Nintendo just announced the pricing and availability for its Switch game console at an event. It was introduced back in October and comes with two detachable, one-handed controllers that and a Switch Dock for connecting it to TV. It is powered by custom Tegra processor. Continue reading “Nintendo Switch game console/tablet hybrid launching on March 3 for $299.99”
YouTube has introducing a new tool dubbed as Super Chat that lets viewers pay to pin comments during a live stream. A Super Chat is basically a highlighted message in the chat stream that stands out from the crowd and helps to attract creator’s attention. These Super Chats remain pinned to the top of chat for up to 5 hours, giving more airtime for your messages. Continue reading “YouTube Super Chat lets users pay to pin comments to live streams”
Samsung has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge devices. The company had started Nougat beta testing on these device in November last year.
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Check out FoneArena Daily video that gives you a daily dose of the latest technology news. Continue reading “New Nokia phones launching at MWC 2017, HTC U Ultra announced – FoneArena Daily”
Xolo has always been a bit slow to adopt the latest specifications, opting for a more refined and well-rounded experience. The company recently launched their first smartphone equipped with a fingerprint scanner. Admittedly, very late to the market, we spent some time with the device to see if it packs enough to still be a viable competitor. Continue reading “Xolo Era 2X Review”
Huawei has started sending out invites for its announcement at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona. The event has been scheduled on February 26th, a day before MWC begins. The company says that it will unveil its ‘flagship device’ without giving any hints of what to expect. This could be the Huawei P10 that surfaced recently. Continue reading “Huawei MWC 2017 announcement scheduled for Feb 26, P10 with dual rear cameras expected”
In a bid to predict, prevent and reduce road accidents, Uber has rolled out new safety features in the driver’s app powered by telematics. These features were first rolled out for driver partners in Bangalore and will now be available for hundreds of thousands of driver partners in 29 cities across India. Continue reading “Uber releases road safety features in drivers app in 29 Indian cities”
As technology works to revolutionize and upgrade every facet of life, it is just the basic utilities like fans and lighting systems that have been relatively left behind. Sure, Philips has spearheaded this category with their Hue series of lights and lamps but the cost attached to embracing the format has made it out of the reach for a lot of prospective buyers especially in India. Cube26, a Bangalore based startup has been involved in the IOT sphere for some time now and recently introduced the next generation of its smart LED bulbs. We decided to take them for a spin and see how well they work out. Continue reading “Reos Iota Lite Bluetooth Smart LED Bulb Review”
Xiaomi has set new targets for 2017. The Chinese smartphone maker has revealed that it is targeting more than 100 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) in revenue in 2017. Xiaomi Chief Executive Lei Jun said “the worst is over” and touted 2016 as a “make-up year”.
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After rolling out pilots in several cities, Airtel Payments Bank, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel today rolled out its banking services at 250,000 banking points in all the 29 states across the country. Airtel retail stores across the country will also function as banking points, and customers will be able to open savings accounts, deposit and withdraw cash across any of these banking points. Continue reading “Airtel Payments Bank launched in 29 states across India”
Android Wear 2.0 is finally arriving in February. The release that was scheduled for last year had further delayed till early 2017. Now, Google has confirmed that the next version of Android Wear is coming next month via an email to that was sent out to app developers. Continue reading “Android Wear 2.0 is coming in February, confirms Google”
Gionee has introduced Steel 2, its latest budget smartphone in the Steel series in China. It ha a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Amigo 3.5 UI. It packs a huge 4000mAh battery that promises up to 45.45h of talk time, up to 7.94 hours of continuous video playback and up to 527.04h of standby. Continue reading “Gionee Steel 2 with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, 4000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced”
Coolpad introduced Conjr, its latest budget smartphone with unibody metal design at the CES 2017 last week. Now the company has announced that the phone could launch in India as early as this month. The phone packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, has 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Cool UI 8.0. Continue reading “Coolpad Conjr with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, metal body expected to launch in India this January”
Android 7.1 is currently in testing in Chrome’s Canary channel, according to one reader of Chrome Unboxed. Nougat could be rolling out to a collection of Chromebooks as pictures of a pre-release version of Chrome OS featuring Android 7.1 integration have surfaced. Continue reading “Google is testing Android 7.1 Nougat for Chrome OS with multi-window support”
HTC today announced HTC U Play, a smaller version of the HTC U Ultra with a 5.2-inch 1080p display without a secondary screen. This has the has same glass design with a metal frame and HTC Sense Companion for AI-based suggestions. This is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 processor, has 16-megapixel front and rear cameras and a fingerprint sensor on the front.
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