In a bid to make it easier to donate blood in India, Facebook has rolled out a new feature. The feature will make it easier for people to sign up to be donors. It will help to connect people and organizations with information and tools to find blood donors when needed.
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Amazon has introduced second generation Alexa o Echo smart speakers – New Echo and Echo Plus. The company also unveiled a Echo Spot alarm clock. Continue reading “Amazon unveils new Echo, Echo Plus smart speakers and Echo Spot alarm clock”
After rumors, Amazon has introduced its new Fire TV in a new dongle design and support for 4K Ultra HD at 60 fps, High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Alexa Voice Remote that lets you search Amazon Video content using just your voice. You can also pair Fire TV to Echo devices to enjoy hands-free, far-field voice control, powered by Alexa. It is also much lighter than the 2015 model at just 87 grams. Continue reading “Amazon introduces new Fire TV with 4K HDR, Dolby Atmos audio”
Dyson, the company best known for its vacuum cleaners, is building an electric car. The UK based company will spend £2 billion on the project. Founder and CEO James Dyson said the car would not be a sports car, but would be “radically different” to current electric vehicles.
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LG today at the India Mobile Congress 2017 in New Delhi launched the LG K7i smartphone with Mosquito Away Technology that will keep mosquitoes away by creating Ultrasonic noise inaudible to human with the Mosquito Away cover that has a separate hardware built into it. It also comes with a Mosquito Away Stand. You also get a normal back cover with the phone. LG claims that this is the first phone in the world to feature this technology. Continue reading “LG K7i with Ultrasonic Mosquito Away technology launched in India for Rs. 7990”
Huawei’s Honor brand has sent out invites for the announcement of its mid-range Honor 7X smartphone in China. This will be the successor to last year’s Honor 6X. Even though the company did not share any details about the phone in the invite, physical invites sent to users point to full-screen display and dual rear cameras and a fingerprint sensor on the back. Continue reading “Honor 7X with full screen display, dual rear cameras to be announced on October 11”
Apple has acknowledged the crackling earpiece issue on iPhone 8 and is working on a fix. The earpiece issue apparently affects both the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus during calls.
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After launching Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in India starting from Mumbai, Airtel is all set to launch VoLTE in Chennai. The company is in advanced stages of testing the services in the city and the launch is expected next month. This will enable Airtel customers enjoy HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time compared to normal voice calls on their VoLTE-compatible 4G handsets. Continue reading “Airtel VoLTE services launching in Chennai soon”
Xiaomi launched the Mi Band HRX Edition in India earlier this month in partnership with HRX by Hrithik Roshan. We recently unboxed the fitness band, check out the video below.
Google is all set to launch the second-generation pixel devices; the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones on October 4th. While everything about the upcoming Google flagships have leaked online many times in the past, now according to the sources of XDA, the new Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 have said to feature dual front stereo speakers, a brand new Always listening Music recognition tech and a portrait mode. Continue reading “Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL could feature Always listening Music recognition and Portrait Mode”
MediaTek at the India Mobile Congress 2017 in Delhi announced the MT6739, the company’s latest SoC targeted at entry-level and mid-range 4G smartphones. This is an upgrade to the MT6735 that was introduced back in 2014 and last year’s MT6737 that are being used in hundred of latest smartphones. Continue reading “MediaTek MT6739 quad-core SoC with dual VoLTE for budget 4G smartphones announced in India”
Micromax is working on an entry level 4G VoLTE feature phone that will compete with Reliance JioPhone. According to a latest report from the Economic Times, the Bharat One 4G VoLTE feature phone will be launched in the first week of October for about Rs 2,000.
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Few hours back Twitter announced that it will soon increase tweet character limit from 140 and 280 and is testing the feature for select users. Even though the feature is not available for everyone yet, there is a userscript called Twitter Cramming that can run using Tampermonkey extension to enable 280 character tweets on Twitter web client. Here is how to enable it.
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Microsoft at the IT Pro conference held in Orlando has formally announced the new Office client, Server exchange and Skype for business clients. The company said that it is committed to releasing the new Office client, Server exchange, SharePoint server, and Skype for business in the second half of 2018. But, before the official release, Microsoft said that it will offer preview version of the Office client which will be named as Office 2019 by mid-2018. This preview version will be called as the Perpetual Client Release. Continue reading “Microsoft Office 2019 coming next year, preview to release by mid-2018”
Samsung is getting ready to foray into the Windows Mixed Reality space. The company is reportedly working on its own Windows Mixed Reality headset. Twitter user WalkingCat has shared images of the headset that gives a clear look at the design. Continue reading “Samsung Windows Mixed Reality headset surfaces in renders”
