One billion people now use WhatsApp every single day. The Facebook owned messaging app has reached this milestone a month after it announced that one billion people use WhatsApp every month.
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HTC at the ChinaJoy 2017 announced its first Vive Standalone VR headset for the China market. It will be a premium headset and promises outstanding standalone VR experience and doesn’t require PC to use it, unlike the HTC VIVE headset that was launched recently. HTC says that it will be simple, light-weight and portable.
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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q2 2017, in which the company has made operating profit of 14.07 trillion won ($12.7 billion), up 72.85% YoY for the quarter that ended June 30, 2017. This is all-time high quarterly profit, due to strong System LSI sales through increased sales of AP and CIS products while the Display Panel Business expanded sales of flexible OLED panels for premium smartphones and high-value LCDs under stable prices. Continue reading “Samsung reports record profits in Q2 2017, up 73% YoY”
Meizu just announced its flagship PRO 7 and PRO 7 Plus smartphones, as it had promised. The PRO 7 has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, while the PRO 7 Plus comes with a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen. Both the phones have a 1.9-inch secondary Super AMOLED 307 PPI
display on the back to show info such as weather, time and notifications. These phones also has 12-megapixel dual rear cameras with monochrome and color sensors offering portrait images with background blur along with a 16-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 7 and PRO 7 Plus with dual displays, dual rear cameras announced”
Paytm has teamed up with Hong Kong-based firm AGTech Media to launch a mobile gaming company in India. As per the joint venture, Paytm will hold 55% in the new joint venture while AGTech group will own 45%. Together they would invest $16 million (Rs 103 crore) in the venture. Paytm will invest around $8.8 million and AGTech will invest $7.2 million in the new venture.
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USB 3.0 Promoter Group that comprises of Apple, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas Electronics, ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments has announced a new USB 3.2 specification that will offer multi-lane operation for new USB 3.2 hosts and devices, allowing for up to two lanes of 10 Gbps operation. This succeeds the USB 3.1 that was first introduced in 2013 offering 5 Gbps speed, later USB 3.1 gen 2 was introduced that offered 10 Gbps transfer speed.
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Google had launched Trusted Contact location sharing app for Android last year in December. The app which lets you share your location with loved ones in everyday situations and in case of emergencies is now available for iOS as well. Continue reading “Google’s Trusted Contacts location-sharing app now available for iOS”
Xiaomi introduced its flagship Mi 6 smartphone back in April. At that time it announced Silver Edition with reflective mirror finish Stainless steel frame. Today at the Mi 5X and MIUI 9 event, the company announced that it will be available for 3999 yuan (US$ 592 / Rs. 38,110 approx.) starting August 3rd, but the company will make only 100 units available. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6 Mercury Silver Edition price revealed, will roll out in limited numbers”
Snapdeal has accepted Flipkart’s revised $900-950 million buyout offer, according to a latest report from Reuters. Citing two sources, Reuters stated that the board of Jasper Infotech, which runs Snapdeal, approved Flipkart’s bid of $900 million-$950 million last week.
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Xiaomi has announced MIUI 9, the latest MIUI ROM at an event in Beijing along with the Mi 5X smartphone. It brings several improvements, optimizations and new features, including new smart assistant and universal search. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said that now there are 281 million active MIUI users worldwide in 55 languages and 142 countries. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI 9 is faster, smarter and more refined, Beta ROM coming in August”
Intex has launched Aqua Power IV, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Aqua series with a 4000mAh battery. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek 6737 processor and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat. It has a 5-megapixel camera on the front and back with LED flash for both. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Power IV with Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 5499”
Microsoft has officially launched Kaizala chat and productivity app in India. Available for Android and iOS, Kaizala is aimed at large group communications and work management. Similar to WhatsApp, users will have to use mobile phone numbers as their primary unique ID to use the Kaizala app that is powered by Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
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Along with the Mi 5X, Xiaomi also announced new Mi AI speaker, a new speaker with voice assistant from Mi lab. This offers 360-degree audio experience, thanks to six omnidirectional microphone array that senses external noise to cancel out echo. It promises the best sound quality and has voice control so that you can say it to play music, live radio, audio books and even children’s stories. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi AI Speaker with voice assistant, 360-degree sound announced”
Xiaomi just announced the Mi 5X, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at an event in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 Mobile platform, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) based on MIUI 8 and will get MIUI 9 update. It has 12MP dual rear cameras, one with a wide-angle lens and other with a telephoto lens offering portrait mode, background blur and more features. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 625, 12MP dual rear cameras announced”
Google has announced that more smartphones will be compatible with its Daydream VR platform. A total of 11 Android smartphones will be Daydream ready by the end of 2017. The announcement was made Google CEO, Sundar Pichai during Alphabet’s latest earnings call. Continue reading “Google says 11 phones will be Daydream-ready by the end of 2017”
