After launching Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in India starting from Mumbai, Airtel is all set to launch VoLTE in Chennai. The company is in advanced stages of testing the services in the city and the launch is expected next month. This will enable Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel VoLTE services launching in Chennai soon”
Xiaomi launched the Mi Band HRX Edition in India earlier this month in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan. We recently unboxed the fitness band, check out the video below.
Google is all set to launch the second-generation pixel devices; the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones on October 4th. While everything about the upcoming Google flagships have leaked online many times in the past, now according to the sources of XDA, the new Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 have said to feature dual front stereo speakers, a brand new Always listening Music recognition tech and a portrait mode. Continue reading “Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL could feature Always listening Music recognition and Portrait Mode”
MediaTek at the India Mobile Congress 2017 in Delhi announced the MT6739, the company’s latest SoC targeted at entry-level and mid-range 4G smartphones. This is an upgrade to the MT6735 that was introduced back in 2014 and last year’s MT6737 that are being used in hundred of latest smartphones. Continue reading “MediaTek MT6739 quad-core SoC with dual VoLTE for budget 4G smartphones announced in India”
Micromax is working on an entry level 4G VoLTE feature phone that will compete with Reliance JioPhone. According to a latest report from the Economic Times, the Bharat One 4G VoLTE feature phone will be launched in the first week of October for about Rs 2,000.
Continue reading “Micromax Bharat One 4G VoLTE feature phone tipped to launch next week”
Few hours back Twitter announced that it will soon increase tweet character limit from 140 and 280 and is testing the feature for select users. Even though the feature is not available for everyone yet, there is a userscript called Twitter Cramming that can run using Tampermonkey extension to enable 280 character tweets on Twitter web client. Here is how to enable it.
Continue reading “Twitter to double character limit, here’s how to post 280-character tweets now”
Microsoft at the IT Pro conference held in Orlando has formally announced the new Office client, Server exchange and Skype for business clients. The company said that it is committed to releasing the new Office client, Server exchange, SharePoint server, and Skype for business in the second half of 2018. But, before the official release, Microsoft said that it will offer preview version of the Office client which will be named as Office 2019 by mid-2018. This preview version will be called as the Perpetual Client Release. Continue reading “Microsoft Office 2019 coming next year, preview to release by mid-2018”
Samsung is getting ready to foray into the Windows Mixed Reality space. The company is reportedly working on its own Windows Mixed Reality headset. Twitter user WalkingCat has shared images of the headset that gives a clear look at the design. Continue reading “Samsung Windows Mixed Reality headset surfaces in renders”
ZOPO has launched Flash X1 and Flash X2, the company’s latest smartphones in the ‘Flash series’ with 18:9 full screen displays with 83% screen-to-body ratio, which the company says are the cheapest full screen phones in the country. The Flash X1 has a 5.5-inch HD screen and the Flash X2 comes with a 5.99-inch HD+ screen. Continue reading “ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2 with full screen displays launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 8999”
Saying what you want to say in just 140 characters is quite a task on Twitter. However, the company is now experimenting with the character limit and soon you will have more characters to express yourself on Twitter.
Continue reading “Twitter is experimenting with 280 character limit”
Apple has rolled out iOS 11.0.1 update for iPhone and iPad that includes several bug fixes and improvements. This comes after some reports about issues with the iOS 11 including battery drain and slow downs. The latest update should provide smooth experience and potentially help with battery life. The update is also said to bring improvements for iMessage App Explorer and Springboard. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 11.0.1 for iPhone and iPad, includes bug fixes and improvements”
Reliance introduced its first VoLTE feature phone, the JioPhone at its 40th annual general body meeting. The company had announced that the JioPhone is effectively free, but to avoid misuse, Reliance was collecting INR 1500 as a security deposit.
The deal offered the JioPhone user to use his phone for 36 months and be eligible to get a full refund of the security deposit by returning the used JioPhone. Reliance has now published a detailed terms and conditions of JioPhone usage, which reveals some of the asterisks of the free claim. Continue reading “JioPhone will attract penalty charges if returned before 36 months”
Vimeo, popular video-sharing service today announced that it has agreed to acquire Livestream, one of the popular live stream services to launch its own Vimeo Live streaming service. It lets you broadcast events in full HD 1080p resolution with built-in cloud transcoding and offers powerful privacy options that let you share securely, and the ability to use any RTMP encoder Continue reading “Vimeo acquires Livestream, launches its own streaming service Vimeo Live”
Micromax launched the Canvas Infinity smartphone with a 5.7-inch HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio last month for Rs. 9999. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have its battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 2900mAh (minimum) / 2980mAh (typical) built-in battery, is powered by Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform and runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat). Check out the test results. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Infinity Battery Life Test #OneChargeRating”
Instagram is inching closer to the 1 billion user mark. The Facebook owned photo and video sharing site has announced that it now has 800 million monthly active users, up from 700 million in April. It also has over 500 million daily active users. Continue reading “Instagram hits 800 million monthly active users, 500 million daily active users”
