APP: The TousAntiCovid app is active on 3.5 million phones in France, which is very little Tracking, but also informing and now giving access to travel certificates: the “TousAntiCovid” mobile application, a new version of the tracking device shunned by the French, is once again adapting to find its usefulness during the health crisis. The app had 4.8 million downloads […]
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APPLICATION: The app, Snapchat has teamed up with Yuka and Vivino to enable its users to get food and wine information by scanning them Snapchat announced Thursday that it has added features to its app that provide “new ways to eat and consume using the camera.” The social network has teamed up with Yuka and Vivino, tools that respectively obtain information on […]
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CYBERSECURITY: Although Google has been made aware of the Bluetooth flaw in its Android operating system, no corrective updates are available yet A new Bluetooth vulnerability exposes Android smartphones to potential hacker attacks. Last February, a significant vulnerability had already been identified in Android’s Bluetooth protocol. Exploited, this new security flaw would allow hackers to get their hands on the personal […]
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LOW END: The Google Pixel 4a model compatible with 5G technology will be sold in several countries starting at 499 dollars Google presented a new entry-level smartphone on Monday. On sale from August 20th (in the US ), the Pixel 4a features some features of previous models for prices starting at $ 349, or half that of the Pixel 4. […]
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DIGITAL: Secretary of State Cédric O gave an initial update on the mixed success of the StopCovid application with the French A vast transparency operation with the entire Areopagus (government, Inserm, DGS, Inria, Institut Pasteur, Anssi) to raise a first veil on the effectiveness of StopCovid, three weeks after its availability on French mobile phones in […]
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The Blackberry phones with iconic keyboards, which have less than 1% of the market, could disappear The smartphone BlackBerry and their iconic keyboards, slowing after leading the market in the early 2000s, could disappear. The Canadian group and the Chinese TCL, which manufactured these apparatuses, indeed announced Monday the end of the production. “We regret to announce that from […]
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EUROPE: A desire of a standard smartphones charger that is part of a more global approach to connectivity The European Parliament would like to set up a single charger common to all brands of smartphones. Among other things, this would reduce “electronic waste, but also make life easier for consumers”. According to estimates by the European Union, “the old chargers generate […]
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If the update is not done before November 3rd, 2019, some models of iPhone and iPad will not work properly. Here is the procedure to follow. After informing about starting failures on the iPhone 6s and 6s plus , Apple is now calling some customers to update their phone. On its website, the Apple brand explains that some models of iPhone and iPad older […]
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BAD WAVES: ANSES publishes on Monday its expertise on the dangers of exposure to mobile phones worn close to the body In a report published on Monday, the National Health Security Agency (ANSES) assesses the possible health effects of exposure to mobile phones. When worn very close to the body, smartphones can be a health […]
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Do your smartphones emit more radio waves than the authorized limit? 60 million consumers name bad phone marques in an investigation. Details. Which of the smartphones are the ones that emit electromagnetic waves above the authorized limit? This is the alert that launched the consumer organization, 60 million consumers , which has identified 17 mobile phone models exceeding since early 2018 the maximum […]
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