Sony Corporation has reported its revenues for the first quarter of the financial year 2017 that ended June 30, 2017. Sales increased by 15.2% to 1,858.1 billion yen compared to the same quarter last year due to increases in Financial Services and Semiconductors segment sales. Continue reading “Sony mobile sales down 2.5% YoY in Q1 FY17, 3.4 million smartphones shipped”
ASUS has sent out invites for the announcement of its flagship Zenfone 4 smartphone at an event in China on August 17th. It is expected to announced the ZenFone 4 Pro, ZenFone 4 Selfie and ZenFone 4V as well at the event.
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OnePlus 5 got OxygenOS 4.5.6 hotfix update to fix and issue of reboot caused when dialing emergency numbers. Now it has rolled out OxygenOS 4.5.7 update that brings several new features, including a new OnePlus Slate font, finally brings EIS for 4K video recording, since it was only available for 1080p videos, Wi-Fi connectivity and battery standby improvements and several bug fixes. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 OxygenOS 4.5.7 update brings new font, EIS for 4K video recording and more”
Razer acquired Nextbit back in January this year and stopped selling Nextbit Robin smartphones, but it already promised software updates for the smartphone for 6 more months. Today the company has announced that it has ended customer support for the phone starting August 1st. It rolled out the Android 7.1.1 update for the phone in June, which is the major software update for the phone. Continue reading “Nextbit ends customer support for Robin cloud-first smartphone”
Windows 10 will soon include built-in eye tracking support and an experience called Eye Control. Already present in the latest Windows 10 Insider test builds, Eye Control feature works using the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C, which can track where a person is looking on a screen. Continue reading “Windows 10 to soon add native eye-tracking support”
Flipkart today started its on-day Big Redmi Note 4 sale to to celebrate the 6-month anniversary since the phone was launched back in January 2017. Flipkart said that the Redmi Note 4 has remained one of the most popular and hottest selling smartphones on the platform. The phone is also India’s top selling smartphone. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Redmi Note 4 sale: Buyback Guarantee, up to Rs. 12000 exchange offer and more”
Google has updated image search on the Google App for Android and mobile search by adding badges. The aim is to make it easier for users to categorize results for selected images. Continue reading “Google Image Search gets badges for recipes, videos to classify results”
Facebook is said to be working on video chat device that will sport a 13-15 inch touchscreen, wide-angle camera and microphones, according to a report from the Bloomberg. Continue reading “Facebook working on a video chat device with touchscreen”
It looks like Paytm is gearing up to foray into the instant messaging market. The mobile payment service is planning to build messaging functionality into its app, according to a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. One of the people familiar with the matter said that the feature could be rolled out as soon as two weeks.
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Apple has reported quarterly revenue of $45.4 billion with a net profit of $8.7 billion in their earnings for the financial year Q3 2017 that ended July 1, 2017. Revenues were up 7% year-over-year. Apple reported quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.67 compared to diluted share of $1.42 in the year-ago quarter. During earnings call Tim Cook said that iPhone sales were impressive, with strong demand at the high end of its lineup. Continue reading “Apple reports $45.4 billion revenue in FY Q3 2017, iPhone sales cross 1.2 billion since launch”
Moto has finally announced special edition Moto G5S and Moto G5S Plus smartphones, after several rumors. The Moto G5S is the successor of the Moto G5 with the same Snapdragon 430, but this has a slightly larger 5.2-inch 1080p screen and a better 16MP rear camera The G5S Plus is the successor of G5 Plus with 13-megapixel dual rear cameras with selective focus mode for portraits, adding blurred background effect, selective black and white coloring, replace background mode and more and an improved 8-megapixel front camera with flash. Continue reading “Moto G5S Plus with 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual rear cameras, 4GB RAM and Moto G5S announced”
Intex is the new company to launch 4G VoLTE in the country after Lava and Jio. The company today launched the Turbo+ 4G phone and eight 2G models priced between Rs. 700 and Rs. 1500. Continue reading “Intex Turbo+ 4G VoLTE feature phone and eight 2G phones launched in India priced between Rs. 700 and Rs. 1500”
Truecaller has integrated with video calling app Google Duo that will allow users to make video calls directly through Truecaller on Android and iOS platforms. Continue reading “Truecaller for Android adds Google Duo integration”
After Delhi, ACT Fibernet has upgraded its plans for Chennai, for the second time this year, after it was upgraded in April. Speed of the plans remain the same, but the monthly data limit of both download and upload is now combined and is not counted separately. For example, the Rs. 1999 with 150Mbps speed and 350GB download and 350GB upload limit now comes with combined limit of 700GB. Normally ACT doesn’t mention the data uploaded separately on the site or the app, now it should be easy to track. Continue reading “ACT Fibernet revises plans in Chennai, Rs. 999 plan now comes with 200GB FUP”
Gboard for iPhone has received an update that adds support for Maps, YouTube and doodling. Now when you tap the G button, you can access Maps and YouTube for easier location and video sharing in any messaging app.
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