Twitter reports $61 million profit in Q1 2018, has 336 million monthly active users

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Twitter has revealed financial results for Q1 2018. The company has generated a total revenue of $665 million, an increase of 21% year-over-year, or an increase of 27% year-over-year when excluding the approximately $23 million of revenue in Q1’17 from fully-deprecated TellApart product. The company has reported the quarterly GAAP net income at $61 million, compared to a net loss of $62 million in
the previous year, with a GAAP net margin of 9% and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.08. Continue reading “Twitter reports $61 million profit in Q1 2018, has 336 million monthly active users”

List of phones Getting Android 8.0 Oreo update

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Earlier this year Google announced Android O and it recently confirmed it as Oreo and started rolling out the final update for its Pixel and Nexus devices. Moreover, Google has been working closely with various handset maker including Essential, Huawei, HTC, Kyocera, Motorola, HMD Global Home of Nokia Phones, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony to launch or upgrade new/existing devices to Android 8.0 Oreo by the end of this year. Continue reading “List of phones Getting Android 8.0 Oreo update”

Opera Touch mobile browser with easier one-handed usage, new PC browser with Instant search released

Opera today has launched the ‘Opera Touch’ browser for Android. The company says that it is designed to be used on the move, with just one hand. It also made the mobile and desktop web browsing experiences into one. The browser is designed from the ground up to fit users use cases. Continue reading “Opera Touch mobile browser with easier one-handed usage, new PC browser with Instant search released”

Motorola expands retail footprint in India with 100 new Moto Hub stores in Gujarat

Motorola has been expanding its retail footprint across India rapidly. Now the company has announced the opening of 100 new Moto Hubs in Gujarat, across top 4 cities including 50 in Ahmedabad, 20 in Rajkot, 15 each in Baroda and Surat respectively.

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Xiaomi Mi Band Strap in Black color now available in India

Xiaomi’s Mi Band comes with a Black strap. Last month the company launched the strap for the Mi Band HRX Edition in Green and Orange colors, after launching in Blue color version a few months back. Today the company has finally launched the Black color strap in the country, after feedback from several users. Even though this is for the Mi Band 2, it is compatible with the Mi Band HRX Edition as well. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Band Strap in Black color now available in India”

Xiaomi promises its hardware business model and overall net profit margin will never exceed 5%

Xiaomi at the Mi 6X launch event in China has also made a separate announcement where it promised that the overall net profit margin will never exceed 5%. This also includes smartphones, IoT and lifestyle products. It also said that If the margin crosses 5%, then the company will find a way to return the excess above 5% to its users. Continue reading “Xiaomi promises its hardware business model and overall net profit margin will never exceed 5%”

Clash Royale gets new Clan Wars, Improvements, Balance changes and more in latest update

Supercell has released a major update for Clash Royale along with balance update that brings new Clan Wars that lets you battle with your Clan against Clans from around the world that lets you gain clan trophies to climb the clan leagues. A new card is coming to Royal Arena next month. It also brings balance changes for Dark Prince, Spear Goblins, Barbarian Barrel and more. Continue reading “Clash Royale gets new Clan Wars, Improvements, Balance changes and more in latest update”

JBL Free wireless water-resistant earbuds launched in India for Rs. 9999

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Samsung-owned HARMAN International has launched JBL Free earbuds wireless in-ear headphones in India. These were introduced at the IFA last year, has built-in microphone to take calls at the touch of a button, comfort-stay secure fit ergonomics and is sweat and water-resistant. It promises 4 hours of battery life and additional 20 hours with the charging case. It also offers an entire hour of music playback in just 15-minutes.

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Samsung 970 PRO and 970 EVO NVMe SSDs launched in India starting at Rs. 10500

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Samsung today launched the flagship 970 PRO and 970 EVO SSDs, both these are designed based on the M.2 form factor standard and with the latest PCIe Gen 3×4 lane interface. The 970 series maximizes the potential of NVMe bandwidth. Continue reading “Samsung 970 PRO and 970 EVO NVMe SSDs launched in India starting at Rs. 10500”

OnePlus 6 with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage to be announced on May 17 [Update: May 16 in London]

Update: OnePlus has announced a separate event in India on May 17th in Mumbai and there is an event on May 16th in London  that starts at 5 PM BST (9:30 PM IST). It will sell tickets for the event from 8AM BST on April 25. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage to be announced on May 17 [Update: May 16 in London]”

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery free-to-play RPG game released for Android and iOS

Jam City, a Los Angeles based mobile games studio, in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, a free-to-play RPG game (with in-app purchases) for Android and iOS devices, as it had promised. Continue reading “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery free-to-play RPG game released for Android and iOS”

Xiaomi Mi 6X with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, 12MP + 20MP dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 announced

Xiaomi just announced the Mi 6X, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, as it had promised. It packs a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, is powered by Snapdragon 660 AIE SoC with up to 6GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI 9, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, Sony IMX486 sensor along with a 20-megapixel secondary rear camera with Sony IMX376 sensor to capture depth information for portrait shots with AI and also has intelligent scent detection that can detect 12 different scenes and also instantly retouch images of 206 different scenes in 25 different categories. It also has the same 20-megapixel Sony IMX376 sensor for the front camera with soft LED flash and AI beautification. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6X with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, 12MP + 20MP dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 announced”

OnePlus 6 launching in India on May 17, will go on sale from May 21

After the announcement of China launch date, OnePlus just confirmed that the OnePlus 6 flagship smartphone will be launched in India on May 17th, same day as the China event. The company said that it will host the biggest ever community event in its history. The entry vouchers to attend the event will be available via oneplus.in at Rs. 999 from 10:00 IST  on Tuesday, 8th May 2018. All fans who attend the launch event will get a gift hamper full of super add-ons and exclusive Marvel Avengers merchandise.
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Facebook publishes ‘internal enforcement guidelines’, expands its appeal process

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Facebook today has published ‘internal enforcement guidelines to better help users in understanding where it draws the line on nuanced issues. It is also hoping that publishing ‘internal enforcement guidelines will help experts in different fields to give feedback so that the company can improve the standards.  Continue reading “Facebook publishes ‘internal enforcement guidelines’, expands its appeal process”

Apple iOS 11.3.1 with third-party display repair fix, macOS 10.13.4 security update starts rolling out

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Apple is rolling out iOS 11.3.1 to iPhones, iPad, and iPod touch and macOS 10.13.4 security update to macOS High Sierra. This new 11.3.1 update is just a bug fix update to the iOS 11.3 software update released last month. It brings the fix to the third-party display issues on the iPhone 8 and security improvements for all iPhones and iPads. Continue reading “Apple iOS 11.3.1 with third-party display repair fix, macOS 10.13.4 security update starts rolling out”