Google is working on bringing VR to Chrome for Android. A report from Roadtovr says recent builds of the Chrome Beta and Chrome Dev for Android show the beginnings of VR support.
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We’ve already covered in detail about the various capabilities and advantages that the first generation Compute Stick from Intel offers users. Now, the second generation takes things forward by combining more power and features into a similarly compact form factor.
Sony has announced at its IR Day 2016 in Japan that it will defocus in several markets including China, India, US and Brazil where it expects its smartphone businesses to shrink. One of the main reasons is that it expects FY15-17 CAGR smartphone growth in India, China, Brazil, Indonesia to be just 0.3%, instead of increase in 8.1% that was estimated last year.
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It has been rumored for a long time that the Samsung Galaxy Note7 will feature an iris scanner. Now, a new image leak of the front panel of the phone has confirmed the existence of the iris scanner on the upcoming Note flagship.
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A chilly breeze greets us as we stand outside the headquarters for what is arguably one of the largest glass manufacturers in the world. Corning® Gorilla® Glass helps protect our smartphones and is perhaps the de-facto standard in cover glass. We arrived in the town of Corning and were about to get unprecedented access into what goes behind making Gorilla® Glass.
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Samsung has announced that it has started selling unlocked versions of its flagshipGalaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in the US. These don’t have any bloatware that are available in the versions sold by the carriers. Both the phones were introduced back in February earlier this year and was launched in India in March. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge unlocked versions go on sale in the US”
Reliance Communications (Rcom) has started rolling out its 4G services in Mumbai, Delhi, Maharasthra and Andhra Pradesh circles for the CDMA customers who had upgraded to 4G, reports ET. Rcom is offering 4G for its customers through spectrum sharing agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm. Continue reading “RCom starts rolling out 4G services for CDMA customers”
Xiaomi along with Foxconn is in talks with a couple of state governments to set up handset manufacturing plants in India, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The move comes from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer to boost production in order to keep up with the growing demand.
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Things are never black and white in terms of technology. What may seem obvious to the average consumer might very well be a misunderstanding and that is why it is really important to examine processors in detail and see how they stack up against each other.
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Just last week, we saw leaked specs of HTC Sailfish, a smaller variant of the two upcoming Nexus devices. N0w, specifications of Nexus Marlin have surfaced in another major leak.
We were able to talk to Thane Creitz of Intel who is the Director of Consumer Tehnical Marketing during the Intel Tech Tour of 2016 in India. We got a lot of insight about the Intel’s strategy, outlook and roadmap for the future. Here’s what he had to say.
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Asus’s latest notebook that combines high end performance in a sleek and compact form factor is the GL552VW. Inspired by an F22 Stealth Fighter, the new laptop brings about a big improvement not just in terms of performance but also in terms of the look and feel. Let’s see how well it fared.
Google announced Android ‘N’ back in March this year, ahead of Google I/O and also released a developer preview. It even launched a new micro site and asked for suggestions from users before finalizing a name for Android N. Now it has finally confirmed the name of Android ‘N’ as Nougat. Version has also been confirmed as 7.0. Continue reading “Google confirms Android 7.0 ‘N’ as Android Nougat”
vivo has finally announced its X7 and X7 Plus smartphones in China, as it had promised. The X7 has a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display ultra-narrow bezels and the X7 Plus has a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display with 1.75mm ultra-narrow frame. Both these have a unibody metal design, 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture along with soft LED flash, 4GB of RAM and a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that can unlock the phone in 0.2 seconds. Continue reading “vivo X7 and X7 Plus 16MP front camera, Snapdragon 652, 4GB RAM announced”
