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4 unconventional phones we reviewed in the past 3 months, ranked

Feb18
by on February 18, 2019 at 4:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


We test a lot of phones here at TNW, which is no surprise considering just how many handsets are released every month. Because we’re lovely, we’ve gone and rounded up four of the models we’ve reviewed in the last three months and ranked them. By how unconventional (read: weird or different) they are. Why? Because why the hell not? Here we go! 1) Doogee S90 Doogee — and I think they’ll forgive me for saying this — has a propensity for releasing strange phones. Remember the Doogee Mix 2 phone? Y’know, the one which had to be flipped 180 degrees in…

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Uganda loses 5 million internet users as a result of Social Media Tax

Feb18
by on February 18, 2019 at 1:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media, syndication


Half-way through 2018, Uganda introduced a Social Media (OTT) tax which required Ugandans to pay a tax if they wanted to access services such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and many others. It turns out, based on released data by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the tax has had a significant impact on the number of internet users in the East Afrikan country resulting in a drop of 3 million internet users over a 3 month period. What is also interesting when one looks at the data released by the UCC is that approximately only half of the internet users in Uganda were actually paying the Social…

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How to stop WhatsApp from downloading photos automatically

Feb18
by on February 18, 2019 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Basics, Insider


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. It’s quite annoying when your phone’s running out of the storage, and the reason is usually the random photos and memes that your friends sent you on WhatsApp. By default, WhatsApp downloads photos to your phone automatically. We’ll show you how to stop this monstrosity. On iOS Head to Settings>Data and Storage Usage Click on Photos Select Never option to stop downloading photos automatically. You can repeat the process for any type of media like…

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Far Cry: New Dawn somehow made post-apocalyptic America boring

Feb18
by on February 18, 2019 at 12:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


There’s only one rule in gaming: don’t be boring. Players can tolerate awful AI and grimy graphics if there’s a payoff. But if your game is as thrilling as a Jeffrey Archer novel, no amount of spit and polish can save you. I mention this because Far Cry: New Dawn is an unspeakably dull game, and I’m really annoyed about it. Far Cry: New Dawn is the long-anticipated follow-up to last year’s Far Cry 5. Set in the fictional Hope County, Montana, you play the role of an idealistic soldier helping to protect a fledgling utopian society that’s rebuilding from…

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