Motorola today announced a partnership with Poorvika Mobiles to bring Moto Hub stores across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Customers can visit the store and experience wide-range of Motorola products. Continue reading “Motorola teams up with Poorvika Mobiles to bring Moto Hub stores across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka”
Xiaomi has announced its year-end sale – No.1 Mi Fan Sale on December 20th and 21st. In the sale it will have Re. 1 flash sale, offer discounts on smartphones and accessories, and will also allow you to get discount coupons (Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200 and Rs. 500). Continue reading “Xiaomi No.1 Mi Fan Sale on Dec 20 & 21: Discounts on phones, accessories, Re. 1 flash sale and more”
Ola today announced a partnership with Germany based DeliveryHero Group, an online food ordering and delivery marketplace. As a part of this partnership, Ola will have now have rights over Foodpanda India business in an acquisition deal in exchange for Ola stock. Continue reading “Ola acquires Foodpanda India, to invest $200 million”
InFocus just launched Vision 3, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 82.4% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with SMILE UX and has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens. It also has an 8-megapixel front camera and will get A.I face recognition feature via update soon. Continue reading “InFocus Vision 3 with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, dual rear cameras, 4000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 6999”
Reddit has rolled out a major update to their app that brings features like chat function, live comments, theater mode, Safari View Controller and more. The company says that its number one priority with this update is to give moderators more control and all the tools they need to maintain the communities directly from the phone. Continue reading “Reddit updated with chat function, live comments, theater mode and more”
Developers have started taking advantage of the iPhone X’s TrueDepth sensor to design games and we now already have two games on the list; Nose Zone & Rainbrow. These games combine data from the iPhone X’s TrueDepth sensor with the ARKit framework and APIs to detect facial motions. Continue reading “Nose Zone and Rainbrow games for iPhone X use TrueDepth sensor for controls”
France data privacy watchdog; CNIL has given a 1-month ultimatum to WhatsApp over Facebook data transfers without proper users consent. It ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing data with Facebook without proper permissions, and if WhatsApp fails to follow the order, the watchdog said that it could sanction the company. Continue reading “WhatsApp ordered by French data protection authority to stop sharing user data with Facebook”
After announcing a new set of rules last month, Twitter today announced that it would start enforcing updates to the Twitter rules with an aim to reduce hateful and abusive content on the platform. The company also said that it is working on a robust appeal system if in case of any wrong conclusions. Continue reading “Twitter to implement new rules to reduce hateful conduct and abusive behavior”
Samsung just announced the Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) smartphones in the Galaxy A series after several rumors. These have 5.6-inch and 6-inch (1080 × 2220 pixels) Full HD+Infinity Super AMOLED displays with 18.5:9 display ratio with curved glass on the back and front. These are powered by Octa-Core Exynos 7885 14nm processor, but still run Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) with 5.6-inch and 6-inch FHD+ Infinity display, dual front cameras announced”
Xiaomi released MIUI 9 Global Stable update for its Mi MIX 2 smartphone last month. Today it has announced Android Oreo beta program for the phone, but it is for the MIUI 9 China ROM on its global forum, however it is applicable for all regions. To be eligible, you must be using MIUI China Alpha ROM and must be active on the forum. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android Oreo beta program announced”
Engagement bait posts that ask for like, share and comment are abundant on the Facebook news feed and they are an indirect way from pages, people to gain reach. In order to tackle the issue, Facebook today announced that it will begin demoting individual posts from people and Pages that use engagement bait. Continue reading “Facebook to block Engagement Bait posts from news feed”
[Update: Reliance Jio has extended the triple cashback offer again. It is now valid till December 25th. Amazon Pay, Paytm and PhonePe offers are the same, but the Paytm cashback has been reduced to Rs. 15 for both old and new users] Continue reading “Reliance Jio triple cashback offer extended till December 25”
Vivo has announced Y75, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y series’ in China. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display with 83.6% screen-to-body ratio and comes with a 16-megapixel front camera with Face Wake, face unlock feature. It is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with FuntouchOS 3.2 and comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera.
Continue reading “Vivo Y75 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 4GB RAM, 16MP front camera announced”
Huawei has introduced Enjoy 7S, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with a full-screen display in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio and comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera to capture depth information. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 7S with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 announced”
Few users have started reporting that the Pixel 2 XL after the Android 8.1 Oreo update is facing slower Fingerprint sensor unlocking. Reports regarding the issue have been growing larger in the past couple of days. Continue reading “Google looking into reports of Pixel 2 XL slower fingerprint unlock after Android 8.1 update”
