Huawei has sent out invites for its Mobile World Congress press conference. The event will be held at Barcelona’s Montjuïc Exhibition Centre on February 21, which is a day before this year’s MWC formally begins.

“We invite you to join Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Consumer Business Group, and other Huawei executives, for the global unveiling of Huawei’s newest device at Mobile World Congress 2016,” the Chinese company said in the invite. “Come see how Huawei continues to meet the demands of the next generation of mobile innovation.”

Sadly, no teasers were included in the invite, making it difficult to speculate about the star of the event. The company’s flagship smartphone – the Mate 8 – was showcased at CES this month, and multiple reports have suggested that the upcoming P9 will be unveiled weeks after MWC.

Last year’s event saw Huawei unveiling the Watch. We would have placed our bet on its successor, but given the fact that the company just unveiled two new variants of the wearable at CES 2016, a second-gen Huawei Watch also seems…

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Google has released some interesting statistics related to its Vulnerability Reward Program for the year 2015. The company revealed that it paid more than $2 million to security researchers as part of the program last year.

The program was launched way back in 2010, and Google has paid a total of over $6 million to researchers till now. Last year, Android joined the program in June, and by the end of 2015, researchers were paid over $200,000 for finding vulnerabilities in the mobile OS. This included the largest single payment of $37,500 to an Android security researcher.

Google gave more than 750 individual rewards last year, and those were received by over 300 security researchers. For more information and statistics, head to the Source link…

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LG has fixed a vulnerability in its G3 smartphone that researchers said could potentially allow an attacker to remotely steal sensitive data saved on the device’s SD Card. An estimated 10 million G3 units are said to be vulnerable.

The vulnerability is in an app called Smart Notice, which comes pre-installed on new LG G3 devices, and can be thought of as a scaled down version of Google Now, delivering you relevant information before you need it.

The problem is that the app doesn’t validate the data it handles, potentially allowing attackers to execute malicious code by manipulating the information it ferries to the user.

“Using the vulnerability, an attacker can easily open the user device to data theft attack, extracting private information saved on the SD Card including WhatsApp data and private images; put the user in danger of phishing attack by misleading the end-user; and enable the installation of a malicious program on the device,” researchers revealed in a blog post.

“We informed LG, which responded quickly to notice of the vulnerability and we encourage users to immediately upgrade their application to new Smart Notice release, which contains a patch.”

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Less than a week after it started rolling out globally, the new edition Samsung Gear S2 Classic smartwatch – which was unveiled at CES earlier this month – is now available for pre-order in the UK.

Local online retailer Mobile Fun has both Rose Gold and Platinum finish variants listed on its website, offering them at a pre-order price of $570.99, which translates into around £400 at current exchange rates. No exact shipping date was specified though.

Over in the US, the new models were recently spotted listed on Amazon carrying a $319 price tag and shipping time-frame of 1 to 2 months. However, the listings seem to have been taken down now.

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Lenovo has plans to launch what it is calling a “more innovative, more attractive” smartphone in the United Sates later this year. This was revealed Chief Executive Yuanqing Yang in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal.

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The said device will be from the Chinese company’s Motorola division, Yang revealed. If you recall, Lenovo recently said that going forward, its high-end smartphones will use the Moto branding while budget devices will carry the Vibe brand.

So, given the brands’ popularity in the US, it’d be fair to assume that the device – which Yang said will be launched in the month of July – will be from the Moto line-up. Sadly, nothing else was revealed about the handset.

Interestingly, Yang also took a jab at Apple in the interview, saying that iOS has no more room to grow in the US. “Apple already has more than 50% share in the U.S. Can you expect more? I don’t think so,” he said. “I think Android will take more…

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If you are planning to purchase BlackBerry’s debut Android-powered smartphone Priv, here is some good news: for a limited time, the Canadian company is offering free accessories worth $99 with the handset.

The accessory bundle includes a Leather Smart Flip Case in black and Sync Pod with 1.2m USB cable. “Think of it as our way of saying ‘thank you’ for remaining loyal members of #TeamBlackBerry through the years,” BlackBerry said in a blog post.

As already mentioned, it’s a limited time offer, which ends February 24 (11.59pm PST). In addition, the company is also offering deals on its Passport smartphone – head to the Source link below to learn…

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In August of 2015 Facebook unveiled its answer to Periscope and other similar apps focused on live video streaming. But up until now the social network’s live video feature has been exclusive to verified celebrities.

That’s changing, though. From today the ability to stream live video is being rolled out to every iPhone user in the US, with an international expansion coming in the following weeks. This should also make its way to Facebook’s Android app soon.

You’ll know you have the new feature because a new icon will show up for you in the Update Status box. And that Live Video icon is the one you need to tap to get things going. You can add a short description too, and choose who to share with before you go live.

While you’re broadcasting you get to see the number of live viewers, the names of friends who are watching, as well as a real-time stream of comments. When you end your live session, the recording will be available in your Timeline like any other video you’ve manually uploaded. Of course you’ll be able to delete it if you so wish.

As a viewer, you’ll see such live videos in your News Feed, and while you’re watching one you can hit Subscribe to get notified the next time that person does a…

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We’ve known since October that LG is working on a payments service of its own, which should launch this year. However, unlike the payment solutions from Apple, Google, or Samsung, LG’s entry into this field will not work through smartphones. In an odd twist, LG Pay will require a special “White Card” in order to be used.

This card can be seen in the leaked shot below. Size-wise, it’s very similar to a normal credit card, and it isn’t much thicker either. It is different, though, as you can see. The White Card will essentially hold information from multiple actual credit cards on it – so in this regard it’s not that dissimilar from Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay.

Marked with 1 above is a small built-in display that will show you the card you’re currently using. The arrow buttons marked 2 will let you quickly switch between cards, while the pins seen at No.3 in the image will be used for charging the card. That is needed because this is after all an electronic device.

LG apparently thinks older people will be more likely to use its solution rather than go with one of its competitors’ smartphone-based options, especially since one can use its White Card at ATMs as well as in stores. The payment service is set to be officially unveiled at MWC next month, and for now it looks like it’s only going to launch in the company’s native South Korea, at least initially.

LG has already pre-ordered 50,000 of these cards, and it’s in active discussions with one provider for mass production of even more. Quite a few financial institutions and retailers from Korea will be involved with LG Pay, it’s been revealed. And according to an unnamed representative for one of these partners, by next month most card companies in the country will have joined LG’s effort.

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A couple of days ago famed leakster @evleaks brought us news that the upcoming HTC One M10 flagship (codenamed Perfume) would sport looks that are similar to those of the already launched One A9. And today he’s at it again, but this time with a pretty complete list of the phone’s most important specs. Let’s dive in then.

The One M10 is said to have a 5.1-inch QHD AMOLED touchscreen. It shall be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset as you’d expect, which will be aided by 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (of which around 23GB will be user-accessible). A microSD card slot will be available too.

The handset’s rear camera is apparently a 12 MP UltraPixel unit, coming with laser autofocus and optical image stabilization. Interestingly, the front camera is going to have OIS too. Unlike past offerings in the One line, the M10 will not have front-facing stereo speakers. However, a fingerprint scanner will be embedded in the Home button placed below the display.

The One M10 will run Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with HTC Sense 8 on top. As previously rumored, it won’t be revealed in February at MWC. Instead, HTC will schedule a dedicated event just for it at a later…

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Apple sent out the second public beta of iOS 9.3 to interested testers yesterday, and already a new feature has surfaced in this release.

It turns out that the iPad Pro can now update the firmware of your accessories, using the Smart Connector. Two different sources have confirmed that this already works for the Logitech Create iPad Keyboard, when attached to the iPad Pro through the tablet’s Smart Connector. The update has thankfully fixed issues having to do with keyboard lag as well as missed keystrokes.

The message you can see in the image above shows up, and then if you hit Update, a few minutes later the process will be complete. While it’s happening, you’ll see an indication of what percentage has been already achieved. Hopefully the incredibly generic update prompt captured by the screenshot above will be changed to something more specific (which will include the name of the accessory in question) before iOS 9.3 is finalized. One important thing to note is that while your accessory is being updated in this manner, you won’t be able to use it at all.

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