As per the latest reports from various sources, the tablet sales in and out of India are declining due to the rise in phablets. While some brands including HP and Lenovo are rolling out their respective Hybrid laptops, tablets without keyboards is losing its relevance. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Review”
A series of 3D renders of the upcoming Google Pixel 2, Pixel XL 2 have surfaced thanks to popular tipster OnLeaks and MySmartPrice. The renders showcase Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 in black colour metallic body along with a circular fingerprint sensor at the back.
Continue reading “Google Pixel 2, Pixel XL 2 without 3.5mm headphone jack surface in renders”
Ulefone has announced T1, the company’s latest smartphone. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek P25 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a 5-megapixel secondary camera with depth information, PDAF, two-tone Quad LED and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with selfie flash. Continue reading “Ulefone T1 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced”
LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.55 trillion won (US$ 12.89 billion) in the second quarter that ended June 30, 2017, which is up 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. This is due to strong sales in home appliance unit, said LG. It has reported operating income of 664.1 billion won (US$ 588.2 million), up 13.6% for the same quarter in 2016. Continue reading “LG profits up 13.6%, mobile revenue down 21% YoY in Q2 2017”
Facebook has revealed financial earnings for Q2 2017. The social network has recorded $9.32 billion in revenue, up 45% year-over-year (YoY). Net profit in the second quarter leapt 71 percent from a year ago to $3.9 billion.
Continue reading “Facebook records $9.32 billion in revenue, 2.01 billion MAUs in Q2 2017”
One billion people now use WhatsApp every single day. The Facebook owned messaging app has reached this milestone a month after it announced that one billion people use WhatsApp every month.
Continue reading “WhatsApp hits 1 billion daily active users”
HTC at the ChinaJoy 2017 announced its first Vive Standalone VR headset for the China market. It will be a premium headset and promises outstanding standalone VR experience and doesn’t require PC to use it, unlike the HTC VIVE headset that was launched recently. HTC says that it will be simple, light-weight and portable.
Continue reading “HTC Vive Standalone VR headset powered by Snapdragon 835 coming later this year”
Samsung has reported its earnings for Q2 2017, in which the company has made operating profit of 14.07 trillion won ($12.7 billion), up 72.85% YoY for the quarter that ended June 30, 2017. This is all-time high quarterly profit, due to strong System LSI sales through increased sales of AP and CIS products while the Display Panel Business expanded sales of flexible OLED panels for premium smartphones and high-value LCDs under stable prices. Continue reading “Samsung reports record profits in Q2 2017, up 73% YoY”
Meizu just announced its flagship PRO 7 and PRO 7 Plus smartphones, as it had promised. The PRO 7 has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, while the PRO 7 Plus comes with a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen. Both the phones have a 1.9-inch secondary Super AMOLED 307 PPI
display on the back to show info such as weather, time and notifications. These phones also has 12-megapixel dual rear cameras with monochrome and color sensors offering portrait images with background blur along with a 16-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 7 and PRO 7 Plus with dual displays, dual rear cameras announced”
Paytm has teamed up with Hong Kong-based firm AGTech Media to launch a mobile gaming company in India. As per the joint venture, Paytm will hold 55% in the new joint venture while AGTech group will own 45%. Together they would invest $16 million (Rs 103 crore) in the venture. Paytm will invest around $8.8 million and AGTech will invest $7.2 million in the new venture.
Continue reading “Paytm partners with AGTech Media to launch mobile games in India”
USB 3.0 Promoter Group that comprises of Apple, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas Electronics, ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments has announced a new USB 3.2 specification that will offer multi-lane operation for new USB 3.2 hosts and devices, allowing for up to two lanes of 10 Gbps operation. This succeeds the USB 3.1 that was first introduced in 2013 offering 5 Gbps speed, later USB 3.1 gen 2 was introduced that offered 10 Gbps transfer speed.
Continue reading “USB 3.2 announced, aims to double the transfer speed”
Google had launched Trusted Contact location sharing app for Android last year in December. The app which lets you share your location with loved ones in everyday situations and in case of emergencies is now available for iOS as well. Continue reading “Google’s Trusted Contacts location-sharing app now available for iOS”
Xiaomi introduced its flagship Mi 6 smartphone back in April. At that time it announced Silver Edition with reflective mirror finish Stainless steel frame. Today at the Mi 5X and MIUI 9 event, the company announced that it will be available for 3999 yuan (US$ 592 / Rs. 38,110 approx.) starting August 3rd, but the company will make only 100 units available. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 6 Mercury Silver Edition price revealed, will roll out in limited numbers”
Snapdeal has accepted Flipkart’s revised $900-950 million buyout offer, according to a latest report from Reuters. Citing two sources, Reuters stated that the board of Jasper Infotech, which runs Snapdeal, approved Flipkart’s bid of $900 million-$950 million last week.
Continue reading “Snapdeal approves Flipkart’s revised $900-950 million buyout offer”
Xiaomi has announced MIUI 9, the latest MIUI ROM at an event in Beijing along with the Mi 5X smartphone. It brings several improvements, optimizations and new features, including new smart assistant and universal search. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said that now there are 281 million active MIUI users worldwide in 55 languages and 142 countries. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI 9 is faster, smarter and more refined, Beta ROM coming in August”
