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Twitter has issued a warning to its users about the latest viral prank circulating on the platform that can get them locked out of their account. The hoax has been making rounds since Monday. What it does is promise to turn users’ feeds more ‘colorful’ if they change the birth year in their profile to 2007. A tweet mentioning the said trick has been retweeted 13,000 times, but the only thing that changes color after changing the birth year is the user’s face, who will no longer be able to log in to his/her account. Changing your birth year to 2007 makes you 12 years old while Twitter rules do not allow people under the age of 13 to have an account on the platform. That is how the users are getting locked out of their accounts. Amid all this chaos, Twitter Support deemed it necessary to warn the users about the prank. The tweet said, “We’ve noticed a prank trying to get people to change their Twitter birthday in their profile to 2007 to unlock new color schemes. P...

Big companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook have been known to adopt anti-competitive practices to maintain their dominance on the market. A recent case that came forward is Apple violating its own App Store’s rules for its News+ app. For starters, let’s look at the rules: The developer should clearly state how long will the trial last as well as the price that will be billed.  The users should be notified that the subscription fee will be automatically deducted from the provided account.   The amount that will be deducted should be written clearly. The user should be given links to support and privacy policy. According to Apple’s guidelines, the above rules (which are a fraction of iOS application development rules) make sure the buyer is not misled. Now let’s look at the sign-up page of Apple new+ application. When the “try it free” button is clicked, the user is directly taken to the billing page without getting notified about the subs...

Huawei is ready for its star-studded launch of its P30 smartphone series in Paris. The company is ready to introduce at least three high-end smartphones, P30 , P30 Lite , and P30 Pro during this show-which is awaited for a year after launch of P20 and P20 Pro. The giant company of China is ready to introduce its smart-watches, as it is indicated by a tweet of Huawei’s officials. We’re presenting here full picture story of P30 launch live from Paris.