Bharti Airtel today has announced the launch of first-of-its-kind carrier digital platform which will enable global carriers with wholesale voice business with Airtel at the click of a button. This platform will offer paperless sign-up, quick voice interconnects and real-time traffic analytics for global carriers across the world. Continue reading “Airtel announces roll out of world’s first carrier digital platform for wholesale voice business”
Facebook’s smart speaker has been in the news for quite some time now, the company actually planned to launch it at the F8 event but backed out after the privacy concerns. Now it is said that the company will first launch the smart speaker in the international markets first to avoid U.S. public scrutiny of data privacy issues. Continue reading “Facebook smart speaker said to launch in international markets first, might come with ‘M’ smart assistant”
OnePlus is all set to introduce its flagship OnePlus 6 smartphone in a couple of weeks, including the Avengers Edition. Today the company has announced pop-up events globally, including India, as usual. Pop-ups will be held across 8 cities in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata & Ahmedabad in India. Across the globe pop-ups will be held in New York, London, Paris, Milan and Beijing.
Fitbit has announced that it has partnered with Google across wearables and digital health. Under this partnership, Fitbit will be using Google’s Cloud Healthcare API to provide an interoperability solution to enable users to collaborate on care with their own healthcare providers. Continue reading “Fitbit partners with Google to accelerate digital health and wearables”
Twitter app is now available for Windows 10 on the Microsoft Store. It packs most of the essential features like longer Tweets, the Explore tab to find topics relevant to your interests, and the ability to bookmark Tweets to be read later. Continue reading “Twitter releases new app with refreshed look, push notifications for Windows 10”
Google today has announced the .app HTTPS-default top-level domain. The company purchased the TLD in 2015 for approx $25 million, and it is launching it today with apps, developers, and security as the primary objective. Continue reading “Google announces .app HTTPS-default top-level domain, early registrations start today”
At the Facebook F8 event, the company has made some significant announcements to its products. One of them is the new ‘Clear History’ tool to delete browsing history amidst the privacy concerns. Continue reading “Facebook introduces ‘Clear History’ tool to delete browsing history, Dating service; WhatsApp to get group calling and stickers”
Instagram today is rolling a bunch of new features including GoPro, Spotify integration, Video calls, AR camera effects and more. Instagram now allows users to post directly to Instagram Stories from apps like Spotify and GoPro, it also mentioned that it will bring the ability to share to Stories to many other apps in the future. Continue reading “Instagram Stories gets GoPro and Spotify integration, Video calls, AR camera effects and more”
Facebook at the F8 event has introduced a bunch of new features to its Messenger platform. It now brings the ability for brands to incorporate augmented reality into their Messenger experiences and also adds Spanish translations so that buyers and sellers in Marketplace can communicate across languages with M suggestions for translations. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger for brands gets AR camera effects, Spanish translations”
With OnePlus 6 launch around the corner, Vogue has shared a glimpse of ‘how awesome the camera quality is’ with the release of its cover image for its May issue, also hinting as to what they can expect from the much-awaited upcoming flagship. Vogue India has released its new cover for their May edition featuring popular Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari, which was shot on the upcoming flagship OnePlus 6! Continue reading “Sneak peek of what the OnePlus 6 camera is capable of”
Sony has ramped up and defined their range of audio products very well over the last few years. The top of the line model is, of course, the WH-1000XM2, a luxurious noise-canceling model that also delivers perhaps the best audio quality in its category. A little further down the lineup, however, is the h.ear line up that gives you High Res audio support, noise cancellation capabilities and more for a substantially lower price point. There has to be a catch, right? Let’s find out in our review. Continue reading “Sony WH-H900N h.ear on 2 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones Review”
At the F8 event, Facebook announced that launch of Oculus Go, the company’s first standalone headset in 23 countries, as expected. It was introduced back in October last year, has a lightweight design and comes with 1,000+ apps like Netflix, Hulu, SHOWTIME, CNN AR, games like Anshar Online, B-Team, Pet Lab, République VR and experiences like Jurassic World: BLUE, MelodyVR, Space Explorers. It has breathable fabrics, adjustable straps and the company says that it has best lenses yet. It is made by Xiaomi and is powered by Qualcomm. Continue reading “Oculus Go standalone VR headset launched in 23 countries starting at $199”
Apple has reported quarterly revenue of $61.1 billion, up 16% over last year with a record Q2 net profit of $13.8 billion, up 25.4% YoY in their earnings for the financial year Q2 2018 that ended March 31, 2018. During earnings call Tim Cook said that the growth was broad-based, with iPhone revenue up 14%, services up 31% and wearables up almost 50%. He said that the company grew in each of its geographic segments, and in Greater China and Japan, revenue was up more than 20%. Continue reading “Apple reports $13.8 billion profit on $61.1 billion revenue in FY Q2 2018, 52.2 million iPhones sold”
Samsung just announced the Galaxy A6 (SM-A600F) and Galaxy A6+ (SM-A605F) smartphones in the ‘Galaxy A Series’ after several leaks. Both the phones come with Super AMOLED Infinity displays with 18.5:9 screen ratio, but the A6 comes with a 5.6-inch HD+ screen while the A6+ features a 6-inch FHD+ screen. Both the phones have a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, and the A6+ also has a secondary 5-megapixel rear camera with Live Focus mode that lets you control the depth of field and bokeh effect before or even after the shot is taken. The Galaxy A6 has a 16-megapixel front camera and the A6+ features a 24-megapixel front camera, both with LED flash Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A6+ with 6-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, dual rear cameras, 24MP front camera and Galaxy A6 announced”
ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Hyderabad, in just 7 months of last upgrade. It upgraded plans for Bengaluru users last month. ACT Fibernet’s premium 1 Gbps plan now offers 2TB (download+upload) of FUP, but the company has removed 1TB upload and 1TB download limit. In Bengaluru city, the same ACT Giga plan is now offering 2.5TB FUP for the users. Alongside the ACT Giga plan, it has also upgraded FTTH plans in Hyderabad. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet upgrades existing plans at no extra cost in Hyderabad, Giga Plan now offers 2TB FUP”
