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A video of an iPhone 7 Plus catching fire has gone viral, with some drawing comparisons with early Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fires. This is not the first time that an iPhone has caught fire, and it won’t be the last. But as we’ve noted before, it’s important to view such incidents in perspective … There are a couple of points to note. First, in some incidents, investigation showed that there was an obvious cause for a fire – such as using a dangerous third-party charger....

The benefits of a potential OS Recovery feature for iOS are multifaceted. The most obvious benefit is that it will let users without access to a Mac or PC restore their devices to the latest version of iOS over the air. For example, say you experienced an issue with your iPhone that resulted in it not being able to load iOS, or being stuck in a boot loop. Currently there would be no way to recover the device without connecting it directly to a Mac or PC via a Lightning cable, and performing a restore by manually pointing to an IPSW firmware file, or by downloading the latest version of iOS from Apple’s servers....

It is a well-known fact that the demand for every product/tool or gadget with multispecialty remains always high. This is one of the major reasons why smartphones are demanded all over the world. Of course, these gadgets are capable to handle several tasks and therefore, they are considered in the category of multispecialty products. One can simply own a smartphone these days without worrying about anything. These gadgets are available in every price range and with every feature one needs....

Smartphones needs a lot of care from the users. The fact is many of us fails to pay attention to the same. Generally, users think that smartphones don’t need any care or maintenance. This is not a true fact. Even if you buy the latest or the most expensive gadget, the same needs you to be careful about certain things. When users fail to pay attention to the same, there are chances of the common problems in it....

ConnectSense first debuted their original external Smart Outlet with HomeKit compatibility at the end of 2015, and is now expanding its product offering just in time for this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Today, the home automation company announced a new In-Wall Outlet, a hard wired version of their original accessory. Unlike the majority of other smart outlets on the market, ConnectSense’s offering seamlessly replaces an existing receptacle in your home, blending in with your decor while still offering the benefits of HomeKit control....

iMessage is a rich messenger platform with its own App Store and features like end-to-end encryption. However, advanced features like scheduled iMessages could make it an even more robust service. Recently an Apple user reached out to Craig Federighi about this feature request and got a detailed response about how the company is considering it. Reddit user Jmaster_888 (via Mark Gurman) shared the response from Federighi, Apple’s SVP of software engineering, after asking about Apple bringing a scheduled iMessage feature to iOS....

Today we will learn to use them and know their advantages and disadvantages. We will learn the three frameworks: Pex, NMock, and Rhino Mocks. So, you ready? What will we begin with? So we’re going to test frameworks. Note! All of the examples in this article will benefit, not eclipse Microsoft Visual Studio. Mocks again Let’s begin with mocks. It is a matter of reminding the basic information about them....

Copyright lawyer and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig has accused Apple of censoring forum posts in which iPhone users experiencing wifi problems after upgrading to iOS 7 were advised to seek replacement under warranty. LouLou71 is the username of a British iPhone owner who had posted the following: But then, to my utter(ly naive) astonishment, Apple removed my comment … Lessig reposted it, and says his post was also removed by Apple, and that the company emailed him to say it had done so “because these posts are not allowed on our forums....

Smartphones have become extremely popular and one of the very useful devices to humans. In fact, their popularity and usefulness have seen a tremendous growth in the past few years. Well, there is a diverse array of reasons that has unconditionally contributed to their fame. The reliability and simplicity of the technology is an example of such reasons. Many manufacturers have worked very hard to transform the big ideas into reality and OnePlus is one among them....

Spectrum Cloud DVRs or digital video recorders actually work. Now, if you’re used to in-home DVRs from, say, TiVo or perhaps your pay-TV provider. However, you might be surprised just how capable Cloud DVRs are. As a result, instead of storing your favorite shows on a device with a hard drive, cloud DVRs typically store your shows within the cloud data centers elsewhere, aka the cloud. The benefits of this approach include fewer hardware requirements, the ability to watch on multiple mobile devices, and impressive storage capacities....

Each year, Apple becomes more involved in the health and fitness industry. It’s become a major player with products like Apple Watch and AirPods and services like Fitness+ and Research. Currently, Apple has working out, mental health, women’s health, heart health, blood oxygen measurements, and even hearing covered. But they’re missing one very important component of the healthy life story, and that’s nutrition and cooking. To complement the Fitness app, Apple should create a nutrition-focused one....

More specifically, the number you can see if you head over to Settings > Battery > Battery Health. That number that starts out at 100 percent and slowly ticks down until it’s time to replace your battery. You’d think that the number would tick down at a regular basis, but it doesn’t. And I can prove it. My iPhone 13 Pro Max is a launch day iPhone (actually, because of a UPS mix-up, I got it a day late)....

Consumer Reports has responded to our comment piece on its surprising battery test results for the 2016 MacBook Pro, stating that it stands by its findings. I observed that the high-end numbers seemed hard to believe, hitting almost double the battery-life claimed by Apple, and I wondered whether some flaw in the test regimen had led to erroneous results. I emailed the organization suggesting that it might like to repeat the tests, but Consumer Reports’ director of electronics testing Maria Rerecich has replied saying that she sees no need to do so …...

When it comes to buying a new smartphone, users often have to face very daunting situations. The most common among them all is confusion. It’s true that the overall number of options and manufacturers with different specializations can confuse anyone. It is because of the same reason; many people find themselves unable to take a final decision. For a few, cost matters a lot while for others the features. Well, if you are looking for a powerful smartphone with low-budget, Chinese manufacturer Doogee is exactly what you should consider....

Life has so many phases. Some are favorable to us while some bring us very tough moments. Smartphones are the devices we cannot avoid in such a situation even if the same is worse. This is quite true and people can be seen using these gadgets in almost every phase of their life. There are simply many reasons for the same. Just imagine the overall benefits a smartphone brings for us humans and you can simply find how valid the previous statement is....

As winter unsheathes its cold tendrils in the upcoming months, warm up with your favorite TV series. And the best way to watch those series is in completion. Nothing feels better than a complete series, ready to watch from start to finish, and Best Buy gets that. These items are the best selling selection Best Buy has to offer - get ready to nerd out. The highlight of this list is clear - the preorder of Game of Thrones: The Complete Collector’s Set....

AP reports that an LA judge has dismissed a claim by Monster founder and former Beats shareholder that the company tricked him out of his share of the company prior to its acquisition by Apple. Noel Lee had claimed that double-dealing and misrepresentation by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine cost him a between $30M and $150M. Lee filed the lawsuit back in January of 2015, making two main claims against Beats....

Cover is a rather hefty app for a launch screen – 19 MB – but you don’t need to to do much to get it working. All you need to do it is provide it with the location of your home and that of your place of work (the company assures us that these details will be kept confidential). The app then tries to work out your app using patterns and whenever you switch on the display, Cover displays the apps that it thinks you are most likely to use at your current location and time and displays right on your lock screen....

Criminal UK’s episode 3 has a twist that elevates this section of the series. Netflix continues bringing original films and TV series, and one of its latest releases is Criminal, a police procedural anthology series set across four countries (France, Germany, Spain, UK), with three episodes per country, in local languages. All sections follow the same premise, being a “cat-and-mouse drama” that centers on the “intense mental conflict between detectives and suspects”....

Infinix smartphones are becoming very popular in the current time. Being one of the finest manufacturers that believe in quality, they have attracted the attention of so many smartphone users in a very short span of time. It’s nothing wrong to say that they have always paid special attention to cater the demands and needs of their users. This is exactly what that makes them a counted manufacturer in the present time....