Xiaomi partners with ACT Fibernet to offer 3 months free broadband on purchase of any Mi LED Smart TV

Xiaomi has announced that customers who purchase any Mi LED smart TV will get 3 months ACT Fibernet internet for free. This offer is valid for people residing in Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chennai and is valid from tomorrow i.e 13th June on all Mi TV purchases from mi.com, Mi Home, and Flipkart. This offer will … Continue reading “Xiaomi partners with ACT Fibernet to offer 3 months free broadband on purchase of any Mi LED Smart TV”

Samsung appeals against $539 million Apple patent case verdict

Samsung is not stopping its fight against Apple, the company has asked the court last Thursday to either dismiss the judgment in its phone patent fight with Apple or retry the case in which the damages were decided. Samsung has filed a 34-page post-trial motion filed with the US District Court in San Jose, California suggesting that the jury’s … Continue reading “Samsung appeals against $539 million Apple patent case verdict”

Xiaomi Redmi 6 with 5.45-inch 18:9 display, Helio P22 12nm Octa-Core SoC, AI dual rear cameras and Redmi 6A with Helio A22 12nm SoC announced

Xiaomi just announced the Redmi 6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi series and the successor of Redmi 5 that was announced back in December last year, as it had promised. It has a 5.45-inch HD+ display 18:9 aspect ratio display with 80.7% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P22 12nm processor and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI 9 … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 6 with 5.45-inch 18:9 display, Helio P22 12nm Octa-Core SoC, AI dual rear cameras and Redmi 6A with Helio A22 12nm SoC announced”

Apple bans cryptocurrency mining on iPhone and iPad

Apple today has updated its app guidelines to stop developers from sneaking any functionality into the apps within the company’s ecosystem. The company now says that “apps, including any third party advertisements displayed within them, should not run any unrelated background processes; cryptocurrency mining.

Xiaomi said to have partnered with Dixon Technologies to launch ‘Make in India’ Mi TV in August

Xiaomi has partnered homegrown consumer electronics contract manufacturer Dixon Technologies for ‘Make in India’ Mi TV that will be launching in August in India, according to the latest ET report. The company will now make 55K sets every month.

Airtel to deploy 12000 new mobile sites, 3000 kms of additional optic fiber in Tamil Nadu

After Kerala and Mumbai, Airtel has announced massive network expansion in Tamil Nadu as part of its network transformation initiative – Project Leap. During the FY 18-19, Airtel plans to roll out 12,000 new mobile sites adding 32 new mobile sites every day, taking the total number of sites to 52,000 across the state.

Android Messages might soon be integrated within Chrome OS

According to a new commit in the open source Chromium Gerrit, Google is said to be working on Chrome OS and Android Messages integration. No new introduction is needed for Chrome OS; it is Google’s operating system for laptops, set-top boxes, and more recently, detachable, and tablets.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and Mi Mix 2 MIUI 10 Beta testing to start soon

Xiaomi announced 10th iteration of its own proprietary Android skin MIUI in China on 31st May and introduced MIUI 10 Global along with Redmi Y2 at an event on 7th June in India. During the launch event, the company also shared MIUI 10 Global Beta roll-out schedule. As per the schedule, MIUI 10 Global Beta … Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and Mi Mix 2 MIUI 10 Beta testing to start soon”

MediaTek Helio M70 7nm 5G Modem with up to 5Gbps download speeds announced, coming in 2019

MediaTek during the Computex 2018 last week in Taiwan silently introduced its M70, the latest 5G modem based on TSMC’s 7nm process incorporating EUV technology. The company said that it has collaborated with NOKIA, NTT Docomo, China Mobile, Huawei, and other vendors. It supports 5G NR (New Radio) and will meet the latest 3GPP Release 15 … Continue reading “MediaTek Helio M70 7nm 5G Modem with up to 5Gbps download speeds announced, coming in 2019”

Apple Music update with ‘Coming Soon’ section, album launch dates, and new artist profiles rolling out

Apple Music is getting a new update and it includes a series of new features including the new section called “Coming Soon,” which allows subscribers to check out new albums that are about to be released. It is also listing the album launch dates as well.

Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Z5, Asus ROG Gaming Phone, Honor Play, Xiaomi Redmi Y2, BlackBerry KEY2 and more

Lenovo this week introduced the Z5 smartphone along with the K5 Note and A5, Asus’s ROG division introduced the ROG gaming phone, Honor introduced the Honor Play and Honor 9i 2018 edition, Xiaomi launched the Redmi Y1 smartphone, Motorola launched the Moto G6 and the Moto G6 Play smartphones, and lots more in our weekly … Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Z5, Asus ROG Gaming Phone, Honor Play, Xiaomi Redmi Y2, BlackBerry KEY2 and more”

Facebook alerts 14 million users about privacy bug that changed status of composer to public

Facebook today has announced that it recently had found a bug that automatically suggested posting publicly when some people were creating their Facebook posts. The company also mentioned that it is letting the 14 million people affected know about the bug and is asking them to review any posts they made during that time.

Amazon Fire TV Cube 4K HDR streaming media player with Alexa, far-field voice recognition announced

After Fire TV Stick, Amazon has introduced Fire TV Cube, a bigger Fire TV streaming device that plugs into an HDTV that lets you watch movies, TV shows, use apps and play games. It is powered by a quad-core processor, has 802.11ac dual-band WiFi as well as Ethernet port. It also comes bundled with a voice … Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Cube 4K HDR streaming media player with Alexa, far-field voice recognition announced”

MIUI 10 will bring India-specific features including in-camera Paytm QR code scanning, Contextual Quick menu in Messaging and more

Xiaomi introduced the MIUI 10 globally at the Redmi Y2 launch event in India today. We already know that MIUI 10 includes performance improves, better full screen experience with gestures, better Recents, Nature sounds, Ambient noises and AI Portrait mode. As usual, the company announced new MIUI 10 features for the Indian users that includes option to … Continue reading “MIUI 10 will bring India-specific features including in-camera Paytm QR code scanning, Contextual Quick menu in Messaging and more”

Airtel to deploy 7000 new mobile broadband sites, Massive MIMO pre-5G technology and 10MHz of fresh 4G spectrum in Mumbai

Airtel today announced that it is planning a massive network deployment plans for Mumbai as part of its network transformation initiative – Project Leap. During the FY 18-19, Airtel plans to roll out 7000 new mobile sites including the large-scale deployment of pre-5G Massive MIMO technology across Mumbai to significantly boost network capacity for high-speed data … Continue reading “Airtel to deploy 7000 new mobile broadband sites, Massive MIMO pre-5G technology and 10MHz of fresh 4G spectrum in Mumbai”