Qualcomm has announced investment of USD 8.5 million for expansion of their design initiatives in India that will be dubbed as Qualcomm Design in India Program (QDIP). The company has unveiled two programs under this initiative. Continue reading “Qualcomm invests $8.5M to push design initiatives in India, Design in India Program announced”
New information about the upcoming flagship -Xiaomi Mi 6 has surfaced. According to a Weibo user the Xiaomi Mi 6 will come in three different variants.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6 might come in three variants with Snapdragon 835 and MediaTek Helio X30 chipsets”
HTC One A9 has started receiving Android 7.0 Nougat update. Mo Versi, HTC’s VP of Product Management said that unlocked versions of the HTC A9 will begin receiving Android 7.0 Nougat from January 16.
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Paytm has improved security on its iOS app by adding support for TouchID authentication. The update which bumps the app to version 5.8.3 brings fingerprint authentication for payments. Continue reading “Paytm for iOS beefs up security with TouchID authentication support”
Sony is expected to release two smartphones with MediaTek Helio P20 chipset that is a combination of a 2.3GHz quad-core and a 1.6GHz quad-core processor. Two smartphones with model number G3112 and G3221 have been spotted in User Agent profiles. Continue reading “Sony G3112 and G3221 smartphones with MediaTek Helio P20 spotted”
ICICI Bank has blocked transactions on Flipkart’s payment app PhonePe citing security concerns. Launched in August, PhonePe is unified payments interface (UPI) app. The bank began blocking transactions on Phone Pe starting Friday.
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Microsoft has announced that it will start rolling out a new Game Mode on Windows 10 for a high performance gaming experience. The Game Mode will improve the performance of games on traditional Win32 games as well as UWP (Universal Windows Platform) games from the Windows Store. Continue reading “Windows 10 will get a new Game Mode for high gaming performance”
Fitness trackers are already making it easier to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Another device that could double up with your fitness tracker to help you reach your fitness goals is a smart scale. In addition to weight, smart scales offers other health stats like BMI, body fat to heart rate and more. It lets you plot your progress on your smartphone and even link with your fitness band for a deep health monitoring. We have got our hands one such smart scale- Astrum WS100 Smart Scale that is priced at Rs. 4490. Let’s take a look at the hardware and features of the smart scale in detail in this review.
Two major flagships of 2017 – Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone 8 are tipped to sport highest water-resistance rating, according to a latest report from The Investor.
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Microsoft has made its first acquisition of 2017. The company has scooped up deep learning startup Maluuba that focuses on natural language processing, machine reading comprehension, dialogue understanding, and general (human) intelligence capabilities such as memory, common-sense reasoning, and information seeking behavior.
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Andriod co-founder Andy Rubin is returning to smartphone business. Rubin who had left Google two years ago is making a comeback with new company dubbed as Essential is tipped to be working on several smart home products along with a high-end smartphone, according to a latest report from Bloomberg. Continue reading “Andy Rubin reportedly working on high-end smartphone with bezel-less display”
This week HTC announced HTC U Ultra, U Play smartphones, Nintendo Switch price was revealed, Lenovo launched P2 smartphone in India, Bose launched SoundTouch 300 soundbar and more. Check out all the announcements and launches from this week in our roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Round up – HTC U Ultra, HTC U Play, Lenovo P2, Huawei P8 Lite and more”
According to a latest report, Samsung has finalized the design for Galaxy S7 and a prototype of the upcoming flagship has been shared with company executives. The prototype shows the Galaxy S8 sans physical home button. If the design turns out to be true, this will be the first Galaxy device without the trademark home button that has been synonymous with Samsung phones.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 prototype surfaces, dual camera said to be exclusive for Galaxy S8 Plus”
The SoundTouch 300 soundbar comes with custom drivers, proprietary QuietPort and PhaseGuide technology. It supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC for easy pairing. The soundbar measures just 97.8cm W x 10.8cm H x 5.7cm D. Continue reading “Bose SoundTouch 300 soundbar launched for Rs. 69999”
Opera has launched a new concept desktop browser for Windows and Mac devices. Neon browser uses you computer’s wallpaper as background and offers a more cleaner interfaces sans taskbar or bookmarks bar. Continue reading “Opera Neon concept browser for Windows and Mac launched”
