iPhone is the most popular US smartphone while the Android army’s march has propelled that multiplicity of devices to become the most popular OS, Canalsys reports today. The analysts note massive growth in the sector – the worldwide smartphone market grew by 95 percent over the year ago quarter. Nokia stays ahead of the pack with 33 percent while Apple grabbed 17 percent worldwide, putting it above RIM. Canalsys’ figures closely match those revealed last week by Strategy Analytics and IDC....

It looks like Apple is tracking iPhone users data including IMEI number, IP address and stock quote preferences (amongst other things) through a hidden string in the Weather.app and Stocks.app iPhone applications. This information is sent to “http://iphone-wu.apple.com/dgw?imei=%@&apptype=finance" (IP resolved “17.254.32.16”). See screenshot below for details. From this information, Apple could build a profile on users. Where they travel, where they spend their free time, where they work, where they invest their money, what they browse, etc etc....

Realme X is the company’s true flagship device with all the premium features which you will find in over expensive smartphones. It comes with the latest generation pop up camera, a full-screen display, an in-display fingerprint scanner. And all these premium features at just 16,999 which is a fantastic deal. Many companies have tried to make popup display cameras before, but have failed miserably since it is extremly hard to protet them aganst dust and water....

“The United States authorities were able to access the personal data transferred from the Member States to the United States and process it in a way incompatible, in particular, with the purposes for which it was transferred, beyond what was strictly necessary and proportionate to the protection of national security,” the ruling also said. Pursuant to Article 25(1) of the EU Data Protection Directive, transfers of personal data to non-EU countries “may take place only if […] the third county in question ensures an adequate level of protection....

IT Chapter Two is a violent movie, but its opening scene goes too far in that regard, and actually ends up having a negative impact upon the rest of the movie as a result. The sequel to 2017’s IT picks up 27 years after Pennywise’s last attack on Derry, Maine, and finds the Losers’ Club having to band back together to once again defeat the evil entity known as It, this time hopefully for good....

A very common complaint from iOS users is that unused stock apps cannot be hidden or removed from the Home screen, so ‘less useful’ apps like Tips or Stocks have to be hidden in a folder somewhere to get them off the Home screen. As noted by AppAdvice, the internal App Store JSON data source has added a couple of new interesting keys in the last few weeks, which suggests that Apple is in fact adding the ability to hide stock apps soon …...

Due to the Mac App Store making application installs a no-hassle affair, this is not big news. But, along with the long-awaited Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter and the on-again, off-again Retina MacBook Pro updates, Apple today allows you to pre-install iWork Apps on your new Mac. Keynote, Numbers and Pages are now all available at the Apple Store Mac configuration site. It is only registering on the MacBook Pro configuration page right now, but it will likely be rolled out to all new Macs offered....

J. Jonah Jameson’s appearance in the mid-credits scenes of Spider-Man: Far From Home is very similar to Darth Maul’s cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The Marvel Cinematic Universe reached its peak with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, with Spider-Man: Far From Home closing Phase 3 and the Infinity Saga. Spider-Man: Far From Home followed Peter Parker to the other side of the world as he joined his classmates on a school trip, but little did he know there was a new type of villain waiting for him....

Hobbs & Shaw has received the parody treatment, courtesy of James Corden and Josh Gad. The titular characters originated within the Fast & Furious franchise, with Dwayne Johnson debuting in 2011’s Fast Five. Jason Statham, meanwhile, first made a cameo appearance in Fast & Furious 6 before featuring more prominently in Furious 7 as the film’s primary antagonist. Hobbs & Shaw marked the franchise’s first direct spinoff and a potential launchpad for more....

Chairman Bennie Thompson said in a statement that the subpoenas were issued due to “inadequate responses to prior requests for information.” The subpoenas related to “the spread of misinformation, efforts to overturn the 2020 election, domestic violent extremism, and foreign influence in the 2020 election.” “Two key questions for the Select Committee are how the spread of misinformation and violent extremism contributed to the violent attack on our democracy, and what steps – if any – social media companies took to prevent their platforms from being breeding grounds for radicalizing people to violence,” Thompson said....

Jason Statham is one of the most popular and charismatic actors working today and one of action cinema’s only remaining bona fide stars. The Fast and the Furious franchise and the Mission: Impossible franchise are currently the world’s biggest action movies (and Statham has quickly risen through the ranks of one of them, getting a spin-off after three movies), but they rely on their brand recognition to get audiences in....

Jersey Shore star Pauly D DelVecchio has pleaded with Ronnie Ortiz-Magro to end his relationship with his girlfriend. During the past two seasons of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation fans have watched Ronnie’s relationship go from bad to worse. The question on everyone’s mind from the latest episode is whether Ronnie will make it to Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s wedding. Luckily, Ronnie did show up in the nick of time to learn the groomsman dance and eat at the rehearsal dinner....

iPad Pro price drops take up to $399 off Apple Watch Series 3 cellular hits new low price Walmart has Apple Watch Series 3 GPS + Cellular for $229. That’s $150 off the regular going rate and easily the best price we’ve tracked to date. While new models are expected soon, Apple will continue to update Series 3 models with fresh software for the foreseeable future. Make sure to put your savings to work and grab an extra band....

iFixit did a livestream this year of its iPhone 11 Pro teardown. Now it is diving in and analyzing all of its findings. Notably, iFixit has noticed a new board in the iPhone 11 Pro Max that was may have been included for the bilateral wireless charging feature that was expected but didn’t end up shipping with this year’s iPhones. Earlier this year, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that Apple would offer bilateral wireless charging for the iPhone 11 lineup....

Update 2: AT&T says demand is higher than iPhone launches from the last two years (via Recode): “Demand for the new iPhones is higher than that seen in either of the past two years, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told Re/code.” Update: All models of the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus are now quoting 3-4 weeks shipping. Apple is still stocking most models of the iPhone 6, however. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch has not been smooth, to say the least....

Though the vast majority of advance iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus reviews spoke only superficially about the performance of Apple’s latest cameras, several reviewers have spotlighted major performance improvements over the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that weren’t obvious from Apple’s marketing materials. Much of the pre-release attention has been focused on Live Photos, higher megapixel counts, and the ease of 3D Touch access to the cameras, all noted by Apple during its September 9 media event....

Analysts at UBS and Morgan Stanley this morning raised price targets on the company’s stock. UBS upped its target to $265 from $170, saying iPhone prospects look bright. The analyst firm also said, “Apple may be working on building out a foundation for a service ot provide seamless access and mobility of digital content across its products,” according to Marketwatch. Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty surprised us all this morning with a bullish AAPL report, saying the expiration of exclusive deals and a move to broaden iPhone distribution will drive major growth for Apple....

Last week we told you about a new online lottery system for reservations that Apple setup for iPhone 4S sales through its Hong Kong stores to combat scalpers after it was forced to suspend sales of the device in various locations throughout Mainland China. Unfortunately, until this week, Apple’s online store for China has been out of stock since the overwhelming launch. After implementing the new reservation policies on Tuesday, and in Beijing on Wednesday, Apple has now resumed online sales of the device with shipments arriving to customers no later than March 2, reported ChinaDaily....

A new analyst note from Gartner today estimates how the global smartphone market performed during the June quarter. While we already knew Apple’s iPhone shipments were likely close to flat based on the company’s reported quarterly revenue, today’s analyst note underscores how well iPhone performed relatively speaking as the global market saw a big 20% decline. Apple had a record-breaking June quarter thanks to big growth in almost every product category except for iPhone where it just saw 1....

Dying Light 2 is an open-world, story-driven game, but as an added bonus, multiplayer will be included so that players can go through the story cooperatively with up to 4 players. Players will be able to play through the story with up to 4 players, but this isn’t a save game that everyone has access to. Instead, one player will be the host whilst the other three players join. There was Dying Light multiplayer in the original first game, but Techland needed to make changes for the DL2 Multiplayer....