Xiaomi announced Mi Box, its 4K box powered by Android TV back in May at the Google I/O. Xiaomi said that it will first launch in the US, with other global markets to follow, but it did not reveal launch date. Now it has showed up on Walmart before the official launch, priced at $69 (Rs. 4600 approx.). It also comes with $76 worth offers from Sling TV, Pandora, VUDU and more. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Box 4K Android TV box goes on sale early in the US, price revealed as $69”
While Google is all set for its big launch event of the year on October 4th, a new report from Android Police has come out claiming that the search giant will introduce it’s a new home router with its own branding alongside the anticipated HTC-made Pixel smartphones, new 4K Chromecast, and the Google Home. Continue reading “Google will also introduce its own brand Wi-Fi router on October 4: Report”
[Update: September 26 – Samsung Galaxy On8’s latest teaser on Flipkart has confirmed 3GB RAM and says that it will offer long lasting battery.]
Samsung introduced its new Galaxy On7 (2016) smartphone in China and also teased the Galaxy On5 (2016) yesterday. Now Samsung is gearing to launch the Galaxy On8 smartphone in India. Flipkart has started teasing the phone as #TheNextON on its website and also says that it will be available exclusively available on Flipkart. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy On8 with 1080p Super AMOLED display to launch in India exclusively on Flipkart”
Google has announced that it has open sourced its image captioning tool dubbed as Show and Tell in TensorFlow. The company has improved the technology and it is much faster to train, and produce more detailed and accurate descriptions compared to the original system.
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Apple has released iOS 10.0.2 update for the devices running on iOS 10. This fixes issue for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus users that makes them not able to control volume on their device few minutes after the lightning headphones are plugged into the port. Earlier this week the company had promised a fix for the bug. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 10.0.2 update to fix iPhone 7 Lightning headphones bug”
Lenovo has teamed up with Intel, PayPal, and Synaptics to bring FIDO authentication to laptops. The collaboration will enable Lenovo customers to be able to authenticate to online FIDO ((Fast Identity Online) )-enabled services like PayPal by using a fingerprint instead of a password.
Last month Reliance Jio unofficially started offering Jio Preview Offer with free 90 days of unlimited data, calls and messaging to all 4G smartphones. Now the company has officially announced that its Jio Welcome Offer that would offer free Jio SIM with free Data, Voice, SMS and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content till December 31st 2016 will be available for all 4G smartphones. Continue reading “Reliance Jio welcome offer now officially available for all 4G smartphones”
Twitter is reportedly in talks with top tech companies for a potential buyout. A recent report from CNBC says that Google, Salesforce and others are eyeing to acquire the micro blogging site.
Samsung is getting into another controversy after its ongoing Galaxy Note7 battery issue. A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone caught fire inside an Indigo flight bound to Chennai from Singapore on Friday.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 2 catches fire on flight to Chennai”
Lenovo launched its flagship the Z2 Plus this week in India. The smartphone is powered by high-end quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Z2 Plus, Mi Air Purifier, Mi Band 2, Nokia 216, Moto E3 Power and more”
Idea Cellular on Friday said that it will be providing over 230% additional capacity to Reliance Jio, saying that Quality of Service for its customers is top priority. Reliance Jio later said that it has been intimated by Idea Cellular regarding Idea’s decision to provide additional POIs in the next few days. Continue reading “Reliance Jio: Over 4 crore calls to Idea failing every day, proposed augmentation by Idea inadequate”
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Lenovo (Moto) just sent out invites for the launch of Moto Z smartphone along with Moto Mods in India. It was introduced back in June at the Lenovo Tech World 2016. Continue reading “Moto Z with Moto Mods launching in India on October 4”
Micromax has launched Canvas 5 Lite Q462, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with Voice over LTE (VoLTE) support in the ‘Canvas 5 series’. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, but it still runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 5 Lite with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 6499”
Google had announced Daydream its own virtual reality platform in May at the I/O conference. The company has now launched its virtual reality software development kit (SDK) out of beta.
Continue reading “Google VR SDK 1.0 exits beta, now available for developers”
