Facebook introduced Watch Party back in July which would let groups watch videos together and now the company is expanding it to every page and profile around the world. Facebook claims that there have been more than 12 million Watch Parties in Groups since the testing phase started in January. Continue reading “Facebook expands Watch Party to every page and profile worldwide”
Samsung is said to be planning to invest close to $40 million in Pokémon Go game creator Niantic in a deal to bring out “exclusive games,” according to sources. The deal could be announced within the next few weeks and will also see Niantic’s games come pre-loaded on Galaxy smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung said to invest $40 million in Niantic for ‘exclusive games’ including Harry Potter game for Galaxy smartphones”
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the 860 QVO SSD its new consumer solid state drive (SSD) lineup. It comes with up to four terabytes (TB) of storage capacity and is built on the company’s high-density 4-bit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash architecture. Continue reading “Samsung 860 QVO SSD with up to 4TB storage announced starting at $149.99”
Spotify said to have secured deals with major music holders in India over the past few months. This clears the way for the company to enter the country finally after a long wait. Spotify Technology SA is preparing to introduce its service as soon as the first quarter of 2019, according to sources. Continue reading “Spotify said to have secured deals with major music holders in India, to launch service in Q1 2019”
Xiaomi launched the second-generation Android One devices – Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite back in July at an event in Spain. At the event, Xiaomi and Google promised Android version updates along with monthly security patch updates as the device was launched under the Android One program. Xiaomi started rolling out Android 9.0 (Pie) to Mi A2 last week in India and now it has started rolling out Android 9.0 to Mi A2 Lite in some regions after announcing Android Pie Beta testers recruitment couple of weeks ago. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Android 9.0 Pie stable update starts rolling out”
Samsung launched the Galaxy A9 2018, world’s first smartphone with quad rear cameras in India last week. We already brought you the unboxing, here we have the benchmarks. The phone is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 64-bit 14nm Mobile Platform that has four Kryo 260 CPUs clocked at 2.2GHz per core and other four Kryo 260 CPUs are clocked at 1.8GHz per core, comes with Adreno 512 GPU and has 6GB of RAM, however it also comes in 8GB RAM version. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
After rolling out Android Pie update for the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphone last month, HMD Global today started rolling out stable Android 9.0 (Pie) update for the Nokia 7.1 smartphone as it had promised at the launch last month. Since the update has started rolling out, it might take sometime to reach everyone.
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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S10 will be powered by the Exynos 9820 that is an 8nm SoC with Tri-cluster CPU, integrated NPU, up to 2Gbps LTE-Advanced Pro modem. Before the official launch, the first Galaxy S10 Exynos 9820 benchmark has surfaced online. It is internally referred to as “beyond2” and should be branded as the Galaxy S10+ when it goes official. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus powered by Exynos 9820 8nm SoC surfaces in benchmarks”
OnePlus and McLaren just sent out invite for a joint ‘Salute to Speed’ launch event on December 11th globally and December 12th in India. The partnership incorporates both McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1 history.
Toreto has launched the all-new “BRIO 2″ 10,000mAh power bank in India. it is the new addition to the company’s existing products. It is compatible with both Android and iOS and comes with an LED display that flashes the battery status. Continue reading “Toreto BRIO 2 10,000mAh power bank with LED display launched in India”
WhatsApp’s chief business officer, Neeraj Arora has quit WhatsApp roughly one year after WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton exited from Facebook. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014 and the company mentioned that it would allow WhatsApp to operate independently under Acton and co-founder Jan Koum, who served as its chief executive officer until abruptly quitting over privacy and data concerns in April. Continue reading “WhatsApp chief business officer Neeraj Arora resigns”
Huawei’s Honor brand launched its mid-range Honor 8X smartphone in India last month in Black and Blue colors starting at Rs. 14999. Today the company has launched new Red color variant of the smartphone in the country. Other features are same including a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display, Kirin 710 SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, 2-megapixel secondary camera , 16-megapixel front camera , face unlock and AI beautify, fingerprint sensor on the back, dedicated dual SIM and microSD card slots and a 3750mAh battery.
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Huawei has launched its flagship Mate 20 Pro smartphone at an event in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.39-inch QHD+ OLED DCI-P3 HDR display with 86.90 screen-to-body ratio, powered by Kirin 980 7nm SoC with Dual NPU, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top, has an in-display fingerprint scanner with 10-level Dynamic Pressure Sensing (DPS) technology and 3D Face Unlock as well as 3D Live Emoji and AI live model.
After Moto G7 and Moto G7 Plus surfaced earlier this month, Moto G7 Play, sucessor of the Moto G6 Play has passed through the FCC revealing some of the specifications of the phone.
Continue reading “Moto G7 Play with notch display, Snapdragon 632 SoC gets certified by the FCC”
Google app gains a new update bringing the version number to V8.59. It brings wider availability for continued conversations and is testing an interesting new feature for the home screen Search widget. To the right of the oblong bar is a new expand button which when tapped opens a search field overlay at the top of the screen. Continue reading “Google app beta update brings wider availability of continued conversations, hints at expanding Search Widget”
