Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions Banned From Chrome Web Store by Google

Devesh Prabhu/ April 6, 2018/ Chrome, Google, Play Store, Security/ 0 comments

For preventing cryptojacking, Google implements new Web Store policy. Cryptojacking by extensions results in malicious mining of digital currencies. This is done without the users’ consent or awareness. Google enforced this Web Store policy banning Chrome extensions that mine Cryptocurrency submitted to the Web Store. Over the past several months, there has been a sudden increase in malicious extensions. These

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Reddit New Design Gets Major Overhaul in Ages

Devesh Prabhu/ April 4, 2018/ Android, Android 6, Android 7, Android 8, Apple, iOS, Microsoft, Mobile, Phone, Smartphones, Windows/ 0 comments

Reddit has been looking the same since many years. It has barely changed from its launch of subreddits in 2008. Reddit is finally overhauling its first redesign. Reddit new design overhaul is available to 1% of the website’s population. The new design overhaul will roll out to other people in the upcoming months. Reddit has been working on its design

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Google Acquires HTC’s “Team and Talent” for US$1.1 Billion

Devesh Prabhu/ September 21, 2017/ Smartphones, Android, Mobile, Phone/ 0 comments

Alphabet’s Google and Taiwan’s HTC have signed a “Cooperation Agreement” of $1.1 billion. The deal is to expand Google smartphone business.  The company (Goog) will not be acquiring a stake in HTC, at this point.  HTC’s Team and Talent (those people who worked on Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones) would be joining Alphabet’s Google. HTC was, for the most past,

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