Meerkat, the live streaming app that made its debut in February last year on iPhone and later on Android is bowing out from live broadcasts. The company is instead pivoting to a live video social network.
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NVIDIA introduced its SHIELD Android TV at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) last year. We finally managed to the 16GB version from France for 199.99 Euros that also comes with bundled remote worth 54.99 Euros as a limited period offer. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Unboxing”
Opera has updated its beta app for Android to version 36 that brings several new features, including a new tab switcher with a modern look and a better underlying structure to allow optimized resource management. Opera says it is still working on perfecting it, but it it asking beta testers for their feedback. The update also lets you make progressive web apps easier to find on the web. It will automatically allow compatible web apps like the Flipkart Lite to be added to the home screen.
Jays, a Sweden based company has launched U-Jays on ear headphones in India. The company claims that the headphones offer acoustics, comfort and quality.
Press image of the HTC 10, the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone has surfaced for the first time, thanks to @evleaks. It shows its unibody metal build, similar design as the HTC One A9 on the front, fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button along with the capacitive touch buttons on either sides and a large front camera sensor. It is missing the usual dual front-facing boomsound speakers.
Has Xiaomi lost its mojo? Is India no longer as big a priority for the messiah of the affordably priced quality smartphones? We’ve personally had quite a positive outlook towards the upstart but we’d be remiss not to mention that the public sentiment has been ebbing to a degree thanks to the proliferation of competitors from the land of the Red Dragon. Clearly these sentiments weren’t lost on Xiaomi as was evidenced by the rather emotional monologue by Hugo Barra, face of Xiaomi India, at a recent event in Delhi. The man who has rapidly become a bit of an icon in the technology world in India led an emphatic if not a rather circuitous presentation answering these concerns and more by announcing the launch of the Redmi Note 3, more specifically the version that is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset. While the audience cheered, our thoughts veered more towards the handset itself and its role in an ecosystem that is much larger than from two years ago when the Redmi 2 was a trendsetter. We’ve had access to the device for a couple of days now and with the pricing revealed, are now in a position to give a more nuanced opinion on the Redmi Note 3. Read on for our review of Xiaomi’s latest. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Pro) Review”
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OnePlus has started rolling out Oxygen OS v2.2.1 OTA update for the OnePlus 2 smartphone. This update brings RAW support in its own OnePlus camera app. You can enable option to save RAW image from the camera settings. Few months back Oxygen OS 2.1.0 brought RAW image support for 3rd party camera apps. The update also improves Bluetooth and Ultra SIM compatibility, fixes occasional image corruption issue in OnePlus Camera and more. Continue reading “OnePlus 2 Oxygen OS 2.2.1 OTA update brings RAW support in OnePlus Camera”
Samsung just sent press invites for the launch of its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India on March 8th. Both these smartphones were announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, pack a 5.1-inch Quad HD and 5.5-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED always-on displays, respectively. In India the variants will likely be powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 8 Octa 8890 SoC, instead of Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge launching in India on March 8”
Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge last month with high-end features. Both the phones are IP68 certified making them water and dust resistant. Now reports are stating that both the phones feature a moisture sensor in the USB port.
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Earlier this week live images of Huawei’s upcoming P9 smartphone with dual rear cameras surfaced. Now the press shots of the smartphone have surfaced in China. This reveals the smartphone’s slim profile, it’s metal body, power button, volume rockers and SIM slot located on the right side. Continue reading “Huawei P9 new renders surface, shows its slim metal body, dual rear cameras”
Apple has officially launched @Apple Support account on Twitter to offer technical support for its users. The company says that the account is aimed at providing tips, tricks and helpful information for any Apple related queries.
Microsoft has updated its Hyperlapse app for Android that finally gets option to save the recorded videos to microSD card on compatible devices. It also gets option to save 1080p videos in compatible devices. Both these features can be enabled from the settings. If you can’t enable, then the feature is not available for your device.
Major Silicon Valley companies are joining forces to support Apple in its ongoing privacy battle against the FBI. Top companies like Twitter, Yahoo, Airbnb, LinkedIn, eBay, Square, Reddit and many others have filed an amicus brief in US federal court. With the help of amicus briefs, parties who are not directly involved in a court case can add additional weight, context and information to an ongoing argument.
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HTC’s upcoming flagship smartphone codenamed ‘Perfume’ will launch as HTC 10, according to @evleaks. This was already teased in a teaser image and a video. He also said that even though the name of the phone has 10, it will not run Windows 10. Continue reading “HTC One M10 flagship smartphone could launch as HTC 10”
