Recently Sony H8216 model surfaced on the internet revealing most of the specifications of the upcoming 2018 Xperia Z-series line-up. Today we see yet another leak of a device in the same series with model number H8266. The device is said to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC with 4GB RAM. Continue reading “Sony H8266 with 5.48-inch HDR display, Snapdragon 845, Android Oreo surfaces”
Video player on Chrome did not have many features, except for play/pause button, a timeline of the video and other controls that the website has included. However, a brand new video player has appeared in in Chrome Dev and Canary that brings YouTube-like double-tap to fast-forward/rewind controls. Continue reading “Chrome Dev and Canary for Android get a new video player with YouTube-style media controls”
HMD Global since it started selling Nokia branded phones just over a year ago has said to have shipped around 16 million units in the Q3 2017. According to the market share report for Q3 2017 shared by analyst firms, they have witnessed strong demand for Android-powered Nokia phones and feature phones as well. Continue reading “HMD Global estimated to have shipped around 16 million Nokia phones in Q3 2017”
Apple intentionally slowing down iPhones with aged batteries to preserve its life surely has raised a controversy over the past few days, and now it landed the company in class action lawsuit in Los Angeles. The lawsuit accuses the company saying that it a fraud designed to lure users in upgrading to the latest model. Continue reading “Apple faces class action lawsuits over intentionally slowing down old iPhones”
In a surprising note, Apple has been sanctioned in Qualcomm court case for withholding relevant documents. The lawsuit against Qualcomm by FTC alleges that Apple was forced to use Qualcomm modem chips exclusively. Continue reading “Apple sanctioned in Qualcomm court case for withholding evidence documents”
Earlier this month, after being rejected for a proposal to acquire Qualcomm, Broadcom nominated a slate of 11 members for the director’s role at Qualcomm’s 2018 Annual Meeting to replace the Qualcomm’s existing board of directors. However, Qualcomm today announced that it has rejected director nominees assembled by Broadcom. Continue reading “Qualcomm rejects Broadcomm’s board of director nominees”
Apple is expected to bring new 3D sensing and augmented reality functions to 2019 iPhones. To juice up the upgraded feature set, a larger capacity battery is a primary requirement, and for this reason, it is heard that the company is working on a larger capacity battery technology for 2019 iPhones predicts Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. Continue reading “Apple working on a larger-capacity battery technology for 2019 iPhones: KGI”
Apple is said to be working on EKG Heart Monitor for Its next-gen Apple Watch as a part of including resourceful features in the smartwatches according to a report from Bloomberg. Continue reading “Apple said to be developing EKG Heart Monitor for next-gen Apple Watch”
Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed a multi-year agreement with Facebook to license its record music for users on the platform to use it in their videos. This agreement also covers Instagram and Oculus. Continue reading “Facebook and Universal Music Group sign multi-year agreement to license recorded music”
Earlier this month, Qualcomm has taken wraps off the next flagship chipset; the Snapdragon 845 which is an Octa-Core processor with Kryo 385 CPUs, Adreno 630 GPU. Xiaomi and Samsung have already announced that their upcoming flagship smartphones will have the 845 chipset and now according to latest reports, Snapdragon 845 powered Chromebook devices might be launched soon. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 powered Chromebook devices may launch soon”
Amazon has announced the roll out of Firefox browser and its own silk browser for Fire TV line-up including the regular Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick. After being in the testing phase in a closed group for a month now, Silk browser is available for everyone. Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox and Amazon Silk browsers now available on Amazon Fire TV”
Alphabet Inc. today announced that Eric Schmidt, the current executive chairman as of the next regular board meeting in January 2018 will be stepping down and will continue to serve the board of directors as technical advisor. Continue reading “Eric Schmidt to step down as Alphabet’s executive chairman, will continue as technical advisor”
Instagram today rolled out an update that will let you share live videos with friends through direct messages. You can also send live videos that you’re watching as well. This update comes after the follow hashtags feature which was made available last week. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you share live videos through direct messages”
Samsung today announced that its flagship product; Samsung Pay in India is now capable of doing bill payments within the app. Using the latest feature, you can payMobile postpaid, Electricity, DTH, Broadband, Landline, Gas, Water bills with UPI on Samsung Pay. Continue reading “Samsung Pay update adds support for Bill Payments in India”
Maps.Me navigation service today has announced Star Wars saga’s filming location routes will be available download and can be accessed from Maps.Me app, especially for the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie. This indeed is an exciting opportunity for Star Wars fans to visit and witness the real locations where the epic franchise is being filmed. Continue reading “MAPS.ME introduces Star Wars saga’s filming locations route on maps”
