HTC smartphone business president Chialin Chang has left the company. He joined HTC as CFO back in April 2012 and served since, is now resigning to his role as President of Smartphone and Connected Devices Business, effective immediately with an aim to personal career plan. Continue reading “HTC Smartphone president Chialin Chang resigns”
Luxury Personified, distributor of luxury electronics and accessories today has launched latest Sphero-branded products – Sphero Mini and Star Wars: BB-8 app-enabled Droids in India. You can control these toys using your smartphone or tablet. The Sphero Mini is the world’s smallest app-enabled robotic ball. Continue reading “Sphero Mini and Sphero Star Wars: BB-8 App-enabled Droid launched in India”
ARM today announced the Project Trillium IP including the new highly scalable processors that are capable of delivering enhanced machine learning and neural network functionality. These new technologies are focused on the mobile market which will enable a new class of ML-equipped devices with advanced computing capabilities and object detection. Continue reading “ARM announces Project Trillium machine learning and neural network IPs”
With an aim to improve web-experience, Google today announced that starting from February 15, it will block or stop showing all ads on sites that repeatedly display these most disruptive ads after they’ve been flagged. Google currently relies on Better Ads Standards from the Coalition for Better Ads, to determine which ads to show. Continue reading “Google Chrome will block annoying video ads starting from Thursday, February 15”
Google introduced automated-replies to Inbox two year ago and later was also rolled to Gmail. These automated replies will guess what you might reply to the message and adds a button to send that response. While this feature is limited to messaging apps like Allo and Android Messages, Google is now said to be working on bringing this feature to other chat applications. Continue reading “Google is testing ‘Reply’ app to bring smart replies to messaging apps”
Samsung Galaxy S9 launch is just days away, and as we inch closer to the announcement, we are hearing more details about the flagships. New to join the list is that Stereo speakers are finally making their way to the Samsung flagship lineup. Furthermore, the S9 duo will also feature 3D Emoji which is more advanced than the ANIMOJI on iPhone X. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 said to feature advanced 3D emoji, stereo speakers”
Google today announced Gmail Developer Preview of “AMP for Email.” The company says that new feature will pave the way for developers to create more engaging, interactive, and actionable email experiences. AMP is Google’s way to make mobile pages load faster. Continue reading “Google announces AMP for Gmail to make email more interactive”
Indian smartphone market has seen major improvements in shipments in the year 2017 when compared to 2016. The smartphone market witnessed a 14% annual growth with a total shipment of 124 million units in 2017, making it the fastest growing market amongst the top 20 smartphone markets globally. Continue reading “Indian smartphone market saw 14% growth in 2017, total shipments cross 124 million units: IDC”
According to Malwarebytes, a new malware on Android is letting user use their device to drive-by cryptocurrency mining campaign, and this is believed to be the biggest operation of this kind that is specifically attacking mobile users. Continue reading “Millions of Android users targeted by drive-by cryptocurrency miner”
Hike and Ola have teamed up to offer a seamless experience to users where they can now book Ola cab directly from Hike app. Users can now book Ola cabs and autos across 110 cities in India from within Hike app and can pay directly through the Hike Wallet or in cash. Continue reading “Now you can book Ola cab directly from Hike messenger”
Microsoft today announced advanced threat protection (ATP) for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, before the Windows 7 support ends in January 2020. The company says that starting this summer, customers who are moving to Windows 10 can add Windows Defender ATP Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) functionality to Windows 7, and Windows 8.1 devices. Continue reading “Microsoft announces advanced threat protection for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1”
Samsung is finally bringing updated and redesigned emojis set with its Experience 9.0 based on Android 8.0 Oreo update. The new emoji looks consistent and standard with other sets of manufacturers like Google and iOS and apps like Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading “Samsung Experience 9.0 Android Oreo update brings redesigned and standardized emoji”
Following the route of Google and Apple, Amazon is said to be working on custom AI chips for Alexa that would power future Echo devices aimed at improving the quality and response time of its Alexa voice assistant. According to a report from The Information, the move closely follows Google and Apple both of which already have their own custom AI hardware. Continue reading “Amazon said to be working on custom AI chips for Alexa”
Apple’s HomePod went on sale recently and as usual, iFixit has already done a teardown of it revealing some key details about the latest Apple product. The Apple HomePod has scored a 1/10 on the repairability scale. iFixit says that it was one of the hardest ever projects. It is not surprising why Apple is charging $279 to replace damaged HomePod without AppleCare+. Continue reading “HomePod teardown reveals it is built to last but harder to repair, scores 1 out of 10 rating”
LG is all set to introduce a new variant of the V30 at the MWC 2018, just as it was reported earlier. The new V30 2018 comes with A.I enhancements which the company says has spent more than a year researching to perfect the A.I on a smartphone. LG is focusing on vision and voice A.I enhancements. Continue reading “LG V30 2018 with AI camera and voice recognition features to be announced at MWC”
