Android is the primary target for hackers to inject malware and Trojans. While Google actively purses in eliminating any vulnerabilities, some still make it in the form of Apps. Today Google has announced that it took down 700,000 bad apps that violated the Google Play policies from Play Store in 2017 which is also 70% more than the apps that it took down in 2016. Continue reading “Google took down over 700,000 bad apps from Play Store in 2017, 70% more than 2016”
Snapchat today introduced Bitmoji Deluxe feature with hundreds of new ways to customize your Bitmoji. The Bitmoji Deluxe feature includes new skin tones, hairstyles, eye and hair colors, facial features, and accessories. Continue reading “Snapchat gets Bitmoji Deluxe with new skin tones, facial features and more”
Apple has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. The company’s inability to be transparent enough with the battery throttling issue dented the brand’s credibility among the common audience. And, now for the same reason, we hear that Apple is said to have been delayed some major iOS features like the re-designed home screen, in-car user interfaces, improvements to core apps to focus on reliability and performance for iOS 12. Continue reading “Apple said to delay major iOS features to focus on reliability and performance for iOS 12”
Samsung has reported its earnings for Q4 2017, in which the company has made operating profit of 15.15 trillion won ($14.13 billion), up 64.3% YoY for the quarter that ended December 31, 2017. This is a new all-time high quarterly profit, due to strong sales of memory products for servers and mobile storage as well as OLED panels for premium smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung reports record profits in Q4 2017, up 64% YoY, expects strong Galaxy S9 sales”
Update: Google India today clarified that Hindi support for the Assistant has not been launched and Hindi support is only available in the Google Assistant as part of Allo. Check out the official statement below.
The Google Assistant on Android phones and iPhones is currently available in English in India, built for English input but supporting a few selected Hindi queries. While we’ve launched the Hindi Google Assistant on Allo, it’s not available on phones yet. We are looking to bring the Assistant experience to more Indian languages over time.
ASUS just sent out invites for its Mobile World Congress (2018) event in Barcelona on February 27th. The invite says #BACKTO5 with the number 5 and also has “We Love Photo” tag same as the ZenFone 4 series. It also has Qualcomm Snapdragon branding along with the ASUS branding. All these hint at the announcement of ASUS Zenfone 5 series powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs. Continue reading “ASUS MWC 2018 event scheduled for February 27, Zenfone 5 series with Snapdragon SoCs expected”
Back in October last year, a report said that Reliance Jio will stop the JioPhone production to focus on Android smartphone, but it resumed the sale of the phone later. Today at an event TL Lee, Head of Mobiles at MediaTek said that the company will partner with Reliance Jio to launch a new Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone in India this year under the LYF brand. He also said that the phone will be powered by MT6739 SoC. JioPhone uses Spreadtrum SP9820A and Qualcomm 205 SoCs.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio, MediaTek to partner for Android Oreo Go Edition smartphone”
Xiaomi today announced that it has opened its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore. This is the third Mi Home store in Tamil Nadu, after two Mi Home Stores in Chennai, and it is the 21st Mi Home Store in India after Mi Home stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Madhya Pradesh. It has also silently opened its 22nd store in Indore.
Continue reading “Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore”
Xiaomi has finally released kernel sources for the Mi A1 Android One Smartphone, after about five months of the launch of the phone in September 2017. But it is still based on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and not Android 8.0 (Oreo) that was recently rolled out to all the users after several issues. Continue reading “Xiaomi finally releases kernel source for Mi A1”
HMD global has started rolling out Android Oreo beta update for the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 last month, and the Nokia 6 got the Oreo beta in India earlier this month. As promised, the company today started rolling out stable Android Oreo update for both the phones globally, including India. This was announced by the company’s Chief product officer; Juho Sarvikas on Twitter. Both the phones were launched running Android 7.1.1 (Nougat).
Continue reading “Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Android 8.0 Oreo stable update starts rolling out”
Instagram is already feature-rich with stories, stickers, live, and it recently launched a standalone Direct messaging app which is under testing. Today we are seeing yet another new feature; video calling which is under testing by the internal Instagram team. Continue reading “Instagram might get video calling feature soon”
HTC just as it promised has started rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to U11 in India. The update has already started rolling out to users in batches and comes with version number 3.16.708.3 and is of 1.48GB in size. The phone was originally launched with Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) back in June last year. The phone got Oreo update in Taiwan back in November last year. Continue reading “HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”
Ulefone just sent out invites for its MWC 2018 launch event next month. The company also said that it will introduce its flagship smartphone that will feature the upcoming MediaTek Helio P70 processor and unique 19:9 full-screen display with Apple iPhone X-like top notch. The design renders of the phone shows a shiny metal frame with antenna lines on the top and the bottom, glass back and dual rear cameras.
Last week Reliance Jio launched the most affordable Rs. 49 pack with free voice calls, 28 days validity for JioPhone users. At that time it introduced affordable data add-ons at Rs. 11, Rs. 21, Rs. 51 and Rs. 101. Now the company has launched these packs and has also revealed data benefits that come with these packs. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches data add-on packs starting at Rs. 11, 6GB data at Rs. 101”
