According to IDC’s preliminary data, the Worldwide 2-in-1 detachable tablet market grows 10.3% with 6.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017. The regular tablets were shipped around 43.1 million units during the fourth quarter with 141.7 million the entire year which is a decline of 7.6% from the previous year. Continue reading “Worldwide 2-in-1 detachable market grows 10.3%, tablet market continues to decline in Q4 2017: IDC”
HTC today launched the U11+, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the ‘U series’ in India. It was announced back in November last year and comes with a 6-inch Quad HD+ 18:9 Full Screen display with 82% screen-to-body ratio and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 coupled with 6GB of RAM. Like the original U11, it comes with Edge Sense technology.
Infinix has launched Hot S3, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Hot S’ series in India. It has a 20-megapixel front camera with dual LED flash and features a 5.65-inch HD+ 18:9 display, which are the main highlights of the phone. It is powered by Snapdragon 430 with up to 4GB RAM, runs Android 8.0 Oreo with the company’s own XOS Hummingbird V3.0 on top. Continue reading “Infinix Hot S3 with 5.65-inch Infinity display, 20MP front camera, Android 8.0 launched in India starting at Rs. 8999”
Intel has introduced the new Vaunt smart glasses with retinal projection and motion gesture controls. These smart glasses are first seen by The Verge are very similar to that of the regular glasses and they weigh just 50 grams since they are made of plastic. Continue reading “Intel Vaunt smart glasses with retinal projection and motion gesture controls announced”
Broadcom back in November has proposed an offer to acquire Qualcomm, and the chipset maker rejected the offer saying that the proposal dramatically undervalues Qualcomm and comes with significant regulatory uncertainty. However, Broadcom today has yet again proposed an updated offer at a higher $121 billion and the all outstanding shares of Qualcomm for $60.00 per share in cash and $22.00 per share in Broadcom stock. Continue reading “Broadcom yet again bids to acquire Qualcomm at higher price”
Google+ may not have been the most used Android apps, but it looks like Google isn’t going to give up on it just yet. The company’s Leo Deegan, the engineering manager for Google+, announced that over the next several days, it would roll out a revamped Google+ app focusing on changes under the hood. Continue reading “Google to roll out revamped Google+ app for Android soon”
Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of January with an Oreo adoption rate now moving past 1% at 1.1%, including the recently rolled out Android 8.1 Oreo. Continue reading “Android Oreo adoption rate climbs to 1.1%, Nougat is now on 28.5% devices”
Back in October Google announced that the Pixel 2 and 2 XL feature a custom chip; the Visual Core custom image processing chip. However, it was not enabled by default and Google said that it would be enabled once the Oreo 8.1 rolls out, and the day is finally here as the company today announced that it is turning on the visual core to accelerate HDR+ images 5x faster. Continue reading “Google turns on Pixel 2 Visual Core custom image processing chip, to roll out new AR Stickers”
Xiaomi’s sub-brand Huami introduced its Amazfit BIP smartwatch in China back in August last year. Now the company has launched the smartwatch in the U.S. It has a 1.28-inch always-on color touch display and promises over 30 days of battery life with normal use or up to 45 days with minimal notifications on a single charge. It has GPS, barometer, heart rate sensor and 3-axis accelerometer for activity, sports and sleep tracking. Continue reading “Xiaomi Amazfit BIP smartwatch with 45 days battery life, GPS, multi-sport tracking goes global, priced at $99”
[Update: Now the Coral Blue color variant of the Galaxy S9+ has surfaced]
Microsoft introduced the Windows 10 S back in September aimed at computing with Chromebooks and education customers restricting them to running Microsoft Store apps. However, the company is now said to be ditching the S OS for a new “S Mode” for Windows 10 Home, Enterprise, and Pro according to Neowin. Continue reading “Microsoft said to ditch Windows 10 S over ‘S Mode’ for Windows 10 Home, Enterprise and Pro”
ACT Fibernet already offers ‘ACT Entertainment’ Broadband Plans in Bengaluru and Hyderabad that offers Hooq TV, YUPP TV and FastFilmz with the pack along with the broadband connection at no additional cost. Last week it updated its Android app that brings support for over 140 Live TV channels at free of cost for all its users, powered by YuppTV. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet app for Android gets over 140 Live TV channels for free powered by YuppTV”
[Update: Stable MIUI 9.2 ROM for both the Redmi 1S and Redmi Note 4G are now available for download, you can get them and flash manually, if you don’t have the update yet.] Continue reading “Xiaomi rolls out final MIUI 9.2 update for Redmi 1S and Redmi Note [Update: Stable update with download links]”
Rumors about the 2018 iPhone models keep growing head of the official announcement later this year, thanks to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. Back in November last year he said that the 2018 iPhone models will come with a faster Intel XMM 7560 modem and Qualcomm SDX 20 LTE Cat. 18 Modem with support for 4×4 MIMO technology. He has also said that 70%-80% of the modem chips for 2018 iPhone models will come from Intel and the remaining will use Qualcomm modems. Continue reading “2018 iPhones to use Intel modems exclusively, ditching Qualcomm: KGI”
Facebook celebrated February 4th as Friends Day and it has introduced a way to show gratitude to your friends and family with a personalized Friends Awards and videos. You will now see a message from Facebook at the top of News Feed along with a small video. Continue reading “Facebook introduces Friends Day personalized Awards, Camera filters and more”
