Xiaomi Mi Max with 6.44-inch display launched in India starting at Rs. 14999

Xiaomi just launched its Mi Max phablet in India at an event in Delhi. It was announced in China last month, packs a 6.44-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 or Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC, runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, … Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max with 6.44-inch display launched in India starting at Rs. 14999”

WiFi Alliance promises faster speeds with WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2

In a bid to boost the speed and capacity of WiFi routers and other WiFi-equipped devices, the WiFi Alliance has announced an expansion of its WiFi Certified ac program. The wave 2 will include more features like Multi-user Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) and support for four spatial streams.

Windows 10: Anniversary update coming on August 2; now running on over 350 million devices

Microsoft today announced that it will roll out its Anniversary update on August 2nd. The latest update that was announced at the //Build 2016 conference brings improvements to the Hello login feature, Cortana voice assistant, Microsoft Edge browser, adds advanced security features for consumers and enterprises, offers new gaming experiences and more.

SanDisk Extreme UHS-I world’s fastest 256GB microSD card announced

Western Digital has announced 256GB SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card at the MWC 2016 Asia in Shanghai, which becomes the fastest 256GB microSD card in the world offering read speeds of up to 100MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s. SanDisk introduced Extreme PRO 64GB and 128GB cards with transfer speeds of up to 275MBps earlier this year.

Google Expeditions VR Android app now available to everyone, coming soon to iPhone and iPad

Google Expeditions, a virtual reality teaching tool built with Google Cardboard was introduced for educational purposes through Expeditions Pioneer Program, back in September last year. Google has now made the Expeditions app available to all the Android users. The company said that more than a million students from 11 countries have taken one of 200+ virtual reality … Continue reading “Google Expeditions VR Android app now available to everyone, coming soon to iPhone and iPad”

Nokia to showcase its 5G ready network at upcoming 5G World

Nokia is all set to demonstrate a 5G network running on commercial platforms at 5G World. Following the successful launch in February of the industry-first 5G-ready AirScale Radio Access technology, Nokia will demonstrate AirScale working together with its Cloud Packet Core, running on a Nokia AirFrame data center platform.

LeEco invests Rs. 200 million to refine the music industry by introducing CDLA standard

LeEco, the global internet and technology conglomerate has been at the forefront of various innovations that are shaping the future and changing the technology world. This time, with its second generation Le 2 and Le Max2 smartphones launched recently in the Indian market, LeEco is leading a revolution in the audio technology space with an investment … Continue reading “LeEco invests Rs. 200 million to refine the music industry by introducing CDLA standard”

Micromax Canvas Unite 4 and Canvas Unite 4 Pro launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 7499

Micromax has launched Canvas Unite 4 and Canvas Unite 4 Pro, two new smartphones in the Canvas Unite series that have Indus OS 2.0 with support for 12 regional languages and text-to-speech in 6 Indian languages – Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu. This works on text on browser, WhatsApp and SMS that lets you talk, type, and text … Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Unite 4 and Canvas Unite 4 Pro launched for Rs. 6999 and Rs. 7499”

Yu Yunicorn vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 – What’s Different?

When Yu anounced its next flagship a while back, it created quite a storm. The Yunicorn as it is called brings cutting edge specifications with some uniquely distinguishing features both from a hardware and software perspective. That said, the phone faces stiff competition from the likes of Xiaomi and others that have traditionally delivered competitive specs at … Continue reading “Yu Yunicorn vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 – What’s Different?”

Microsoft Surface 3 production will stop by December 2016

Microsoft has announced that it will stop making Surface 3 tablets by the end of 2016, after some reports that several retailers have stopped selling the tablet. The Intel Atom-powered tablet was announced back in March last year as the affordable variant of the Surface Pro 3, starting at $499.

Apple further explains ‘Differential privacy’ for iOS 10, won’t collect data without permission

When Apple at WWDC conference last week said that it plans to use differential data to make Siri and iPhone better at predicting what you want, it raised major privacy concerns among users.