WhatsApp for Business is becoming increasingly popular as a way for customers to quickly reach out to a business or a company. They are bringing two features to the platform, which are the ability to quickly start a chat with QR codes and the ability for businesses to easily to share their catalogs.
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In their 4th annual “User Behaviour study”, Cashify, a leading Indian re-commerce marketplace, has revealed that Xiaomi smartphones lead the market share in reselling with a 27% share, followed by Apple and Samsung at the second place with 16% share and the Motorola with 12% share.
Update: July 9, 2020 — Reels feature is now rolling out for users in India inside the Instagram app. You can now create reels just by swiping to the left just like you post stories. It says that anyone on Instagram can see and share your reels. People may see your reels on Explore and places like effect, hashtag and audio pages. Continue reading “Facebook now rolling out Instagram Reels in India post TikTok ban”
Google’s Knowledge Graph was launched in 2012 and since then, Google has collected over 500 billion facts about 5 billion+ entities. They have now announced that they are integrating the Knowledge Graph into the Google Image Search on mobile for users in the USA.
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A little over a week ago, rumours surfaced claiming that Apple would not be including a charger in the box with a purchase of their upcoming iPhone 12 series. It seems like Samsung is following the same path too, as another report suggests that Samsung will stop including a charger in the box with some smartphone models starting next year.
Synaptics, a company that specialises in human interface solutions has announced that they will be acquiring the rights to the wireless IoT business of Broadcom, which includes their Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/GNSS products and businesses in the IoT market, in a $250 million agreement.
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Dell has announced the launch of their flagship XPS 13 (9300) and XPS 15 (9500) laptops in India. They feature Dell’s impressive new borderless 16:10 InfinityEdge displays, Eyesafe display technology, up to 100% coverage of the Adobe RGB colour space, 10th Gen Intel Core Processors, the option of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPUs and more.
LG has announced their new GX sound bar that is designed to be a perfect companion to their GX Gallery OLED Series TVs. It features support for Dolby Atmos, AI Sound Pro, Hi-Res Audio certification, DTX:S and more.
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Samsung has launched two new premium soundbars as part of its Q-Series lineup, namely the HW-Q950T and HW-Q900T. The soundbars are designed to perfectly compliment Samsung’s 2020 QLED TVs, with support for Q-Symphony, Dolby Atmos, Alexa voice integration and more.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions of the presence of germs and bacteria on our most used gadgets like our smartphones, earbuds, etc. Samsung has a new solution to this problem, with the launch of the UV Sterilizer with Wireless Charging.
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Apple is expected to launch their 3rd Generation AirPods sometime in the first half of 2021. According to a report from popular Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, the 3rd Gen Apple AirPods is expected to have a similar compact system-in-package (SiP) solution as the AirPods Pro.
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Samsung has announced that they are bringing many flagship features from its Galaxy S20 series down to its Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71 smartphones. These include camera features like Single Take, Manual Focus, Shutter Speed control, other features like Quick share, Music share and more.
In the last few years, the shift to dark mode support in apps has become extremely popular. The latest to join the trend is Google’s suite of Docs, Sheets, and the Slides app on Android, which will all now support Dark theme across their UI.
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Update: July 7, 2020 – LG will start taking orders for TONE Free (HBS-TFN6) wireless earphone in South Korea from 10th to 16th July priced at 199,000 won (US$ 166 / Rs. 12,435 approx.) with sale starting from 17th. Pre-orders get concept accessory case (one from 5 colours such as mint, pistachio, lemon, strawberry, and raspberry) and Starbucks key ring.
LYPERTEK, a manufacturer of audio products, has launched their first true wireless earbuds in India called the TEVI. It features a 32-bit Qualcomm tri-core processor, Kalimba DSP technology, Qualcomm aptX support, IPX7 rating, a long 70 hour battery life and more.
