It’s time to face the cold, hard facts. You’re not going to grow your photography Instagram account if you keep using generic hashtags like #instagood #travel and #photooftheday. With more than 95 million photos uploaded onto Instagram each day, you need to get SPECIFIC if you want to grow an engaged and targeted following. The best hashtags that will get you noticed aren’t the most popular. Why? Because EVERYONE else is using them and your post will get buried in a matter of minutes or seconds....

HomeKit, Apple’s framework for connecting automation accessories and Siri together, is already proving to be a big hit at CES 2015. Today home automation company Insteon unveiled its own HomeKit plans as part of the Consumer Electronics Show. Specifically, Insteon announced its new app that will support the automation framework allowing you to control any HomeKit-enabled device. Additionally, the company announced its new HomeKit-enabled Insteon Hub. With the latest Insteon Hub, Insteon customers will be able to add HomeKit functionality to existing Insteon products like lights, switches, thermostats, and more....

The very real-looking characteristics of deepfakes have allowed for many instances of misinformation, hoaxes, and fraud to disseminate online. In response, Intel announced a new technology called “FakeCatcher” to detect deepfake media with a 96% accuracy rate. Deepfakes use impressive technology derived from machine learning and artificial intelligence to create scarily accurate impressions of celebrities and politicians doing and saying things they haven’t. Existing technologies can take hours to dispel web surfers’ trust in a deepfake, as they use deep learning to investigate signs of digital manipulation....

Once upon a time, Intel was a brand that used to mean something. You didn’t buy a computer unless there was an Intel logo either on the machine itself or on the box that it came in. But now that personal computers are no longer interesting, and all anyone wants these days is a phone or tablet, Intel is put in the awkward position of being an irrelevant player. Don’t believe me?...

Apple continues to expand its optimized battery charging capability. With iOS 14, Apple says that AirPods will now learn from your charging routine and wait to charge past 80% until you need to use them. The optimized battery charging feature is designed to reduce battery aging and extend the overall lifespan of your AirPods’ battery. Here’s how Apple explains the feature in a new push notification in iOS 14: What this means is that iOS 14 will learn how and when you charge your AirPods and wait until it thinks you’re about to take them off the charger to charge all of the way to 100% capacity....

Apple’s most powerful line of Macs — the iMac Pro — is reaching customers this month, and Dom Esposito has created a quick comparison of the base model versions of both the standard iMac and the new iMac Pro. Just how much faster is the $5000 desktop compared to the $1800 model? In Dom’s testing, he compares 4K video export from both Apple’s Final Cut Pro app and Adobe’s Premiere video editor....

Google has partnered with Indian OEMs like Intex, Lava, Karbonn and Micromax to launch cheap $30 Android Go smartphones in the country. Micromax will likely be the first Indian OEM to launch its Android Oreo Go smartphone priced at around Rs 2,000 in January, with other OEMs to follow. The Micromax smartphone launch is expected to take place around the Republic Day as per a source of Factor Daily. Android Oreo Go Edition is Google’s revamped effort to capture the sub-$100 smartphone market in India....

Serving as the main object of desire for the mammoth titan Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet promises its user unlimited power and domination. Whether utilized for the destruction of the universe or as the last hope to save the world, the stones, along with the Gauntlet, have proven to be one of the most sought-after mystical possessions in the Marvel universe. Though the glove itself holds no special powers, the Infinity Stones themselves actively turn it into an incredible weapon....

Avengers: Infinity War has passed Jurassic World at the domestic box office. The two films have a lot in common, with both reshaping their respective franchises. Avengers: Infinity War concludes the first two phases of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, while Jurassic World is the update that fans of the original Jurassic Park had been waiting for, reinvigorating the franchise and moving it into the future. Previous milestones between the two studios have been marked by sharing congratulations via social media....

Did you accidentally brick your Infinix Hot 9 Pro X655F device and want to flash the stock firmware again? If so, then we will help you to install the firmware flash file on the Infinix Hot 9 Pro device. Since the device is a Mediatek based device, we need to use the SP Flash tool to flash the Stock Firmware on this device. If you have never done this before then don’t worry....

The survey, developed by Credit Sesame using Momentive Inc.’s survey tool, polled 1,222 US residents online age 18 and over between May 20 and 21. It was issued to assess the impact of inflation on credit use over the past year. The following trends highlighted in the survey make life more expensive for consumers relying on credit: Credit card users carrying a balance of more than half of their credit limit increased by 9%....

The latest trailer for Injustice 2 not only introduces Catwoman in the game, but pits her against her fellow “Siren”, Harley Quinn. So far, we’ve seen a number of trailers for the game’s take on DC Comics’ biggest names. Heroes like Firestorm, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern have all received the spotlight, showing off their bevy of moves and killer combos. However, the real fun of the Injustice franchise is the chance to take control of some of DC’s most infamous villains, too....

Instagram is focusing more than ever on creators. While it had created a few controversies with its video-focused feed that even involved Kardashians, the company is now planning to bring more ways to control what users see on the platform and improve their personal algorithm. To do so, Instagram is announcing today that it’s testing two new ways to help users shape their experience on the platform. For example, some users will be able to mark multiple posts in Explore as “Not interested,” and it will also not show suggested posts with certain words, phrases, or emoji in the caption or hashtags....

The internet and computers are two of the most important inventions in the history of humankind. These two inventions have changed how we live, work, and play. The internet has given us access to information worldwide, while computers have given us portable devices that can do anything we need them to do. Today, it isn’t easy to imagine a world without the internet. It has become an essential part of our lives....

Dubbed Patchwork by Malwarebytes and tracked under names including Hangover Group, Dropping Elephant, Chinastrats, and Monsoon, the Indian group has been on the scene since at least 2015 and is actively launching campaigns designed to deploy RATs for the purposes of data theft and other malicious activities. In one of the latest attack waves connected to Patchwork, the group targeted individual faculty members from research institutions specializing in biomedical and molecular sciences....

Hong Kong origin Infinix smartphones come with promised Android updates for 1 year. And some Infinix devices even receive updates for two years. We have Android 12 as the current OS for Android smartphones. And Infinix smartphone users are also expecting to see the latest version on their smartphones. XOS is the skin developed by Infinix based on Android, and the last update it received was back in May 2021. It was the XOS 7....

The past few years have been pretty exciting for DC Comics fans. The company’s animation department keeps turning out movies, like Teen Titans: The Judas Contract and Justice League Dark. Young Justice will finally be returning for a third season, while TV features an ever-expanding roster of shows from DC and Vertigo. The latest project in development, Black Lightning, will make The CW the place to go for DC heroes and villains....

Now, Instagram has revealed the latest in a series of innovations aimed at increasing user engagement. After it was initially spotted in testing back in February, Instagram officially launched its new Quiz Sticker for Instagram Stories in April 2019. The interactive quiz feature allows users to engage with their followers by asking them multiple-choice questions. With the popularity of Instagram Stories skyrocketing (In January 2019, it grew to more than 500 million daily users) and with businesses increasingly looking for tools to increase engagement with their brands without having to make massive investments in creative content, the new sticker will undoubtedly be a godsent....

Instagram is today rolling out a new feature to all of its users dubbed Emoji Slider. Announced via a press release, the company says the new feature acts similar to a poll, letting users pick how much they like or dislike something. For example, “How much do you love pizza?” could have anything from ☹️ to 😃, with a slider that has a bunch more emojis in between. The emoji sliders can be placed within your Instagram Stories....

Instagram Stories has certainly become a hit, and some people really enjoy sharing everything they’re doing through these 24-hour photos and videos. However, the social network is now testing a new Stories layout that hides excessive posts – which is bad news for creators. Phil Ricelle, a Brazilian Instagram user (via Tecnoblog), noticed that the Instagram app now only shows three of the Stories shared by other people. Users can currently post 100 Stories at once....