Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 9.2 with App Vault, Gallery Editor and Mi Video app

Xiaomi announced the lightning fast MIUI 9 Global back in November 2017 with many fresh changes including Split Screen, Interactive and Fresh UI changes, New Gallery App, Calendar Cards, App Vault, New Notification Shade, Mi Video App, New Mi Explorer and Mi Drop. Xiaomi rolled out these features to MIUI Global Beta ROM users in … Continue reading “Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 9.2 with App Vault, Gallery Editor and Mi Video app”

Google Allo v26 prepares for multiple-account support, customizable stickers, GIFs, new camera effect and more

Google Allo V26 has started rolling out. While the update doesn’t bring in terms of customization, a teardown of the APK has revealed upcoming features like the support for multiple accounts, customizable stickers, Gifs, new camera effects and more.

Honor 9 Lite sold out in 6 min in first sale, 3 min in second sale, next sale on Jan 23

Huawei’s Honor brand started selling the Honor 9 Lite smartphone exclusively on Flipkart on January 21st midnight, which was sold out in record 6 minutes of the sale opening, selling at a the rate of over 150 units per second. The company started selling the smartphone again on January 21st 12 noon, which sold out in 3 minutes, … Continue reading “Honor 9 Lite sold out in 6 min in first sale, 3 min in second sale, next sale on Jan 23”

Amazon Great Indian Sale now live for Prime members – Best deals on smartphones, microSD cards, hard disks and more

Amazon today started its early access Great Indian Sale for the Amazon Prime members, as it had promised. It is offering deals on smartphones, microSD cards, hard disks, pendrives, Kindle eReaders, TVs and lots more.

Lava Red OnePlus 5T goes on sale in India with instant discount, No cost EMI, exchange offer and more

OnePlus launched Lava Red edition of the OnePlus 5T smartphone in India last week. Today the smartphone went on sale in the country for Rs. 37,999 through Amazon.in, oneplusstore.in as well as Croma stores and OnePlus experience zones in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi NCR .

iPhone X sales to be weaker than expected, 6.1-inch iPhone with LCD display coming in fall: KGI

KGI Analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo predicts lower than estimated sales of the iPhone X in China, and he believes that Apple might ship around 18-20 million units in the current quarter, which is significantly lower than the 20-30 million range. The primary reason for the downfall of sales is because of the longer replacement cycles in China.

Reliance Jio reports Rs. 504 crore profit in Q3, has over 160 million customers

Reliance Jio today reported Rs. 6879.42 crore revenue, up 12.7% QoQ and a net profit of 504.38 crore for its second quarterly financial performance for the period that ended 31st December, 2017. This comes after the company reported a net loss of 270.59 crore in the previous quarter. Jio’s rival Airtel earlier this week reported over … Continue reading “Reliance Jio reports Rs. 504 crore profit in Q3, has over 160 million customers”

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android Oreo MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 8.1.18 released

Xiaomi released MIUI 9 Global Stable update for its Mi MIX 2 smartphone back in November, and announced Android Oreo beta program for the phone for China ROM last month, now it has released MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM 8.1.18 for the smartphone which is based on Android 8.0 (Oreo).

Xiaomi Mi Explorer Overview [Update – Now you can turn off ads on MIUI devices as well]

Update – January 19: Mi Explorer has received an update that now lets you turn off recommendations (advertisements)  from the settings on MIUI devices as well, so you don’t need the workaround anymore we had mentioned in the article previously.

MIUI App Vault Overview – Shortcuts, Cricket, Calendar events, Notes and Ola

Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its Android skin MIUI back in November with tons of new features including Split Screen, Interactive and Fresh UI changes, New Gallery App, Calendar Cards, App Vault, New Notification Shade, Mi Video App, New Mi Explorer and Mi Drop. We have already covered some of these features in posts … Continue reading “MIUI App Vault Overview – Shortcuts, Cricket, Calendar events, Notes and Ola”

Sony MWC 2018 event set for February 26; CEO says still committed to smartphone business

Given the downfall of Sony’s smartphone business it would be no surprise if the company suddenly decides to pull the plug, but interestingly the company recently confirmed its presence at the MWC 2018 event that is scheduled to happen in February.

LG X4+ with 5.3-inch display, Hi-Fi DAC, military-level durability announced

LG today introduced X4+, the company’s smartphone in the ‘X series’ in Korea. It has military grade durability with MIL-STD-810G  that can withstand impact, vibration, high temperature, low temperature, thermal shock, and humidity and also has a dedicated digital to analog converter (DAC) for Hi-Res 32-bit 192 kHz audio listening.

WhatsApp might launch UPI-based digital payments service in India next month

WhatsApp UPI-based digital payments service has been in the news for quite some time and it now looks like the company is finally all set to launch the feature as early as next month according to reports. The WhatsApp payment will give a big boost to digital payments in India and will compete with Google … Continue reading “WhatsApp might launch UPI-based digital payments service in India next month”

Google’s Project Fi now offers Unlimited Data for $80 with Bill Protection

Google has introduced a flexible unlimited data plan dubbed ‘Bill Protection’ on Project Fi making it heavy data user-friendly. Before the new plan, Project Fi charged $10 per GB no matter how much data the user consumes. Technically, the new plan caps the data speed to 256kbps once the user crosses the data limit threshold but … Continue reading “Google’s Project Fi now offers Unlimited Data for $80 with Bill Protection”

Coolpad receives $300 million funding, plans for Silicon Valley expansion with AI focus

Coolpad Group has received $300 million in funding from Power Sun Ventures after separating from LeEco in 2017. Coolpad with the new funding is aiming to expand its capabilities in artificial intelligence. Chinese property mogul Chen Hua, Founder, and Head, Kingkey Group, will be leading the new investment through Power Sun Ventures.