Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Android GPS Not Working? Here’s How to Fix It

The GPS is a key feature of all Android smartphones. There are endless uses for the GPS such as setting navigation routes when traveling to unknown locations or finding interesting places. Therefore, the GPS is quite important and no one likes it when it malfunctions, but this doesn’t meant that the GPS signal will work at all times.

There are many reports from Android smartphone owners which show that their GPS randomly started malfunctioning. The worst thing about this issue is that the GPS doesn’t stop from functioning and it shows wrong locations instead. Fortunately, we know just the right methods of fixing this issue and we are going to list them right now.

Airplane Mode

The first thing that we advise all Android fans to do whenever their GPS starts acting weird is to activate Airplane Mode. This feature can be easily enabled by pulling down the notification menu and tapping on it. Airplane Mode needs to be disabled after a couple of seconds and the GPS signal will come back.

Big Phone Case

People love to cover their smartphones in phone cases because it protects them against scratches while making them look cooler at the same time. However, what many people don’t know is that big phone cases will interfere with the GPS signal. With that said, Android smartphone owners might want to remove their phone case and check to see if the GPS signal is better without it.

Google Maps Software Update

Android smartphones rely on Google Maps in order to provide users with navigation routes and location information. Therefore, Google Maps needs to be constantly updated so that it works properly and this can be easily done by accessing the Google Play Store and allowing Google Maps to automatically update itself.

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Crypto News

Buy Diamonds With Cryptocurrencies – A Jewelry Shop In Antwerp Accepts Bitcoin & Altcoin Payments

The cryptocurrencies market has become very popular in the last couple of years, and more and more businesses are accepting Bitcoin payments for purchasing goods and services. Now, you can buy diamonds with online with Bitcoin, and view each certified loose diamond available for purchase in 3D view. Maybe you’re looking for an exclusive gift for a beloved one or the perfect diamond engagement ring, regardless of what you’re looking for, you can now use your BTC wallet and also other cryptocurrencies to pay for it.

Bitcoin payments are becoming increasingly popular among online stores, and now this method of payment reached the diamonds and jewelry universe. More specifically, a family-owned diamonds and jewelry shop based in Antwerp, Belgium, with 3 generations of expertise now accepts payments with cryptocurrencies for online purchases.

Advantages of Bitcoin payments

As it is well-known already, Bitcoin is a decentralized peer-to-peer network that permits users to conduct transactions, globally. Therefore, the first advantage of Bitcoin payments would be that they are internationally available. On the other hand, as these transactions operate on a private network, they are more secure than traditional payments methods.

Another advantage would be that payments with Bitcoin are faster and cheaper than transactions conducted in fiat currencies.

Buy diamonds with Bitcoin from Antwerp Or

While cryptocurrency was already accepted on a whole bunch of online stores, primarily in IT field of activity, these payments were late to be adopted for quite an extended period of time in other sectors.

Recently, the diamonds and jewelry shop mentioned above, Antwerp Or, started accepting cryptocurrency payments trying to maintain itself over the competition.

Until now, the shop was accepting only PayPal, VISA/MasterCard, and bank transfer as payment methods. Now, however, you can buy diamonds with Bitcoin on Antwerp Or, as well as other jewelry and custom-made engagement rings.

The company argues its decision to accept Bitcoin saying that they want to provide fast, reliable, secure, and low-cost transactions. Also, they offer worldwide free insured shipment. Therefore, wherever you are, now you know from where to buy diamonds online if you wish to pay with cryptocurrencies.

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News Tech

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Leaks – Improved Storage, RAM and Better Battery

With the launch of Galaxy Note 9 expected sometime in August, the amount of leaks and rumors keeps growing. Thanks to some reliable reports, we can now take a closer look at the possible improvements that will make Galaxy Note 9 a much better phone than its predecessor.

In this article, we will focus on the most important upgrades of the new Samsung phone that were leaked by Ice Universe.

Improved storage

Compared to Galaxy Note 8, the new phone will have twice as much storage space with 512GB, which can be extended even further using a microSD card.

More RAM

With 8GB of RAM, Galaxy Note 9 will be the first Samsung phone with such a big amount of RAM.

Better battery

Thanks to some design changes related to camera positioning, for the first time in Samsung’s mass-market phones, the capacity of the battery will be raised to 4,000 mAh.

Bigger display size

According to The Bell, with Samsung Galaxy Note 9 we will see a small improvement of the display. Compared to the 6.3-inch screen of Galaxy Note 8, the new 6.4-inch display doesn’t seem like a big change, but still it’s going to be the largest screen of a Samsung smartphone produced so far.

Larger front camera

Unlike Galaxy S9, Galaxy Note 9 will have an improved front camera, the biggest of all phones created by Samsung so far. This will allow users to take better pictures in low light environments.

Unfortunately, it looks like Samsung decided not to modernize Galaxy Note 9’s design, which is one of the very few disappointments one can possibly have after purchasing the phone. Still, all things considered, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is an obvious improvement on other phones created by the Korean company and it clearly shows the direction in which future smartphones will go.

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News Tech

Best Cydia Tweaks in June 2018 – How to Customize Your iPhone

There is one disadvantage that we all know Cydia has. This is the lack of some options that would allow its users to search for packages or good tweaks to install. Cydia could definitely use a Category or Feature tab in the App Store in order to make things easier for users. Because such features are not available yet, we gathered some helpful tips that should make you enjoy Cydia much more.

In this article, we are going to share with you few of the best iOS jailbreak tweaks.

Browser Changer

If you have a jailbroken device and prefer a third-party browser such as Chrome, then you must have this extension. This will allow you to change your default browser, which is Safari and the good part about this tweak is that it comes at no cost at all.

AppLocker

After the installation of this tweak, your privacy will be the least of your worries. All you have to do is to create a passcode for individual apps such as Messages, Facebook, Photos or anything else you want to choose. Also, in case your device does not support Touch ID, you can use the option with the password. The price of this tweak is only $0.99.

Activator

This is one of the main tweaks that users put on their device after going through the jailbreaking process. It gives you the possibility to use shortcuts that will allow you to put certain actions into effect quite fast. One example would be playing the next song by using the volume up button. There is no cost for this powerful tweak.

Eclipse 3

This tweak is able to change the interface of your apps to the night mode, which is extremely useful if you want to read at night. One thing that makes Eclipse 3 special is the fact that it allows you to enable the night mode for specific apps. This means that the apps that get the night mode will be automatically disabled once you switch to this option. All of this for just $0.99.

BioLockdown

This smart tweak makes use of the Touch ID feature of your phone so that you can enjoy more security. It protects your iOS apps but it is also able to restrict the access to settings panes and toggles. This comes at the price of $1.99.

Camera Tweak 4

By far one of the best tweaks you could find for taking pictures, Camera Tweak 4 comes with numerous advanced features that your device’s camera just doesn’t have. It offers much better control and it allows you to adjust the resolution of the photos, set timers, etc. The price of this extension is $1.49.

Failsafe

One of the most helpful tweaks you could possibly install on your phone is Failsafe. In the unfortunate situation of someone stealing your device and trying to unlock it with the passcode, some features will get activated on your device. Wi-Fi, Cellular data and Location Service will be enabled automatically, which means that you will then have the opportunity to track your phone by using the Find My iPhone service. And this tweak is actually free.

Confero

Quite a handy tweak, Confero selects all your apps that have notifications and puts them in one folder. The price is $1.49.

iCleaner

This tweak can help you by clearing cookies, temporary files and by removing unnecessary files from your device. You can even connect it to the apps that need a regular cleanup or you can create a schedule for this cleaning process.

We hope that you enjoyed this list of useful tweaks for your jailbroken device.

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Games News

PUBG vs. Fortnite – Fighting for the Title of the Best Royale Game

PUBG and Fortnite are two of the most popular battle royale games. Due to PUBG’s success, the battle royale genre, where you have to fight for survival against 99 other players, has become extremely widespread throughout gamers. Players have the option to play either alone, in a team of four people or in pairs. At the end of the game, the winner, which is the last person or squad that survived on the battlefield, is welcomed by a funny greeting, “winner, winner, chicken dinner.”

Battlegrounds was launched in March 2017 and it has gained tremendous popularity since then. This multiplayer game developed by PUBG, a subsidiary of Bluehole, made quite a strong impact on the gaming world. More than 40 million copies were sold for PC and for the Xbox One console. You can also play this game on Android and iOS phones for free.

Fortnite fighting for the title of the best royale game

Coming from behind to beat PUBG is Fortnite, an open world survival game that pits players against zombies and which was launched in July 2017 by publisher Epic Games. A spin-off from the original game, the newly developed Fortnite Battle Royale was released last year in September. Now this is the version that has managed to capture the gaming community’s attention. It seems that Fortnite Battle Royale has too many things in common with PUBG, therefore Epic Games is being sued for copyright infringement by PUBG Corp.

Compared to Battlegrounds, the Fortnite videogame is free-to-play on PC, iOS, Android, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. So far, according to the SuperData Research company, Fortnite Battle Royale generated $296 million in April this year. Compared to $700 million that was made by PUBG last year, it looks like Epic’s Fortnite is advancing pretty fast in the battle against PUBG.

Differences between the games

Compared to PUBG, the players from Fortnite are allowed to build the covers they need against the opponents’ fire. These structures can be: stairs, walls, rooftops. When it comes to the map, PUBG offers a choice of two different locations, while Fortnite has only one map for now.

Regarding the graphics, PUBG’s world is fairly realistic, compared to the very colorful environment from Fortnite. Also, the no-blood feature from Fortnite might gain some points for this game.

These two games clearly share a very similar idea, however, different means were used to implement it.

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