U.S. President Donal Trump signed a resolution that officially scraps a controversial measure repealing online privacy protections established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under the Obama Administration.
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We have already seen several reports about Xiaomi Mi 6 flagship. Now, Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has confirmed that the Mi 6 will launch sometime this month. Jun confirmed the launch of Mi 6 during a live streaming session with Xiaomi fans. He didn’t reveal the exact date, but the announcement might happen on April 11 or April 18.
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Last year in July, Verizon announced it will acquire Yahoo’s operating business for approximately $4.83 billion in cash. Now the company has revealed that post the acquisition, Yahoo’s core assets will be merged with AOL and the newly created content division will be called as Oath. Continue reading “Verizon plans to rebrand Yahoo and AOL as Oath”
Android has topped Windows for the first time as the most popular OS in the world, according to a latest report from StatCounter. Google’s Android has overtaken Windows in terms of total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile combined.
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It looks like WhatsApp is gearing up to foray into mobile payments. The Facebook owned instant messaging app is planning to launch a peer-to-peer payment system in India that is likely to be powered by the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), according to a latest report from The Ken.
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Apple has announced that it will no longer use graphics chips from UK based Imagination Technologies for its iPhone. The company will not use Imagination Technologies’ intellectual property in its new products in 15 months to two years time, and as such will not be eligible for royalty payments under the current license and royalty agreement.
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YouTube is asking users to help creators by translating video titles and descriptions. The company has now expanded its Community Contributions to to let you translate not just captions but video titles and descriptions. Continue reading “YouTube creators can now crowdsource translation for video titles and descriptions”
BlackBerry has announced it is seeking to expand its licensing agreements into the Enterprise of Things market. The company is looking to foray into tablets, wearables, medical devices, appliances, point-of-sale terminals and other smartphones. Continue reading “BlackBerry eyes licensing deals for tablets, wearables and appliances”
Snapchat is adding a new feature that will allow users to search for more than 1 million stories. The search feature will use machine learning and let users search for Snaps about specific locations, events, and words. Continue reading “You can now search Snapchat Stories by content”
Twitter is getting rid of its iconic egg avatar. The micro-blogging site is changing its default egg profile photo and replacing it with a new non-gender specific silhouette photo.
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This year’s iPhone 8 is expected to sport edge-to-edge OLED displays instead of LCD display. Now, a latest research note from Barclays, all the three iPhones in 2017 ( iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus and iPhone 8) are expected to feature True Tone displays.
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This week’s biggest announcement was Samsung’s flagship phone Galaxy S8 and S8+. The company also introduced new Gear 360 and a VR with controller. Micromax launched the Dual 5, ACT Fibernet launched 1Gbps wired broadband service.
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Samsung had launched Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) smartphones last month in India. We got our hands on the Galaxy A5 (2017) recently and brought the unboxing, now let’s take a detailed looks at the hardware and specifications of the phone in this photo gallery.
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Palmer Luckey, co-founder VR company Oculus and Rift creator is leaving Facebook. This was first reported by UploadVR. Facebook had acquired Oculus in 2014 for nearly $2 billion.
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