Google to end support for old Google Contacts app on February 12, 2019

Google Contacts

Google recently replaced old Google Contacts app with a new version that has a material design. The company launched new contacts in 2015 to provide a modern, smart, and quick contact management experience. With the recent launch of new contacts, it now has many comparable features from old Contacts and more. Continue reading “Google to end support for old Google Contacts app on February 12, 2019”

Instagram confirms it is working on new ad type “Promote” for Stories, launches Analytics in beta

Instagram is working on a new ad type called “Promote” for Stories to allow business pages to show their slideshows to more users without doing much work. Admins can choose to auto-target users similar to their followers, people in a certain location, or use all of Instagram’s targeting parameters. Continue reading “Instagram confirms it is working on new ad type “Promote” for Stories, launches Analytics in beta”

LG said to introduce new rollable OLED TV at the CES 2019

While CES 2019 is still months away, we started hearing reports about what’s coming. One among the tech that LG is planning on introducing a new rollable OLED TV. According to the internal documents highlighting intended topics for the presentation, and it appears that the prototypes we’ve seen in past years from LG Display are ready to take center stage.
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Instagram Stories gets Shazam integration

Shazam Instagram

Apple-owned Shazam has announced a new partnership with Instagram that will allow its users to share Shazams onto their Insta stories. The new feature is already available for iOS users who download the latest versions of both apps. Android users will be able to access the new functionality soon. Continue reading “Instagram Stories gets Shazam integration”

Twitter adds new floating compose button for iOS

Twitter has added a new compose button to its official iOS mobile app that is designed for one-handed scrolling and tweet composing. Pressing and hold the icon gives you access to drafts, photos, and the GIF gallery. It is present on the bottom, it can be tapped to start composing a tweet.  Continue reading “Twitter adds new floating compose button for iOS”

Flickr to replace free 1TB plan with just 1000 photos from January 8th 2019

Flickr 4.0.6 for iOS 3D Touch

Flickr for quite sometime offered free 1TB storage to users after SmugMug acquired the service from Yahoo back in April, the company today announced it will be reducing the free tier to just 1000 photos and bringing improvements to its paid Flickr Pro. Continue reading “Flickr to replace free 1TB plan with just 1000 photos from January 8th 2019”

Global smartphone shipments down 6% in Q3 2018, Samsung leads with 72.2 million, Huawei posts 32.9% YoY growth

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million units during the Q3 2018; this is a 6% decline year-over-year.  This was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the global smartphone market. Continue reading “Global smartphone shipments down 6% in Q3 2018, Samsung leads with 72.2 million, Huawei posts 32.9% YoY growth”

Fujifilm instax SHARE SP-2 Smartphone Printer, SQUARE SQ6 and SQUARE Film Taylor Swift Edition launched in India

Fujifilm has launched new instax SHARE Smartphone Printer SP-2, which can print high-quality credit-card sized instant photos in just 10 seconds, Instax SQUARE SQ6 Taylor Swift Edition and Instax SQUARE Film Taylor Swift Edition for instax lovers. Continue reading “Fujifilm instax SHARE SP-2 Smartphone Printer, SQUARE SQ6 and SQUARE Film Taylor Swift Edition launched in India”

Honor Watch Magic with 1.2-inch AMOLED display, Swimproof design, Heart rate monitor, GPS announced

Huawei’s Honor Brand, along with the Honor Magic 2 also introduced the Honor Watch Magic smartwatch, which is similar to Huawei Watch GT that was introduced recently, but with a slightly smaller display. It sports a 1.2-inch (390 x 390 pixels) AMOLED color display with 326 PPI pixel density and incorporates a dual-crown design with 9.8mm stainless steel case. It has a heart rate sensor on the back. Continue reading “Honor Watch Magic with 1.2-inch AMOLED display, Swimproof design, Heart rate monitor, GPS announced”

Vivo Y93 with 6.2-inch 19:9 Waterdrop notch display, Snapdragon 439 12nm SoC, dual rear cameras, 4030mAh battery announced

Vivo has announced Y93, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y series’ in China. It has a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio waterdrop notch display, is the first smartphone to be powered by Snapdragon 439 12nm SoC, has 4GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.5, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for potraits, as well as an 8-megapixel front camera with support for face unlock. It pack a huge 4030mAh battery.

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Jaybird Tarah Pro Wireless waterproof Sport Headphones with up to 14 hours battery life announced

Jaybird Tarah Pro

Jaybird has announced the Tarah Pro Wireless Sport Headphones with an incredible 14 hours of battery life, extremely durable. It comes with a new personalized EQ functionality through the Jaybird app. Tarah Pro is the first in Jaybird’s Pro Series which is the company’s a new line of wireless sport headphones for endurance athletes. Continue reading “Jaybird Tarah Pro Wireless waterproof Sport Headphones with up to 14 hours battery life announced”

Lenovo Z5 Pro with 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 710, 6GB RAM, Slider design, in-display fingerprint sensor announced

Lenovo just announced the Z5 Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Z series’ in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED  19.5:9 aspect ratio display with 2.07mm ultra narrow bezels and 95.06% screen-to-body ratio. It has a slider design that hides the 16-megapixel front camera, earpiece and the 8-megapixel IR face unlock. The company says that the sliding mechanism has been tested to last 300,000 times. It comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Lenovo Z5 Pro with 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, Snapdragon 710, 6GB RAM, Slider design, in-display fingerprint sensor announced”

POCO F1 MIUI 10 Stable OTA update starts rolling out [Download Link]

Xiaomi has finally started rolling out MIUI 10 update for the POCO F1 smartphone, as it had promised, in two months after it was launched running MIUI 9.6. The new MIUI 10 update brings major changes like Redesigned Notification PanelRedesigned Volume Sliders, Improved multitasking management, natural sound system, and a lot more, for more details on MIUI 10 refer to this post. Continue reading “POCO F1 MIUI 10 Stable OTA update starts rolling out [Download Link]”

LG Objet premium brand combines electronic appliances and furniture

LG has launched a new high-end brand with an aim of combining home appliances with furniture, targeting consumers who are seeking unique design. The new brand will be called ‘LG Objet’ which it will use for what it calls “premium private appliances.” Continue reading “LG Objet premium brand combines electronic appliances and furniture”

WhatsApp Status to start showing ads soon, confirms Vice President Chris Daniels

Back in August, WhatsApp was reported to display ads in the Status section, and now the company’s Vice President Chris Daniels confirmed that the company is going to put advertisements in its ‘Status’ feature. This clears the air on Facebook’s monetization efforts towards WhatsApp. Continue reading “WhatsApp Status to start showing ads soon, confirms Vice President Chris Daniels”