HMD Global launched the Nokia 7 Plus Android One smartphone in India last month, and the phone went on sale in the country last week. As we had mentioned in the review, the phone has support for 4G VoLTE in one SIM, while the other SIM supports only 3G. HMD Global Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas on Twitter has confirmed that the phone will soon get support for 4G on both the SIMs via an update. Continue reading “Nokia 7 Plus to get Dual 4G LTE support soon via OTA update”
ZTE Corp has submitted an application to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) seeking for the suspension of a business ban. ZTE was banned for seven years from using USA based companies components and software. Continue reading “ZTE submits application to U.S. Commerce Department seeking suspension of business ban”
A new mysterious bug found on the WhatsApp is causing the app to crash, it is the black dot emoji that when touched crashes or freezes the app. It is not tapping the emoji that causes the crash as much as what lies underneath it, meaning that tapping anywhere on the message; “<⚫> 👈🏻 can’t touch this” can trigger the bug. Continue reading “Black Dot emoji message could crash Android messaging apps”
Chrome OS team looks to be working on app shortcuts within the right-click context menus which is a sign of better integration as more and more touch-oriented devices arrive. It is also working on better Bluetooth support. Continue reading “Chrome OS to get better Bluetooth support and Android app shortcuts”
iFFALCON, a new a smart TV brand, co-invested by TCL and Tencent Digital launched its new Smart LED TVs in India last month. As promised, these TVs went on sale today. There are three smart TV models – iFFALCON 55K2A, iFFALCON 40F2, and iFFALCON 32F2. The top-end iFFALCON 55K2A 55-inch 4K HDR TV has specially-customised Google services, and is powered by Android 7.0 Nougat and has in-built Google Chromecast, Google Voice Search and more.
Continue reading “TCL iFFALCON Smart LED TVs go on sale in India starting at Rs. 13499”
20-years ago today, Apple officially introduced the iMac. While the present perception of the iMac might have been taken for granted, Steve Jobs presentation and the official unveiling of the iMac is worth watching even after 20-years. It’s also safe to say that the machine has made a lasting impact on technology at a large scale. Continue reading “Apple’s iconic iMac turns 20”
Samsung usually launches its S-series flagships at the MWC event in February or after that in a separate event in March. However, a new report from Korea suggests that the Galaxy S10 launch date will be set for January 2019. Considering S9 this year launched a month ahead of the S8 from last year, this report is not unusual in any way. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 said to launch in January 2019, foldable phone in February at MWC”
Lenovo-owned Motorola back in September last year confirmed the list of devices that will get the Android 8.0 (Oreo) update. The company rolled out stable Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the Moto Z Play smartphone in India last month, now it has rolled out the update for its successor, Moto Z2 Play in the country, after rolling it out in Europe last month. Continue reading “Moto Z2 Play gets Android 8.0 Oreo update in India”
This week Samsung introduced the Galaxy A6 and A6+ smartphones in the A Series, LG introduced its flagship LG G7 ThinQ smartphone, Coolpad launched the Note 6 budget smartphone, and more that happened this week in our weekly roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Samsung Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+, LG G7 ThinQ, Smartron tbook flex and more”
Apple had acquired the Next Issue Media LLC’s digital magazine service Texture back in March and it is also said to be planning to launch a News subscription service in 2019. Today the company announced that it is shutting down Texture’s Windows magazine app at the end of June. Continue reading “Apple shutting down Texture’s Windows magazine app on June 30”
Adobe Photoshop Express gets a handful of new features in the latest update to its Android app. It brings automatic perspective correction, vignette effects, and more. The vignette effects help in adjusting the brightness around the edge of a photo and also adds a nice dramatic or nostalgia look to the picture. Continue reading “Adobe Photoshop Express for Android gets automatic perspective correction, vignette effects and more”
Google is now rolling out a new beta update to the Gboard for Android which brings the ability to create own Gifs using the camera, new sticker gallery. The GIF creation feature was spotted in previous Gboard APK being tested internally and is now finally making its way to the beta. Continue reading “Gboard 7.2 beta for Android brings the ability to create own GIFs using camera, new sticker gallery”
Back in January, Lenovo at the CES had introduced the Mirage Solo standalone Daydream VR headset, first VR180 consumer camera; Mirage VR streaming camera. Today the company has announced the that it is now on sale starting in the U.S. Continue reading “Lenovo Mirage Solo standalone Daydream VR headset and Mirage VR streaming camera go on sale”
Vivo Y75, a mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y series’ was introduced China a few months back, now the company is all set to introduce the Y75s , which has been certified by TENAA and has also surfaced on the official Vivo site. This has similar design and specifications of the V7+, but this has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 16-megapixel front camera, both with LED flash. It will also come with Game mode and Jovi AI Assistant. Continue reading “Vivo Y75s with 5.99-inch FullView display, 16MP front camera and Y83 with 6.22-inch display with a notch get certified”
Samsung SM-G8750 surfaced in benchmarks last month that revealed Snapdragon 660, 4GB of RAM and Android 8.0 Oreo for the phone, and according to the rumors it will be called Galaxy S8 mini. Now the phone has been certified by TENAA in China that confirms 5.8-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, 16-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel front camera, glass back and a fingerprint next to the camera on the back, same as the Galaxy S8. It also has a dedicated Bixby button. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite with 5.8-inch FHD+ Infinity display, Snapdragon 660 gets certified”
