Microsoft has discontinued its lineup of wearable devices after launching the Microsoft Band 2. However, the company seems to be planning a comeback. A new patent file named “WEARABLE DEVICE” was published by USPTO and filed by Microsoft in June 2017. Continue reading “Microsoft patents hint at a wearable device with actuators”
Google has announced that starting today, commuters in Delhi will be able to see a new public transport mode; auto rickshaw in Google Maps. By selecting this mode of transport, commuters will be able to view suggested routes for the ride as well as the estimated auto-rickshaw fares. Continue reading “Google Maps for Android gets auto-rickshaw as public transport mode in India starting from Delhi”
Huawei just announced Nova 4, the company’s latest smartphone in the Nova series in China, as it had promised. It packs a 6.3-inch FHD+ curved glass full-screen display with a 4.5mm hole to house the 3.05mm small 25-megapixel front camera, 0.85mm micro-seam earpiece on the edge and has a 86.3% screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by Kirin 970 SoC with support for GPU Turbo 2.0, packs 8GB of RAM and runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0.1. It has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 16 million super wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. There is also a version with a 20-megapixel primary camera.
A new Microsoft patent filing hints at a twin-screen folding hinged device which is about the size of a smartphone. The hinge connects two screens on the device which also shows that the company is still interested in new form factors for its hardware. Continue reading “Microsoft patent hint at dual-screen folding device”
Huawei’s Honor brand has launched Honor Band 4, successor of Honor Band 3 in India. It has a 0.95-inch AMOLED color 2.5D curved glass touch screen display in addition to Home button, comes with continuous heart rate tracking and is also water resistant up to 50 meters with Swim stroke recognition. Continue reading “Honor Band 4 with 0.95-inch AMOLED color display, 50-meter water resistance launched in India for Rs. 2599”
Cydia creator Jay Saurik has made an official confirmation regarding the demise of the jailbreaking community’s main app store. Cydia was able to support a small team devoted to upkeep the platform, but the time has long passed as Cydia has made next to nothing for Saurik. Continue reading “Cydia app store for Jailbroken iPhones shuts down purchasing”
Apple with the iPhone X from last year has started embracing the notch and it is one of the core element of the phone as it packs the TrueDepth camera, Face ID sensors. With the iPhone XS/XS Max marketing, the notch blends into the black background wallpaper in many of the promotional images and on the front page of its website. Continue reading “Apple sued over misleading promotional images that covers notch on iPhone XS and XS Max”
Thanks to the rise of AI, facial recognition is cropping up everywhere and most probably some or the other technology is scanning our face every day. While it is aimed at protecting your smartphone from privacy invaders, but in a way, the facial recognition itself is a privacy invader. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note8, Galaxy S9, OnePlus 6, LG G7 ThinQ fooled by 3D Printed heads”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A last year running MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. Last month it was updated to MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM which was based on Android 7.1 (Nougat) only but the company started rolling out Android 8.1 (Oreo) based MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM towards the end of last month. Now, Xiaomi has started rolling out Android 8.1 (Oreo) based MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for the smartphone. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A Android 8.1 Oreo Stable update starts rolling out [Download Link]”
Month after launching Mi Crowdfunding in India back in April with Selfie Stick Tripod and Bluetooth Audio Receiver, Xiaomi today started crowdfunding for its Polarized glasses – Mi Polarized Wayfarer and Mi Polarized Aviators in India. Both these promise 100% UV protection against UVA, UVB & UVC rays up to 400 nanometers.
According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Apple iPhone XR demand has been lower than expected. Kuo has slashed his overall iPhone shipment forecast by 20% for the first quarter of 2019. However, Kuo now expects Apple to move 38-42 million iPhones in the quarter, down from an original estimate of 47-52 million. Continue reading “Apple iPhone XR demand lower than expected, shipment estimations slashed: Kuo”
According to SplashData’s eighth annual list of ‘Worst Passwords’ of the Year and after evaluating more than 5 million passwords leaked on the Internet, the company found that users continue using the same predictable, easily guessable passwords. The “123456” and “password” continue in the number one and two spots, respectively. Continue reading “Top 100 worst passwords of 2018 revealed – ‘123456’ and ‘password’ retain top spots, ‘Donald’ joins the list”
After announcing Apple Music support on Amazon Echo speakers, the update is now rolling out in the US through the Alexa app on iOS and Android a few days ahead of schedule. You can now connect your Apple Music account with Echo speakers through the Alexa app and use Apple’s music streaming service with Alexa voice control. Continue reading “Apple Music integration on Amazon Echo speakers finally goes live”
Facebook has clarified that its team has discovered a photo API bug that may have affected people who used Facebook Login and granted permission to third-party apps to access their photos. Though it fixed the bug, some third-party apps might have accessed to a broader set of photos than usual in the period between September 13th to September 25th. Continue reading “Facebook API bug allowed apps to access unposted photos of up to 6.8 million users”
Google has updated its Play Games app to version 5.14 that brings several new features including dark theme that can be enabled from the settings, app shortucuts in the launcher to quickly launch most recently played and installed games and an option to sort your achievements by rarity. The app also brings animated icons for built-in games when you scroll through the carousel. Continue reading “Google Play Games v5.14 update brings Dark Theme, App shortcuts and more”
