Flipkart has acquired F1 Info Solutions, a mobiles and IT repair services company with a pan-India presence of owned and franchised centres. F1 Info Solutions will be a part of Jeeves, a Flipkart company. Continue reading “Flipkart acquires mobiles and IT products service chain F1 Info Solutions”
Apple has switched default provider of its Web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Microsoft’s Bing. Now, when you ask Siri to search the web, it will return Google results instead of Bing. Users are already seeing search results from Google on iPhone and Mac users.
Continue reading “Apple replaces Bing search for Google on Siri and Spotlight”
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities says that iPhone X demand could reach 40-50 million units. He noted that as iPhone X is a major model revamped form factor for the iPhone since the iPhone 6 debuted in 2014. Continue reading “Apple iPhone X pre-order demand may cross 40-50M units – KGI”
Research agency IHS has revealed the estimated cost of recently launched iPhones. The company says the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are slightly more expensive to make as compared to their predecessor. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus manufacturing cost estimated at $247.51 and $288.08 respectively”
China has blocked WhatsApp, according to a latest report from the New York Times. The popular messaging app has joined other major apps like Facebook and Instagram that are censored by the Chinese government. The report stated that WhatsApp had been “broadly disrupted in China.” Continue reading “WhatsApp is now blocked in China”
In a bid to curb mobile thefts in India, the government has made tampering of IMEI number a punishable offence that can attract jail term of up to three years. An IMEI number is a unique 15-digit serial number of mobile devices. The move will help curb issues pertaining to fake IMEI numbers and also ease tracking of lost mobile phones. Continue reading “Tampering mobile IMEI number can send you to jail for up to three years”
Audio Technica has announced a range of high resolution headphones and earphones.
Continue reading “Audio Technica announces range of high- res headphones and earphones in India”
Last year, Intel unveiled an all-in-one virtual reality (VR) headset dubbed as Project Alloy at the 2016 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Now, the company is pulling the plug on Project Alloy that allowed third-party companies to build VR headsets based on Intel’s hardware. Continue reading “Intel kills Project Alloy standalone VR headset”
In a bid to eliminate the SD-HD divide, DishTV has launched ‘HD for all initiative’ festive offer that will give access to popular HD channels to its subscribers. The direct-to-home operator has launched a new HD set top box DishNXT HD to further support this initiative. Continue reading “Dish TV offers HD channels to all its subscribers; launches DishNXT HD set top box”
Earlier in April, Twitter launched Twitter Lite mobile website for emerging markets including India. Now, the company has started testing Twitter Lite Android app that uses less data. Continue reading “Twitter is testing Twitter Lite Android app for countries with poor internet connectivity”
This week Xiaomi launched 32GB version of Mi Max 2 in India, Sony launched Xperia XA1 Plus, LG launched G6+, Moto introduced Moto X4 Android One version. Let’s take a look at all the announcements and launches that took place this week.
Just yesterday, Google officially announced that it has signed an agreement with HTC to acquire team of HTC talent for US$1.1 billion in cash. Now, a latest report suggests that HTC is working on a new flagship smartphone that will be launched later this year. Continue reading “HTC U11 Plus with bezel-less 18:9 display tipped be launched in November”
Netflix for iOS app has received an update for HDR support. With the latest update, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X users will be able to watch HDR content. According to The Verge the newest 10.5-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models also support HDR. Continue reading “Netflix rolls out HDR support for iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus”
Instagram is adding a new feature to Live Video. With the latest update you can now add face filters while sharing live video. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you add face filters to Live Video”
Google has announced a new Android “zero-touch” enrollment service to make it easier for companies to preconfigure devices before handing over to their employees. Continue reading “Google rolls out Android ‘Zero-touch enrollment’ for the enterprise”
