Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform announced – Octa-Core Kryo 385 CPUs, Adreno 630 GPU, X20 LTE and secure processing unit

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Qualcomm on the second day of its second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit announced Snapdragon 845, its next-generation Mobile Platform for mobile devices that is manufactured on second generation 10LPP process from Samsung. It promises immersive multimedia experiences including eXtended reality (XR), on-device artificial intelligence (AI), lightning-fast connectivity, and also has new secure processing unit (SPU) to offer the best security for premium, flagship mobile devices.

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ASUS NovaGo Hands On – Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 convertible laptop with Gigabit LTE

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ASUS introduced the NovaGo, the world’s first Gigabit LTE capable Windows laptop powered by the Snapdragon 835 at Qualcomm’s second annual tech summit. We got to check it out, here is the video.

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Amazon Prime Video finally arrives for Apple TV, gets optimized for iPhone X

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Amazon Prime Video has finally launched on AppleTV and is also optimized for iPhone X as well. Apple tvOS owners will no longer have to rely on AirPlay to stream content through Prime video. Amazon Prime Video for tvOS first leaked in May, and it took close to 6 months of time for the company to finalize the deal with Apple. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Video finally arrives for Apple TV, gets optimized for iPhone X”

Huawei P11 could feature triple rear cameras for 40MP shots, 24MP front camera

Huawei P11 Camera specs

Huawei P11 is said to feature triple rear cameras for 40-megapixel shots and a 24MP front camera co-developed by Leica according to the ads posted by a digital artist at one of the company’s creative agencies in their portfolio.  Continue reading “Huawei P11 could feature triple rear cameras for 40MP shots, 24MP front camera”

Amazon Echo (2nd Gen) Unboxing

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Amazon launched its Alexa powered Echo smart speakers in India back in October. We brought you the unboxing of Echo Dot (2nd Gen) last year that we got from the U.S. Here we have the unboxing of the Echo (2nd Gen).

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LG V30+ with 6-inch QHD+ OLED FullVision display, dual rear cameras launching in India on December 13

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LG just sent out invites for the launch of its flagship V30+ smartphone in India on December 13th. The V30+ comes with 128GB storage compared to 64GB on the V30.  It has a 6-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ OLED FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio and narrow bezels, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with LG UX 6.0+, which is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo).

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Airtel, Intex launch Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 4G phones starting at an effective price of Rs. 1649

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After Karbonn and Celkon, Airtel has partnered with Intex to launch range of  affordable 4G smartphones – Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 at effective price of Rs. 1649, Rs. 1999 and Rs. 4379, respectively. All the phones run Android 7.0 (Nougat) and come with 4G VoLTE support. Continue reading “Airtel, Intex launch Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 4G phones starting at an effective price of Rs. 1649”

Qualcomm partners with AMD for Always Connected PCs on Ryzen Mobile processors

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At the Qualcomm’s second annual tech summit, the company has announced a partnership with AMD for Always Connected PCs on AMD’s high-performance Ryzen mobile processors along with Always Connected, Gigabit LTE and Microsoft Windows 10 OS.  Continue reading “Qualcomm partners with AMD for Always Connected PCs on Ryzen Mobile processors”

Microsoft Whiteboard Preview app for Windows 10 starts rolling out

Microsoft Whiteboard

Microsoft has started rolling out Whiteboard Preview app for Windows 10 devices. The Whiteboard app is a free-form digital canvas where people with ideas, and content can come together for creative collaboration. The app lets users draw, erase, edit thus replicating a real meeting with-a-white-board experience for distant coworkers. Continue reading “Microsoft Whiteboard Preview app for Windows 10 starts rolling out”

Unicode 11.0 beta brings 130 emojis including cupcake, party face, skateboard and more

Unocide Emoji 11.0 Beta

Unicode Consortium today has released version 11.0 beta of the Unicode Standard with over 130 emojis including cupcake, woman/man red-haired, softball, mango and many more. These emojis are likely to be adopted by major vendors like Apple, Google-like always.  Continue reading “Unicode 11.0 beta brings 130 emojis including cupcake, party face, skateboard and more”

Instagram update brings Stories Highlights and Stories Archive

Instagram

Instagram has rolled out yet another update today which brings stories highlights and stories archive features. The highlights feature lets you save your stories automatically into a private Stories Archive so you can view later even after 24 hours. Continue reading “Instagram update brings Stories Highlights and Stories Archive”

Google rolls out Android 8.1 update for Pixel and Nexus devices, OTA and factory images available

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A week after releasing the final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2, Google has released final Android 8.1 (Oreo) update for compatible Pixel and Nexus devices that brings support for  Android Oreo (Go edition) software experience for entry-level devices and also introduces the Neural Networks API, a hardware accelerated machine learning runtime to support ML capabilities in apps.  Continue reading “Google rolls out Android 8.1 update for Pixel and Nexus devices, OTA and factory images available”

Google expands featured search snippets to offer more relevant search results

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Google has always been active in improving their search results and the information it provides. Over the past few weeks, the company has made three new additions expanded Featured Snippets, improved functionality of Knowledge Panels, and suggested content for searches on a particular topic. Continue reading “Google expands featured search snippets to offer more relevant search results”

ASUS NovaGo and HP Envy x2 PC are the first Windows 10 Snapdragon always connected PCs

ASUS NovaGo

At the Qualcomm’s second annual tech summit, Asus and HP have finally launched Snapdragon-powered Windows laptops after briefly teasing at the Computex earlier this year. The ASUS NovaGo is the world’s first Gigabit LTE capable laptop which is powered by the Snapdragon 835 chipset.  Continue reading “ASUS NovaGo and HP Envy x2 PC are the first Windows 10 Snapdragon always connected PCs”