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Xiaomi at its annual Mi Ecosystem event in China introduced Mi Ninebot Plus, a new mini scooter and the successor of last year’s Ninebot that offers improved stability, climb over obstacles such as bumps easier, easier to hop on and get used to the controls and integrated machine learning learns speed, balance, agility, recovery, and braking that will be adjusted accordingly to best suit the user. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Ninebot Plus has one-button remote control, automatically follows you”
After Qualcomm introduced its next-gen fingerprint scanning solution, Vivo has announced its Under Display Fingerprint Scanning Solution called Vivo Under Display that offers under-display fingerprint scanning. The company demoed it for the first time at the MWC 2017 Shanghai on a prototype and will be used it its future smartphone. This can be used under the screen, behind the metal shell, or even in the frame. Continue reading “Vivo shows off Under Display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning solution”
Qualcomm has announced new Fingerprint Sensors, next-generation ultrasonic fingerprint solutions at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017. This consists of sensors for Display, Glass and Metal, detection of directional gestures, and underwater fingerprint match and device wake-up. The ultrasonic-based mobile solution can also detect heart beat and blood flow for improved mobile authentication experiences, making to first in the world to be announced wit the feature. Qualcomm’s Sense ID ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is used in last year’s Xiaomi Mi 5s. Continue reading “Qualcomm’s next-gen fingerprint sensors can scan through display or metal, work underwater and detect heart beat”
Qualcomm at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017 introduced the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Mobile Platform successor of last year’s Snapdragon 435 that is being used in several budget 4G smartphones, including the Xiaomi Redmi 4 . Targeted at mid-range smartphones and tablets, this is the first one in the Snapdragon 400 series that is based on 14nm FinFET process and has up to 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A53 cores and Adreno 506 GPU promising 25% increase in compute performance and graphics performance compared to the predecessor. It also has USB 3.0 support, Quick Charge 3.0, Snapdragon X9 LTE modem and 802.11ac with MU-MIMO support.
Huawei’s Honor brand introduced Honor 9 flagship smartphone in China earlier this month. Today at an event in Berlin, the company introduced the smartphone for global markets. To remind you, it packs a 5.15-inch 1080p curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960, has up to 6GB of RAM, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1 and a 20-megapixel rear camera along with a 12-megapixel camera for 2x hybrid zoom and laser autofocus for quick focus. Continue reading “Honor 9 with 20MP + 12MP dual rear cameras starts rolling out globally”
OnePlus 5 got OxygenOS 4.5.1 update before the launch that brought several optimizations for camera, Bluetooth stability and more, earlier this week it got OxygenOS 4.5.2 update that brought the same optimizations along with fixes for App installation issue and System update failure. Today it has rolled out the third OTA update – OxygenOS 4.5.3 that brings fixes for expanded screenshot, Google Translate, occasional WiFi drops and optimizations such as stability improvements for the system, camera and more. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 OxygenOS 4.5.3 update fixes Wi-Fi issues, improves system stability and more”
Lenovo launched the K6 Power smartphone back in November last year and launched the K6 Note in December, both running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). It also launched 4GB RAM version of the K6 Power. Today the company has announced that it has started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for both the smartphone, as it had promised.
Continue reading “Lenovo K6 Power and K6 Note Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in India”
[Update] – Google has shared a statement on the fine imposed by EU
When you shop online, you want to find the products you’re looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products. That’s why Google shows shopping ads, connecting our users with thousands of advertisers, large and small, in ways that are useful for both. We believe the European Commission’s online shopping decision underestimates the value of those kinds of fast and easy connections. While some comparison shopping sites naturally want Google to show them more prominently, our data show that people usually prefer links that take them directly to the products they want, not to websites where they have to repeat their searches.
The European Commission has fined Google 2.42 billion euro for breaching EU antitrust rules. The search engine giant was expected to hit with a fine up to 3 billion euro. EU had filed formal antitrust charges on Google last year over claims that it has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
Continue reading “EU hits Google with record 2.42 billion euro fine over antitrust case”
Vivo has sent out invites for the announcement of its top-end X9s and X9s Plus smartphones on July 6. These are the successors of last year’s X9 and X9 Plus smartphones, will come with dual front-facing selfie cameras, unibody metal design and a fingerprint sensor on the front, similar to the predecessors Continue reading “Vivo X9s and X9s Plus with dual front cameras to be announced on July 6”
Facebook Messenger is adding Snapchat-like filters, masks, animated reactions to video chat. The update also brings the ability to take screenshots during an ongoing video chat. All the new features are available for one-on-one and group video chat. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger brings Snapchat like filters, masks to video chat”
NTT Docomo has introduced new Japan Welcome SIM for those tourists that will be available from July 1st, 2017. The free SIM can be applied via a dedicated website prior leaving from your country and you can retrieve the SIM card from Narita, Haneda or Kansai International airport upon arrival in Japan. As a limited period offer till September 30, 2017, you get high-speed traffic of 100MB, after that you can use it in Plan Zero with a speed of 128kbps with video ads and surveys. This has 15 days validity. Continue reading “NTT Docomo launches 15-day free Japan Welcome SIM for foreign tourists”
Xiaomi launched its Redmi 4 smartphone in India last month starting at Rs. 6999. Today the company on the sixth week of sale announced that it has sold more than 1 million or 10 lakh units of Redmi 4 smartphones in India since the smartphone went on sale on May 23rd on Mi.com and Amazon.in. With this, the smartphone has broken the record of Redmi Note 4 that took 45 days to cross 1 million unit sales back in March. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 4 sales cross 1 million units in India in just 30 days of launch”
HMD Global introduced the Nokia 6 earlier this year and the phone started rolling out globally from Q2 and was launched in India recently. Now the smartphone is all set to launch in the U.S. next month. It has a lot of LTE bands but it has partial support for LTE on AT&T since it lacks Bands 29 and 30 and doesn’t support CDMA carriers like Sprint and Verizon. Continue reading “Nokia 6 launching in the U.S. early July on Amazon for $229”
In a bid to combat terrorism, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. “We believe that by working together, sharing the best technological and operational elements of our individual efforts, we can have a greater impact on the threat of terrorist content online”, Facebook said in its blog post. Continue reading “Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team up for anti-terror group”
TCL has launched Movetime smartwatch in India. It comes with a heart rate monitor, calorie counter, sleep tracking, distance covered and sport activity tracking. The watch offers notifications for calls, messages, social media, calendar and more. It offers gesture control that lets you take a snap or play music by twisting your wrist. Continue reading “TCL Movetime smartwatch with heart rate monitor launched in India for Rs. 9999”
