Several Xiaomi products have seen price fluctuations in recent months. The company’s Mi LED TV rates were hiked back in November due to depreciation of the rupee, however it recently reduced rates of its smartphone . Today, for the new year the company has reduced the rates of some of its TVs, including the Mi LED TV 4C Pro 32″ and Mi LED TV 4A Pro 49″ that received a price hike couple of months back.
The European Union announced that it would launch bug bounty program in 2019 January that will offer prizes for spotting security flaws in 14 free, open source software tools EU institutions use. These include well-known tools like VLC Media Player, KeePass, 7-zip and Drupal, GNU C Library, Apache Tomcat, PuTTY and more. Continue reading “EU to offer bug bounties from January 2019 to find security flaws in open source tools”
A U.S Judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Google by consumers who claimed the search engine’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy on Saturday. The U.S. judge has cited a lack of “concrete injuries.” The U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang in Chicago granted a Google motion for summary judgment, saying the court lacked “subject matter jurisdiction because plaintiffs have not suffered concrete injuries.” Continue reading “U.S. Judge dismisses lawsuit against Google over facial recognition software”
Sony is busy working on the Xperia L3, successor of the Xperia L2, which is rumored to debut at the CES 2019 in the next few days. With the possible launch inching closer, the device has passed through the FCC carrying FCC ID PY7-50241M. The design sketches show that the device will carry 18:9 aspect ratio and will feature a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Sony Xperia L3 with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 3GB RAM passes through the FCC”
Fitbit has launched Charge 3, the company’s next-generation fitness tracker in India, after it was introduced back in August It has PurePulse heart rate technology, offers automatic exercise recognition, sleep tracking, swimproof design with a touchscreen display, 15+ goal-based exercise modes, and promises up to 7 days battery life.
Google’s Android One program debuted with an aim to offer low-end Android phone with commendable hardware and provide timely updates. However, things changed as the company let up the hardware requirements due to smartphone OEMs were not making enough from them. To some extent, Android Go was able to fill the void with its slimmed down version of Android. Continue reading “Google reassures 2 years of guaranteed updates for Android One devices commitment”
5G is on the verge of becoming a big thing in 2019 as several manufacturers including Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus, Xiaomi are already working towards it. According to earlier rumors, Samsung and LG are going to debut their 5G smartphones at Mobile World Congress in February. However, a new report claims otherwise. Continue reading “LG G8 said to debut at MWC 2019 separately from the new 5G phone”
Apple’s AirPower has no trace of launching anytime soon, but third-party vendors consistently launching their own AirPower like charging pads for Apple products. New to join the list is the AT&T’s multipurpose Power Drum that has surfaced on the FCC. Continue reading “AT&T Power Drum wireless charging accessory for Apple Watch, iPhone passes through the FCC”
We had a chance to take a tour of Samsung’s testing facilities at the company headquarters in Suwon, near Seoul, South Korea. The HQ is called Samsung Digital City and it where most Samsung products are designed and tested. With respect to mobile phones, putting specs on a spec sheet is one thing and getting the product to work in the same way is another thing. We got a chance to see how Samsung’s mobile products are tested before they are shipped.
Continue reading “A peek into the Samsung Mobile Test Labs in Korea”
Huawei has officially introduced the Y7 Pro 2019, a new smartphone in the ‘Y Series’ after it surfaced recently as Y7 2019. It packs a 6.26-inch HD+ display with Waterdrop notch Screen, Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 SoC, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash with support for AI scene detection, secondary 2MP camera for portait shots, and a 16-megapixel front camera. It doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor, but comes with Face Unlock.
After several leaks, we now have the first press render of the Nokia 9 flagship smartphone from HMD Global, thanks to @evleaks. This shows a familiar penta camera arragement arranged in 1-1-3 formation with ZEISS optics, rotating zoom-Camera tech on the back on the smartphone codenamed ‘Beholder’. It also reveals an in-display fingerprint sensor on the phone, which is the first for Nokia, as well as 18:9 aspect ratio display, glass back with Android One branding and a metal frame.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 was amongst the best selling devices launched last year in India, despite launching in 2017 it was launched with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and was updated to Android 7.0 (Nougat) in August 2017. Redmi Note 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 mobile platform, the same processor that powers Mi A1 which recently received Android 9.0 (Pie) update along with Dual 4G VoLTE support. Continue reading “Get Android 9.0 Pie on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with crDroid ROM”
Huawei is gearing up to introduce Y7 2019 soon, as the images and specifications have surfaced. It is the global version of the Enjoy 9 with a 6.26-inch HD+ display with Waterdrop notch Screen, Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 SoC, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash with support for AI scene detection, secondary 2MP camera for portait shots, but this will feature a 16-megapixel front camera.
Sony has silently introduced new USB PD Compatible charger (CP-ADRM2). This offers Ultra-fast charging (46.5W) for devices with USB PD technology to charge smartphones with Quick Charge 4/4+, tablets, portable consoles and even notebook computers with powerful USB PD (Power Delivery) output.
Continue reading “Sony introduces USB Type-C Ultra-fast charger with 39W USB PD output”
After half a year in development, Spam protection in Android Messages is finally going live to some users, though not everyone seems to have it just yet. This means the change appears to be server-side and in a limited roll out for the time being. Continue reading “Android Messages Spam Protection finally starts rolling out”
