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As the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are just two months old now, we’ve already started hearing rumors and speculations about the next iPhone. While the iPhone 7 Plus features OIS on a single lens, the next-gen iPhone is expected to support Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) on both the camera module. As per KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the purported iPhone 8 will have OIS in both the camera modules including the telephoto lens . Moreover, Kuo has reported that the Cupertino giant is working on three variants of iPhone 8 – 5.1-inch or 5.2-inch OLED display variant, a 5.5-inch LCD display version, and a 4.7-inch LCD display variant. According to the report, the 4.7-inch model with LCD display will retain a single lens camera with OIS. Ming-Chi Kuo in a research note said: We believe Apple will add OIS function to the telephoto CCM in order to enhance the selling points of next year’s new iPhone. We think photo quality and optical zoom range may both

Facebook has announced financial results for Q3, 2016. The social network has reported revenue of $7.1 billion, up 56% YoY while net income was $2.4 billion. Facebook revealed that it now has 1.79 billion monthly active users (up 16% YoY) and 1.66 billion mobile users (up 20% YoY). DAUs were 1.18 billion (up 17% YoY) while Mobile DAUs were 1.09 billion (up 22% YoY). The social network’s mobile advertising revenue represented approximately 84% of advertising revenue for the third quarter of 2016, up from approximately 78% of advertising revenue in the third quarter of 2015. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO said, We had another good quarter. We’re making progress putting video first across our apps and executing our 10 year technology roadmap. Source

India will soon get its hands on technology that will allow it to unlock iPhone and other electronic devices, according to a latest report from the Economic Times . Gandhinagar based forensic institute called as Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) will soon acquire the technology from Israel based company, Cellebrite. Cellebrite was sought out by US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for unlocking a terrorist Syed Farook’s iPhone earlier this year. Apple and FBI locked horns over unlocking Farook’s iPhone. Cellebrite has worked with major intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the world. “We are likely to have the technology within a month or so. India will become a global hub for cases where law enforcement is unable to break into phones,” a senior FSL official told the publication. The report adds that only FSL Gandhinagar will have the entire tool of this technology that will unlock and cracking encrypted electronic devices and iPhones.