Nokia and Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Technology have signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement. Xiaomi also acquired patent assets from Nokia as part of the transaction. The deal also includes a cross license to each company’s cellular standard essential patents.
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A Shanghai court has frozen assets and shares of LeEco chairman Jia Yueting due to unpaid debts, according to a latest report from the New York Times. The court has reportedly frozen 1.2 billion yuan ($180 million) in assets owned by co-founder Jia Yueting, his wife Gan Wei and three subsidiaries.
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It looks like Samsung is joining the Apple, Amazon and Google clan to make its own smart speaker. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is working on smart speaker that will be powered by voice-activated voice assistant Bixby. Bixby is Samsung’s AI assistant — its answer to Alexa, or Siri, or the Google Assistant.
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Sony has unveiled new range of its Wena watches that support NFC. The Wena wrist watches were first introduced in 2015. The latest range of Wena watches are called Three Hands Square. These are analog watches but offer smartwatch features like activity tracking, notification alerts and NFC support for making payments.
Foxconn is planning to invest in India, according to a latest report from the Times of India. The Taiwanese contract manufacturer plans to invest up to Rs 32,000 crore ($5 billion) in the country. Foxconn is looking forward for this move as it wants to create a parallel manufacturing hub apart from China. The company is eyeing to scale up India operations in an ‘exponential manner’. Continue reading “Foxconn plans to invest up to $5 billion in India”
Motorola showcased six new Moto Mods concepts at an event in Ghana. Moto Mods can be attached at the back of the Moto Z, Moto Z Play and Moto Z2 Play smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola unveils six new mod concepts including Moto 360 camera mod, ROKR mod and more”
Renowned KGI analyst Ming Chi-Kuo has revealed a number of predictions for the upcoming iPhones. Kuo has already mentioned a couple of predictions for this year’s iPhone models. Continue reading “Here are the top 5 predictions of next iPhones by KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo”
Fresh reports about the upcoming iPhone 8 suggests that users will be able to unlock their phone by simply looking at them. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple will replace the Touch ID fingerprint authentication in favor of a new 3D facial recognition technology.
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Truecaller has started rolling out flash messaging feature for iPhone users. The feature that was already available for Android lets users communicate via pre-defined messages, phrases and emojis. Treucaller says more than 41 million users have upgraded to the Flash-embedded version of Truecaller 8 for Android.
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Earlier today, Asus slashed prices of its Zenfone 3 series. Now, the company has started rolling out Android 7.1.1 Nougat update for Zenfone 3 Max (ZC553KL) and (ZC520TL) models. Asus shared the update information via its Asus ZenTalk forum. Continue reading “Asus starts rolling out Android Nougat update for Zenfone 3 Max (ZC553KL) and (ZC520TL)”
Twitter saw over one million GST-related Tweets (between 30 Jun – 2 Jul 2017) in India. The micro blogging site revealed that conversations around GST peaked on the platform at 12:30 AM on July 1st and 1100 tweets were posted per minute. Continue reading “Twitter records over 1M conversations on the GST launch in India, 1100 tweets per minute”
Samsung was rumored to be working on the rugged version of Galaxy S8 dubbed as Galaxy S8 Active. Now, the phone has been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Galaxy S8 Active has a model number of SM-G892A. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Active gets certified by the FCC”
LG is said to be working on a toned down version of its flagship LG G6, according to a latest report from Technobuffalo. Popular tipster Evan Blass aka evleaks has also shared details of the LG G6 mini via his Twitter account. Continue reading “LG G6 mini with 5.4-inch display tipped to be released as LG Q6”
Alibaba is said to be working on an Amazon Echo rival aimed at Chinese market, according to a latest report from The Information. Citing sources familiar to the matter, the publication stated that Alibaba could launch the voice-activated smart speaker sometime this week.
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Last year we saw Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 smartphones exploding due to battery heating issues. The company had to kill the device altogether after the fiasco. Now, a new incident about smartphone explosion as surfaced online. This time it is not a Samsung phone but a device by Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC.
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