YouTube continues to rat out fake news and conspiracy theories its video-site platform. As a part of its efforts to streamline quality journalism that requires sustainable revenue, the company slowly has been expanding its funding support beyond Europe and today it is committing $25M to support future of news.
Microsoft today has announced the Surface Go 2-in-1 with a 10-inch display, and this in no way changes Microsoft’s Surface design philosophy. In fact, it does look like a smaller version of the Surface Pro design that has been with us since 2014. It comes with an integrated kickstand with unlimited positions, runs on Windows 10.
Twitter doesn’t seem to be slowing down its fight against fake users as the company reportedly suspended 70 million accounts in May and June in its attempts to reduce the impact of misinformation. This new count is double the accounts it suspended back in October.
Xiaomi’s brand new POCOPHONE series was in the news a while ago, and some time ago, the first phone under the brand got certified at Taiwan’s NCC. Today, the device again found passing through the FCC. It comes with dual rear cameras and will support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi bands.
Shares of Xiaomi opened for trade today under the stock code 1810 at IPO price of HK$ 17 per share, which was in the lower range, but it opened at HK$ 16.60 less than the IPO price, and later dropped to HK$ 16.30. The company last month expected the offer price range to be between HK$17 … Continue reading “Xiaomi shares open for trade in Hong Kong below IPO price but it is confident about the future”
Xiaomi just announced the 4th Mi anniversary sale from July 10 to 12th in India. In the sale it will have Rs. 4 flash sale, sell devices and bundles at reduced price, allow you to grab discount coupons, and play ‘Find the 4’ game from today, 7th July 2018 to 12th July 2018 to win coupons as … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4th Anniversary sale from July 10 to 12 – Rs. 4 flash sale, coupons, discounts and more”
Xiaomi India today announced the appointment of Muralikrishnan B as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He was India Head of eBay.in in 2011 and later he joined Jabong as COO, which Xiaomi India Head and VP, Manu Kumar Jain co-founded in 2012. Before joining Xiaomi, Muralikrishnan was Senior Vice President of Myntra.
Microsoft has been moving its focus in bringing out more apps that are daily usable by users. With Microsoft’s Edge browser and Launcher striking gold with millions of downloads in Play Store and App Store, the company sure has a scope to do more. The company’s Movies & TV app is currently only available on Windows-based … Continue reading “Microsoft said to be working on Movies & TV app for Android and iOS”
According to latest report, Intel wont be providing 5G modems for Apple’s 2020 mobile devices. The Cuppertino company has even notified Intel that it would not use its modem in its next-generation mobile device. Furthermore, the development of the model, internally codenamed “Sunny Peak” has been halted and the Intel team that’s working on the product will … Continue reading “Apple might phase out Intel’s 5G modem for 2020 iPhones”
Dell today has launched the Alienware 15 and 17, Dell G Series – G3 and G7 and Inspiron 24 5000 All-in-One in India. The Alienware gaming laptops are powered up to Intel Core i9 processor with up to 6-cores. Dell G-series laptops include G3 15 and Dell G7 15.
Xiaomi introduced 7.5W Qi wireless fast charger along with the Mi MIX 2S earlier this year, now a new Mi Wireless Charger (WPC01ZM) has been certified by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). This reveals that it will be a 5W charger and has the Qi version number v1.2.4. It shows a metal-like finish and a LED notification light. … Continue reading “New Xiaomi Mi Wireless Charger gets certified by the WPC, could be introduced along with Mi MIX 3”
At the annual AGM Reliance Jio introduced new JioPhone offer dubbed as “Monsoon Hungama”. Under this offers feature phone users can exchange their phone for a new JioPhone at an effective price of Rs. 501 instead of paying the full amount of Rs. 1500. This offer will be available from July 21st. We should know … Continue reading “JioPhone Monsoon Hungama exchange offer – JioPhone available at an effective price of Rs. 501; WhatsApp, YouTube coming on August 15”
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries at the company’s 41st annual AGM announced that Reliance Jio has crossed 215 million customers in 22 months of launch, compared to 125 million in July last year. Earlier this year when announcing the financial results, the company said that it had over 186 million customers.
To tackle social science and misinformation, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp. The company said that it would welcome any proposals related to social science or discipline.
Microsoft is said to be working on a cheaper $400 Surface tablet and now it appears to have passed through the FCC this week. However, it doesn’t offer more details except that it will come with 24W charger from the Pro 4. The upcoming Microsoft device is said to come with a model number ‘1824 and will … Continue reading “Microsoft’s low-cost Surface tablet with 24W charger passes through the FCC”
