Synaptics In-Display Fingerprint sensor enters mass production for ‘top five’ smartphone makers

Synaptics In-display Fingerprint sensor

Synaptics has announced their Clear ID in-display fingerprint sensor which also happens to the world’s first. The company has also started mass production of the same in partnership with top five smartphone makers. This in-display Fingerprint sensor is designed for smartphones with infinity displays. Continue reading “Synaptics In-Display Fingerprint sensor enters mass production for ‘top five’ smartphone makers”

Instagram now lets you follow hashtags on your feed

Instagram

A while ago there was a report that said Instagram is testing follow hashtag feature, and today the company has officially started rolling the feature. Follow hashtag is just like following a friend and you will be able to see posts, videos and more related the hashtag.  Continue reading “Instagram now lets you follow hashtags on your feed”

Twitter starts rolling out ‘Threads’ feature to let you stitch multiple Tweets

Twitter logo

Twitter is making so many changes to their platform off lately. The company recently has increased the character limit for Tweets from 140 to 280; later it also increased the character limit to 50 for display names. Today the company is adding a new feature making it easy to stitch and post multiple Tweets which now makes it easier to tweetstorm. Twitter had been testing this feature for sometime. Continue reading “Twitter starts rolling out ‘Threads’ feature to let you stitch multiple Tweets”

Nokia 5 Android 8.0 Oreo beta update starts rolling out, coming to Nokia 6 soon

Nokia 5

After Nokia 8, HMD global has started rolling out the beta update for the Nokia 5. The company’s Chief product officer; Juho Sarvikas has announced the same on Twitter. Just as it promised, HMD Global has been rolling out updates to every Nokia phone one after the other. Continue reading “Nokia 5 Android 8.0 Oreo beta update starts rolling out, coming to Nokia 6 soon”

Intel announces affordable Pentium Silver and Celeron Processors

Intel Pentium Silver and Celeron chip

Intel today revealed new affordable and budget-friendly Pentium Silver processors and Intel Celeron chips. These processors are based on Intel’s architecture ‘Gemini Lake’ and are the cheap and power-efficient processors for desktop PCs and laptops.  Continue reading “Intel announces affordable Pentium Silver and Celeron Processors”

Audio-Technica QuietPoint range of ANC headphones launched in India

ATH-ANC40BT

Audio-Technica has announced the availability of QuietPoint range of ANC headphones series in India. The line-up includes the ATH-ANC40BT in-ear model with Bluetooth wireless, and high-value ATH-ANC50iS and ATH-ANC70 over-ear headphones that come with the noise-canceling feature.  Continue reading “Audio-Technica QuietPoint range of ANC headphones launched in India”

Apple now lets developers offer new apps for pre-order on the App Store

Apple iOS 11 New App Store

Apple has launched a new feature to the App Store which now lets developers offer new apps for pre-orders on the App Store and automatically download upon the release. Developers can put up their apps for pre-order prior to 90 days its release. Continue reading “Apple now lets developers offer new apps for pre-order on the App Store”

Android 8.0 Oreo adoption rate now at 0.5%, Nougat adoption hits 23.3%

Google

Google like every month is again out with Android distribution numbers for the month of November. The latest operating system; Android Oreo has hit the adoption rate to 0.5% and the company has just started rolling out the Android 8.1 update which hasn’t entered the adoption list. Continue reading “Android 8.0 Oreo adoption rate now at 0.5%, Nougat adoption hits 23.3%”

Apple confirms acquisition of music recognition app Shazam for $400 million

Apple

Just as it was reported last week, Apple indeed has acquired London-based music recognition service Shazam and has finally announced the news on Monday just as expected. Apple’s acquisition aims at integrating Shazam’s music recognition capabilities into the company’s music service.  Continue reading “Apple confirms acquisition of music recognition app Shazam for $400 million”

Google India updates Search results with Videos, GIFs, Polls and more directly from the source

Google Search

Last week Google updated search results where are the celebrity queries are direct answers by the celebrity through short selfie-style video. Now the company has yet again pushed another change to the search results in India which will provide more information like images, videos, GIFs, events, polls posted directly by the person or organization you’re searching. Continue reading “Google India updates Search results with Videos, GIFs, Polls and more directly from the source”

Bragi launches the Dash pro and The Headphone wireless earbuds in India starting at Rs. 12999

Bragi The Dash Pro

Bragi; a European Kickstarter has debuted in India with the Dash Pro and the Headphone. The Dash Pro gets a one-touch simple setup for Android, iOS, and Windows as well. It connects to a smartphone via Bluetooth. The Headphone comes with Versant advanced voice technology that helps to listen to music or take calls in noisy environments.

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HARMAN Kardon Allure voice-activated speaker with Alexa support launched in India for Rs. 22490

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Harman International has launched the Allure voice-activated speaker in India with Amazon Alexa support. It was first introduced at the IFA 2017 event in Berlin and is capable of producing  360-degree Harman Kardon sound. It is a hands-free speaker that can be controlled with voice commands. Continue reading “HARMAN Kardon Allure voice-activated speaker with Alexa support launched in India for Rs. 22490”

Google Maps v9.68 brings refined indoor maps, to get intelligent out of range warnings and more

Google maps

Google Maps has been updated to v9.68 bringing many new additions and changes to one of the many Google apps that we use daily. The update brings new refined indoor maps that is placed in a prominent and more accessible place, it also prepares for intelligent out of range warnings, directions to similar routes and many more. Continue reading “Google Maps v9.68 brings refined indoor maps, to get intelligent out of range warnings and more”

Google Chrome 64 for Android gets Parallel Download Feature

Chrome

Google Chrome for Android is on a roll as the company seems to be improving it by adding features that are practical. Last week Chrome 63 bought changes to the Minimal web apps U.I, new flags menu, changes to Chrome Home U.I and more. Recently it is known that Google Chrome will soon get HDR video playback as well. Today another feature; the Parallel Download is being added to Chrome to accelerate download speeds. Continue reading “Google Chrome 64 for Android gets Parallel Download Feature”

VLC media player for iOS optimized for iPhone X, gets support for 4K HEVC Videos

VLC iPhone X

Popular video player app VLC Media player is now optimized for the iPhone X, and it also brings support for 4K videos formatted in HEVC. Since the iPhone X launch, many app developers have started rolling out updates that are optimized for a better user interface on the 5.8-inch iPhone X OLED display.  Continue reading “VLC media player for iOS optimized for iPhone X, gets support for 4K HEVC Videos”