Reliance Jio today launched Happy New Year 2018 plans, just in time for the new year. The Rs. 199 and Rs. 299 monthly plans offer better data benefits for monthly users, compared to the existing Rs. 149 plan that offers just 4.2GB data for the month, but these have the same 28-days validity.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation where Edward Snowden is one of the directors and Guardian Project have jointly developed an open-source app called Haven for Android that uses a sensors on the phone to provide monitoring and protection of physical spaces. The developers say that the app has especially been developed for investigative journalists, human rights defenders, and people at risk of forced disappearance. Continue reading “Snowden-backed Haven app uses your smartphone’s sensors for monitoring”
Earlier this month, after being rejected for a proposal to acquire Qualcomm, Broadcom nominated a slate of 11 members for the director’s role at Qualcomm’s 2018 Annual Meeting to replace the Qualcomm’s existing board of directors. However, Qualcomm today announced that it has rejected director nominees assembled by Broadcom. Continue reading “Qualcomm rejects Broadcomm’s board of director nominees”
After OPPO A83 that got certified by TENAA in China recently, OPPO A85 has been certified by the TENAA now. This reveals similar specifications including a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display 2.5GHz Octa-Core SoC, 4GB of RAM, 13-megapixel rear camera and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “OPPO A85 with 5.7-inch full-screen display, 4GB RAM gets certified”
Airtel has once again partnered with Celkon to launch Celkon Star 4G+, a budget VoLTE phone at an effective price of Rs. 1249, after launching the Celkon Smart 4G back in October. It is part of Airtel’s Mera Pehla 4G Smartphone initiative under which the operator will partner with multiple mobile manufacturers in an aim to create an ‘open ecosystem’ of affordable 4G smartphones and bring them to market for virtually the price of a feature phone. Continue reading “Airtel launches Celkon Star 4G+ smartphone at an effective price of Rs. 1249”
Gionee today launched S10 Lite, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘S Series’ in India. It was introduced in China back in May this year as S10C and packs a 5.2-inch display, is powered by Snapdragon 427 Mobile Platform with 4GB of RAM and runs Android 7.1 (Nougat) with Amigo OS 4.0. Continue reading “Gionee S10 Lite with 4GB RAM, 16MP front camera launched in India for Rs. 15999”
Apple is expected to bring new 3D sensing and augmented reality functions to 2019 iPhones. To juice up the upgraded feature set, a larger capacity battery is a primary requirement, and for this reason, it is heard that the company is working on a larger capacity battery technology for 2019 iPhones predicts Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. Continue reading “Apple working on a larger-capacity battery technology for 2019 iPhones: KGI”
Google introduced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones in India at a starting price of Rs. 61,000 and Rs. 73,000, respectively. During its sale earlier this month Flipkart offered the Pixel 2 for as low as Rs. 39,999 by offering Rs.11,001 flat discount and Rs. 10,000 on all debit and credit cards. Now Google has announced a temporary price cut for both the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones during festive sales both online and offline.
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Apple is said to be working on EKG Heart Monitor for Its next-gen Apple Watch as a part of including resourceful features in the smartwatches according to a report from Bloomberg. Continue reading “Apple said to be developing EKG Heart Monitor for next-gen Apple Watch”
Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 Nxt (SM-J701F) smartphone in the J7 series in India back in July with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage. Now the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version is available from offline stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. Apart from the increase in storage it also comes with AR Stickers and also includes Samsung Pay Mini that offers Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version goes on sale in India for Rs. 12990”
Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed a multi-year agreement with Facebook to license its record music for users on the platform to use it in their videos. This agreement also covers Instagram and Oculus. Continue reading “Facebook and Universal Music Group sign multi-year agreement to license recorded music”
Earlier this month, Qualcomm has taken wraps off the next flagship chipset; the Snapdragon 845 which is an Octa-Core processor with Kryo 385 CPUs, Adreno 630 GPU. Xiaomi and Samsung have already announced that their upcoming flagship smartphones will have the 845 chipset and now according to latest reports, Snapdragon 845 powered Chromebook devices might be launched soon. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 powered Chromebook devices may launch soon”
Amazon has announced the roll out of Firefox browser and its own silk browser for Fire TV line-up including the regular Fire TV and the Fire TV Stick. After being in the testing phase in a closed group for a month now, Silk browser is available for everyone. Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox and Amazon Silk browsers now available on Amazon Fire TV”
Alphabet Inc. today announced that Eric Schmidt, the current executive chairman as of the next regular board meeting in January 2018 will be stepping down and will continue to serve the board of directors as technical advisor. Continue reading “Eric Schmidt to step down as Alphabet’s executive chairman, will continue as technical advisor”
Instagram today rolled out an update that will let you share live videos with friends through direct messages. You can also send live videos that you’re watching as well. This update comes after the follow hashtags feature which was made available last week. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you share live videos through direct messages”
