Honor 9 Lite with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras, Android 8.0 announced

Honor 9 Lite

Huawei’s Honor brand has introduced Honor 9 Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with a full-screen display in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio and comes with a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera to capture depth information.  Continue reading “Honor 9 Lite with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras, Android 8.0 announced”

Moto G5s Plus, Moto Z2 Play and others get a temporary price cut in India

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Motorola has announced a temporary price cut on range of its smartphones just in time for festive season on Amazon.in as a part of Moto Fest sale as well as offline stores. This includes its popular model Moto Z2 Play, Moto G5S Plus as well as budget phones like Moto C. The Moto Z2 Play is still selling at a discounted price on Flipkart

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Samsung Pay update adds support for Bill Payments in India

Samsung Pay Bill Payments

Samsung today announced that its flagship product; Samsung Pay in India is now capable of doing bill payments within the app. Using the latest feature, you can payMobile postpaid, Electricity, DTH, Broadband, Landline, Gas, Water bills with UPI on Samsung Pay. Continue reading “Samsung Pay update adds support for Bill Payments in India”

Ericsson and Qualcomm with 9 other telecom operators achieve multi-band 5G NR interoperability

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Ericsson together with Qualcomm and in collaboration with 9 leading telecom operators AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile US, Verizon, and Vodafone today conducted a multivendor 5G interoperability test compliant with the global 3GPP standard for 5G New Radio (NR) Non-standalone (NSA), which also got its specs approved today. This was held in both the Ericsson Lab in Kista, Sweden and the Qualcomm Research lab in New Jersey, USA. Continue reading “Ericsson and Qualcomm with 9 other telecom operators achieve multi-band 5G NR interoperability”

Karbonn K9 Music 4G with dual speakers launched for Rs. 4990

Karbonn K9 Music 4G

Karbonn Mobiles has launched K9 Music 4G, the company’s latest budget msuc smartphone with dual speakers and 3 months of unlimited music download on Saavn App. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 7.0 Nougat, has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn K9 Music 4G with dual speakers launched for Rs. 4990”

MAPS.ME introduces Star Wars saga’s filming locations route on maps

MAPS.ME Star Wars Route

Maps.Me navigation service today has announced Star Wars saga’s filming location routes will be available download and can be accessed from Maps.Me app, especially for the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie. This indeed is an exciting opportunity for Star Wars fans to visit and witness the real locations where the epic franchise is being filmed.  Continue reading “MAPS.ME introduces Star Wars saga’s filming locations route on maps”

Cryptocurrency mining Android malware ‘Loapi’ can damage phones

Loapi Trojan

Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered new Android trojan malware Loapi is said to be using Android-powered phones to mine Monero tokens (a kind of cryptocurrency); an activity that is not in control of phone owners. This activity is said to be not just overheating phones, but also causing physical damage to the phone.  Continue reading “Cryptocurrency mining Android malware ‘Loapi’ can damage phones”

10.or D with 5.2-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor, 3500mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 4999

10.or D

10.or is back with another smartphone after the  10.or E and 10.or G . Today it has launched 10.or D, the company’s most affordable smartphone as a part of “Crafted for Amazon” programme. It has a 5.2-inch HD screen, is powered by Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform, runs on  Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), which is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo). Continue reading “10.or D with 5.2-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor, 3500mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 4999”

LG introduces 4K and UltraWide 5K monitors with Nano IPS tech ahead of CES 2018

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LG today introduced range of monitors with Nano IPS technology, support for HDR600 with even higher dynamic range of peak brightness and full Thunderbolt 3 compatibility, ahead of CES 2018 next month. Continue reading “LG introduces 4K and UltraWide 5K monitors with Nano IPS tech ahead of CES 2018”

Pokemon Go for iOS uses Apple’s ARKit tools to bring advanced AR+ features

Pokemon Go iOS Advanced AR

Niantic, the makers of Pokémon GO today announced an update for iOS devices that brings advanced AR+ support which leverages on Apple’s ARKit framework. This update will only be available for iPhones running on iOS 11 on the iPhone 6s and later devices.  Continue reading “Pokemon Go for iOS uses Apple’s ARKit tools to bring advanced AR+ features”

Amazon said to launch YouTube rival ‘Amazontube’ soon

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Google recently announced that it is pulling out its YouTube app from Touchscreen Echo device and from Fire TV on January 1st. In the midst of a sudden move from Google, Amazon is in no mood of backing out as the company is said to be launching YouTube rival dubbed ‘Amazontube’ very soon.  Continue reading “Amazon said to launch YouTube rival ‘Amazontube’ soon”

Twitter rolls out third-party app support for two-factor authentication as an alternative to SMS

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Twitter currently uses SMS sent through the carrier for two-factor verification, today the company has announced third-party app support for two-factor authentication as well. The company says that SMS or text message based codes are inferior in terms of security and even when you’re traveling places where the carrier connectivity is poor which makes it hard for the SMS to go through Continue reading “Twitter rolls out third-party app support for two-factor authentication as an alternative to SMS”

Apple confirms throttling performance of old iPhones with aging batteries

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Recently there were reports that said Apple might be intentionally slowing down old iPhones as batteries age basing on proofs gathered from Reddit and Geekbench test results, and today Apple has openly confirmed to throttling performance of iPhones with aged batteries. Continue reading “Apple confirms throttling performance of old iPhones with aging batteries”

Apple said to unify iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps to create one user experience

Apple iOS 11 New App Store

Apple already offers a novel way for iPhone and iPads to communicate with computers via easy-to-use applications, however, the same didn’t go very well on Apple’s desktops and laptops. The Mac Store apps have a limited section and rarely updated apps. With an aim to change everything, Apple is now focusing on unifying iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create one user experience.  Continue reading “Apple said to unify iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps to create one user experience”

Garmin Vivosport activity tracker with heart rate sensor and GPS launched in India for Rs. 15990

Garmin Vivosport

Garmin today launched Vivosport, its latest smart activity tracker with built-in Elevate wrist-based heart rate sensor that monitors heart rate 24×7. It was introduced back in August and comes with Chroma color touchscreen display with built-in sports apps to track both indoor and outdoor workouts such as strength training, cycling, cardio and more.

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