Promised OS upgrades from manufactures are rare in the Android smartphone space and Samsung was not known to deliver many OS upgrades, even for the flagship smartphones. However, that is about to change as Samsung has announced a promise of an impressive 3 generations of OS upgrades for select smartphone and tablet models.
The XPS line of laptops is Dell’s most premium offerings for professionals and creators. Expanding their lineup, Dell has announced the launch of their new XPS 17 9700 in India. It features up to 10th Gen Intel CPUs, up to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650Ti GPU, up to a 4K UHD display, up to 32GB RAM, WiFi 6 support and more.
Samsung has announced multiple new offers in celebration of Ganesh Charturthi from August 17th till August 31st, including up to 15% cashback offers and EMI options starting from Rs. 990. These offers will be available across a range of devices such as QLED TVs, Smart TVs, Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Smart Ovens, Air Conditioners and more.
It looks Google will soon offer only one video conferencing app, as they are reportedly looking into replacing their consumer focused Duo app with their enterprise focussed Meet app. The decision was made after Duo, Messages, and the Phone app was brought under the leadership of G Suite’s head Javier Soltero, who stated that it did not make sense for both apps to exist simultaneously.
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While Telegram is one of the best instant messaging apps in terms of features, one major feature that it was lacking was support for video calls. That is finally changing as Telegram has released a new update, version 7.0.0, that adds brings an alpha version of Video calls along with new animated emoji.
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro devices have been leading the 2-in-1 detachable tablet industry for more than 7 years now. The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 is the latest in the line, now updated with Intel’s latest 10th Gen Ice Lake processors that is built on the 10nm process node, finally includes a USB Type-C port and support for Wi-Fi 6. Today, we’ll be reviewing the model with the Core i7 processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD.
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After a lengthy court battle that lasted nearly 4 years, a US appeals court this week finally ruled in favour of Qualcomm against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over a case of unfair patent licensing practices. As a result, Qualcomm would no longer be forced to renegotiate their old deals with customers.
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Apple is reportedly working on launching a series of bundles that combine their various digital services, so that customers will have a lower monthly price. These bundles may launch in October and will help Apple generate more recurring revenue as they incentivise more customers to use multiple services like Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and more.
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Google has finally announced a new version of WearOS that is based on Android 11, upgrading from the current version that is based on Android 9. With it, Google is bringing multiple improvements focused around performance and power along with simplified pairing and support for Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 4100 and 4100+ platforms.
Epic Games’ Battle Royale game Fortnite has been removed from both the App Store and the Play Store over issues that both Google and Apple claim to violate their Store policies. The violation was caused due to a new payment solution introduced by Fortnite called Epic Direct Payment, and now Epic Games is suing Apple and Google for anti-competitive restrictions in their app marketplace.
Lenovo has announced the launch of their new Yoga Slim 7i laptop in India. It features Intel’s newest 10th Gen mobile processors that’s based on the 10nm process, up to an NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU, long battery life, support for Windows Hello facial recognition, and more.
Paytm Money, a subsidiary of One97 Communications, is expanding their online investment & wealth management platform with the launch of Stock Trading. The service is currently tested with Cash (free) and intraday trading (as low as Rs.10) introduced in beta mode, with more options expected to be added later.
It looks like ByteDance is talks with a lot of companies these days, trying to sell their popular TikTok app before it gets completely banned from major markets. Earlier this month, Microsoft was reportedly in talks with ByteDance to purchase TikTok’s global operations, and now, Reliance is also in talks to invest in TikTok’s India operations.
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About a month ago, Apple released iOS 13.6 which brought multiple updates like support for Digital car keys and added features in the Apple News app. Now, Apple is rolling out a minor update to iOS and iPadOS, bringing the version count to 13.6.1. The update primarily contains fixes relating to low storage issues, green tint issues with screen mainly faced by iPhone 11 and more.
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Over the past few months, Google has been working towards adding features to their video conferencing tool, Meet, and their education tool, Classroom. Today they announced a lot of new updates coming to these two platforms that is releasing over the next few months including Attendance tracking, improved plagiarism check, better controls for moderators and more.
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