Apple iPhone 7 event scheduled for September 7

Apple iPhone 7 invite

Apple has officially announced its September 7th event, after recent rumors. This year’s invite shows a bokeh shot with the caption See you on the 7th. Apple is expected to announce the next iPhone at an event. Apple Watch 2 is also expected to be unveiled at the event, but the MacBook Pro 2016 lineup will reportedly not be announced and is expected only by the end of this year. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 7 event scheduled for September 7”

HTC One A9s press image surfaces, expected to be unveiled at IFA on September 1

HTC A9s leak

HTC announced the One A9 smartphone in the ‘A series’ back in October, now Evan Blass from @evleaks has got hold of an image of the HTC One A9s smartphone and according to his sources, HTC will unveil it ahead of IFA in Berlin later this week. Continue reading “HTC One A9s press image surfaces, expected to be unveiled at IFA on September 1”

Moto G4 Play launching in India on Sep 6, will be the most affordable Moto G phone

Moto G4 Play

Moto G4 Play, the company’s budget 4G smartphone was introduced soon after the launch of Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones in India on May 16. Today the company shared on its social channels that the smartphone will be available in India from September 6th, exclusively on Amazon.in. Continue reading “Moto G4 Play launching in India on Sep 6, will be the most affordable Moto G phone”

Jio SIM with unlimited 4G for 90 days now available for Sony, Videocon and Sansui 4G phones

Jio

Jio Preview offer is now officially available for all Sony, Videocon and Sansui devices. This lets users enjoy free 90 days of unlimited data, calls and messaging for 90 days. Continue reading “Jio SIM with unlimited 4G for 90 days now available for Sony, Videocon and Sansui 4G phones”

Microsoft Surface Book 2 teased in official image [Update]

Microsoft Surface Book 2 teaser

[Update: After all the image image is cropped from an old Surface Book promo as noted by a Twitter user.]

Microsoft has teased the upcoming Surface Book 2 on their Surface Instagram page. This shows a new design for the Surface Book. According to Windows Central, this is a shot for Microsoft’s internal ‘sizzler’ video to demonstrate concept designs for the Surface Book 2. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Book 2 teased in official image [Update]”

Airtel launches Mega Saver Pack for prepaid customers

Airtel logo

Airtel has launched two new Mega Saver Packs for prepaid customers across India that the company says will offer great value to data users and the customers save more with every subsequent recharge. Continue reading “Airtel launches Mega Saver Pack for prepaid customers”

LG Tone Active+ HBS-A100 Durable Bluetooth headset, HBS-A80 and more announced

LG Tone Active plus HBS-A100

LG has introduced Tone Active+ (HBS-A100), its latest Bluetooth Stereo headset and the successor of last year’s Tone Active, ahead of IFA 2016. It has Bluetooth 4.2 with Qualcomm aptX/Qualcomm aptX HD audio codec for 24-bit lossless audio and Digital MEMS microphone for crystal clear call quality. It has IPX4 ratings for water and sweat resistance and also has external stereo speakers for a personal surround-sound experience. Continue reading “LG Tone Active+ HBS-A100 Durable Bluetooth headset, HBS-A80 and more announced”

ARCHOS 50f Helium, 50f Helium Lite with fingerprint sensor and 55 Helium Ultra announced

ARCHOS 50f Helium

ARCHOS has introduced two new budget smartphones 50f Helium and 50f Helium Lite with a fingerprint sensor ahead of IFA. It has also introduce new 55 Helium lineup that has ARCHOS 55 Helium, ARCHOS 55 Helium Ultra and ARCHOS 55 Helium 4 Seasons that comes with four back covers – Blooming Gold, Blazing Yellow, Autumn Woodland and Frosted Grey in the box. All these have dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “ARCHOS 50f Helium, 50f Helium Lite with fingerprint sensor and 55 Helium Ultra announced”

Transcend JetDrive Go 500G Review – Lightning / USB 3.1 Flash Drive

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The Transcend JetDrive Go 500G flash drive allows OTG transfers between your computer and your iOS devices. This is the successor of JetDrive Go 300S that we had reviewed few months back. This has USB 3.1 for faster file transfer speed from a PC, compared to USB 2.0. Let us dive into the review to learn more about the device and how it performs.

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Facebook trending topics headlines will now be automated

Facebook Trending

Facebook has announced that it will stop writing descriptions for Trending topics and short story summaries. The title will now be automated using algorithm. Trending lets people discover interesting and relevant conversations happening on Facebook. According to Quartz, Facebook has fired entire editorial staff on the Trending team that had 15-18 workers. Facebook says that there are still people involved to ensure that the topics that appear in Trending remain high-quality. Continue reading “Facebook trending topics headlines will now be automated”

WhatsApp for Android beta now lets you send videos as GIFs

WhatsApp for Android Videos as GIF

WhatsApp was rumored to introduce GIF support and it is already available through a separate root-only app. Now beta version of WhatsApp for Android (v2.16.242 or later) has received option to send videos as GIF. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android beta now lets you send videos as GIFs”

LeEco membership extended from 1 to 3 years for buyers of Smartphones and Super3 TVs

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LeEco launched its Super3 4K TV series in India earlier this month. These TVs come with LeEco Membership for 2 years worth Rs 9,800. Now LeEco has announced that LeEco smartphone and Super TV users can extend the membership by 2 more years, even though its smartphones come only with 1 year  LeEco Membership. Continue reading “LeEco membership extended from 1 to 3 years for buyers of Smartphones and Super3 TVs”

Moto E3 Power with 3500mAh battery goes on sale in Hong Kong, could launch in India soon

Moto E3 Power Box

Moto E3 Power (XT1706), an upgraded version of the Moto E3 with 3500mAh battery received WiFi certification last month. Now the smartphone is on sale in Hong Kong through third-party retailers. Except the battery, other specifications of the smartphone are similar to the Moto E3 that was unveiled last month. Continue reading “Moto E3 Power with 3500mAh battery goes on sale in Hong Kong, could launch in India soon”

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with 30.4MP sensor, Wi-Fi and GPS launched in India for Rs. 254995

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

After announcing its latest high-end EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera yesterday, Canon today launched the camera in India. It has a 30.4-megapixel 35mm Full Frame Canon CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 6+ Image Processor delivers 4K 30P video and up to and 7fps continuous shooting. It uses Canon’s propriety Dual Pixel CMOS AF, even when shooting 4K to help ensure sharp focus and subject tracking. Continue reading “Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with 30.4MP sensor, Wi-Fi and GPS launched in India for Rs. 254995”

Sony Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact confirmed on official site, specs surface

Sony Xperia X Compact leak

Image of Sony Xperia X Compact was revealed by @evleaks yesterday. Both Xperia X Compact and Xperia XZ had surfaces on Sony’s Mobile’s Czech website, later it was removed. According to the translation reveals that the Xperia XZ have a good camera and the Xperia X Compact will let you shoot blur-free images and it will have a compact site.

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