If you’re trying to send a standard text message on Android, you’ll need network coverage. Unfortunately, SMS isn’t the most reliable way to send messages. If you’re using Android’s native Messages app, you might not receive text messages at all—for all kinds of reasons. If you are not receiving texts on Android, here are several troubleshooting steps you can try to fix the problem. Note: The Android experience varies between devices and versions, and the following steps might not be exactly where indicated....

Nova launcher needs no introduction at all. It is one of the most popular third-party launcher application for smartphones. Currently, the Tesla coil is rolling out the Nova launcher 6.0 Beta for its users. The beta version will be available to the users who have signed up for the beta channel. Nova launcher 6.0 Beta brings improvement to the Settings menu layout. With this, the dock options are now a part of Desktop and user gets to experience a more intuitive hierarchy of settings....

Well, you see now their default apps are working much better and are appearing to be much useful than earlier. in something like this, Samsung has added a Game live app to its list. Currently, the app is not officially out but the leaked APK is now available for download from ApkMirror. Now you must be thinking, what’s the use of this Game Live Application? Well, Samsung Game Live will allow you to live stream your mobile games directly from your Android smartphones and tablets....

Now this is interesting (if you like talk radio): Recode is reporting that iTunes Radio is slated to pick up streaming news today through a partnership with NPR. You can add the new station to your iTunes Radio lineup below: This marks the first news streaming channel on the music streaming service bringing a real radio feel to iTunes Radio. NPR currently streams its content to iOS through its iPhone and iPad apps, but the native integration with iTunes Radio and partnership with Apple is a fascinating direction for Apple’s streaming content service....

This is why people are becoming pickier about who they choose to share their data with. Some entities like Google, Facebook and Apple even use location services to serve you ads or improve their own systems. Tap or click here to see how to stop your iPhone from tracking your location. But it’s not just ordinary users who are waking up to the intrusiveness of location data. The NSA is advising government employees to turn off their location services for cybersecurity purposes — arguing that this data can be used against them by adversaries for hacks and espionage....

The Nubia Red Magic 3 features a 6.65-inch Full HD+ HDR AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels, a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and a 90Hz refresh rate. It has a new active liquid-cooling system that comes along with an internal turbofan (claimed by the company to be the world’s first in a smartphone) to keep the heat out of the device and keep it cool during heavy graphics crunching....

Speaking to analysts on the sidelines of the company’s annual developer conference, n Hsun Huang said he “hopes” the Shield will be available through retail outlets in the latter part of the second quarter. The Shield was first unveiled at this year’s International CES in nuary. It looks like an oversize gaming controller combines an Android-based computer running his company’s Tegra 4 processor with a 5-inch display. It brings a more immersive gaming experience than Android phones can also run games via a home server....

In 2010, Nickelodeon viewers were introduced to the fictional Hollywood Arts High School as a new musical series for the network from the same production team behind Drake And Josh and iCarly. Victorious centered around Tori Vega, played by Nickelodeon veteran Victoria Justice, as she navigated the quirky school. 10 years later, the series is available again on Netflix for a new generation of kids to enjoy. The Nickelodeon series saw the kids take classes based on their performing arts interests - whether that was singing, acting, writing, or directing....

Nissan this evening has unveiled its new 2018 Nissan Leaf. The vehicle features an all-new design, extended electric range, and much more. On the tech side, the 2018 Leaf packs a 7-inch full-color display, complete with Apple’s CarPlay Nissan’s 2018 Leaf, as the folks over at Electrek have said, is a significant improvement over last year’s model. There’s a “40 percent range increase,” as well as a completely new design....

Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 6.1 Plus and Nokia 5.1 Plus in India. The handsets were previously launched in China as the Nokia X6 and X5. The handsets have launched in the highly competitive Rs 15,000, with the Nokia 6.1 Plus taking on the mighty Redmi Note 5 Pro. Nokia 6.1 Plus The Nokia 6.1 Plus is a definite looker with a glass design at the front and rear. The front of the handset houses a 5....

In a blog post today Nokia Siemens claims that Apple’s latest smart phone operating system supports a technology called Network Controlled Fast Dormancy. This new technology brings the iPhone and its’ network together to create the most ideal performance. This means the iPhone’s software can work with the cellular towers to find ones with the least amount of congestion. In the end this technology allows the iPhone to run more efficiently and last longer throughout the day....

Yesterday, we reported on purported photos of the larger, 5.5-inch iPhone 6’s 2915mAh battery pack among other parts, and today, new clear shots of the 4.7-inch models have leaked. Photos of the smaller next-generation iPhone’s 1810mAh battery first hit the web in July, and these new photos add weight to the previous photos being legitimate. For comparison, the iPhone 5s’s battery is 1560mAh, but because of the higher-res screen on the iPhone 6, it’s possible that the bigger battery pack could be offset but the additional pixel pushing....

Yes, the security researcher, Sergei Skorobogatov manages to bypass the safeguards or the securities that were put by Apple and pointed by the FBI to explain its difficulty in accessing the smartphone of a terrorist, San Bernardino: due to the limit on the number of trials to unlock the code of the device. After 10 unsuccessful attempts, the device was hit by the Apple effect, yes, as Apple programmed this system to delete all its data, hence, ruining any hope of police to recover all the useful information for their investigation....

The UK government expects to see electricity generated from a fusion reactor by 2040. £220 million has been invested in the designing of a theoretical nuclear fusion power station to replicate solar processes here on Earth. The aim is to generate power using what they are calling a Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production, or STEP. A tokamak is a device that heats hydrogen gas to 100 million degrees celsius and uses a magnetic field to wrangle plasma until they can force nuclear fusion....

The Now uncher is ’s stock home screen launcher, with one-swipe access to Now an omnipresent search bar. Currently, you can only officially install it on a Nexus or ay ition device. A report from Android Central says that digging through the launcher’s compatibility listings reveals support for additional devices, such as the HTC One (M8), G3, One Mini 2. Various Twitter users are saying that they have been able to download the launcher for devices like the Galaxy S5....

Warning: Nightflyers Spoilers Ahead Nightflyers is a novella written by George R.R. Martin. It was originally published back in 1985, but has since been repackaged and reprinted a few times. Most recently though, it was turned into a TV series by Syfy. Syfy had likely hoped to make more than one season out of the novella, but they recently announced that they’d be leaving the series alone after just one season....

Tyler Blevins, better known by his online persona Ninja, reportedly received 20-30 million dollars to move from Twitch to Microsoft’s Mixer. Ninja had made a huge name for himself as a Twitch streamer by playing games like Fortnite. Prior to his retirement from Twitch he owned the most subscribed channel at 14 million followers. Ninja began his video game career in 2009 when he began playing Halo 3 professionally. During this time period he played for several professional gaming teams like Team Liquid and Luminosity Gaming....

It’s not like Nokia’s been able to produce a serious threat to Apple’s handset so far or that its management’s vision was comparable to that of Steve Jobs and his management team. The ailing handset maker (Apple recently beat Nokia to become the leading smartphone maker in the world) under the new team led by Stephen Elop made a huge gamble by going to bed with Microsoft. Today, the company took the wraps off its brand new device dubbed the Lumia 800, Nokia’s first smartphone powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7....

Night Of The Living Dead 3D changes the famous ending of the original - and it sucks. Night Of The Living Dead is one of the most groundbreaking horror movies of all time. This 1968 classic introduced zombies as audiences know them today, establishing rules such as headshots being the only way to stop them. George A Romero’s documentary-style direction, the black & white cinematography, and its infamous ending are just some of the reasons it became a genre landmark....

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