showcased all the four color variants of the upcoming smartphones. For those wondering, the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) and Galaxy J5 (2017) would be coming in Black, Blue, Gold and Rose Gold hues. Externally, these smartphones would come with a rather unconventional rear design. Instead of having horizontal antenna bands, Samsung had decided to make two U-shaped bands on the extreme top and bottom corners of the rear metal housing....

The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 packs a 5.5-inch FHD display and is powered by an Exynos 7 chipset that is clocked at 1.6GHz and coupled with 3GB of RAM. As far as storage is concerned Samsung is offering 32GB of internal memory which is expandable up to 256GB via the hybrid microSD card slot. Imaging options on the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 include a single 13-Megapixel rear camera setup with LED flash and a 13-Megapixel selfie/front camera....

Display The Galaxy Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18.5:9. Compared to the Galaxy S9+, the display on the Note 9 is just 0.2-inches bigger while the resolution stays the same. Nothing much to differentiate here, except for the extra digitizer on the Note 9 which supports the S-pen input. Processor Under the hood, both phones run on the same SoC, which is Samsung’s current-gen flagship chipset, the Exynos 9810 on global variants, while the US variant sports the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset....

A quick recap, the Galaxy S8 comes with a 5.8-inch screen and the S8+ rocks a 6.2 one. Both Super AMOLED and with Quad HD resolutions, of course. In comparison, the iPhone 7 Plus, that sports a 5.5-inch display, measures 158.2mm in height and is 77.9mm wide. The Galaxy S8, on the other hand, comes with a 5.8-inch panel and measures 148.9mm in height and is 68.1mm wide. Both the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the S8+ are powered by the octa-core Exynos 8895 processor with 4GB of RAM....

Back in the beginning of this summer, there have been rumors circulating online suggesting that both Samsung and Apple were exploring a dual-camera phone technology. But as Apple unveiled its newest iPhones and Sammy released the Galaxy Note 5 and the S6 Edge+, we didn’t see this feature being present. However, it seems that at least Samsung is still tinkering with this technology behind the curtains. At the time it was believed that Samsung would incorporate the new tech into its 2016 Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone, but now sources say that this will actually happen after the device is released, and Sammy will use it in the handsets that will follow the S7....

Samsung is forcefully disabling Windows update on many of its laptops. The South Korean technology conglomerate ships its laptops with a suite called SW Update which comes with an application whose sole job is to prevent Microsoft from seeding out updates to Samsung laptops. As Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker writes in a blog post, Samsung’s SW Update suite automatically downloads an application called “Disable_Windowsupdate.exe” to prevent its systems from snagging any updates released by Microsoft....

Samsung’s tablet is designed to work with Google Play for Education and is available as of today for $369.99 through Samsung’s own distribution and channel partners. It runs on Android 4.4, comes with a 1.2 GHz quad core processor, 1.5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage which can be extend thanks to the microSD to an additional 64 GB of storage. It has a battery capacity of 6800 mAH which is said to last for 10 hours of normal use....

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 now sports a 1.5-inch super AMOLED display which looks bright and crisp, the data is displayed in a vertical fashion. Samsung claims that it has worked to increase the viewing angles thus ensuring best visibility at outdoors and at different angles. The Gear Fit 2 comes with the step counter, heart rate sensor, calories and like most of the fitness bands it can also detect the kind of activity you are doing....

What is VoIP? How you can use it to reduce Telephone bills? Although, to use an internet system such as VoIP, you will need a smartphone connected to the internet or a telephony adapter, for your phone back home (this TA plugs into your DSL modem or cable and into the phone), but, nowadays these are all over the place, and you can get them at reasonable prices, it’s not that much of a drawback....

As tech bloggers, we love and hate this at the same time. Content discovery is no more a problem, but it has become increasingly difficult to suggest the right phone to the right person, specially when the prices keep fluctuating and new phones from Asia and elsewhere keep popping up to spoil your recommendation list. If this is the plight of someone whose primary work revolves around smartphones, imagine the plight of an unsuspecting consumer who wants to buy the best phone available at a price he is comfortable to pay....

Of course, one could upgrade their cloud storage account and have a few more GB of space, but they have to suffer some pretty steep charges. Space Monkey is a Kickstarter project that offers a solution to this problem, and while not entirely free, it is only a fraction of the cost. What is Space Monkey? As we’ve mentioned before, Space Monkey is a Kickstarter project that promises the world a cheap alternative when it comes to cloud storage....

On the ViewPoint talkshow with Eliot Spitzer, three whistle blowers from the National Security Agency (NSA), Thomas Drake, Kirk Wiebe and William Binney have expressed their allegations surrounding NSA’s illegal domestic surveillance measures. The whistle blowers specifically refer to 9/11 as the date after which electronic surveillance has taken new heights. This means that enormous amounts of email, cell phone conversations have been stored and surveilled, as Eliot Spitzer puts it....

SpyDLLRemover is a standalone tool to effectively detect and delete spywares from the system. It comes with advanced spyware scanner which can quickly discover hidden Rootkit processes as well as suspcious/injected DLLs within all running processes. It not only performs sophisticated auto analysis on process DLLs but also displays them with various threat-levels, which greatly helps in quick identification of malicious DLLs. SpyDLL scans and analyzes all the DLL files and displays the result of the analysis in a color coded table sorted by threat level....

The Suaoki G 500 is currently available via an Indiegogo campaign. Apart from including a 500 watt-hour battery pack, the power station also offers a variety of outlets for plugging in devices. The Suaoki G 500 offers two standard AC outlets, two quick-charging USB-A ports, USB-C port, two 12-volt DC ports and a 12-volt carport. The numerous ports and the large battery life should essentially keep you covered for the entire camping trip....

Swiftpoint GT combines intuitive touch gestures with the precision and convenience of a mouse, being the first mouse in the world to do so. It allows users to swipe or flick using a natural finger and wrist action, without actually having to reach for your screen. This will prove to be especially useful with touch-enabled laptops for hybrid devices. You can use it on a desk, laptop palmrest, and pretty much everywhere you want....

While a majority of the old, traditional home appliances these days are getting replaced with their smart counterparts, there are still some devices that we do not have smart versions for. This is where the smart plugs come into the picture. Syska “expects the smart home segment to grow at a fast pace till 2020 and reach 7.2 percent by 2022.” Both smart plugs, the Smart Plug (16A) and Smart Mini Plus (10A) come with a bunch of features that help you get the most out of your appliances....

WhatsApp Messenger – Taking the PIN out of Ping In the begging was messaging, and lo and behold, the company with two B’s from Canada dominated it, with a PIN that was more aspirational than a pin code. They were the likes of Google Talk who offered some token resistance. And then along came Whatsapp in 2009 and changed that. It was an App Store exclusive for a while – Android got it in 2010, after even that double B company!...

To ensure you have better security on the internet, irrespective of the operating system your smartphone is running and that your data stays protected, you should use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) for all your online communications. In fact, not just smartphones, you should have a VPN client on all your devices, be it tablets, computers, or even smart TVs. But what exactly is a VPN, how does it protect your data, and which is the best VPN service for your iPhone?...

The new Kindle Paperwhite is similar to the older model for the most part except for a few changes. It seems that the company is pretty convinced with the older-generation design and hence wants to stick to what has been working out for them. A possible reason for which seems to be the sheer popularity of the device worldwide and the staggering sales figures that the company has achieved with the model....

If you’re still not quite familiar with the concept, go ahead and read our previous guide on this, called Everything You Need to Know About the USB Type-C, in order to learn more about the new standard. But if you’d rather prefer to go through the most important feature of the USB Type-C and why it will matter when deciding whether to buy a OnePlus 2 or not, here’s what you should know:...