Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with rugged design, dual-rear cameras surfaces in live image

Xiaomi is all set to announce the Black Shark gaming phone on April 13th, now ahead of the official launch, the phone has surfaced online revealing the rear-side design of the phone. Unlike most of the smartphones launching these days, the Black Shark comes with a rugged design much like the Galaxy S active series phones.  Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with rugged design, dual-rear cameras surfaces in live image”

Airtel launches 300Mbps FTTH-based Home Broadband plan

Airtel has launched new 300Mbps Home Broadband plan, after more than a year of introducing V-Fiber plan with speeds up to 100Mbps in the country. The 300Mbps FTTH (Fiber-To-the-Home) based plan comes at a monthly rental of Rs. 2199 and offers 1200GB of ultra-high speed data along with unlimited STD/Local calling benefits. Continue reading “Airtel launches 300Mbps FTTH-based Home Broadband plan”

Essential Phone gets new Android 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, stability fixes and more

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Essential rolled out the Android 8.1 Oreo update back in March with features like better multitasking, improved notifications and more. Today the company is rolling out a new 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, modem stability fixes and more. Continue reading “Essential Phone gets new Android 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, stability fixes and more”

Honor 10 with 5.8-inch FullView display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras surfaces in promotional image

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Honor has scheduled an event in London on May 15th where the company is expected to introduce the Honor 10 flagship smartphone. While the phone has been in the news for quite some time, today we have our first glimpse at the phone thanks to the promotional image that has been leaked in China. The poster of the handset has been spotted in the wild. Continue reading “Honor 10 with 5.8-inch FullView display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras surfaces in promotional image”

Twitter delays the implementation of new ‘Account Activity API’ that would kill third-party clients

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Twitter for months is now trying to push users to its own app showcasing its hostile behavior towards third-party apps. Features like group DMs, polls, and Moments never made it to third-party apps. In fact, it also introduced a token limit a few years ago causing popular clients to stop working suddenly.  Continue reading “Twitter delays the implementation of new ‘Account Activity API’ that would kill third-party clients”

Snapchat rolls out TrueDepth-Optimised AR Lenses for iPhone X

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Snapchat is now rolling out their first TrueDepth-Enhanced AR Lenses for iPhone X and is now officially implementing Apple’s TrueDepth camera technology in its Lenses selfie-feature. With the new silent update, iPhone X users who use Snapchat will be able to use augmented reality masks pop-ups that take advantage of the Apple’s facial mapping technology. Continue reading “Snapchat rolls out TrueDepth-Optimised AR Lenses for iPhone X”

Facebook to eventually allow everyone to unsend messages

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After retracting messages sent by Mark Zuckerberg from the recipients’ inboxes, Facebook confirmed that it would soon let everyone unsend messages and is already considering how to build this product. However, the ability won’t be coming anytime and might take several months. The company also clarified that it would no longer retract messages of executives until the feature is available to everyone.  Continue reading “Facebook to eventually allow everyone to unsend messages”

Weekly Roundup: Nokia 7 Plus, Honor 7A, Meizu PRO 7, Xiaomi Mi TV 4C 50-inch and more

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This week Huawei’s Honor brand has announced Honor 7A, the latest budget smartphone. Nokia officially launched the Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6 (2018) in India after introducing them at the MWC 2018 event. Meizu launched the PRO 7, which is the company’s first smartphone with dual displays and dual rear cameras in India. Xiaomi has introduced new 50-inch 4K HDR TV in the TV 4C line-up in China and lots more from this week in our weekly roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Nokia 7 Plus, Honor 7A, Meizu PRO 7, Xiaomi Mi TV 4C 50-inch and more”

Reliance Jio to deploy Massive MIMO pre-5G technology in Delhi and Mumbai cricket stadiums for IPL

Following the Airtel way, Reliance Jio has also announced the deployment of its Massive MIMO Pre-5G technology, to provide high-speed data experience to its customers in Delhi and Mumbai stadium during IPL matches. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to deploy Massive MIMO pre-5G technology in Delhi and Mumbai cricket stadiums for IPL”

Logitech K120 Hindi keyboard and MK235 Wireless Hindi keyboard combo launched in India starting at Rs. 695

Logitech MK235 Wireless Hindi Keyboard Combo

Logitech today has launched the first of its kind Logitech MK235 Wireless Devanagari Keyboard Combo, as well as wired Devanagari keyboard K120 under the Digi Bharath campaign which is a part of the flagship Digital India initiative. With the Devanagari Keyboard, the company is aiming to reach 40-crore Hindi speaking people in India. Continue reading “Logitech K120 Hindi keyboard and MK235 Wireless Hindi keyboard combo launched in India starting at Rs. 695”

Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone teased in first image ahead of April 13 announcement

Earlier this week Xiaomi’s Black Shark confirmed the announcement of Black Shark gaming phone will be announced on April 13th and also confirmed that Xiaomi has invested in the company. Today the company has released the first teaser image of the phone that reveals a metal frame and green colored power button. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone teased in first image ahead of April 13 announcement”

LG forecasts highest quarterly profit in 9 years in Q1 2018

LG posted record profits of 921.5 billion won (US$ 798.3 million), up 82.4% YoY in Q1 2017. The company today released preliminary earnings results for the first quarter of 2018 which shows operating profit of 1.1 trillion won (US$1 billion), up 20.2% year-on-year, marking the highest first quarter revenues and operating profit in the history of the company and highest quarterly operating income in nine years. Continue reading “LG forecasts highest quarterly profit in 9 years in Q1 2018”

Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India

Uber India has announced that is has started rolling out payment authorization hold feature that allows Uber to authorize hold your upfront fare amount before your trip begins for non-cash credit and debit card payment method for every trip requested. Uber says that this is to confirm that a user’s account is active and available to fund their trips. Continue reading “Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India”

Airtel to deloy Massive MIMO pre-5G solution across IPL match venues offering up to 3x faster 4G speeds

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Airtel today announced that it will deploy Massive MIMO Pre-5G technology across IPL match venues, making sure that its customers continue to enjoy superfast data experience on Airtel 4G when they watching the match. Massive MIMO expands existing network capacity by five to seven times over existing spectrum, thereby improving spectral efficiency. Continue reading “Airtel to deloy Massive MIMO pre-5G solution across IPL match venues offering up to 3x faster 4G speeds”

LG G7 ThinQ surfaces in live images

Last month live images and video of the upcoming flagship LG smartphone surfaced from the MWC 2018 as G7 (Neo).  Now the first image of the LG G7 ThinQ with the model number LM-G710M  has surfaced in live images, which is said to be in early testing phase in the US. This coincides with earlier images and shows the top-notch. Earlier this week @evleaks said that the G7 will be released as G7 ThinQ, after the V30 ThinQ that was introduced at the MWC 2018.  Continue reading “LG G7 ThinQ surfaces in live images”