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Apple to roll out iOS 12, Watch OS 5 on September 17, macOS Mojave available starting September 24th

Apple has concluded the ‘Gather Around’ event after announcing the new iPhones, Apple Watch. Apart from these, the company has also announced the rollout schedule for the iOS 12, HomePod and tvOS 12 with Atmos and Watch OS and macOS Mojave which it introduced at WWDC. The rollout of the iOS 12 will start from September 17th, while the macOS Mojave will commence from September 24th. Continue reading “Apple to roll out iOS 12, Watch OS 5 on September 17, macOS Mojave available starting September 24th”

Apple Watch Series 4 with edge-to-edge curved display, ECG, Fall detection announced starting at $399

Apple Watch Series 4

Apple has kick started the ‘Gather Around’ event with Apple Watch Series 4 announcement. The new Apple Watch Series 4 packs a stunning new display with an edge-to-edge curved display to perfectly match the shape of the watch. The company says that the screen is over 30% larger than the predecessor. Continue reading “Apple Watch Series 4 with edge-to-edge curved display, ECG, Fall detection announced starting at $399”

Apple iPhone XS, XS Max with up to 512GB storage, iPhone Xr in 6 colors surface on official site ahead of today’s announcement

Apple is scheduled to introduce new iPhones along with low-cost MacBook Air, Apple Watch, AirPods 2, and more at an event later today. Ahead of the official announcement, product sitemap of Apple website has more or less confirmed that the rumored 6.5-inch iPhone will indeed be called iPhone XS and will be available in various colors up to 512GB storage options. Continue reading “Apple iPhone XS, XS Max with up to 512GB storage, iPhone Xr in 6 colors surface on official site ahead of today’s announcement”

Apple’s 2019 iPhones might not feature Time-of-Flight 3D Sensor: Kuo

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According to Ming-Chi Kuo, contrary to some analysts’ expectations, Apple is unlikely to integrate a time-of-flight (ToF) depth sensing system in 2019 iPhones. Reports regarding the rear-facing 3D sensing capabilities in 2019 iPhone lineup started surfacing last year. Continue reading “Apple’s 2019 iPhones might not feature Time-of-Flight 3D Sensor: Kuo”

Google Neighbourly gets enhanced voice inputs, quick replies; expands to Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, Vizag and Kota

Google Neighbourly

Google today announced that Neighbourly app is expanding across Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, Vizag, and Kota. The app is also getting the ability to ask question or answer in English or in eight Indian languages. This move comes after collecting the response from the users using the app across Mumbai and Jaipur where some of the “Top Neighbours” answered over 100 questions per week. Continue reading “Google Neighbourly gets enhanced voice inputs, quick replies; expands to Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, Vizag and Kota”

Asus Vivobook 15 X510 with Core i5 processor, Intel Optane Memory, fingerprint reader launched in India for Rs. 45990

Asus VivoBook 15 X510

ASUS today has announced Intel Optane Memory equipped VivoBook X510 in India. It runs on Windows 10 and packs 4GB RAM + up to 16GB intel optane memory, offering 20GB of memory and has NVIDIA GeForce MX130 graphics. It also offers one-touch access via the fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Asus Vivobook 15 X510 with Core i5 processor, Intel Optane Memory, fingerprint reader launched in India for Rs. 45990”

Verizon 5G Home broadband service available in the US starting October 1

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Verizon has launched ‘Verizon 5G Home’, the world’s first commercial 5G broadband internet service. Users in the USA can sign up to be a “First On 5G” Member. Verizon 5G Home will initially be available in parts of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. It is built on Verizon’s Ultra-Wideband 5G network. Continue reading “Verizon 5G Home broadband service available in the US starting October 1”

Ericsson, T-Mobile ink $3.5 billion 5G agreement

Ericsson and T-Mobile today announced a multi-year, $3.5 billion contract to support T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network deployment. Under the deal, Ericsson will provide T-Mobile with the latest 5G New Radio (NR) hardware and software compliant with 3GPP standards.

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Facebook introduces Rosetta AI to identify text in images and videos

Since it is a tiring job for moderators to look at every image or video posted on the enormous platform, the company is building an AI to help them out. The system it built is called Rosetta and is said to extract text from more than a billion public Facebook and Instagram images and video frames in a wide variety of languages, daily and in real time, and inputs it into a text recognition model that has been trained on classifiers to understand the context of the text and the image together. Continue reading “Facebook introduces Rosetta AI to identify text in images and videos”

Google silently refreshes USB-C headphone adapter with lower latency and longer playback

USB-C headphone adapter

Google axed the 3.5mm audio jack with the Pixel 2 series last year and it probably will follow the same with the upcoming Pixel 3. It included the 3.5mm headphone adapter within the box and now the company has silently refreshed its headphone adapter. According to the Google Play Store listing, the improved dongle provides 53% lower latency and 38% longer playback time than its predecessor. Continue reading “Google silently refreshes USB-C headphone adapter with lower latency and longer playback”

UIDAI dismisses reports of Aadhaar enrolment software being hacked

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Aadhaar breach is yet again back in the news, this time it is said to be compromised by a software patch that disables critical security features of the software used to enroll new Aadhaar users thus allowing hackers to generate unauthorized Aadhaar numbers. Continue reading “UIDAI dismisses reports of Aadhaar enrolment software being hacked”

BSNL gets Government approval for 4G services, wide roll out expected soon

The Department of Telecommunications today has approved the state-owned BSNL plan to seek airwaves in the 2100 Mhz band to launch 4G services pan-India. BSNL in 2017 has submitted a detailed project report and in a bid to acquire spectrum worth about Rs 13,885 crore, and sought Rs 6,652 crore as equity infusion from the government. Continue reading “BSNL gets Government approval for 4G services, wide roll out expected soon”

Instagram confirms it is testing video tagging feature

Instagram Video tagging

Instagram has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that would allow users to tag their friends in video posts, not just limiting the tagging feature to photos. The feature would work similarly to photo tagging, but instead of pressing the small icon at the bottom left, it might be more difficult with videos. Continue reading “Instagram confirms it is testing video tagging feature”

Here’s what to expect from Apple’s iPhone event on September 12

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Apple recently scheduled ‘Gather Round’ special event on September 12th where the company is expected to introduce its new iPhones, iPad, MacBooks, Apple Watch, and much more. The company’s new iPhone line-up includes a 6.5-inch OLED iPhone XS Max, 5.8-inch OLED iPhone X successor – iPhone XS and a cheaper 6.1-inch LCD model called iPhone Xr all with a notch, Face ID with the gesture-based control system and new A12 processor. Continue reading “Here’s what to expect from Apple’s iPhone event on September 12”

Vivo spearheads 5G-enabled NEX S with Qualcomm X50 modem

VIVO-5G Vivo has announced plans to spearhead industry development of pre-commercial 5G smartphones through the introduction of 5G software and hardware based on Vivo NEX S smartphone. The company has also announced that it has completed the initial development of 5G smartphone software and hardware on Vivo NEX S. Continue reading “Vivo spearheads 5G-enabled NEX S with Qualcomm X50 modem”