In the latest development, Amit Singhal, former Senior Vice President of Search at Google has joined Uber. From now on, he will be heading the Maps and Marketplace departments and also advise CEO Travis Kalanick and Uber VP of Engineering and Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski as well on self-driving technology. Continue reading “Amit Singhal former Google search head joins Uber as SVP of Engineering”
Apple has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Qualcomm saying that Qualcomm has been charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with. This comes days after Qualcomm was sued by US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for anti-competitive practices relating to maintain its monopoly in the supply of a key semiconductor device used in cell phones and other consumer products. Continue reading “Apple sues Qualcomm for $1 Billion over royalties, Qualcomm says Apple’s claims are baseless”
This week Xiaomi launched Redmi Note4 in India, Lenovo launched Phab 2 Pro Tango smartphone while Samsung launched Galaxy C9 Pro and mid ranger J2 Ace. Micromax launched Vdeo 3 and Vdeo 4 smartphones that support 4G VoLTE. Check out all the announcements and launches from this week in our roundup. Continue reading “Weekly Round up – Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro and more”
Amazon started its Great Indian Sale yesterday offering some great deals on smartphones, accessories, and more. Today on Day 2 of the sale it is offering great deals on wearables, headphones, Bluetooth speakers and more. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Sale: Best deals on Bluetooth speakers, headphones and more”
After launching the Evo Gamepad Pro 2 Bluetooth game controller for Android last year, Amkette today launched Evo Gamepad Wired, which is the wired version of the popular Evo Gamepad Pro controller. “The wired version of the game controller is designed to enhance the smartphone gaming experience for the users and is compatible with all the OTG supported Android devices,” said the company. Continue reading “Amkette Evo Gamepad Wired for Android launched for Rs. 2599, exclusively bundled with Lenovo K6 Note”
Amazon today started its first 3-day Great Indian Sale for the year. With only few hours left for the Day 1 sales, Amazon has announced 100% YoY growth on Day 1 of sale and said that this is its biggest ever January Sale till date. Continue reading “Amazon announces 100% YoY growth on Day 1 of the Amazon Great Indian Sale”
Previous report from SamMobil had stated that Samsung Galaxy S8 will come with AI powered smart virtual assistant dubbed as Bixby. Now, the publication has shared more information about various features of Bixby in a latest report.
Continue reading “Samsung’s Bixby virtual assistant might come with visual search, text recognition abilities”
LinkedIn has given its desktop website a major overhaul. The largest professional social network is calling it “the largest desktop redesign” since LinkedIn’s inception in 2003. Continue reading “LinkedIn for web gets major design makeover”
Reliance Jio is gearing up to make LYF phones in India. The company has asked Chinese and Taiwanese device makers along with Foxconn to manufacture LYF VoLTE smartphones, smart set-top boxes, home automation and automobile telematics devices in the country, according to latest report from the Economic Times. Continue reading “Reliance Jio asks Foxconn to make LYF smartphones, other products in India”
After Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan Airtel has rolled an upgraded mobile network in Bihar & Jharkhand. The ‘Dual Carrier’ technology combines the spectrum capacities of two 5MHz carriers in the 2100 MHz band that significantly boosts network capacity through highly efficient usage, and promises a superior mobile experience in the form of faster data speeds, better voice quality, and improved network coverage – indoors and outdoors. Continue reading “Airtel rolls out ‘Dual Carrier’ technology in Bihar & Jharkhand for 4G-like data speeds on 3G”
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has announced that it has begun mass production start of 5-inch class (Starting from 5-inch) low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) LCD module with WQHD (1440×2560 pixels) resolution and over 500 PPI pixel density. JDI said that it has reduced LCD panel power consumption in the WQHD screen by using improved materials to reduce LCD driving frequency from 60Hz to 30Hz depending on the display image signal without affecting the image quality, thus achieving low power. Continue reading “JDI starts mass production of 5-inch class Quad HD In-cell touch LTPS display”
Last week, ICICI bank had blocked transactions on Flipkart’s payment app PhonePe citing security concerns. Now, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has asked ICICI bank to unblock transactions made on Flipkart’s PhonePe app immediately. Continue reading “NPCI asks ICICI Bank to unblock UPI transactions made on Flipkart’s PhonePe”
Vivo is all set to launch V5 Plus in India on January 23rd. The smartphone went official earlier this week. Now the selfie-focused phone is available for pre-order through retail stores in India, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. The main highlight of the phone is its 20-megapixel front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 1/2.78″ sensor, f/2.0 aperture and an 8-megapixel secondary font-facing camera for capturing depth information. Continue reading “Vivo V5 Plus with 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras now available for pre-order in India for Rs. 27980”
Lenovo has started rolling out ZUI 2.5 update based on Android 7.0 (Nougat) for the ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro smartphones in China, as it had promised last month. ZUI 2.5 brings custom lockscreen themes, split-screen or multi-window feature, professional camera mode, game recording option, info cards for text messages and more. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 and Z2 Pro ZUI 2.5 Android 7.0 Nougat update rolling out starting from China”
Information Technology Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad has revealed that recently launched BHIM app for UPI-based payments has crossed 1.1 crore downloads. The app has reached this milestone within 20 days of its launch earlier this month. Continue reading “BHIM app for UPI-based payments hits 1.1 crore downloads in 20 days : Ravi Shankar Prasad”
