Facebook said that it’s testing out a new feature “things in common,” that would allow non-friends to connect. This feature would be present in the comment section and shows the things that are in common like if you live in the same city as someone or went to the same college. Facebook will highlight things you have … Continue reading “Facebook testing ‘things in common’ label to try to connect non-friends”
Australian Government has banned Chinese telecoms firm Huawei Technologies from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network as it is citing the risk of foreign interference and hacking. However, Beijing dismissed saying it as an“excuse” to tilt the playing field against a Chinese firm.
DJI invited us to check out the two new flavors of their Mavic line of drones, the Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom. I have and love the original Mavic Pro, so I could not miss the chance to be one of the first to try these new ones out. Let’s dive in.
HTC has scheduled an event on August 30th, just in time for the IFA 2018 in Berlin, where it is expected to introduce mid-range U12 Life smartphone codenamed Imagine Life. Specifications of the phone surfaced last month. Even a design sketch of the phone surfaced recently.
Update – August 23: Qualcomm India has confirmed that the phone will be powered by a Snapdragon Mobile Platform. The Realme 1 was powered by MediaTek Helio P60 SoC. Realme also confirmed that the phone will feature a 6.2-inch display with 88.8% screen-to-body ratio, compared to 6-inch display with 75.7% screen-to-body ratio on the Realme … Continue reading “Realme 2 with 6.2-inch notch display, dual rear cameras, 4230mAh battery launching in India on August 28 [Update: Snapdragon SoC]”
Flipkart after acquiring eBay.in last year has recently shut down its Indian operations. Now after closing it down for good, Flipkart launched a brand new platform to sell refurbished products; the platform is named 2GUD. It is more or less like any other e-commerce site selling electronic items but contains only certified refurbished products at low … Continue reading “Flipkart launches 2GUD e-commerce portal for refurbished goods”
Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO launched the POCO F1, the company’s first smartphone in India. POCO F1 features a 6.18-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, and is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM and LiquidCool Technology. It runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with a skin on top, which company is … Continue reading “POCO F1 MIUI Beta testing to start soon, kernel source to be released on August 29”
We had already seen live images of the upcoming Pixel 3 XL smartphone including box contents. Now a Russian blog has posted more live images of the phone, box contents as well as camera samples from the smartphone. Since this is pre-release hardware, EXIF mentions the phone as “QCAM-AA”. You can check out set of images in the … Continue reading “Google Pixel 3 XL camera samples, wireless charging demo, more live images surface”
Facebook is said to be testing its own speech recognition with the new “Aloha” voice feature for both the Facebook and Messenger apps, as well as external hardware. This again is being spotted by the famous app investigator Jane Manchun Wong giving us the first look at a prototype for the Aloha user interface.
After a teaser, Vivo has officially confirmed that it will introduce the V11Pro, successor of Vivo V9 that was launched back in March. The teaser also confirms display notch, which the company calls Halo FullView and an in-display fingerprint sensor. It also has an hashtag #UnlockTheAmazing
After three months of launch of Realme 1, the company has started teasing the Realme 2 with a notch. The company has also teased dual rear cameras for the smartphone.
Samsung launched the Galaxy A6+ smartphone in India in May for Rs. 25,990, along with the Galaxy A6. Last month it received a Rs. 2000 price cut in just over a month of launch, now it has received another Rs. 2000 price cut in the country.
According to reports, the Apple Store at Leidseplein in Amsterdam has been briefly evacuated earlier today likely after an iPad exploded due to battery overheating. Furthermore, three people reportedly suffered breathing problem, possibly due to vapors from a leaking battery. However, they were treated on site.
ZTE has announced an event at the IFA 2018 in Berlin later this month where it is expected to introduce Axon 9, successor of the Axon 7 that was introduced back in 2016, according to the teaser. ZTE will also introduce “leading 5G innovations” on display at a trade show booth.
Update – August 17 – Flipkart has started teasing the smartphone with #AsFastAsYou and hints that Badminton player P.V. Sindhu as the brand ambassador.
