Friday
Jul122019

Artist creates renders of the Google Pixel 4

The Pixel 4 is set to come out soon (or at least we expect it to). While Google showed us what the phone could look like in photos, we haven’t seen the phone in full. One artist decided to make renders of the device based on the leaks that have been reported so far. As you can see the back shows the square camera bump with two cameras (regular + tele) and a 3D ToF sensor. In front, you get the weirdly proportioned bezels. The top bezel is thicker than the bottom to house a lot of things including two cameras, an earpiece, and an extra sensor that’s said to be for hand gestures. It also shows the Android Q-style navigation bar. The render shows the phone in the Clearly White colour, but the Pixel 4 is being rumoured to have Just Black and Mint Green options as well.

Source: GSMArena

Friday
Jul122019

Huawei offers free screen replacement if you buy a P30 series phone

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If you’ve been planning to get a new Huawei P30 device, we suggest you hold out a couple of days. Huawei is offering a one-time free screen replacement for any Huawei P30 series device purchased in Canada between July 15 and August 14, 2019. You will have up to a year from purchase to activate the offer. But first, you’ll need to register and activate the purchase at https://consumer.huawei.com/ca/support/screen-protection/. Once you’ve registered, you can visit any authorized Huawei Service Centre to get the replacement. If you need more information, you can call the Huawei Service Line at 1-888-5HUAWEI.

Friday
Jul122019

Square launches Square Loyalty to help businesses attract and keep customers

Square is making it easier for Canadian businesses to set up digital rewards programs. Called Square Loyalty, this integrated tool is accessible through their Square Point of Sale app. Businesses don’t need any extra hardware or software to implement this. The payments and point-of-sale company considers this an easy way for businesses to thank customers as well as entice them to come back. “We are thrilled to make Square Loyalty available to our Canadian sellers as we know customers enrolled in Square Loyalty return and spend on average two times more than other customers,” said Alyssa Henry, seller lead at Square.

Businesses pay a monthly cost, which starts at $60, for Square Loyalty based on each location’s total Loyalty visits per month. There’s a 30-day free trial for those who want to test it out first. Quick-service businesses can keep it simple and run a more traditional loyalty program where customers receive points from purchases to earn rewards points. Meanwhile, specialty boutiques can opt for multiple reward levels, which allow customers to bank their points to earn tiers or higher-value loyalty rewards. The great thing is businesses can keep track of sales as well as how many new and returning customers are participating in the rewards program through the Square Dashboard.

Friday
Jul122019

Apple temporarily disables the Apple Watch's Walkie-Talkie feature due to a vulnerability that lets it listen in on other iPhones

Apple temporarily won’t allow conversations through the Apple Watch’s Walkie-Talkie feature. A vulnerability was found that lets people listen in on other iPhones without their knowledge. Apple says it isn’t aware of the feature being used and it didn’t detail how it works. But the company said there are “specific conditions and sequences of events are required to exploit it.” The app hasn’t been taken out of Apple Watch devices, but users will not have their calls go through.

This push-to-talk feature was introduced last year with the release of watchOS 5. And this isn’t the first time Apple has had to disable a feature. Back in January, the company had to disable the group calling function because it lets users listen in on devices before a call was picked up. The company was seen to respond slowly to that issue, so it looks like they’re trying to remedy that here. The timing for this is notable as well. Apple just took out Zoom’s web server software from Macs after the video conferencing app was discovered to have a major vulnerability bug.

Source: The Verge