Are you worried about snoops this Christmas? Don’t be That just means Alexa is listening to your request and waiting to respond. But there are other light colors that mean different things. If you see a solid red light on your Echo, the microphone has been turned off and Alexa is not listening. Orange means your device is connecting to your network. Spinning blue ending with a purple flash means Do Not Disturb is active....

The stories you read here at Komando.com are written by some of the most skilled and talented writers in the business and I want you to be the newest addition to my team. I am looking for a storyteller, someone who can take the most complicated topic and turn it into a fun and easy-to-read article. Ideally, you would have some experience or a strong passion for tech. This position is not for beginners but for someone who has a track record of compelling and verifiable content....

Flash forward, and we now communicate on dozens, if not hundreds, of different apps every day. Whether it’s Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or any other platform, it can be a lot to keep up with! Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to avoid opening each app to see if you’ve received a message or notification? Well, now there is. Android chat bubbles are about to change the way you receive and send messages from all your apps....

Meant for the swish crowd…initially The first Razr was also called the V3 and was released in 2004. It was priced at around USD 500, which was a lot at that time, but then it was being marketed as a designer phone for the fashionable crowd (hey, Meryl Streep used one while playing the role of a tyrannical fashion magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada), not mainstream users. Dat aircraft-grade aluminium It was the slimmest form factor in clamshells – being half an inch thin – and was made of anodized “aircraft grade” aluminum....

This is frustrating to talented tech professionals who want to keep their skills up to date or explore new areas. That’s the word from a survey of more than 700 tech professionals conducted by Pluralsight, which finds that 48% of respondents have considered changing jobs because they are not given sufficient resources to develop tech skills. A majority, 75%, agree that their organization’s willingness to dedicate resources to developing their tech skills affects their plans to stay with the organization....

If you have a medium or large office-based workplace, chances are that your employees use SMS in their work- quite often on corporately owned smartphones. The technology is really convenient, and sending texts takes less work than sending e-mails. But if your company uses SMS texting, it’s vital that your IT department is aware of the possible dangers of that medium. It’s possible to make your texting more secure, especially when you understand the features of that technology....

Back at its Nexus 7 and Chromecast launch event, the Google Play team announced that it would be bringing digital text books to the Play Store for purchase as well as for rent sometime in August. Well, the day has finally arrived and Android owners can now buy or rent digital text books from Google Play. Currently, the Play Books section in the Play Store contains digital text-books from well known publishers such as Pearson, Wiley, Macmillian Higher Education, Random House, McGraw-Hill and Cengage Learning....

If you have been staying updated with the latest tech and gadget news, then you might know that Xiaomi recently launched 4-5 smartphones in India. Recently, the company launched Redmi Note 8T, which is a mid-end smartphone. The smartphone was launched on 6th November 2019, and it’s the latest addition to the Redmi Note series after Redmi Note 8 and Redmi Note 8 Pro. Download Redmi Note 8T Stock Wallpapers (Full HD+) Just like every other Xiaomi smartphone, the Redmi Note 8T also has some new amazing features and specifications....

With the 250 meter square floor, the prototype building was made with a special type of cement. The printer that made the office is 6 meters high, 12 meters wide and 36 meters long, according to the local government. Construction was completed in just 17 days and costed $140,000, an investment of public administration in partnership with Dubai Future Foundation. “This is the first 3D printed office in the world: it is not just a building but has full functionality”....

Finally, a few days ago Facebook launched a pilot program to display ads on Facebook Messenger. Basically, the company is trying to get more revenue through the implementation of various features through its platform. It has now been revealed that Facebook is working on a streaming app for entertainment centers, such as Roku or Apple TV, which aims to users to enjoy the videos that their contacts publish through the social media giant Facebook....

Key fobs have been the standard for a really long time. These days, many of those fobs don’t even have to come out of your pocket for you to get in and drive away. But crooks ruin the fun, and it’s becoming increasingly easier to capture and replicate those key fob signals. At least they can be foiled by aluminum foil, right? Now, there’s a new way to unlock your car on the horizon, but it’s definitely not new tech....

With a price of 999 dollars, it is also the most expensive phone launched by the company, but according to market analysts, the demand already exceeds the supply. “It’s fine, it’s powerful, it has ambitious ideas about what a camera can do on a phone and brings the phone design language to a new and unusual place,” said critic Nilay Patel, of the Verge site, in an extensive review, however, he promised to keep updated while exploring new tools....

Also, be sure to check out our picks for best smartwatches that you can buy today, too. And, if you’re still in the market, don’t forget that the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 is also $20 off the original price right now. You’ll get a Daily Readiness Score to help you track those fitness goals with 20 Goal-Based Exercise Modes that include activities like running, biking, swimming, and more. You can see the distance traveled on GPS when paired with the phone....

Familiar design, but reminding us of good things The first thing which anyone notices about a smartphone is generally its display and with some of its bezels beings shaved off, the display of the Canvas Infinity Pro definitely screams for attention. The smartphone comes with 5.7-inch “almost” bezel-less HD display with a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels topped by a 2.5D curved glass. The smartphone comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio display but it does have well pronounced, if not very large, bezels around it....

China needs to insulate only those smartphone which have been inside the territory of China, currently China have 60 percent of US-made smartphone either iPhone as Apple or Google as Android, China reportedly saying that soon they will build their own homegrown tech industry. China has another development to secure more in coming days that is, China homegrown e-commerce company Alibaba Group holding Ltd. has joined with the China’s Ministry of Public Security to develop smartphone Operating System for China police Officers....

The little – or big, depending on your perspective – a matter of advertising in MIUI. That revenue from MIUI ads For the report stated that the “advertising revenue” for the brand in Q3 2020 was 3.3 billion RMB, representing year-on-year growth of 13.7 percent. Now, considering the total revenue for the brand in this period was 72.2 billion RMB, that advertising revenue is a mere 4.57 percent of the total revenue....

Well, a new scam is capitalizing on the lighthearted nature of those gift exchanges. It promises that you’ll receive dozens of gifts from strangers if you sign up but then leaves participants high and dry. It’s just one of many scams that have popped up recently thanks to the pandemic and economy. If you’re a fan of Secret Santa parties, you need to be wary of participating in these kinds of holiday-themed events with strangers....

The LG G Flex 2 was among the first high-end Android device that was announced this year with a Snapdragon 810 processor. The device is slated to go on sale in South Korea on January 30th, but its system dump has already made its way to the Internet and all the beautiful HD wallpapers from it have been extracted and made available for your downloading pleasure. The G Flex 2 comes with 10 beautiful wallpapers with a resolution of 2160*1920, which means that the wallpapers will be scrollable on supported third-party launchers....

The app is called DSCO (yes, it pronounced “disco”) and it comes from photography-focused startup Visual Supply Co., the makers of the popular camera app VSCO. The new DSCO app is entirely exclusive to iOS and is briefly described as a quick and easy way to make animated GIFs on your iPhone. This isn’t the first nor the last app with this functionality, but it stands out from the crowd thanks to its association with VSCO....

Of course, for most in the world, it is an advantage to make use of it, but there are those who question the use of AI. Something that could generate a conflict and “perhaps” its temporary disappearance. Several weeks ago we discussed the fight that was generated between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg because of the implications of artificial intelligence. From this point is where we must start and analyze, therefore, the magnate Musk is the man who interested in creating a regulation for this system....