Instagram has rolled out yet another update today which brings stories highlights and stories archive features. The highlights feature lets you save your stories automatically into a private Stories Archive so you can view later even after 24 hours. Continue reading “Instagram update brings Stories Highlights and Stories Archive”
A week after releasing the final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2, Google has released final Android 8.1 (Oreo) update for compatible Pixel and Nexus devices that brings support for Android Oreo (Go edition) software experience for entry-level devices and also introduces the Neural Networks API, a hardware accelerated machine learning runtime to support ML capabilities in apps. Continue reading “Google rolls out Android 8.1 update for Pixel and Nexus devices, OTA and factory images available”
Google has always been active in improving their search results and the information it provides. Over the past few weeks, the company has made three new additions expanded Featured Snippets, improved functionality of Knowledge Panels, and suggested content for searches on a particular topic. Continue reading “Google expands featured search snippets to offer more relevant search results”
At the Qualcomm’s second annual tech summit, Asus and HP have finally launched Snapdragon-powered Windows laptops after briefly teasing at the Computex earlier this year. The ASUS NovaGo is the world’s first Gigabit LTE capable laptop which is powered by the Snapdragon 835 chipset. Continue reading “ASUS NovaGo and HP Envy x2 PC are the first Windows 10 Snapdragon always connected PCs”
At the second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform as the successor to Snapdragon 835 that most flagship smartphones this year. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun at the event said that Qualcomm has always been part of Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone launches right from the Mi 1 that was introduced back in 2011 and the next flagship Xiaomi smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform. He said that 238 million Xiaomi smartphones are powered by Qualcomm processors.
Continue reading “Xiaomi’s next flagship smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 845”
Microsoft and Qualcomm last year announced that Windows 10 will be coming to next-generation of Snapdragon Mobile processors. At the Computex 2017 earlier this year Qualcomm announced that ASUS, HP and Lenovo will be the first OEMs to build PCs powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile PC Platform with X16 LTE modem. Today at its second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm in partnership with Microsoft introduced the Always Connected PCs with 4G LTE which would bring ARM support to Windows 10, but with x86 emulation, allowing all existing applications to work as well.
Huawei’s Honor brand along with the Honor 7X also introduced the Honor View 10 smartphone, which is the global version of the Honor V10 that was introduced in China last week. It has similar specifications including a 5.99-inch 18:9 FullView display with ultra narrow bezels, Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor, dedicated neural network processing unit and Android 8.0 (Oreo) with Emotion UI 8.0 on top.
Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the most expected Honor 7X smartphone at a global event in London, as it had promised. It packs a 5.93-inch Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with minimal bezels, is powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor and has a 16-megapixel rear camera with a 2-megapixel secondary camera along with an 8-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Honor 7X with 5.93-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”
OnePlus launched the flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone in India last month. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3300mAh battery battery, same as the predecessor and supports its own Dash Charge fast charging technology. It has a 6.01-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 835, has 6/8GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Oxygen OS. Check out the test results. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating”
Flipkart has scheduled its year-end Big Shopping Days sale from December 7th to 9th. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones and other devices, including Google Pixel 2 that will be available starting at an effective price of Rs. 39,999 compared to the original price of Rs. 61,000. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale from Dec 7 to 9: Google Pixel 2 starting at Rs. 39999, exchange offers and more”
Smartron Indian based company backed by Sachin Tendulkar has announced that it is expanding to other markets like Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, and others in the Middle East. Initially, it will start with Srt Phone, the t.book and will launch all their products in the next 6 to 8 months. Continue reading “Smartron expands to the Middle East, launches srt.phone and t.book”
Xiaomi launched the Mi A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone with dual rear cameras in India back in September for Rs. 14999. It also launched the Rose Gold version in the country recently. Today the company has announced a Rs. 2000 price cut for the phone for limited period on Flipkart during its Big Shopping Days sale between December 5th and 7th as well as Mi.com. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 to get Rs. 2000 price cut from Dec 7 to 9, will be available for Rs. 12999”
[Update: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out MIUI 9 stable ROM for the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones. If you don’t have the update, you can download the Recovery ROM for the Redmi Y1 and for the Redmi Y1 Lite here and flash on your device using updater method. Check out the complete changelog below] Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Y1, Redmi Y1 Lite MIUI 9 Stable ROM starts rolling out”
Samsung Electronics today has announced that it has begun mass production of first 512GB flash storage for next-generation mobile devices and it utilizes the Samsung’s latest 64-layer 512-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND chips. Continue reading “Samsung begins mass production of 512GB eUFS flash memory for flagship smartphones and tablets”
After putting an end to the much celebrated Nexus brand, Google opened a fresh front in the smartphone market last year in form of ‘Pixel’. This game plan gave Google a full control over both software and hardware, elevating them to a next level when it comes to Android experience. With Pixel smartphones, Google directly started competing against Apple, be it pricing, quality or the experience. Soon after the launch of the first Pixel, the device met with a mixed response, particularly for its pricing. Continue reading “Google Pixel 2 Review”
