Xiaomi India just announced that it sold over 8.5 million devices, including over 6 million smartphones, over 400k Mi TVs and over 2.1 million cosystem products & accessories during Mi Diwali sale in a month – from October 9th to 8th November across mi.com Amazon.in, Flipkart, Mi Home stores and offline stores in India. Continue reading “Xiaomi sold over 8.5 million devices worth US$ 1 Billion in one month during festive sales”
Alibaba Group has announced that it generated RMB 213.5 billion that is equivalent to $30.8 billion of gross merchandise volume on November 11th on the occasion of the singles day. This is an increase of 27% compared to 2017. Continue reading “Alibaba’s singles day global shopping festival 2018 generated $30.8 billion in 24 hours”
Microsoft has announced that it has agreed to acquire two new game development studios; Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. Obsidian Entertainment was founded in 2003 by industry veterans from Black Isle Studios, led by Feargus Urquhart. As for inXile Entertainment, it is a team of industry veterans with decades of PC and RPG expertise. Continue reading “Microsoft acquires Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment gaming studios”
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with yet another investors note that mostly covers antenna technology for the 2019 iPhones. The company is said to move away from the Liquid Crystal Polymer antenna technology, and shift towards a new combination of Modified PI tech. Continue reading “Apple’s 2019 iPhones said to come with new combination of antenna technology: Kuo”
Samsung introduced the One UI last week along with Infinity Flex for foldable smartphones. The new skin is aimed at making the navigation much easier and designed around how we use our phones in the day-to-day. One UI will replace the current Experience UI which was originally known as TouchWiz. Continue reading “Samsung One UI coming to Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note8”
Microsoft back in September announced that it would soon bring support for mouse and keyboard to Xbox One and it looks like it’s here. The company mentioned that it would launch on November 14th. Epic Games’ Fortnite will be the first title to offer the support along with Warframe. Continue reading “Xbox to get support for Keyboard and Mouse starting November 14th”
After an online listing, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy J4 Core (SM-J410F), the company latest Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone. It has a 6-inch HD+ display, is powered by a quad-core SoC with 1GB of RAM, comes with an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera both with LED flash.
Samsung has announced W2019 (SM-W2019), its latest premium Android Flip phone in China. It has dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays, so that you can use the phone even when it’s closed, is powered by Snapdragon 845 with 6GB RAM and has dual 12-megapixel rear cameras with the primary sensor that uses f/1.5 aperture for night shots for a brighter picture and f/2.4 aperture for normal shots in daytime. Continue reading “Samsung W2019 with Dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays, Snapdragon 845, Dual 12MP rear cameras announced”
After Redmi Note 5 Pro and Mi TV 4 55-inch 4K TV price hike earlier this year, Xiaomi India MD Manu Jain today announced that it will increase the price of Redmi 6, Redmi 6A, 10000mAh Mi Powerbank 2i and Mi TV (32″ Pro & 49″ Pro) from today midnight. Xiaomi blames depreciation of the rupee (by ~15% since the beginning of the year) for the significant increase. The company at the launch of Redmi 6 and 6A smartphones and Mi LED TV 4 Pro series said that it might increase the price of the devices after two months.
Apple is rumored to be working on a pair of over-the-ear headphones, while the details regarding the product were pretty slim so far, a newly granted patent titled “System and method for automatic right-left ear detection for headphones,” reveals what Apple might be planning. The patent describes a pair of headphones that would be reversible, automatically adjusting which ear cup is the right or left based on how you put them on. Continue reading “Apple patents hint at over-the-ear headphones that could be reversible”
Xiaomi-backed, Black Shark has announced that it is foraying into Europe on November 16th. The company will be launching the Black Shark 1 smartphone that comes with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, is powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC with up to 8GB RAM, liquid cooling to keep the phone cool when gaming by reducing the CPU’s core temperature by up to 8-degree. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark Gaming Phone with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, detachable Gamepad launching in Europe on November 16th”
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is right around the corner, but before the official launch, the company has now confirmed to launch the processor that powers the flagship. Samsung has scheduled a special event on November 14th where it will be unveiling the next flagship chip; successor to the Exynos 9810 which powers the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9. Continue reading “Samsung schedules an event on November 14th to unveil new Exynos chipset”
Amazon has signed a deal with Apple to expand the company’s products on its site worldwide. Amazon confirmed that it will soon start selling more Apple products directly and this will also include the latest iPad Pro, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and Apple Watch Series 4, as well as Apple’s lineup of Beats headphones. The Amazon-Apple deal is available in US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and India. Continue reading “Amazon inks deal with Apple to sell iPhones and iPads in India and other markets”
Facebook has released the Lasso app that lets users create fun short videos that are aimed to compete with TikTok. This move is to bring back teens which Facebook lost in 2018. Lasso lets users record themselves dancing and lip-syncing to music.
Continue reading “Facebook Lasso TikTok like lip-syncing app for Android and iOS released”
