Samsung today has introduced two new image sensors; the ISOCELL fast 2L9 and Slim 2X7. The Fast 2L9 is a 1.28 micrometer 12-megapixel camera sensor while the Slim 2X7 is an ultra-small 0.9μm 24Mp ISOCELL Slim 2X7 with Tetracell technology. Samsung has four categories for their camera sensors; the fast, slim, ultra and bright which the company uses depending on the product. Continue reading “Samsung introduces 12MP ISOCELL Fast 2L9 Dual Pixel and ISOCELL Slim 2X7 sensors for smartphones”
Xiaomi started selling Redmi Note 4 smartphone through offline stores in India starting this March and the Redmi 4 was available in offline markets from June, a month after its launch exclusively on Amazon.in. Today Xiaomi has announced that both the smartphones will be available at over 240 Big Bazaar stores across India, just in time for the festive season.
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Intel has started delivering the Quantum computing 17-bit Qubit SuperConducting chipset to a European group with an approach that is vastly unique from the current PCs, Phones, and other devices. This move demonstrates the company’s progress and role in the pivotal future. Classic Computing uses the traditional way of encoding information represented in ones and zeros. While the Quantum computing chips work in Qubits and can also be ones and zeros at the same time. Continue reading “Intel develops 17-qubit Superconducting chip for quantum computing”
Apple Music is joining hands with A R Rahman to set up two Music Labs in India. The Music Labs will be set up at KM Music Conservatories (KMMC) based in Chennai and Mumbai. The KM Music Conservatory was founded by A.R. Rahman to teach and strengthen the art of Indian music. The institution also offers an education in Western music and music technology.
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Huawei’s Honor brand today introduced Honor 7X, the successor of last year’s Honor 6X at an event in China as it had promised. It has a 5.93-inch Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with minimal bezels, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor and has a 16-megapixel rear camera with a 2-megapixel secondary camera along with an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras announced”
Telegram has updated its app with bunch of new features. The update that bumps the app to version 4.4 brings new media player, live locations and support for more languages. Continue reading “Telegram rolls out live locations, new media player and more”
Airtel has partnered with Karbonn Mobiles to launch Karbonn A40 Indian, a 4G VoLTE phone with support for 22 Indian languages at an effective price of Rs. 1399. It has also launched a new Rs. 169 plan for the phone that offers unlimited calling and 0.5GB 4G data per day for 28 days. Airtel said that you need to do 36 continuous monthly recharges of Rs. 169. Continue reading “Airtel 4G VoLTE phone – Airtel partners with Karbonn to launch 4G VoLTE smartphone at an effective price of Rs. 1399”
Xolo today launched Era 3X, the company’s latest budget smartphone and the successor Era 2X. It also introduced cheaper Era 3 and Era 2V smartphones. All these phones have a 5-inch HD screen, are powered by Quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC and run Android 7.0 (Noguat). All these have moonlight flash on the front for capturing better selfies in low lighting conditions.
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Ola has secured a whopping $1.1 billion in fresh round of funding from China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd and existing investor Japan’s SoftBank. The homegrown company will use the funding to increase its numbers of drivers and expand presence to more cities. Continue reading “Ola raises $1.1 billion from Tencent and Softbank”
Snapchat has introduced new Contextual cards feature which will add contextual information to the geotagged images and photos in Snapchat public stories. Cards with the contextual information will be automatically included to the Snaps added to the Snapchat regional story feature, or venue specific geofilter or those sent with white text. Users can just swipe up of any photo or image that shows the word ‘more’ below it and then, you’ll be able to see an interactive cards popup with more information about the particular place. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Contextual Cards to add more information and functionality to Snaps”
At the Google Hardware event, Google introduced several products and also refreshed the current line-up of Day Dream and Home. At the event it also introduced the Home Mini speaker which is a trim down variant of the original Home speaker for $49.99. The pricing and the feature that it comes with are bang on, but the soon after Google handed over press units at the event on 4th, a weird issue where the Home mini accidentally started recording at random occasions due to the improper calibration of the touch sensor. Continue reading “Google working on update to prevent Home Mini speaker from recording everything”
Nokia is planning to slash up to 300 jobs in Nokia Technologies, mainly in Finland, the US and the UK. The company is also halting development of its virtual reality camera OZO that was announced in 2015. Continue reading “Nokia to cut up to 310 jobs, kills off OZO VR camera development”
Twitterific; one the most popular Twitter clients on iOS has re-launched again on macOS as Twitterrific 5 for Twitter after being in the development for over nine months. The app has been redesigned to work fluidly and faster than before; it also includes the modern-day features that you’d expect from any latest client for Twitter. Continue reading “Twitterrific for macOS is back as Twitterrific 5 for Twitter”
Tagg has launched TAGG Sports+ Bluetooth In-Ear Headphones in India. It comes with Bluetooth V4.1 with a range of 20 feet and ATPX technology. The headphones are compatible with Android and iOS. Continue reading “TAGG Sports+ Bluetooth in-ear headphones launched for Rs. 5999”
Samsung today launched the Galaxy Tab A (2017), a mid-range 4G tablet with VoLTE support in India for Rs. 17,990. Check out the unboxing of the tablet. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2017 Unboxing”
