Honor Band A2 with OLED display, continuous heart rate tracking launched in India for Rs. 2499

Huawei’s Honor brand  launched Honor Band A2 in India. It was introduced in China back in May last year, has a 0.96-inch OLED touch display and heart rate sensor with continuous heart rate tracking during fitness activities. In addition to fitness, it also has sleep tracking that offers suggestions based on the sleep data to help improve their sleep quality. Continue reading “Honor Band A2 with OLED display, continuous heart rate tracking launched in India for Rs. 2499”

Reliance Jio packs revised – 1GB per day 28-day pack now at Rs. 149

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Reliance Jio launched Happy New Year 2018 plans with 28 days validity  for Rs. 199 and Rs. 299 with 1.2GB per day and 2GB per day data, respectively. Now the company has revised the packs that lets you enjoy 1GB data per day  at Rs. 149 and Rs. 198 pack  offers 1.5GB data per day with the same 28-days validity.

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Meizu M6s with full-screen display surfaces on certification site ahead of January 17 announcement

This week Meizu confirmed that it will introduce the M6s smartphone on January 17th, which will be called Meizu S6 in China. Today images of the smartphone has been revealed by TENAA that shows the phone’s 18:9 aspect ratio screen with minimal bezels. It also shows side-mounted fingerprint sensor on the right side, just below the power button.

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Micromax Bharat 5 Plus with 5.2-inch display, 5000mAh battery launching soon

Micromax has started teasing the Bharat 5 Plus, the company’s upcoming smartphone on its social channels and has also listed the phone on its site. It packs a 5.2-inch HD screen, is powered by quad-core MediaTek processor and packs a 5000mAh battery with up to 21 days standby and also allows the phone to charge other devices using OTG cable. Continue reading “Micromax Bharat 5 Plus with 5.2-inch display, 5000mAh battery launching soon”

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android 8.0 Oreo update rolling out to some units

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Samsung is currently beta testing the Oreo build for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and the stable update is due for later this month, and now when no one was expecting, a Note8 Exynos variant has randomly got the Oreo update according to a Samsung retail store employee. It is very unusual since the company never expanded the Oreo build to Note8. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android 8.0 Oreo update rolling out to some units”

Airtel broadband customers get 5GB free monthly data on their postpaid connection

Airtel is already offering additional data for its broadband users for every Airtel postpaid or DTH connection as a part of myHome rewards program. It started with 5GB per connection, later it increased it to 10GB. Now it is offering its broadband customers 5GB additional mobile data every month on their Airtel Postpaid connection in your home.  Continue reading “Airtel broadband customers get 5GB free monthly data on their postpaid connection”

Apple App Store hit record $300 million sales on New Year’s Day

Apple just announced that apps and games were the bigger part of the holiday season in 2017 as the App Store has hit a record $300 million in purchases on New Year’s Day 2018. During the week of Christmas, a record number of iOS users made purchases from the App Store spending over $890 million in the seven-day period. Continue reading “Apple App Store hit record $300 million sales on New Year’s Day”

10.or D Review

10.or (pronounced Tenor) made its debut in India with the 10.or E smartphone last year, and it launched  it launched the 10.or G later. Last month it launched its most affordable 10.or D smartphone as a part of “Crafted for Amazon” programme. Similar to the first two smartphones, the 10.or D too has impressive specifications on paper for the price. Did it live up to our expectations? Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “10.or D Review”

Dell introduces new XPS 13 with 4K display, 8th gen Intel Core processors

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Dell ahead of the CES 2018 event has introduced the XPS 13 laptop with a refreshing new design that features InfinityEdge 13-inch display that fits in an 11-inch frame. It is powered by the 8th gen Intel Core processors with a 4K display on the 13-inch model. The company claims that the XPS 13 looks as good as it did on day 1 even on day 1,000.  Continue reading “Dell introduces new XPS 13 with 4K display, 8th gen Intel Core processors”

UberEATS food delivery service expands to Pune

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After MumbaiDelhiBengaluru, Gurgaon, Chennai, Chandigarh and  Hyderabad Uber has expanded its food delivery service – UberEats to Pune, which is the eight city to get the service in India, since its launch in May 2017. Uber has partnered with over 300 restaurants, including  Malaka Spice, Marrakesh, Chaitanya Parathas, Blue Nile and more in Pune. Continue reading “UberEATS food delivery service expands to Pune”

Google investigating Pixel 2 XL voice recording bug affecting WhatsApp, Telegram messaging apps

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The never-ending series of problems for the Pixel 2 returns and this time it is a voice recording bug that is affecting messaging apps. According to many users on the Pixel community, the Pixel 2 XL is limiting the volume levels when recording voice messages on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Allo.  Continue reading “Google investigating Pixel 2 XL voice recording bug affecting WhatsApp, Telegram messaging apps”

Intel to issue security updates to 90% of processors from past 5 years by next week

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With Meltdown and Spectre security flaws taking over the internet from the past couple of days, Intel after confirming the memory leak issues, today announced that it has already issued updates for the majority of the processors. It also said that it expects to roll out security updates to 90% of processors released in the past five years by the end of next week.  Continue reading “Intel to issue security updates to 90% of processors from past 5 years by next week”

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra with dual front cameras, Xperia XA2 and Xperia L2 press renders surface

Sony’s upcoming mid-range and budget phones have been in the new for quite some time now. The Xperia XA2 recently got leaked in live images after being confirmed by the NBTC and SIRIM regulatory bodies in Thailand and Malaysia. Today, we are seeing the phones yet again as the press images of the phone are leaked by Evan Blass aka @evleaks of The VentureBeat. Continue reading “Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra with dual front cameras, Xperia XA2 and Xperia L2 press renders surface”

Apple confirms all Macs and iOS devices are affected by Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities

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It is a well-known fact that most modern Intel, ARM, and AMD CPUs and phones are affected by the serious Kernel memory leak issues known as the Spectre and Meltdown. Though Microsoft and Google had responded and said that they are taking steps to prevent any malicious attacks, it was Apple who didn’t respond. However, the Cupertino company has now acknowledged the flaw and said that all Mac and iOS devices are affected. Continue reading “Apple confirms all Macs and iOS devices are affected by Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities”

Nokia 6 (2018) with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 630, 4GB RAM, metal body announced

HMD Global today announced Nokia 6 (2018), the company’s latest mid-range smartphone and the successor of last year’s Nokia 6, smartphone in China, as expected. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by Snapdragon 630 Mobile platform, runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), which is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, dual-tone LED flash, and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

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