Amazon is said to be working on building ‘Home Robots’ and is reported to have bigger plans for a domestic robot according to people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The project currently has a codename “Vesta,” and is overseen by Gregg Zehr, who runs Amazon’s Lab126 hardware research and development division based in Sunnyvale, California. Continue reading “Amazon said to be working on building ‘Home Robots’”
Google started rolling out ‘My Saves’ or Saved pages in the last September. It is a mish-mash of your saved bookmarks while browsing search results in the Google app, and Maps lists. However, Google is starting to replace it with ‘Collections.’ Continue reading “Google Collections starts rolling out, replaces Saved pages”
LG is on the verge of launching the G7 flagship in the coming week and today two variants of the G7 ThinQ have been certified by the National Radio Research Agency in South Korea. The variants are being identified by the model numbers LM-G710V and LM-G710N, the latter one might be the G7 ThinQ that will be sold exclusively in the eastern countries. Continue reading “LG G7 ThinQ with Snapdragon 845, 6.1-inch FullView display gets certified in South Korea”
Back in February, commits to the Chromium codebase revealed that Chrome OS could soon run Linux applications using a container. Though it was possible to run Linux application in Chrome OS using the crouton, it only works in the developer’s mode. Continue reading “Terminal app spotted in Chrome OS hints at future Linux application support”
World’s last Apple’s dedicated Watch Store; the Isetan department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo is said to be closing on May 13th. Apple earlier this month has opened a store in the Shinjuku which is right across the street in the upscale Isetan department store meaning that two Apple Stores so close would remain open concurrently. Continue reading “Apple Watch store at Isetan Shinjuku shutting down on May 13th”
LG has officially scheduled the G7 ThinQ launch for May 2nd, and now the mid-range Q7, successor of last year’s Q6 is found passing through the FCC which is required before the official launch. It comes with the model number ZNFQ710TS. If G6/Q6 is any indication last year, we might be seeing a low-cost G7 with mid-range internals; possibly called Thin Q7. Continue reading “LG Q7 passes through the FCC, likely to launch alongside G7 ThinQ”
Verizon has pushed a new update to LG V30 which brings A.I cam and ThinQ branding. The update brings the software version VS99620b along with features. After updating, the start screen of the device will now show LG V30ThinQ branding instead of LG V30. This is to reflect the new artificial intelligence integration. The update was rolled out in Korea last month. Continue reading “LG V30 update brings AI cam, ThinQ branding”
Telecommunications standards organization; GSMA is currently developing a universal standard for eSIM that will be deployed globally. However, the development of the latest version of the specification is on hold and is currently awaiting the completion of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice. Continue reading “GSMA puts universal standard for eSIM in hold over U.S. probe”
Back in February, it was reported that Walmart is likely to acquire more than 40% stake in Flipkart. However, now report from Reuters says that Walmart could seal a deal to buy a more than 51% stake in Flipkart as early as next week. Continue reading “Walmart said to acquire 51% stake in Flipkart next week”
Google is rolling out a new update to Photos app for Android which brings advanced movie editor, reorganized bottom bar and more. The advanced movie editor was earlier spotted in a teardown of v3.16 and now it is finally started rolling out in the v3.18 release. Continue reading “Google Photos for Android gets advanced movie editor, reorganized bottom bar and more”
Google autocomplete predictions more often than not return funny and wild queries. Though they are fun at times, most of the times they tend to surface inappropriate predictions. However, Google is vowing to expand its policies to take on violent and hateful search autocomplete predictions. Continue reading “Google expanding its policies to take on violent and hateful search autocomplete predictions”
According to a report from Mac Otakara, Apple is said to introduce a new iPhone SE model in May. This new piece of information was obtained from case makers at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics trade show in Hong Kong this week. Furthermore, the next-gen SE is said to retain the same physical size as the current iPhone SE. Continue reading “iPhone SE 2 with A10 Fusion, TouchID and no 3.5mm headphone jack said to go official in May”
Photo hosting service SmugMug has announced that it has acquired Flickr for an undisclosed price. The company says that both the communities existed long before the brands were established. Since both, the companies share similar interests; connecting Photographers with others to share their passion, work, and inspiration this acquisition actually makes sense. Continue reading “SmugMug acquires photo and video-hosting service Flickr”
Smartphones with foldable displays are considered to be the next big thing to happen in the smartphone innovation. While Huawei is silently prepping its foldable smartphone, it is Samsung that always makes the news mainly because it is expected to be the first foldable smartphone to the market. Continue reading “Samsung’s Foldable phone with triple OLED displays could be introduced in 2019”
Android phone with 3D facial recognition technology is unlikely to hit the market until the Q3 of this year. According to a new report, the main hold back is because of the insufficient capability to integrate related hardware and software at 3D sensing solution providers. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 7 said to be the first Android phone with 3D sensing, expected to go official in Q3”
