Portronics Muffs R wireless headphones launched for Rs. 3999

Portronics Muffs R 

Portronics has launched the Muffs R – Bluetooth earphones with mic, lightweight and compact. It has a rugged foldable design and the company says that it is made of high quality material which is both durable and strong. It comes with additional 3.5mm auxiliary cable and a built-in mic and controls for calls and playback. Continue reading “Portronics Muffs R wireless headphones launched for Rs. 3999”

Moto G7 with 6-inch FHD+ water-drop notch display, Snapdragon 660, dual rear cameras surface in press render, gets certified by the FCC

After live images back in August, and renders  last month, we have the first press render of the Moto G7, the successor of Moto G6. The phone has also been certified by the FCC in U.S. with the model number XT-1965. This confms Snapdragon 660 SoC, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, 3000mAh battery and dimensions.

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Honor 8X Review

Huawei’s Honor brand launched the  Honor 8X, a mid-range smartphone and the successor of the Honor 7X in India last month. It has a similar notch design as the P20 Lite, but this has minimal bezels. It has a 16-megapixel front camera, is powered Kirin 710 Octa-Core 12nm SoC with support for GPU Turbo feature and AI features. On-paper specifications look good for the price of Rs. 14,999, but how good is the phone? Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “Honor 8X Review”

HMD Global schedules ‘Expect more’ event in Dubai on December 5, Nokia 9, Nokia 8.1 and Nokia 2.1 Plus expected

HMD Global today announced an event in Dubai on December 5th to unveil three new smartphones. It has #expectmore. The company is expected to introduce the most expected Nokia 9, successor of the Nokia 8 and the Nokia 8 Sirocco at the event along with the Nokia 8.1 that will likely be the global version of the Nokia X7 that was introduced in China last month and the Nokia 2.1 Plus, successor of the Nokia 2.1 Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone that was introduced earlier this year.

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Intel inaugurates new design facility in Bengaluru, invests over Rs. 1100 crores

Intel

Intel India has inaugurated its latest design house, SRR4, at its Bengaluru campus. It also announced key initiatives to promote innovation in the technology ecosystem. The company has invested over Rs. 1100 crore. It is located in a 44-acre campus on Sarjapur Ring Road (SRR) in Bengaluru. Continue reading “Intel inaugurates new design facility in Bengaluru, invests over Rs. 1100 crores”

Sharp AQUOS R2 Compact with 5.2-inch FHD+ IGZO display, dual-notch design, Snapdragon 845, Android 9.0 Pie announced

After ZTE Iceberg earlier this year, Sharp has announced AQUOS R2 Compact smartphone with dual-notch design with front camera at the top of the display and fingerprint sensor at the bottom. It also has face reconition, 5.2-inch full HD IGZO LCD display and has a compact body with a width of 64mm making to easy to hold.

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Pocket Casts 7 for iOS, Android beta brings Play without subscribing, Episode Search, Up Next Syncing and more

Months after it got acquired by podcast publishers: NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago / This American Life Pocket Casts has received a major update that brings several new features including Siri Shortcuts Integration
for iOS, Improved Discovery, Episode Search,Play Without Subscribing, Up Next Syncing, Filters, New Web Player, New archiving features, playback effects while streaming, enhanced Apple Watch support, listening history and much more.

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Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 with 6-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, triple-rear cameras and Zenfone Max M2 with Snapdragon 636 surface

Asus after the success of the Zenfone Max Pro M1 is working on the successor dubbed; Max Pro M2 and a Pro model. The devices come with ZB631KL, ZB633KL, ZB634KL model numbers. The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 ZB631KL is said to sport a 6-inches FHD+ display, 4GB RAM, 64/128GB and 13MP camera.  Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 with 6-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, triple-rear cameras and Zenfone Max M2 with Snapdragon 636 surface”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 gets benchmarked again, reveals better score than Apple A12 Bionic and Kirin 980

Back in September Qualcomm’s next-generation flagship Mobile Platform which is said to be released as SM8150 passed through Geekbench revealing scores on-par with the Apple’s A11 Bionic chip and better than the Snapdragon 845-powered flagships. Now the SoC has passed through AnTuTu revealing whopping 362292 points, better than Apple’s A12 Bionic chip that scored around 3.5 lakhs, and Kirin 980’s score of 2.7 lakhs. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 gets benchmarked again, reveals better score than Apple A12 Bionic and Kirin 980”

Honor 10 Lite with AI dual rear cameras, gradient finish to be announced on November 21 [Update: 6.21-inch FHD+ display, Android Pie]

Update – November 15: The phone has been certified by TENAA in China that confirms the complete specifications of the phone. Vmall listing also shows the phone in Blue and Pink colors.

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Google Assistant gets the ability to reply back to a smart speaker, new recipe recommendations to Smart Displays and more

Google, just in time for the holiday season has introduced new Assistant features that can be particularly helpful at home and more. Google Assistant features broadcast where you can send a message from your phone to your smart speakers and smart displays at home, the company is making this feature even more useful where you can reply back to a smart speaker or Smart Display to your phone. Continue reading “Google Assistant gets the ability to reply back to a smart speaker, new recipe recommendations to Smart Displays and more”

Google My Business app revamp makes it easier to connect with businesses

Google back in 2017 enabled in select countries to message businesses from the Business Profiles on Google giving users the opportunity to ask questions without having to make a phone call. Now, the company is making it much easier where you can message and connect with businesses via Business Profiles within the Google Maps app.  Continue reading “Google My Business app revamp makes it easier to connect with businesses”

Microsoft acquires AI-based bot development studio XOXCO

Microsoft has announced the acquisition of XOXCO, a software product design and development studio known for its conversational AI and bot development capabilities. It is established in 2013 and has been paving the way in conversational AI. It was responsible for the creation of Howdy, the first commercially available bot for Slack that helps schedule meetings. Continue reading “Microsoft acquires AI-based bot development studio XOXCO”

OnePlus 6T Thunder Purple Edition Unboxing and Photo Gallery

Earlier this week OnePlus introduced Thunder Purple color variant of the OnePlus 6T for the global markets and also announced that it will be coming to India starting November 16, 2018. Here we have the unboxing and the photo gallery of the phone.

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