Project Loon to deploy balloons to Puerto Rico to restore cell service

Google Project Loon

Alphabet, Google’s parent company has received permission from the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to deploy Project Loon balloons over Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for up to six months. Project Loon is Alphabet X innovation lab’s initiative where it beams high-speed WiFi internet via balloons down.
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BlackBerry Motion with 5.5-inch 1080p display, water-resistant body, 4000mAh battery announced

BlackBerry Motion

After leak, BlackBerry Mobile has officially announced the TCL-made BlackBerry Motion, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at the GITEX Technology Week in Dubai. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 Mobile platform, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and has a water-resistant body with IP67 ratings. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the KEYone. Continue reading “BlackBerry Motion with 5.5-inch 1080p display, water-resistant body, 4000mAh battery announced”

LG Q6 Giveaway Winner Announcement

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Hello readers! We started our LG Q6 Giveaway last month. The giveaway ended last week, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winner. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway, the response has been amazing. Are you the lucky winner of the latest LG Q6 smartphone with FullVision display ? Find out below.

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Moto G5S Plus Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

Moto G5S Plus FoneArena One Charge Rating

Moto launched the Moto G5S Plus smartphone in India back in August for Rs. 15999. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3000mAh built-in battery with support for Turbo Charging, similar to the G5 Plus. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 Mobile Platform, has 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). Check out the test results. Continue reading “Moto G5S Plus Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”

Swipe ELITE PRO with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999

Swipe ELITE PRO

Swipe Technologies has launched Elite PRO, its latest budget smartphone with 4G VoLTE support. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor which should be Snapdragon 425, has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera, but it runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Swipe ELITE PRO with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6999”

Apple investigating reports of iPhone 8 battery swelling

iPhone 8 swollen battery

The latest and greatest from Apple; the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are out. While they are the most powerful Apple phones ever, for all the wrong reasons, both these phones are in the news for the past couple of days. There seems to be problems with the batteries on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus as reports started to come in saying that iPhone 8 splitting due to the battery swelling. Continue reading “Apple investigating reports of iPhone 8 battery swelling”

AOL Instant messenger to shut down on December 15 after 20 years

AIM Shutting down

AIM messaging platform was a rage and was also the first experience of the Social media for many back in the day. The messaging platform was up and running since 1997, and now after twenty long years, the company has decided to shut down once and for all. AIM messaging platform will be shutting down on December 15th, 2017. Continue reading “AOL Instant messenger to shut down on December 15 after 20 years”

Weekly Roundup: Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixelbook, Honor 9i, Amazon Echo and more

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This week Google announced its most expected Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones along with several other devices such as Pixelbook,  new Daydream View, Home Mini, Home Max and Pixel Buds. Amazon launched the Echo series of Alexa-powered smart speakers in India. Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor 9i in the country, check out all the new launches and announcements in the weekly roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixelbook, Honor 9i, Amazon Echo and more”

iOS 11.1 will bring hundreds of new emojis including T-Rex, Mermaid, Vampire and more

Apple iOS 11.1 Emojis

Apple today announced that iOS 11.1 will bring hundreds of new emojis, including more emotive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types, animals, mythical creatures. This includes Sled, Face With Monocle, Man Fairy and gender-inclusive emojis for a child, adult, and older adult that are new. Continue reading “iOS 11.1 will bring hundreds of new emojis including T-Rex, Mermaid, Vampire and more”

BlackBerry Motion water-resistant Android smartphone press image surfaces

BlackBerry Motion

BlackBerry BBD100-1 codenamed Krypton got Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance for certification already. Now @evleaks aka Evan Blass has posted the first press shot of the smartphone and also said that the phone will be released as BlackBerry Motion. It shows a smartphone with a home button with BlackBerry logo on the front on a huge bezel, below the screen.

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Stuffcool Marvel USB Type-C, Micro USB Cables Review

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Stuffcool is widely known for its range of mobile accessories including cases, screen protectors, chargers, car, and bike mount holder and of course the charging cables. Continue reading “Stuffcool Marvel USB Type-C, Micro USB Cables Review”

ASUS ZenFone V with 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 23MP camera announced

ASUS ZenFone V

ASUS has announced ZenFone V, the company’s latest smartphone exclusively for Verizon in U.S. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection, 74.8% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 820 and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with Zen UI 3.0. It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with OIS, EIS and TriTech auto-focus that combines laser, phase-detection, and subject-tracking auto-focus to offer focus just 0.03 seconds.
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SanDisk Industrial microSD, SD and Automotive SD cards announced, can withstand extreme temperatures

SanDisk Industrial microSD and SD cards

Western Digital has introduced their new SanDisk SD and microSD cards line-up for the Automotive and specialized industrial applications. The company claims that these cards work in extreme and radical situations as they come with health status monitor capability, special data retention mechanisms. They are faster than their predecessors thus enabling them to handle tasks like surveying commercial drones and automobile dash cameras. Continue reading “SanDisk Industrial microSD, SD and Automotive SD cards announced, can withstand extreme temperatures”