Essential today announced that it is rolling out the Android 8.1 Oreo update to its Essential PH-1. Back in January, the company announced that it will skip the 8.0 update for 8.1 and just as it promised it is now rolling to users. The update brings increased performance, better battery life, stronger security, and more, and Oreo features. Continue reading “Essential Phone gets Android 8.1 Oreo update with better multitasking, improved notifications and more”
Google has rolled out an update to the search results on mobile which now will display captions for images. The move is to give images better visual discovery and more context on the image results page. Google last year had started showing badges like recipe or product. Continue reading “Google search results on mobile will now show captions for images”
Usually, LG unveils a new flagship every year at the MWC 2018 event, but this time the company has opted for a new strategy, by introducing the mid-cycle upgrade of the V30 with Artificial Intelligence (A.I) added in it as an interim device to sell till its next flagship releases. LG does this in the form of ‘V30S ThinQ‘ with a very little difference from a hardware perspective. Continue reading “LG V30S ThinQ Camera Samples”
Meltdown and Spectre are two most major security flaws that affected most of the modern computing chipsets, and today CTS-Labs, a security company based in Israel researchers says that it has found 13 security flaws in AMD’s Ryzen and EPYC chipsets. These security flaws could allow attackers install malware on highly guarded parts of the processor. Continue reading “AMD investigating report on critical security vulnerabilities in Ryzen and EPYC chips”
Google bought the Assistant for iPhones last year and today iPads are joining the suite. Assistant on iPads will do things exactly how it does on iPhones. It supports both portrait and landscape modes. Continue reading “Google Assistant now available on iPads”
Apple just announced that its 29th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for this year happens from June 4th till June 8th. This time it is holding the event at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, which is the same venue as last year. Continue reading “Apple schedules WWDC 2018 for June 4”
March 31st was the deadline for linking Aadhaar card with mobile numbers and bank accounts. Today Supreme Court has extended the deadline indefinitely until it delivers a verdict on the validity. The move comes after several petitions were raised challenging the validity of the Aadhaar Act. Continue reading “Deadline to link Aadhaar with mobile, bank accounts extended indefinitely till SC delivers verdict”
Alcatel introduced range of smartphone as well as its first Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone Alcatel 1X at the MWC last month. Today the company has announced the phone for the Indian market. The phone has a 5.34-inch 18:9 screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC and the Android Oreo (Go edition) comes pre-installed with new Google’s Go apps offering better performance, less demand on storage, and efficient data use.
Ziox Mobiles has launched the ‘Tubelight’ feature phone in India which according to the company is aimed at breaking stereotypic features phones. It comes with multi-language support and Privacy Lock & Inbuilt Auto Call recording. Continue reading “Ziox Tubelight feature phone with 8-LED torch launched for Rs. 915”
Flipkart today started its three-day Mobiles Bonanza Sale. The sale offers great deals on smartphones including iPhone X, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Moto X4 6GB RAM version as well as Samsung, Motorola and other smartphones. All these offers are available through the site, mobile site as well as Flipkart app. Continue reading “Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza Sale: Best deals on iPhone X, Pixel 2, Moto X4 (6GB) and more”
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has launched Liva Q, which it says is the world’s smallest Windows-based Mini-PC at 70 x 70 x 31.4mm and just 260 grams in weight. It is powered by Intel’s Apollo Lake processors, have 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable with microSD (up to 128GB).
Continue reading “ECS LIVA Q world’s smallest Windows Mini PC launched in India”
Vivo at an event in China recently introduced the AI-Powered Super HDR in an aim to take the mobile photography to a new level. With the Super HDR’s auto scene detection, it promises clearer photos, better colors, more details and better tones. Continue reading “Vivo’s AI-Powered Super HDR will offer clearer photos with more details, better colors and tones”
Samsung-owned HARMAN International today launched the JBL Soundgear in India which is an around the neck wearable device for a hands-free and ear-free intimate sound experience. It connects to smartphones via Bluetooth for immersive mobile virtual reality headset experience. Continue reading “JBL Soundgear wearable neck-band launched in India for Rs. 14999”
OnePlus has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 23 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 32 for OnePlus 3) that brings several new features including auto pick up gesture, updates to Gallery app and the OnePlus Switch now lets you migrate application data. Some of these features were added to OnePlus 5 and 5T in the latest update. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T latest OxygenOS beta update brings answer calls by gesture, updates to Gallery app and more”
Vu just launched its first Android TV range in India, as it had promised. These TVs come in 43-inch (43SU128) , 49-inch (49SU131) and 55-inch (55SU134) sizes and have 4K UHD resolution. These come with Vu ActiVoice built into the remote for voice search, browse and select in 88 languages and also comes with a standard remote. The company is calling it official Android TV since other unofficial TVs don’t come with voice search. The company has partnered with Netflix, Hotstar and ALTBalaji to offer certified VOD apps. You can also install apps and games from the Google Play Store. Continue reading “Vu Android 4K UHD LED TVs launched in India starting at Rs. 36999”
