HMD Global has scheduled a press event in Moscow, Russia on May 29th where the company is expected to launch new Nokia phones. The company has started sending out media invites for the launch where the company’s CEO Florian Seiche, HMD’s CMO Pekka Rantala and CPO Juho Sarvikas will be present. Continue reading “HMD Global schedules an event on May 29 in Moscow, Nokia 2, 3 and 5 2018 editions expected”
Microsoft’s Bing search engine today has announced that it is jumping into the anti-bitcoin bandwagon and has banned Cryptocurrency Ads. Since cryptocurrency and related products are not regulated, it sees them as a possible risk to Bing users with potential for bad actors, scam consumers. Continue reading “Bing will ban Cryptocurrency Ads globally from June”
Incognito Mode in apps lets you use their functionality without being tracked and without your actions being logged into your usage history. It is reported that YouTube is testing incognito mode in its Android app Continue reading “YouTube said to be testing Incognito Mode on its Android app”
Yesterday OnePlus announced several launch offers for its upcoming OnePlus 6 flagship smartphone, including Rs. 2,000 cash back and device insurance for Idea subscribers. Today Idea Cellular has details the offers. The Rs. 2,000 (in the form of discount of Rs. 100/month for 20 billing cycles) cashback will be available for post-paid customers on OnePlus 6 and they also get 10 GB/month additional data for 20 months on the Nirvana 499 Plan, which will effectively make the plan Rs. 399. The plan also covers device security for 4 months along with Digital Idea content services – music, movies and game for free.
Continue reading “OnePlus 6 Idea offer announced – Rs. 2000 cashback, Up to 370 GB additional data and more”
As the OnePlus 6 India launch is just a day away, the excitement touches its peak for OnePlus fans around the globe. However, before the formal launch, some details about the 6th-gen OnePlus device has been teased on the Internet by the company creating anticipation all around. The OnePlus 6 smartphone is touted to be the fastest smartphone equipping the latest and powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. Continue reading “One day before the launch of OnePlus 6 – Launch offers, Fast AF sale, how to watch the livestream”
Update: Google has rebranded the Google Play Newsstand and released it as Google News for Android and iOS. If you already have Google Play Newsstand, you would have received an update, if not you can get it from Google Play Store or the App Store.
Continue reading “Google News now uses AI to organize news, replaces Google Play Newsstand, Google News & Weather apps [Available for Android and iOS]”
HMD Global just announced the Nokia X6, the company’s first Android smartphone in the ‘Nokia X’ series in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.8-inch FHD+ display with a notch and 19:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 636 with up to 6GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with RGB sensor, along with a 5-megapixel secondary rear camera with a monochrome sensor, AI portrait and scene recognition and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI selfies with background blur, stickers and face unlock.
Microsoft has announced the Surface Hub 2 and it is designed from the ground up that can be used by teams. The company says that it is sleek, agiler and more affordable to fit any workspace or work style. It sports a 50.5-inches 4K multi-touch display with 3:2 aspect ratio and extremely thin bezels. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Hub 2 with 50.5-inch 4K display announced”
HTC has announced that it is planning to launch an Android phone that will come built-in with blockchain technology. The phone is named Exodus and it will feature universal wallet and a built-in secure hardware that support cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications (DApp). Continue reading “HTC Exodus native blockchain phone for secure cryptocurrency trading coming soon”
Twitter back in March introduced a new approach to improve the health of the public conversation on Twitter. Since then it has been working on what one refers to as “trolls,” which is behavior is fun, good and humorous. Today the company is taking actions against such trolls that distort and detract from the public conversation on Twitter. Continue reading “Twitter to start hiding Tweets from trolls in conversations and search”
Facebook for the first time is publishing the number of Community Standards Enforcement Reports that it has got. This report covers the enforcement efforts between October 2017 to March 2018, touches areas like graphic violence, adult nudity and sexual activity, terrorist propaganda, hate speech, spam, and fake accounts. Continue reading “Facebook took down 837 million spam posts, 583 million fake accounts in Q1 2018”
Vivo has silently introduced X21i, the cheaper version of the X21 smartphone that was introduced in China in March. It has the same 6.28-inch FHD+ 19:9 Super AMOLED display with a notch, 90.3% screen-to-body ratio, 1.66mm narrow bezels on the sides, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.0, 12-megapixel primary sensor with Samsung 2L9 sensor with Dual Pixel technology along with a 5-megapixel secondary rear camera to capture the depth information, but this is powered by MediaTek Helio P60 12nm SoC. Continue reading “Vivo X21i with 6.28-inch FHD+ 19:9 AMOLED display, dual rear cameras, 6GB RAM announced”
Facebook’s Messenger platform never had any means of reporting content that violates any policies within the app except via the Facebook reporting tools or Messenger web. Today the company is giving access to the reporting tool directly from any Messenger conversation on iOS or Android. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger gets new reporting tools”
WhatsApp is rolling out a bunch of new features to groups including Group description, new Admin controls, Group catch up, and Participant search. WhatsApp rolled out group description back in March, and now for every new participant who joins the group; the description will show up at the top of the chat. Continue reading “WhatsApp gets new admin controls, group catch up, group participant search and more”
Samsung just announced new Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red color variants of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones. These join the Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue, and Lilac Purple versions that were introduced earlier this year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red Editions announced”
