A month after officially launching; Apple starting today has finally started selling the SIM-free, unlocked model of the iPhone X in the U.S. Though the iPhone X was technically available since November 3rd, the supply and demand became stable just recently. Continue reading “Apple iPhone X Unlocked, SIM-free variant goes on sale in the U.S.”
Facebook today has launched ‘Messenger Kids’ a standalone dedicated messaging app for kids in the USA for iOS. The Messenger Kids lets your kids to chat easily, start a video call and connect with family members and friends all of which is controlled from a parent’s Facebook account. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger Kids app with parental controls launched for iOS”
After being rejected for a proposal to acquire Qualcomm, Broadcom has now nominated a slate of 11 candidates for Election at Qualcomm’s 2018 Annual Meeting to replace the Qualcomm’s existing board of directors and propose certain other matters for the consideration. Both Broadcom and Qualcomm have confirmed the new development. Continue reading “Broadcom seeks to replace Qualcomm’s board as it escalates fight over its proposed takeover bid”
OnePlus has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 19 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 28 for OnePlus 3) that brings several new features including support for aptX/aptX HD, better shortcut menu, photo map in Gallery to view photos by location, emergency information (ICE) in Contacts to add your personal information and more along with several optimizations and bug fixes.
ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Coimbatore at no extra cost. Similar to Chennai, Andhra Pradesh and other most other regions, it has increased monthly data limit, which now combines both download and upload, and most plans get upgrade in speed as well. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Coimbatore, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost”
Paytm today has announced the roll out of FASTag with RFID (radio-frequency identification technology) technology in India which enables electronic toll fee collection on highways across the country. These tags are simple and are also reusable. Continue reading “Paytm FASTag for automatic toll fee collection rolls out across India”
Micromax just launched Canvas Infinity Pro, successor of Canvas Infinity that was launched back in August. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and minimal bezels and runs on Android Nougat, but this is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 Mobile Platform, instead of Snapdragon 425 and also comes with a 20-megapixel front-facing camera along with a secondary 8-megapixel camera offering Portrait Mode that blur the background in selfie images. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Infinity Pro with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras launched for Rs. 13999”
Airtel today announced that it has acquired stake in Juggernaut, which is a digital platform to read high-quality books and also submit your writings. Airtel’s move comes in a bid to create to build an open content ecosystem and the investment from Airtel will help Juggernaut to ramp up content acquisition, digital marketing and prepare for a subscription offering that is set to launch in the next few months. Continue reading “Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut Books”
Last week Xiaomi confirmed the announcement of Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphones at an event in China on December 7th. The invite showed-off the phone’s design, now the company has released set of images of the phones to show the full-screen display.
Google in an effort to take on unwanted and harmful mobile behaviors on Android, will now show warnings on apps and on websites leading to apps that collect user’s personal data without consent. The new rules of the Google’s Safe browsing team will restrict Apps and their behavior while handling personal user data. Continue reading “Google Safe Browsing to restrict apps that collect personal user data without consent”
Launched back in April, Twitter Lite brings features like new web experience, minimized data usage, faster loading speed on slower connections or unreliable mobile networks. The company back in September has made the app available on Google Play Store in the Philippines. Starting today, the app is now available on Google Play Store in 24 more countries. Continue reading “Twitter Lite for Android expands to 24 more countries”
Panasonic is planning to up their smartphone game especially in the mid-range segment through online as well as offline sales of its mobile phones under the Eluga brand. Panasonic recently launched Eluga A4 smartphone with a humongous battery pack of 5000mAh capacity. This smartphone will now compete against the likes of other devices in this range including Moto E4 Plus, ZenFone 3s Max and other smartphones that have a huge battery. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga A4 First Impressions”
Google Chrome for Android will get HDR video playback support soon, and it is about time given that Android operating system officially supports HDR playback since Android 7.0 Nougat. Though the OS might support HDR playback, it all depends on the hardware of the device to support a high color depth format and individual applications to support extracting HDR metadata from videos. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get HDR Video Playback support soon”
After launching Gladiator, a budget smartphone with a 4000mAh battery recently, Kult has launched Ambition, another budget smartphone in the country. It has a 5-inch HD on-cell display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “Kult Ambition with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 5999”
OnePlus introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the Comic Con India in Bengaluru on Saturday. Today the company has announced that the smartphone will launch in India at an event in Carnival Cinemax Wadala, Mumbai on December 14th. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition India launch event set for Dec 14, goes on sale from December 15”
