France data privacy watchdog; CNIL has given a 1-month ultimatum to WhatsApp over Facebook data transfers without proper users consent. It ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing data with Facebook without proper permissions, and if WhatsApp fails to follow the order, the watchdog said that it could sanction the company. Continue reading “WhatsApp ordered by French data protection authority to stop sharing user data with Facebook”
After announcing a new set of rules last month, Twitter today announced that it would start enforcing updates to the Twitter rules with an aim to reduce hateful and abusive content on the platform. The company also said that it is working on a robust appeal system if in case of any wrong conclusions. Continue reading “Twitter to implement new rules to reduce hateful conduct and abusive behavior”
Samsung just announced the Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) smartphones in the Galaxy A series after several rumors. These have 5.6-inch and 6-inch (1080 × 2220 pixels) Full HD+Infinity Super AMOLED displays with 18.5:9 display ratio with curved glass on the back and front. These are powered by Octa-Core Exynos 7885 14nm processor, but still run Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) with 5.6-inch and 6-inch FHD+ Infinity display, dual front cameras announced”
Xiaomi released MIUI 9 Global Stable update for its Mi MIX 2 smartphone last month. Today it has announced Android Oreo beta program for the phone, but it is for the MIUI 9 China ROM on its global forum, however it is applicable for all regions. To be eligible, you must be using MIUI China Alpha ROM and must be active on the forum. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android Oreo beta program announced”
Engagement bait posts that ask for like, share and comment are abundant on the Facebook news feed and they are an indirect way from pages, people to gain reach. In order to tackle the issue, Facebook today announced that it will begin demoting individual posts from people and Pages that use engagement bait. Continue reading “Facebook to block Engagement Bait posts from news feed”
[Update: Reliance Jio has extended the triple cashback offer again. It is now valid till December 25th. Amazon Pay, Paytm and PhonePe offers are the same, but the Paytm cashback has been reduced to Rs. 15 for both old and new users] Continue reading “Reliance Jio triple cashback offer extended till December 25”
Vivo has announced Y75, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y series’ in China. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display with 83.6% screen-to-body ratio and comes with a 16-megapixel front camera with Face Wake, face unlock feature. It is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with FuntouchOS 3.2 and comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera.
Continue reading “Vivo Y75 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 4GB RAM, 16MP front camera announced”
Huawei has introduced Enjoy 7S, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with a full-screen display in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio and comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera to capture depth information. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 7S with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 announced”
Few users have started reporting that the Pixel 2 XL after the Android 8.1 Oreo update is facing slower Fingerprint sensor unlocking. Reports regarding the issue have been growing larger in the past couple of days. Continue reading “Google looking into reports of Pixel 2 XL slower fingerprint unlock after Android 8.1 update”
Its a known fact by now that Huawei is gearing up to launch the P11 smartphone line-up at the MWC 2018 event in February event. We’ve recently come across promotional images which revealed that the upcoming flagships would feature triple rear camera sensors capable of capturing 40MP shots and a 24MP front camera with AI assistance like the Mate 10 series. Continue reading “Huawei P11 with triple rear cameras expected to go official at MWC 2018 in February”
LG launched its flagship V30+ smartphone in India last week, and as promised the smartphone is now on sale exclusively on Amazon.in for Rs. 44990. It is available in Black and Silver colors in the country. It also has several launch offers that includes: Continue reading “LG V30+ goes on sale on Amazon in India with launch offers for Rs. 44990”
Recently, the Huawei’s online brand Honor launched Honor 7X with 18:9 aspect ratio display, making it a second device in the Honor portfolio with full-screen display to launch in India after Honor 9i. Aimed at the mid-range segment, this smartphone comes with an array of features. There are lots of smartphone in the similar price ranges with some good features as well. However, in an attempt to test the Honor 7X, we have compared it to the Moto G5S Plus smartphone that was launched recently, and also comes with dual rear cameras. So let’s how it fares against it. Continue reading “Honor 7X vs Moto G5S Plus”
Reliance Jio launched its services officially back in September 2016. It also launched bouquet of Jio Apps exclusively for its users, including JioTV app to watch Live TV channels on Android and iOS devices without additional cost. After launching JioCinema app for the web recently, Jio has launched the JioTV app for the web that allows users to watch live TV channels on PC, laptop or Macs easily using browser. Here are the steps. Continue reading “How to watch JioTV on computer”
Xiaomi launched the Mi A1 Android One phone in India in partnership with Google back in September in Black, Gold and Rose Gold colors and the Rose Gold variant of the phone went on sale in the country last month. The company recently announced a Rs. 1000 permanent price cut for the phone recently. Today it has launched new Special Edition Red color variant in the country, after it was introduced in Philippines last week.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 Special Edition Red color variant launched in India”
‘OK Google’ is a very popular hotword that we use to communicate with Google Search app and Assistant as well recently. While it’s a hotword that we have become familiar with, it has quite aged now. With the launch of Home speaker, Google introduced ‘Hey Google’ hotword along with the old phrase and this new hotword is now finding its way to phones as well. Continue reading “Google rolls out ‘Hey Google’ hotword to more phones”
