Apple today confirmed that it had received inquiries from U.S govt agencies over a software update that is slowed down aged iPhones’ performance and also clarified that it is responding to them. According to the sources, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are said to be investigating Apple to see whether it has violated any securities laws concerning its disclosures. Continue reading “Apple confirms US govt inquiries over throttling aged iPhones”
It is already known that Huawei has backed out of the MWC 2018 event with the P20 announcement and now it is learned that the flagships will be announced at a separate event in March. Press invites for the event have already been sent out to the media. The new report falls in-line with the earlier rumored information. Continue reading “Huawei P20 and P20 Plus expected to be announced on March 27 in Paris”
Qualcomm today announced that the company and Samsung Electronics have signed a multi-year strategic relationship agreement over various technology areas and across a range of mobile devices. This agreement will also expand the companies relationship as technology partners. Continue reading “Qualcomm and Samsung expand multi-year cross-license agreement”
Google Flights has received two new features to help your travel experience. One among them is the ability to predict flight delays, and another is the new fare type option to show cheap fares. Continue reading “Google Flights can now predict airline delays, gets new fare type options”
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association today announced the new UFS 3.0 standard making it the first to introduce MIPI M-PHY HS-Gear4 with a data rate of up to 11.6 Gbps per lane which is a 2x performance increase over UFS 2.1. Continue reading “UFS 3.0 standard released, offers 2x faster performance than UFS 2.1”
Apple’s Taiwan manufacturer Wistron Corp is said to be on the verge of closing a land deal in Bengaluru and is also is likely to invest about $157 million to develop the site, according to a latest report from Reuters. Continue reading “Apple’s manufacturer Wistron nears land deal in Bengaluru, to invest $157 million: Report”
Airtel and Jio have readily committed to investing Rs. 74,000 by next fiscal year to upgrade and expand infrastructure and address the issue of call drops said Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan post the DoT review. Continue reading “Airtel, Jio commit to invest Rs. 74,000 crore to expand infrastructure over call drops”
Android is the primary target for hackers to inject malware and Trojans. While Google actively purses in eliminating any vulnerabilities, some still make it in the form of Apps. Today Google has announced that it took down 700,000 bad apps that violated the Google Play policies from Play Store in 2017 which is also 70% more than the apps that it took down in 2016. Continue reading “Google took down over 700,000 bad apps from Play Store in 2017, 70% more than 2016”
Snapchat today introduced Bitmoji Deluxe feature with hundreds of new ways to customize your Bitmoji. The Bitmoji Deluxe feature includes new skin tones, hairstyles, eye and hair colors, facial features, and accessories. Continue reading “Snapchat gets Bitmoji Deluxe with new skin tones, facial features and more”
HTC just as it promised has started rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to U11 in India. The update has already started rolling out to users in batches and comes with version number 3.16.708.3 and is of 1.48GB in size. The phone was originally launched with Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) back in June last year. The phone got Oreo update in Taiwan back in November last year. Continue reading “HTC U11 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out in India”
Ola; Indian cab sharing aggregator has announced its plans to foray into Australia. The company has begun onboarding driver-partners across Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and said that is aiming to expand soon and work with local communities for better reach. Continue reading “Ola announces international foray, all set to launch in Australia”
Microsoft today announced that it has acquired the cloud-based gaming startup PlayFab. It is a complete back-end platform provider of services to build, launch and grow cloud-connected games. The tool that PlayFab offers is designed to for developers to use across all platform including mobile, PC, console. Continue reading “Microsoft acquires cloud-based gaming startup PlayFab”
Asus has announced that it is rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to the Zenfone 3 just as it had promised. The Zenfone 4 had received the Oreo update last month. The Oreo update for the Zenfone 3 brings the version number to 15.0410.1712.31. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 3 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Facebook recently said that it is overhauling its new feed with more posts from friends and family, and today it announced starting this week it will focus on showing more news from the local news in news feed allowing you to see topics that have a direct impact on you and your community. Continue reading “Facebook to update news feed with more local news”
AGTech Holdings Limited, which is the leading integrated games and entertainment company in China and Paytm today announced the official launch of Gamepind mobile gaming platform. The partnership is aimed at offering the host of popular and exciting social and casual games. Continue reading “Paytm, AGTech launch Gamepind mobile games platform”
