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San Francisco, Feb 2: Apple has apologised for a flaw in FaceTime software that allowed people to eavesdrop on others, even if they never answered a FaceTime call, the media reported. The Cupertino, California-headquartered tech giant said a fix for the bug which will re-enable the group FaceTime feature will be available to users next week, CNBC reported on Friday. Apple Eavesdropping Bug: Here's How You Can Disable FaceTime on Your Apple iPhone or iPad. Apple had originally said that a fix was coming this week. With iOS 12.1 and later versions, Group FaceTime is designed to make it easy to chat with multiple people at the same time. One can start a Group FaceTime right from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app. But the bug allowed people to listen in on, or even see someone, during a group FaceTime call, even if the person receiving the call did not pick up, the CNBC report said. Apple has credited...

PUBG Mobile is getting a brand new update bringing the version number to 0.9.0. This update introduces tons of new features including night Mode to Erangel which will alternate between day and night randomly in Classic Mode. It also brings new Night Vision Goggles. Interestingly, the company instead of introducing a new location map, is tweaking the existing like adding new buildings in certain areas, covers next to some rivers, more trees in some empty areas. Furthermore, the company is introducing a new ‘Movie’ picture style to the settings and once it is selected, the style will apply to all maps. Since it is Halloween, the game developers have introduced a festival makeover. Ability to interact with other players on Spawn Island by picking up pumpkins and candies. Enemies killed by Hellfire and AKM will become scarecrows. A new spooky face appears when a grenade explodes and during the Halloween event period, players have a 50% chance to activate Night Mode. Not stop...

Google has finally given up on its aspirations to take on Facebook by shutting down its only social media platform Google Plus. The move comes after the internet search giant revealed that a security glitch had exposed the personal data of around 5,00,000 Google Plus Users . However, Google claims that this vulnerability went unnoticed and apparently no third-party was able to exploit the vulnerability to access user date. Having said that Google had decide not to reveal this security issue back in March when it was first discovered.  What happened?  Google discovered a bug in its Google Plus  People API. Explaining this bug, Google said, "With this API, users can grant access to their Profile data, and the public Profile information of their friends to Google+ apps. Now the bug in this API allowed access to private Profile fields of users to the Google+ apps. Around 438 apps could have used this API, states Google.  What personal data was vulne...

Facebook Messenger is a popular way of communicating which has been constantly upgrading itself, ever since its entrance into the app-market in the year 2011. If you take a pew to explore each of the features, you’d uncover pretty a lot. In short, Facebook Messenger has come out by separating out the messaging function of the Facebook into an entirely different app. You might consider the Facebook Messenger just like an app that helps you chat with your friends and nothing more than that. If you think so then you’re absolutely thinking in a wrong way. There are amazingly cool things you didn’t know Facebook Messenger could probably do. Messenger is a remarkable little program all on its own, and for it to actually lustre, it required to stand on its own two feet. There is just a lot you could do on the Facebook Messenger! Here are 15 hidden features in your Facebook Messenger that you never knew you could do with it. Take a look! 1.    Aid Your Friends Find Y...