Samsung introduced the Dex Pad Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ desktop dock back in February at the MWC 2018 event and today the company has announced the availability of it. The Samsung Dex Pad will be available in the U.S. starting from May 13th. Continue reading “Samsung Dex Pad now available for pre-order, will go on sale in the US from May 13 for $99.99”
HP today has announced the Chromebook X2 which is the World’s First 2-in-1 detachable Chromebook with 12.3-inches Quad HD display and is powered by the 7th Generation Intel Core-Y series processor. It comes with up to 8GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. Continue reading “HP Chromebook X2 2-in-1 with 12.3-inch Quad HD display, Intel Core-Y processor announced”
Apple today announced that its global facilities are powered by 100 percent clean energy which also includes retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and India. The company also mentioned that nine additional manufacturing partners have committed to power all of their Apple production with 100 percent clean energy. Continue reading “Apple is now powered by 100% renewable energy worldwide”
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 chipset which is the successor to the Snapdragon 660 has not yet been announced officially and we keep hearing about the chipset every now and then. It is reported that the the chipset will be manufactured on a 10nm process and feature Adreno 615 GPU. However, it is now believed that Xiaomi is working on smartphones with unannounced Snapdragon 670. Continue reading “Xiaomi said to be working on ‘comet’ and ‘sirius’ smartphones with upcoming Snapdragon 670”
IPL 2018 has kickstarted and on this occasion, Snapchat has announced a partnership with four teams; Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals and these teams have joined the platform as Official Stories. Continue reading “Snapchat announces partnership with four IPL teams, introduces custom Stickers, Filters and Lenses”
Samsung has filed a patent at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and was published under the title and patent number US D813,864 S “Wearable Electronic Device.” Going by the patent sketch, it appears to be a wearable with an extended display. Like always, the patents aren’t the accurate representation of what the company might have imaged for. Continue reading “Samsung patent hints at wearable with extended curved display”
Essential launched the PH-1 back in May 2017 and it opened up to pretty bad reviews for its camera. Though the company has been working and consistently pushing timely updates, it still is not on the same levels of its competitors. However, the company today has acknowledged the same and confirmed that its next-gen will come with a better optics. Continue reading “Essential Phone 2 will have a better camera says the company”
YouTube is planning to release a new version of its YouTube Kids app that will only show and display videos from channels that a team of YouTube curators handpicks. The updated version will also have an option that parents can select alongside the algorithmic version. Continue reading “YouTube Kids to get Whitelisted version that shows human-curated non-algorithmic content”
Back in February, it is reported that Google is working on a mysterious Material Design 2 which was spotted in Google’s open source repository for Chrome and Chrome OS. However, Google quickly made the Commit private as soon as the news broke. However, there few changes to the Commit once again and it now appears that the Chrome browser will receive a full-blown redesign during September. Continue reading “Google Chrome said to get full-scale Material Design 2 revamp in September”
Xiaomi today at its first-ever Supplier Investment Summit in India announced that it is opening three more smartphone plants in India. Xiaomi has also started manufacturing smartphones at its power bank plant in partnership with Hipad Technology in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, bringing the total smartphone manufacturing plants in India to Six. Continue reading “Xiaomi announces local manufacturing of PCBA units, launches 3 new smartphone manufacturing plants in India”
Xiaomi is all set to announce the Black Shark gaming phone on April 13th, now ahead of the official launch, the phone has surfaced online revealing the rear-side design of the phone. Unlike most of the smartphones launching these days, the Black Shark comes with a rugged design much like the Galaxy S active series phones. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with rugged design, dual-rear cameras surfaces in live image”
Essential rolled out the Android 8.1 Oreo update back in March with features like better multitasking, improved notifications and more. Today the company is rolling out a new 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, modem stability fixes and more. Continue reading “Essential Phone gets new Android 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, stability fixes and more”
Honor has scheduled an event in London on May 15th where the company is expected to introduce the Honor 10 flagship smartphone. While the phone has been in the news for quite some time, today we have our first glimpse at the phone thanks to the promotional image that has been leaked in China. The poster of the handset has been spotted in the wild. Continue reading “Honor 10 with 5.8-inch FullView display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras surfaces in promotional image”
Twitter for months is now trying to push users to its own app showcasing its hostile behavior towards third-party apps. Features like group DMs, polls, and Moments never made it to third-party apps. In fact, it also introduced a token limit a few years ago causing popular clients to stop working suddenly. Continue reading “Twitter delays the implementation of new ‘Account Activity API’ that would kill third-party clients”
Snapchat is now rolling out their first TrueDepth-Enhanced AR Lenses for iPhone X and is now officially implementing Apple’s TrueDepth camera technology in its Lenses selfie-feature. With the new silent update, iPhone X users who use Snapchat will be able to use augmented reality masks pop-ups that take advantage of the Apple’s facial mapping technology. Continue reading “Snapchat rolls out TrueDepth-Optimised AR Lenses for iPhone X”
