Over the past few days, Facebook has been under a lot of pressure over Cambridge Analytica data misuse and today to dent it further, FTC (Federal Trade Commission) confirms that it is investigating Facebook over privacy violations. Tom Pahl, Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement, confirmed that it has an open non-public investigation. Continue reading “FTC confirms it is investigating Facebook over privacy violations”
Google after a year and a half of experimentation and testing, today announced the rollout of mobile-first indexing for sites that follow the best practices. Earlier, Google used the desktop version of a page’s content for crawling, indexing, and ranking systems. Continue reading “Google announces the roll out of mobile-first indexing”
Xiaomi just announced Mi MIX 2S, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Mi MIX series in Shanghai, as it had promised. It has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM, support for Google ARCore and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with support for AI voice assistant. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX363 sensor, 1.4µm pixel size, OIS, Dual Pixel auto focus and a secondary 12-megapixel rear camera for AI portraits and has AI scene recognition that can detect 25 categories and 206 kinds of scenes. The 5-megapixel front camera, which as been moved to the bottom part of the phone. It has support for AI portrait selfies with real-time background blur and the phone also has face unlock. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, 12MP dual rear cameras announced”
At the start of this year, Facebook announced that it is prioritizing more local news in the news feed in the US to prioritize local news. Today the company is expanding it to people in all countries, in all languages. Continue reading “Facebook expands to prioritize more local news in news feed globally”
Acer has introduced the Chromebook Tab 10, it is a dedicated tab running Google’s Chrome OS. It sports a 9.7-inch IPS LCD and has 4GB RAM. It also comes with Wacom EMR stylus for natural writing, drawing and it can be placed in the dock. Continue reading “Acer Chromebook Tab 10 first Chrome OS tablet with 9.7-inch QXGA display, Wacom EMR stylus announced”
Last week Sharp said that it will introduce AQUOS S3 smartphone in Vietnam on March 28th, now the company has announced that phone in Taiwan early. It pack a 6-inch FHD+ display with a notch and has 91% screen-to-body ratio, and the company says that it is the most compact smartphone with a 6-inch screen. It is powered by Snapdragon 630 with 4GB RAM, runs Android 8.0 (Oreo) with Smile UX, has a 12-megapixel primary rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1.4um pixel size, dual-tone LED flash, similar to the S2, but has have a 13-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots, instead of 8-megapixel in the predecessor. It also offers 2x loss-less zoom.
Samsung started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for Galaxy Note8 in France recently. Today it has finally started rolling out the update in India. This bring Samsung Experience 9.0 replacing older 8.5 version along with Oreo and brings features like a customizable keyboard, new emoji, stickers, Bixby briefing, new color lens display settings, dual apps, enhanced DeX support, and many more changes. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”
Update: Detailed specifications of the smartphone have surfaced on TENAA that reveals Black, Rose Gold, Gold, White, Blue, Red, Pink, Gray and Silver colors, up to 6GB RAM, Android 8.1 and more.
A mysterious smartphone codenamed NS P7819 has surfaced on Geekbench and AnTuTu, which is rumored to be a prototype of the OnePlus 6. This reveals Snapdragon 845 SoC, 6GB RAM and Android 8.1 for the phone. AnTuTu listing also reveals 64GB storage and a Full HD+ display.
A new smartphone code-named Blackshark surfaced on AnTuTu and Geekbench recently, which is believed to be Xiaomi’s first gaming smartphone under the new Black shark brand, in which Xiaomi started investing last year. Now the official Black Shark account on weibo and Qualcomm China have confirmed that it will be powered by Snapdragon 845. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with Snapdragon 845 confirmed”
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is all set to introduce face authentication for Aadhaar verification from July 1st. The face authentication will be available alongside iris or fingerprint scan as an option for verification. Continue reading “UIDAI to introduce face authentication option for Aadhaar verification from July 1st”
After the Lava Z50 launch last week, Nokia 1 becomes the second Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone to launch in India. It was introduced at the MWC last month and packs a 4.5-inch screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), has 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP front-facing shooter and supports 4G VoLTE. Since it is an Android Oreo (Go Edition) phone, it has all the Go Edition apps that are slowing making their way offering smooth experience.
Continue reading “Nokia 1 Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone launched in India for Rs. 5499”
Xiaomi is all set to introduce the Mi Mix 2S smartphone at an event in Shanghai tomorrow. The company already confirmed Snapdragon 845, AI camera, AI face unlock, AI scene recognition, AI dual camera and wireless charging support for the phone. Today the company’s CEO Lei Jun on weibo confirmed 8GB RAM and 256GB storage for the phone and also said that it will have a ceramic body curved on all four sides.
OPPO just launched the F7, the company’s latest selfie-focused smartphone in India. It sports a 6.23-inch Full HD+19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch and 88% screen-to-body ratio. Since it a selfie-centric phone, the OPPO F7 comes with a 25-megapixel front camera. We have got our hands on the phone so let’s take a detailed look at hardware and specifications of the phone. Continue reading “OPPO F7 Hands On and Photo Gallery”
WhatsApp rolled out Payments option back in February, though it is currently under testing with limited functionality, the company is slowly refining the feature. Now the company has brought the ability to make payments using the QR Code. Continue reading “WhatsApp beta for Android finally brings QR Code Payments Option”
