Report claims Twitter crackdown resulted in 70 million suspended account in past two months

Twitter is cleaning house and according to a report in The Washington Post this has resulted in the suspension of 70 million accounts in the past couple of months. It’s part of the social network’s plan to lessen the flow of disinformation as well as the malicious activity that has been plaguing Twitter. This rate of suspension is reportedly twice that of the company’s October 2017 suspension rate. This change could result in the decline in users for the second quarter of the year. But a Twitter executive told publication that a lot of these accounts rarely tweeted so the move won’t dramatically affect Twitter’s active user count.

Twitter, alongside Facebook, have been heavily criticized and demanded by users and the general public to put a stop to the trolls, spam, and spread of disinformation on its platform. Last month, Twitter said in a blog post that it’s been improving its safety policies and its “systems identified and challenged more than 9.9 million potentially spammy or automated accounts per week.”

Are we getting new iPhone colors?

You might have been seeing this around but KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently reported that Apple might be releasing new color variants for the upcoming iPhone X-like devices. The five new colors include red, orange, blue, white, and grey. It will be available for the “entry-level” 6.1-inch LCD-toting iPhones. These are rumoured to be priced at around US$700 (around CA$915). There is also going to supposedly be a higher-end 6.5-inch OLED iPhone model that will be around US$1,000 (around CA$1,300) and this dual SIM device will come in black, white, and a new gold. There might also be a smaller 5.8-inch iPhone X coming.

There’s a possibility that Kuo is referring to Space Grey and Silver when he talks about “grey” and “white” but there are still four other new colors to choose from. The red might also be a PRODUCT(RED) phone but Apple usually doesn’t release this when new iPhones are launched. These new changes, Kuo reports, might result in significant growth for the iPhone with the $700 variant accounting for 55 percent of sales.

Source: 9to5Mac

There's now an online petition to show demand for Surface Andromeda

The idea of a portable Windows-powered 3-in-1 device AKA 'Surface Andromeda' seems to have captured the imagination and hearts of many users who simply won't give up hoping Microsoft will put this out in the market. After a whirlwind number of weeks with patent leaks, renders and various sources corroborating the existence of this new device category.

Microsoft put the kibosh on any hope that Surface Andromeda would come to market in 2019, or quite possibly, ever, as per a ZDNet report. Microsoft has a history of deep sixing products ready for release (KIN, Surface Mini), despite having seeded reviewer models and having thousands of units ready to go.

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BlackBerry KEY2 now available from Bell, Rogers, TELUS and SaskTel

Today's the day to get the anticipated BlackBerry KEY2 which comes in a refined and slimmed down form factor, features a better tactile keyboard and boosts performance as well as battery life while maintaining its position as the most secure Android device in the market right now.

BlackBerry Mobile has really managed to improve on an already impressive smartphone and add the features that will delight old users as well as possibly entice new ones to consider switching to the KEY2.

BlackBerry KEY2 in Black is available starting July 6 at:

• Bell: starting at $99 CAD on a 2-year term
• Rogers: starting at $95 CAD on a 2-year term
• SaskTel: starting at $99 CAD on a 2-year term
• TELUS: starting at $100 CAD on 2-year term

The BlackBerry KEY2 in Silver will be available carrier unlocked at Amazon.ca, BestBuy.ca, Walmart.ca, Staples.ca, Blueshop.ca and Visions.ca in July starting at $829.99 CAD outright.