The French YouTube site at features titles and help pages in French, and the top video is a welcome message from French rapper Kamini, who began promoting his brand of rural rap through YouTube’s English-language site last November with a video clip entitled ‘ Marly-Gomont’. For now, the international sites draw on the same database of videos and rankings as the US site, but in time Google plans to add country-specific video rankings and comments,....

You may have heard the term ‘modular smartphone’ bandied around but what does that mean and what is Project Ara? We explain what you need to know about Google’s modular smartphone including the release date, features and developer editon. Read: The best smartphones 2016. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could swap individual bits such as the camera for a better one if you want to? Here we explain how Google Project Ara could enable exactly that, and how it could flip the industry on its head....

The company’s main motive was to make these Google apps available for users that have low-end devices or poor internet connectivity. These apps include Google Go, Google Maps Go, YouTube Go, Gallery Go, Gmail Go, File by Google, and Google Assistant Go. These apps improved user experience by saving storage space and memory. Google to Stop its Lightweight YouTube Go App; Here’s Why! In a recent blog post, the platform announced to stop the YouTube Go app and altogether discontinue it from the Play Store....

The Daydream View VR headset is relatively cheap and is a stylish, easy-to-use VR headset. Here’s what you need to know about the Daydream UK release date and specifications. Also read: The complete guide to VR. Google Daydream VR release date and price: When is Daydream View coming out? How much is Daydream View? Google Daydream VR release date: 4 October 2016 Back in May at the announcement, Google said Daydream VR will be available “this fall”....

Hive smart home accessories and sensors review: prices Hive aims to be something much bigger than just your heating system. There range of smart accessories can be controlled via the Hive app. The first products available are the Window/Door Sensor (£29 from Hive), Hive Active Plug (£39) and Hive Motion Sensor (£29). There are also sensor packs available on the website. which are better value than buying everything individually. Importantly, you don’t have to have Hive Active Heating to use them so even if you have electric heating (or don’t want Hive to control your boiler) you can still benefit from these smart accessories....

The Honor 9 is angling to be one of the best mid-range phones on the market this year, but can it deliver? Find out in our Honor 9 review. Note: Honor is launching a new phone on 5 December, so check out the rumoured specs before you buy an Honor 9. Price and Availability The Honor 9 is available straight away so the release date is 27 June. You’ll can buy it from vMall, Honor’s official online store, for £379....

Distributed denial of service, or DDoS for short, refers to a cyber attack resulting in victims being unable to access systems and network resources, essentially disrupting internet services. The DDoS attack will attempt to make an online service or website unavailable by flooding it with unwanted traffic from multiple computers. For a DDoS attack to be successful, an attacker will spread malicious software to vulnerable computers, mainly through infected emails and attachments....

Below is our guide on how to ensure your WhatsApp messages are fully end-to-end encrypted. However it’s also good to be aware that not everyone trusts the company’s word, in part because of privacy issues surrounding its parent company Facebook and also its implementation of encryption. WhatsApp uses part of a security protocol developed by Open Whisper Systems, a company that has its own fully secure messaging app Signal (for iOS and Android)....

You might also like: 26 best new phones coming soon What is the iPhone crashing prank? We have no idea how this prank was discovered but it turns out that a specific string of Arabic characters can crash your iPhone if you’re sent them through iMessage, Twitter, WhatsApp and more. It’s a bug that Apple is now aware of and will probably be fixed soon, but for now you’ll want to beware if you’ve got friends that think this kind of thing is funny....

We show you how to keep the flame-wars at bay, by blocking people on Twitter. If you’re worried about what your Twitter account reveals to the public, then you might also want to know How to delete all tweets. What does blocking a Twitter account do? When you block someone it means they’ll not be able to follow you any more, and you’ll no longer follow them. The upshot of this is that direct messages are stopped and their comments will not appear in your feed....

The universal method to boot Galaxy S8 into download mode is by pressing and holding the hard keys/buttons. But what if your button is not working or is broken. Still, it is possible to boot into download mode. Here in this step by step guide, we’ll discuss four important methods on how to easily enter Galaxy S8 into download mode with or without keys. How to Enter Samsung Galaxy S8 into Download Mode Here we have mentioned 4 different ways to enter into download mode....

But, as good as the subscription service is, you may find that Xbox Game Pass isn’t for you. If that’s the case, you’ll want to cancel the subscription; the problem is that you can no longer cancel the subscription directly from your Xbox One. Don’t worry, it’s still fairly easy to cancel your Xbox Game Pass, and here’s where we show you how. How to unsubscribe from Xbox Game Pass Before we go into detail about how to unsubscribe from Xbox Game Pass, let’s first explain how this all works....

A reader wrote in to PC Advisor wanting to know how they could produce a printed catalogue or list of their digital music collection having just imported their entire CD collection. They wanted to show the artist name and track name, and then do some disc labelling. They were using Windows XP with Service Pack 3, but also had access to Windows 7. This is how we solved their problem....

How to catch Ditto in Pokemon GO: Catch Ditto in the wild Users across the world are reporting Ditto appearing in their Pokedex from random catches – yes that’s right, you can finally catch Ditto! Ditto will be disguised as another Pokemon – this can be anything from a Pidgey to a Dragonite! You’ll only find out you’ve caught Ditto after you’ve successfully caught the Pokemon, so make sure you get your throws right and use a curve ball in order to increase the likelihood of your catch!...

Sometimes we feel like crying and screaming at the same time. However, there is no emoji to convey this feeling. Every year, there is a new addition to the list of Emojis. But we always have limited emoji options to express our feelings. To solve this problem, Google Gboard has created the Emoji Mashup feature. What is Emoji Mashup? It is a concept to combine two or more random Emojis to create a new sticker....

How to delete photos from an iPhone or iPad running iOS 8 To delete a photo, find it in your Photos app and then tap ‘Select’ in the top right corner. Now, tap the bin icon in the bottom right corner and tap ‘Delete photo.’ You can select multiple photos at once and then tap the bin icon to delete all of the photos selected. If you’ve created your own folder of photographs and want to delete the whole thing, go to the Albums view and then tap ‘Edit’ in the top right corner....

If you aren’t seeing any search results when you post a search into your browser, it’s possible that you have Google Instant Search enabled. Here’s how to disable Google Instant Search. QUESTION I recently bought a new PC with Windows 8.1 installed. Everything works fine except when I try to search Google from my browser. I’ve tried both Internet Explorer and Firefox and the upshot is the same each time – no search results are returned, just the occasional sponsored link....

Despite being very nearly here, GDPR is still somewhat mysterious. There are lots of questions about how companies will proceed with the new regulations, and many companies will have interpreted the law in different ways. You may have already seen emails and notifications encouraging you to offer consent to brands and services that will allow them to collect your data. But it seems safe to presume that people will not be treated equally, as companies are not required to seek consent from all of their users....

In a surprise move, Sony has released a new feature that’ll automatically upload your PS5 screenshots and videos to the PlayStation app on your smartphone. The rollout was slower than some would like, but it’s now available in the UK, US and many other territories. If you’re one of the lucky gamers with the feature, here’s how to easily upload PS5 captures to your smartphone right now. How to automatically transfer PS5 screenshots and videos to your phone The good news is that there isn’t a new software update available to accommodate the new feature, which means it should be available to players running software 21....

The 21H1 update will be minor by Microsoft’s standards, although there are set to be some useful tweaks to what has become a very familiar experience. The company will now let you set a secondary camera as the default for its Windows Hello face unlock, with the current limitations meaning you have to use the default front-facing lens. There’s also set to be performance improvements in administrator software and added functionality for remote working scenarios, but Microsoft didn’t go into detail on what that would involve....