Airtel offers 1 year free Amazon Prime membership to postpaid, broadband customers

Airtel today announced that it is offering its Airtel Postpaid customers with an Infinity plan of Rs. 499 or above and its V-Fiber Broadband customers with Rs. 1099 plans or above free one year Amazon Prime membership, worth Rs. 999 that includes unlimited access to Amazon Prime Video, as part of their plan benefits at no additional cost. Continue reading “Airtel offers 1 year free Amazon Prime membership to postpaid, broadband customers”

Microsoft partners with Signal to roll out Skype Private Conversations with end-to-end encryption

Skype

Microsoft has teamed up with Signal; a protocol for the private messenger to bring an experimental feature called ‘Private Conversations’ with end-to-end encryption on Skype app. However, the end-to-end encryption is only available between one-on-one contacts but not in group chats.  Continue reading “Microsoft partners with Signal to roll out Skype Private Conversations with end-to-end encryption”

Nokia Asha phones might return as HMD Global files trademark

HMD Global just trademarked “Asha” with the EU Intellectual Property Office. Asha is the Nokia’s former feature phone line-up with a touchscreen display and support for services like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. Continue reading “Nokia Asha phones might return as HMD Global files trademark”

GoPro HERO6 Black waterproof action camera gets Rs. 8000 price cut in India

GoPro HERO6 Black

GoPro introduced HERO6 Black action camera along with GoPro Fusion at an event in San Francisco back in September. It was launched in India for Rs. 45000. Today the company has announced a Rs. 8000 price cut for the action camera in the country, so you can get it for Rs. 37,000. Last month the company announced price cuts for HERO5 Black and HERO5 session in India that are now available for Rs. 27,000 and Rs. 18,000, respectively.

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Intel details performance impact post security patches, says chipsets incur 6% performance drop

Intel Pentium Silver and Celeron chip

Intel today announced that the security patch fixing Meltdown and Spectre patches incurring 6% performance drop in most modern CPUs while the impact is bigger on older chipsets. The company further says that performance impact should not be significant for average computer users. Continue reading “Intel details performance impact post security patches, says chipsets incur 6% performance drop”

Facebook overhauls news feed to highlight posts from friends to improve social intercations

Facebook

Facebook today announced that in the coming weeks it will be overhauling its news feed to highlight posts from friends, family to improve social interactions. It also mentioned that it will emphasize more on ‘meaning posts’ rather than promotional posts from brands, businesses, etc. Continue reading “Facebook overhauls news feed to highlight posts from friends to improve social intercations”

OnePlus 6 with Snapdragon 845 to launch by the end of Q2 2018 confirms CEO

OnePlus in an interview with CNET has just confirmed that it will begin talks with U.S carriers to break into the mainstream. The company’s Pete Lau said that it is the right time and opportunity for OnePlus to scale up and also mentioned that the next OnePlus flagship to go official towards the end of Q2, which is sometime in June. Continue reading “OnePlus 6 with Snapdragon 845 to launch by the end of Q2 2018 confirms CEO”

Xiaomi suspends Android Oreo update for Mi A1, plans to release again within couple of weeks

The Mi A1 was launched under Android One program with a promise to provide android Oreo update within 2017, Xiaomi started the Beta testing for Oreo based ROM in mid December and started rolling out Android Oreo update to Mi A1 on 31st Dec as it promised.  Continue reading “Xiaomi suspends Android Oreo update for Mi A1, plans to release again within couple of weeks”

LG trademarks ‘LG Icon’ for smartphones and ‘Iconic’ for smartwatches, may stop annual flagship smartphone launch cycle

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By now it is known that LG is planning on rebranding its G-series flagships to change its strategy and better compete with Samsung and Apple. Now the company has trademarked the ‘Icon’ for smartphone and ‘Iconic’ for smartwatches according to the database of European Union Intellectual Property Office. Continue reading “LG trademarks ‘LG Icon’ for smartphones and ‘Iconic’ for smartwatches, may stop annual flagship smartphone launch cycle”

Honor View 10 Review

Soon after the launch of Honor 7X , which is one of the best smartphones under Rs. 13,000 segment, Huawei’s online brand Honor launched the Honor View 10 in India this year with Artificial Intelligence. Equipped with Neural Processing Unit (NPU) it enables deep learning based on user behavior for a seamless experience. The Honor View 10 comes in Midnight Black and Navy Blue colors and is priced at Rs. 29,999. Let’s check out how good is the phone. Continue reading “Honor View 10 Review”

Android Oreo adoption rate climbs to 0.7%, Nougat hits 26.3%

Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of December and the Oreo adoption now hit rate to 0.7%, which also includes the recently rolled out Android 8.1 Oreo as well.  Continue reading “Android Oreo adoption rate climbs to 0.7%, Nougat hits 26.3%”

Google publishes list of Chromebooks patched with Meltdown vulnerability

Meltdown and Spectre are most talked about security vulnerabilities in the recent times that affected most Intel, AMD, and ARM chipsets. Biggies like Microsoft, Intel, Google have already fixed and progressing towards fixing. Today Google has published a list of Chromebooks that are affected but are now patched.  Continue reading “Google publishes list of Chromebooks patched with Meltdown vulnerability”

Smartron t.phone P Unboxing and First Impressions

Smartron launched the t.phone P, its first budget smartphone in the t.phone series with a 5000mAh battery earlier today for Rs. 7999. Here we have the unboxing of the phone.

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Samsung partners with NextRadio to unlock FM Radio chip on its smartphones

TagStation today announced that Samsung has extended its support to NextRadio to unlock FM chips in upcoming phones launched USA and Canada. The company pointed out that FM Radio is still essential in some parts of the world especially when cellular coverage is congested or unavailable. Continue reading “Samsung partners with NextRadio to unlock FM Radio chip on its smartphones”

Xiaomi Quick Charge 3.0 Charger launched in India for Rs. 449

Xiaomi already sells standard 5V-2A charger in India. Today is has launched new  Qualcomm certified Quick Charge 3.0 charger in the country. This is compatible with Xiaomi own Mi MIX 2 and Mi Max 2 smartphones as well as Qualcomm’s latest two-way fast charging power banks that are Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 certified. Continue reading “Xiaomi Quick Charge 3.0 Charger launched in India for Rs. 449”