Apple has recently launched a total of four new iPhones but there is no iPhone 14 Max among them. Instead, it is now being called iPhone 14 Plus and it is larger than iPhone 14 with a much bigger battery. It is the largest battery on an iPhone which is bigger than Pro models.

When it comes to design, iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are not very much different from iPhone 13. The pill punch-hole is limited to Pro models and base variants get similar notch as previous ones. iPhone 14 is compact phone with 6.1” OLED display while iPhone 14 Plus is pretty much larger phone with 6.7” screen. The base models still do not have a high refresh rate. It still has IP68 water resistance and so is scratch-resistant ‘ceramic’ glass with oleophobic coating. The peak brightness is 1200 nits as well as contrast ratio is 2 million to 1. iPhone 14 Plus has extra size which lets Apple to enhance the cooling system for improved performance. All the US customers of iPhone 14 will have eSIM-only iPhones which means there will be no physical SIM slots but the people in other regions will get to keep regular SIM cards. When it comes to camera, iPhone 14 and 14 Plus still use dual 12MP cameras but these are based on larger sensors with brighter aperture. This lets the camera to capture about 49% more light than before.

Google has recently confirmed the launch date for its next flagship phone series and Pixel Watch as well as Buds Pro. Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were teased already in May during I/O conference of Google but now actual launch date has been unleashed. Google is coming up with new phones on October 6. The series engine giant has been confirmed the name for next-generation SoC that will power the Pixel 7 devices. Some of the reports were expecting it to be Tensor 2 but it will be called Tensor G2 instead. The G here could be either Google or a short version or ‘gen 2’ or may be both.

Pixel phones are sticking with familiar camera visor design but now they are separate cutouts for all the lenses. Rest of the phone is almost similar but with a bit smaller display bezels than before. Color options for Pixel 7 phones have also been confirmed and it will be available in Lemongrass, Obsidian and Snow color options while Pixel 7 Pro will be available in Hazel color instead of Lemongrass. Apart from second-generation Tensor chipset we don’t know much about Pixel 7’s specifications. There are rumors that vanilla Pixel 7 will get 50MP main camera and 12MP ultrawide lens and Pixel 7 Pro will have additional 48MP telephoto lens.

Have you been equipped with an Android device with material You theming and are all your playlists a priority? Maybe you have seen something a bit off with your home screen this past week. You may not have been able to pin it down at first sight but if you are using YouTube Music for your listening desires.

YouTube Music home logo is actually a circle with cut-outs for an inner ring and the signature YouTube play button. The new design has expanded the logo plate and has shrunk the stroke size of the inner ring while keeping the radius intact. The larger size provides the icon an improved weight compared to most of the other icons that you see completing the row. With Material You, it is all Google design but with custom coloring.

As creator your social media accounts are your lifeblood. The best two-factor authentication apps as well as password managers are critical for keeping the accounts safe but they can only do so much when the apps you are using themselves are vulnerable. Now imagine by clicking on the link that provides you random person unrestricted access to your TikTok account, access your messages, complete with permission to make private videos public, change your bio and also upload your new content. By tapping on the targeted link you could have ended your account as you knew but thanks to Microsoft which has identified this vulnerability before any widespread disaster.

Android apps like TikTok has declared in the app manifest how they need to handle these kind of links to content within them. Deeplinks are necessarily very specific hyperlinks which provide you access to individual components as well as functions of an app. The manifest ensures that clicking on an m.tiktok.com link in your browser takes you to TikTok app. TikTok is supposed to only load the content on WebView component after URL validation like Instagram Reels does not accidentally open in TikTok app. Microsoft discovered that the culprits could bypass deeplink verification and load whatever URLs they please with WebVIew component of TikTok.

After the launch of Instagram’s Close Friends feature in 2018 which was an instant hit, many other platforms got used to this idea of uploading the content that is visible only to a selected group of people. Twitter has also introduced similar feature recently known as Circle. After testing, Circles are opened up to everyone.

Twitter has announced access to Circles is now opened to all the users on the platforms. Circles are almost similar to Instagram’s Close Friends stories but instead of working with the stories, Circles lets you to post private tweets that only select few users can read. You can post almost anything that you want from the text threads to photos as well as videos. A lot of us have friends and family among out followers and if you need to post something aimed specifically at them this is an ideal way to do that. For posting a tweet in your Circle you just need to fire up new tweet panel and tap on “Choose audience” drop-down menu above the text field. You can also add 150 people to your Circle, a bigger audience than what Instagram provides you.