Instagram has added the ability to upload images from its mobile website. The move comes from the Facebook owned photo and video sharing app as it targets users from countries with expensive data and slower internet speeds. According to TechCrunch, Instagram was testing this functionality since March. Continue reading “Instagram adds ability to upload photos and videos from its mobile website”
WhatsApp has revealed some important insights about its video calling feature specific to Indian users. The Facebook owned instant messaging site says India is the top country for the video calling feature in terms of total minutes per day. Continue reading “WhatsApp’s 200M MAUs in India clock over 50 million video calling minutes per day”
Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 high-end Mobile Platforms, successors of last year’s Snapdragon 653 and Snapdragon 626. The Snapdragon 660 is the first processor in the lineup to come with Kryo CPU that promises 20% better performance compared to Snapdragon 653. It also has new Adreno 512 GPU that offers 30% better performance compared to Adreno 510 and the new Adreno 508 GPU on the Snapdragon 630 offers 30% better performance compared to 506. The Snapdragon 630 uses the same Cortex A53 CPUs, but its arranged in performance and efficiency cluster arrangement. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 with X12 LTE modem, Bluetooth 5, Quick Charge 4 announced”
Harman Kardon has officially taken wraps off its Cortana powered speaker dubbed as Invoke. The popular audio company had teased the speaker back in December. The Invoke speaker competes directly with the likes of Google Home and Amazon Echo. Continue reading “Harmon Kardon’s Invoke speaker with Cortana unveiled”
Shyam Telecom Limited, the exclusive brand licensee of Moto Companion Product Portfolio in India has launched Motorola HK255 and Motorola HK115 Bluetooth Headsets. These headsets are successor to last years Motorola HK 110 and Motorola HK 255.
Continue reading “Motorola HK255 and Motorola HK115 Bluetooth headsets launched in India starting at Rs. 1999”
Bharti Airtel has teamed up with Ola to offer a range of digital services. Under the strategic partnership, Airtel Payments Bank will integrate with Ola app while Ola Money will integrate with Airtel digital properties. This will allow Ola users an additional digital payment mode while booking rides. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel, Ola team up for integrated digital services”
nubia M2 Lite, the company’s latest smartphone in the latest ‘M2 Series’ has been launched in India, couple of months after its was introduced in China. It has a 5.5-inch HD display with 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with nubia UI 4.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with ISOCELL CMOS sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 79.8-degree wide-angle lens and a soft LED flash. It also has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and PDAF. Continue reading “nubia M2 Lite with 16MP front camera, 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 13999”
Microsoft has announced a new Surface related event in Shanghai scheduled on May 23. The company is expected to showcase a new Surface device at this event.
Continue reading “Microsoft Surface event scheduled for May 23rd, Surface Pro 5 expected”
More details of OnePlus 5 along with an image have surfaced in a new leak. The latest image revealed by popular tipster Evan Blass via Gamesbeat suggests a pretty powerful successor to the OnePlus 3/OnePlus 3T.
Continue reading “OnePlus 5 with Snapdragon 835, 8GB RAM, 23MP rear camera surfaces”
Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones in India last month starting at Rs. 57,900. As the name indicates, the S8 is the eighth smartphone in the ‘Galaxy S’ series, which is a major improvement when it comes to the design and display compared to Galaxy S6 and S7 series of smartphone. Is this a good successor to the S7 in the ‘Galaxy S’ series? Let us find out in the review.
Press render of the Moto Z2 Play surfaced a few weeks back showing off its metal design, fingerprint sensor on the front and dual-tone LED flash for the front camera. Thanks to @evleaks, we now have the specifications of the phone. According to the leak, the phone is expected to pack the same 5.5-inch 1080p display, but the battery will be reduced from 3510mAh to 3000mAh, which is a bummer since the battery life on the Moto G5 Plus with the same display size and battery is not impressive when compared to the Z Play.
Amazon was reported to be working on next generation Echo device for sometime. Now, images of the new Echo speaker device have surfaced that suggests it will sport a touchscreen. The images come months after a report in November last year suggested possibilities that Amazon is working on a new Echo device with touchscreen. Continue reading “Amazon’s new Echo with touchscreen surfaces in images”
Xiaomi launched its budget Redmi smartphone – Redmi 4A in India back in March, now it is gearing up to launch a new Redmi series smartphone, which is expected to be the Redmi 4, according to a latest teaser. Redmi 4 was announced back in November in two variants, the standard variant has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC and has 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Xiaomi India teases new Redmi smartphone is launching soon, Redmi 4 expected this month”
Amazon and Flipkart have announced their Summer sale. Amazon’s Great Indian Sale is scheduled from May 11th till 14th. Flipkart’s Big 10 Sale for completing 10 years in the e-commerce space starts the day when the Amazon’s sale ends and continues till May 18th. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Sale scheduled from May 11 to 14, Flipkart Big 10 Sale from May 14 to 18”
This week OPPO launched F3 selfie-centric smartphone, Smartron launched srt.phone, Facebook launched Express WiFi in India and more. Let’s take a look at all the launches and announcements that took place this week.
