The poster has listed other phones as well, namely a new Oppo A91 phone. It is seen sporting a waterdrop-style notch, a quad camera setup at the back placed vertically, and Red, Black and White colour options in gradient finishes. The phone is listed to pack a 48-megapixel main camera, an 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and VOOC 3.0 fast charging support.

The upcoming Oppo Reno 3 and Oppo Reno 3 Pro 5G have also been listed in the poster, and the Reno 3 is seen to sport a waterdrop-style design, a quad camera setup at the back, 64-megapixel main camera, and 5G support. The Oppo Reno 3 Pro 5G, on the other hand, is seen to sport a hole-punch display, and a quad camera setup at the back. The phone is listed to offer 90Hz display, 7.7mm thickness, and 5G support. The two phones are set to launch on December 26. The poster also mentions the upcoming Enco Free wireless earbuds that are set to launch alongside the Reno 3 series. The earbuds have been listed in Gold, White, and Black finishes.

Facebook's India Public Policy Director Ankhi Das on Friday submitted to a parliamentary panel probing the WhatsApp snooping scandal that the social media platform has an end-to-end encryption and it renders any effort to access the communication between its two users "unlikely from its end", sources said. The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday called the cyber security experts to hear their views on the issue of citizens data security and privacy.

As per the notice of the meeting, the panel had also called non-official witnesses of the WhatsApp snooping row, including BJP''s former organisational secretary Govindacharya, who was represented by his lawyer in the meeting.

Representatives of WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, and the officials of Telecom and Union Home Ministry and Delhi chief secretary were also called by the panel, the notice read.

WhatsApp was represented by Das, public policy director, Facebook India, South and Central Asia, who told the panel that it is unlikely to breach the end-to-end encryption of the social media platform from its end, sources said.

Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash and officials of the Home Ministry also appeared before the panel.

In a letter to the panel''s members, Tharoor had earlier said that "Cybersecurity is a major issue on our agenda" and "we are definitely going to take this up under that rubric. And we will be seeking clarifications from the government."

In October, Facebook-owned WhatsApp said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unidentified entities, using an Israeli spyware -- Pegasus.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has over 1.5 billion users globally, of which India accounts for about 400 million.

Meanwhile, the WhatsApp had said it was suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entities hack into phones of roughly 1,400 users.

As always, all the structures and human units are lined up with blue stripes to indicate friendly units and red for enemies.

The release date for Age of Empires IV is currently unknown, but it has been confirmed for Xbox in the trailer. It is highly likely to arrive on PC as well since it has always been a part of the PC community.

We will keep you posted as soon as more details are revealed.

Successful implementation of the new mobile phone registration system by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has resulted in a significant increase in the commercial import of mobile phones.

According to statistics from the media, the commercial import of mobile phones has increased by 110 percent in one year. In 2018, 9,564,424 mobile phones were imported, whereas, in 2019, the number stands at 19,834,465 mobiles.

The documents say that a substantial decrease in illegal imports and the smuggling of mobile phones were recorded.

At the local level, the production of mobile devices has been recorded with an increase of 72 percent. Since the introduction of the mobile phone registration, custom duties of more than Rs. 1.27 billion have been collected.

The government has been taking steps to increase domestic manufacturing of mobile phone devices as well.

PTA has blocked millions of devices with unregistered International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers. The new system has helped the government generate revenue from the legal import of cellular phones.

Call of Duty Mobile has received its first update after its launch. Though it is an in-game update, Activision has pushed a new multiplayer game mode along with the update. The new mode is called Free-For-All and as confirmed by a new in-game popup, it is a limited-time mode and will be available till October 17.

Free-For-All mode is available under a new Featured section under the Multiplayer game mode. The mode can be played across all nine maps -- Hijacked, Killhouse, Firing Range, Crash, Crossfire, Raid, Nuketown, Standoff and Takeoff. Players can also opt for Random maps option if they want to experience the new game mode in all the maps.

Being a Call of Duty game, it is expected to abide by the mechanics of the series and that’s exactly the case with the Free-For-All mode in COD Mobile. As per the name, players are free to kill each other and there are no teams here — player reaching the maximum kill of 20 wins. The mode has been there in other COD games from quiet sometimes as a primary or core mode and it is good to see, Activision’s effort of replicating a similar gaming experience to the handheld devices as well.

Those who are new to the game and want to give the game a try can head to respective app stores on their Android or iOS devices and download the game. Also, before jumping into the game, there are a few things one should keep in mind.
First thing, this is a different game compared to PUBG Mobile, especially in terms of multiplayer modes. Also, there are several game modes like Dominations, Team Deathmatch, Search and Destroy. Read our article on game modeto get an in-depth understanding of the modes.

San Francisco: Google is reportedly working on the new 5G smartphone, which the company may announce at its launch event for new products on October 15.

The Google Pixel4 5G could be almost identical to the Pixel 4 XL, but with the next generation of connectivity, Techradar reported on Wednesday.

The US-based search giant will also unveil two new 4G Pixel smartphones, as expected, and possibly a new smart watch and notebook too.

Google Pixel smartphones -- Pixel 4 and 4 XL -- would feature 'Live Caption' that transcribes audio into subtitles and puts them on the screen.

The devices would also feature a new Motion Sense Mode, and it would work with nine applications that have been whitelisted as Supported Apps.

Going by the past leaks and speculation, both the Pixel phones were expected to come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset coupled with 6GB RAM and dual rear cameras consisting of a 12MP main sensor and a 16MP telephoto lens.

The smaller Pixel 4 would likely sport a 5.7-inch 90Hz 1080p+ OLED display and a 2,800mAh battery while the Pixel 4 XL is expected to boast a 6.3 inch 90Hz 1440p+ OLED panel and 3,700mAh battery.

New Delhi: Payment technology major Mastercard India on Thursday said it has elevated Vikas Varma to the position of chief operating officer. In his new role, Vikas will lead initiatives related to new partnerships and development of digital payments solutions in the country, a company statement said.

These initiatives will further accelerate Mastercard's ongoing focus on technology innovation, merchant acceptance, and consumer adoption of digital payments, it added.

Recently, Mastercard announced an investment of USD 1 billion (around Rs 7,100 crore) over the next five years in India. It had committed USD 1 billion investment between 2014-19.

"Vikas will play a critical role in channelizing this investment towards Mastercard's long-term strategy for the India market," the company said.

Given the importance of innovation for a digitally-empowered society, Mastercard has been actively involved in nurturing the fintech ecosystem in India through a variety of partnerships and the infusion of capital into early-stage startups, it added.

With the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) proposing an overhaul in the taxation system for digital companies, cyber experts on Thursday urged the Indian government to speed up necessary changes in domestic laws on internet taxation so that tech giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon can be asked to shell out taxes they have been evading for years.

The OECD on Wednesday published a proposal to advance international negotiations to ensure large and highly profitable multinational enterprises, including digital companies, pay tax wherever they have significant consumer-facing activities and generate their profits.

According to cyber experts, given the fact that India is not yet a part of OECD, it is imperative that India must be mindful of the way how things are evolving.

"The Indian approach on the Internet taxation has left much to be desired. India has not yet crystal clearly defined its holistic national approach and perspectives on taxation on the Internet," Pavan Duggal, the country's leading cyber law expert and privacy advocate, told IANS.

However, it is essential that India is mindful of the global developments that are taking place in this regard and must come up with its own taxation approaches, which are in sync with the global trends that are emerging.

"Further, India needs to distinctly be walking in the path of ensuring that legal entities who are offering their services via the internet in India, whether they are physically present in India or not, would be subject to Indian taxation," Duggal elaborated.

The new OECD proposal is based on the work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), which groups 134 countries and jurisdictions on an equal footing, for multilateral negotiation of international tax rules, making them fit for purpose for the global economy of the 21st century.

"We're making real progress to address the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy, and to continue advancing toward a consensus-based solution to overhaul the rules-based international tax system by 2020," said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria.

According to advocate Virag Gupta, in the K.N. Govindacharya petition before Delhi High Court in 2012, taxation of Internet companies was first raised when the government of India gave "Double Tax Avoidance Agreement: as reason to not tax foreign Internet companies.

The OECD proposal "may strengthen the case for taxation where these companies are having huge business or presence. But how can tax haven countries can be compelled to follow the OECD guidelines?" Gupta told IANS.

Countries like China, France and Germany have shown political will-power to tax Internet companies but India has miserably failed to tax Internet giants despite being the biggest market.

"India's Parliament is supreme and sovereign to tax these companies for which necessary amendments are to be made in the Income Tax Act, Companies Act and Information Technology (IT) Act etc," he suggested.

According to him, India was always free to tax these companies.

"In this current economic slowdown, OECD decision may enable government to bring new tax regime by which digital companies may be taxed," Gupta added.

New Delhi: Shares of telecom companies on Thursday rose up to 7 per cent in the wake of Reliance Jio deciding to levy call connect charges from customers, a move that is likely to be followed by rivals. Bharti Airtel shares jumped 7.19 per cent to touch a 52-week high of Rs 385 apiece on the NSE. In afternoon trade, it was up 4.88 per cent up at Rs 376.95.

Similar trends were witnessed on the BSE too. The scrip rallied 6.65 per cent to hit a 52-week high of Rs 384.85 apiece. After shedding some gains, the shares were trading 4.91 per cent higher at Rs 376.90 in afternoon session.

Vodafone Idea were trading 6.34 per cent higher at Rs 6.21 on the BSE and was up nearly 6 per cent at Rs 6.20 on the NSE.

Unlisted Reliance Jio Infocomm is part of Reliance Industries, whose shares gained 2.70 per cent at Rs 1,361.55 on the BSE. On the NSE, the scrip went up 2.78 per cent to Rs 1,361.55.

According to a Kotak Institutional Equities research report, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea can take this as an opportunity to become more competitive.

The report noted that Jio's move would dilute the pricing architecture, one of the most critical changes Jio brought to the industry.

"If Jio gets Rs 15 ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) uplift, we believe Airtel and Vodafone Idea could see a Rs 8-odd and Rs 6-odd ARPU uplift, respectively, as well," the report said.

In a research note, UBS said it remains to be seen whether Bharti and Vodafone Idea would follow Jio in introducing similar charges for off net calls, "although we see high chance that they follow Jio".

On Wednesday, Reliance Jio said it would charge 6 paise per minute for voice calls made by its users to mobile phones networks of rivals after indications that call connect charge may not end by the previously mooted deadline of December 31.

Bharti Airtel raising USD 750 million (about Rs 5,330 crore) from investors based in Asia, Europe and the US, also helped boost the company's shares.

New Delhi: Food delivery platform Zomato has paid more than $100,000 (over Rs 70 lakh) to 435 hackers till date for finding and fixing bugs on its platform.

In fact, $12,350 (over Rs 8.7 lakh) in bounties were paid in the last 90 days alone, said HackerOne, hacker-powered bug bounty platform.

With the help of HackerOne's bug bounty programme since July 2017, Zomato has successfully resolved 775 vulnerabilities report, HackerOne told IANS on Thursday.

"Zomato security team is tasked with protecting sensitive information for over 55 million unique monthly visitors," it added.

For the critical bug discovery on its platform, Zomato pays $2,000 to security researchers, $700 for bugs with high-severity impact, $300 for medium and $150 for low-impact vulnerabilities.

In May 2017, hackers broke into the online food delivery service, stealing email addresses and hashed passwords of nearly 17 million records of its registered users.

Zomato had said that no payment information or credit card data was stolen or leaked. It had reset the passwords for all affected users and logged them out of the app and website.

According to the company, it takes security seriously.

"We're committed to protecting our community. If you are a security researcher or expert, and believe you've identified security-related issues with Zomato's website or apps, we would appreciate you disclosing it to us responsibly," the company said in blog post.

"The scope of issues is limited to technical vulnerabilities in the Zomato website or mobile apps. Please do not attempt to compromise the safety or privacy of our users (so please use test accounts), or the availability of Zomato through DoS attacks or spam," Zomato told security researchers.

Zomato currently operates in 24 countries like the US, Australia, the UK, Canada, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Portugal, South Africa, New Zealand and more.

Zomato on October 1 said its India revenue for the first half of the financial year 2019-20 saw a massive three-fold jump -- from $63 million in the same period in 2018-2019 to $205 million this time.

It is now present in over 500 cities across the country.

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5. Tap on Bluetooth option

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6. Set your mouse in discoverable mode and tap on it when the iPad detects it to connect

Oppo A83 price in Pakistan and launch offers

Oppo A83 price in Pakistan starts at Rs. 22,000. This is for the base variant that comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.

• Retail Price of Oppo A83 in Pakistan is Rs. 22,000.
• Retail Price of Oppo in USD is $164.

OPPO A83 - Another Mid-Ranger Is On Its Way!

Right now OPPO concentrated on A83 that seems to be launch in next few days. In the past month F5 was launched to beat Huawei Mate 10 Lite and Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro but now we got OPPO A83 which is going to launch without any fear to get a competition which their flagship have to face. Still this phone has to compete with Samsung Galaxy J5 Pro from but it seems that OPPO's A83 has the ability to stand against competitor like Samsung. On the front side you will get the strengthen glass to cover the IPS matrix of the display while OPPO A83's display size is 5.7 inches which seems to be a natural for Full Vision display and here it is necessary to talk about the resolution of display which is 720 x 1440 and pixel density of OPPO furbished A83 is 282 pixels per inch. Android OS v7.1 Nougat is installed as the base of the software which ha got the topping of Color OS 3.2 which is specially made by OPPO and it almost used in all device including A83. Mediatek Helio P23 with model number MT6763T is planted to inside to provide a solid base to octa core processor which has got 2.5 GHz of clock speed. A83 got new series GPU Mali G71 MP2 which is going to take the responsibility to decorate the graphics even more better as compare to previous models. 4 GB of RAM is hired for A83 which is going to assist him in the multi-tasking and gaming department. Internal storage of the smartphone is only 32 GB which is too low storage capacity for a device of this caliber. A83 brought you 13MP back camera while front camera is only 8MP. Battery department got some boost with non removable Li-Ion 3090 mAh battery. Body of A83 by OPPO used aluminum which mean that quality of this device is quite solid and it can stand against all kind drop test. Dual SIM card slots and micro SD card slot give opportunity to OPPO A83 to expand its storage up to 256GB.

Oppo A83 detailed specifications

Oppo F5 6GB price in Pakistan

Oppo F5 6GB's retail price in Pakistan is Rs. 39,899. Official dealers and warranty providers regulate the retail price of Oppo mobile products in official warranty.

• Retail Price of Oppo F5 6GB in Pakistan is Rs. 39,899.
• Retail Price of Oppo in USD is $297.

OPPO F5 6GB - Reveal Your Real Beauty With Selfie Master!

OPPO has officially announced that F5 6GB version is also coming which is going to be the most expensive device form this brand. This news spread like a fire in jungle that's why its mandatory to reveal OPPO F5 6GB's Youth specifications to the public. We got our hand on solid information that this phone is coming with blazing fast 6 GB of RAM and which is going to make F5 6GB's multi-tasking super fast and now your games and applications is going to run with a speed of light. Its a big honor for use to revel this information to the public of Pakistan that OPPO F5 6GB going to be called the Pro of this era due to its unique set of specifications. Dual camera is going to be your next best buddy that will tackle all your selfie needs. OPPO's F5 6GB also got something special and it is its Full Vision Display LCD which has packed the resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and ratio will be 18:9. Display setup of both F5 6GB by OPPO Youth is known as the full high definition plus and it will bring extra clarity to the picture quality and where the height of the display is 6 inch while the width of OPPO 6GB is reduced to give you better view in playing games and doing other things that you need to perform on the horizontal screen. Android OS Nougat is running trough veins of OPPO F5's 6GB which is also very light where the color OS is also playing special role in making things looks even better. 4000 mAh battery which is fixed inside the OPPO F5 6GB is hired to take care of energy needs of the gadget.

Oppo F5 6GB detailed specifications

Realme X2 confirmed to sport 4,000mAh battery, while Realme is also reiterating the presence of the 30W VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge tech teased earlier.

Realme X2 will be powered by a 4,000mAh battery, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has revealed would be launched in China on September 24. It also shared a poster of X2's rear design on Chinese social network Weibo. The company had earlier in the week revealed that the Realme X2 would feature the 30W VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge fast charging tech and a Snapdragon 730G SoC.

The latest Weibo post confirms a 4,000mAh battery on the Realme X2, and reiterates the presence of the 30W VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge tech that was teased earlier this week alongside a 32-megapixel selfie camera and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G SoC that's optimised for gaming.

The Realme X2 was previously revealed to feature a 64-megapixel camera in its quad rear camera setup - when its September 24 launch was announced earlier this week. The Realme X2 will be the Realme XT 730G in China, a phone that was partially unveiled earlier this month.

The Realme XT 730G reveal showed it would have a Super AMOLED display with an in-display fingerprint sensor, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G SoC, a 4,000mAh battery, 30W VOOC flash charge, a 64-megapixel quad rear camera setup. Realme Chief Marketing Officer Xu Qi Chase had earlier posted an image on his Weibo account revealing that the phone will be available in at least two colour variants.

Thanks to a TENAA listing from earlier this month, the Realme X2 specifications are expected to include a 6.4-inch full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) display, Android 9.0 Pie with ColorOS 6.0 custom skin on top, 6GB and 8GB of RAM options, and a 32-megapixel selfie camera.

Apple has just introduced the latest iOS 13 update for iPhones and it turns out that devices running iOS 13 are not ‘safe’ enough. This is because hackers have found a way to bypass Apple’s FaceID to access the phone address book. Not just that, hackers can even get to know the recent contact list. Thankfully, this hack is only possible, if a hacker physically gets to have the iPhone running iOS 13 in his hands as it is not possible to do this remotely.

Interestingly, a new report claims that Apple had known about this vulnerability back in July and the company had done nothing about it. A cybersecurity enthusiast named Jose Rodriguez had approached Apple with “passcode bypass” that can bypass Face ID. Rodriguez had asked Apple whether this “passcode bypass” discovery would make him eligible for Apple Security Bounty.

Researchers at Apple were quick to get in touch with him and Rodriguez had explained the proof of concept of this vulnerability in the beta release of the iOS13. Having demonstrating the vulnerability, he was unsure whether Apple would actually consider the flaw and fix it before the official release of iOS 13. It was then that he had decided to go public with his “passcode bypass”. Rodriguez even went to CNN to share his conversation with Apple on this matter.

Soon after the “passcode bypass” went public and media started to report about it, Apple confirmed that the exploit would be fixed in the next release of iOS 13-- iOS 13.1. The update is expected to be released on September 24. Interestingly, Apple had earlier planned to release the update on September 30 but it did not confirm whether Rodriguez going public with the exploit was one of the reasons for the company to bring the release date if iOS 13.1 ahead of the scheduled date.

To say that Facebook has had a few issues in the last couple of years would be quite an understatement. Privacy issues, security issues, government issues, the list can go on and on. However, it looks like Facebook is finally getting serious about making some changes. A part of these new changes is the establishment of something called an Oversight Board – Facebook’s version of its own kind of ‘Supreme Court’. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a blog post explaining the rationale behind having this Oversight Board.

Zuckerberg wrote, “We are responsible for enforcing our policies every day and we make millions of content decisions every week. But ultimately I don’t believe private companies like ours should be making so many important decisions about speech on our own.” He further said that the social media network is now giving “people a way to appeal our content decisions by establishing the independent Oversight Board.”

The CEO of Facebook further explained that the company took a lot of feedback from experts from all over the world on the composition of the board. “We’ve researched similar bodies, released a draft charter, run a public consultation process, engaged in workshops and published a summary of the feedback,” said Zuckerberg.

However, if someone has a problem with any of Facebook’s policies, they will have to approach the social network first and then they will able to further appeal to the board. The board’s decision, as per Zuckerberg, will be binding, irrespective of him or anyone at Facebook disagreeing with it. “The board will use our values to inform its decisions and explain its reasoning openly and in a way that protects people’s privacy,” noted Zuckerberg.

Facebook on its part has made a lot of commitments to its Oversight Board. “We’re committing to implement the board’s content decisions and taking action regarding its advisory opinions on our policies. We’re committing to preserving and protecting the board’s ability to exercise

its independent judgement. And we’re committing to providing the board with the information and resources it needs to make informed decisions.”

On paper, it does look like Facebook is giving an option to billions of users and even other bodies to point out any issues they might have. However, it remains to be seen how it pans out in the real world. The Oversight Board is expected to be setup and be fully functional by November 2020. 

1. Head to Settings app

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2. Tap on your name

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3. Choose the iCloud option and tap on iCloud backup

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4. Hit the Back up now button

Note:- Do check your internet connectivity and make sure the device has a minimum 50% charge left in it. Preferably, plug-in the device to a power socket during the backup process.

Taking a backup using iTunes requires either a Mac computer or a Windows machine with iTunes installed in it along with the lightning USB cable.

1. Unlock the device and connect the iPhone/iPod to the PC or Mac

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2. Now open iTunes and click on the small thumbnail places besides the Music dropdown

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3. Now click on the Backup section from the left

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4. Choose the option iCloud and check the Encrypt iPhone backup box to add extra security

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5. It will then ask for the encryption password

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6. Now, click on backup Now button and wait for the process to complete

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7. Once you are done installing iOS 13, choose the iTunes option at the backup screen, connect the phone and restore.