Snapchat has introduced friend’s Bitmoji; a new way to celebrate friendships on Snapchat. In each profile, you’ll find the images, videos, messages, links, and more than you and your friends have saved in Chat. The company says that this feature will make it easy to find your favorite memories and the important information you’ve saved over time. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Friendship Profiles and Bitmoji Stories comic strip”
Binny Bansal has announced his resignation as CEO of Flipkart Group, effective immediately. Though being an important part of Flipkart since co-founding the company, but owing to the recent events Binny has made a decision to step down. Continue reading “Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal steps down as CEO”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has determined to sort views on whether to regular communication apps such as WhatsApp, Skype, and Viber. This comes to light mainly because of economic and security matters. In a paper released Monday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India asked views of the industry to identify which of these apps should be regarded as providing the same services like mobile phone operators. Continue reading “TRAI seeks views to regulate OTT apps like WhatsApp, Skype and more”
Back in July Microsoft has introduced the Surface Go 2-in-1 that came with 10-inches display and powered by 7th Generation Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y and packs up to 8GB RAM and 128 GB SSD. The company has announced the Surface Go with LTE Advanced is available for pre-order in select markets. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Go LTE with 10-inch display, 8GB RAM now available to pre-order in select markets”
In the latest research note, Ming-Chi Kuo has cut his shipping estimates for the iPhone XR due to several factors. This might the result of the higher demand for the iPhone XS and the older models. He is reducing his iPhone shipment forecasts by 15–20% for the first quarter of 2019. This news falls in line with reports of Apple canceling additional production of iPhone XR owing to poor reception.
Continue reading “Apple iPhone XR lifecycle shipment estimates down by 30 Million: Kuo”
Mozilla has announced Firefox Test Pilot for Price Wise and Email Tabs — the latest experimental features designed to give users more choice and transparency when shopping online. With Firefox Price Wise, you can add products to your Price Watcher list and get a desktop notification automatically every time the price drops. Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox gets Price Wise and Email Tabs in test pilot”
Owing to the growing frustration for the lack of an edit button on Twitter, the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey has shed some light on the company’s plans to build an edit button for Tweets. Speaking at an event at IIT Delhi, India, he said that the company has to carefully consider the use cases for the edit button before making it a reality. Continue reading “Twitter planning on bringing edit button to fix typos in Tweets”
Back in April this year, Cloudflare announced 1.1.1.1; the privacy-first consumer DNS service that is said to speed up your internet connection and help keep it private. The company now is launching 1.1.1.1 mobile app to make it easy to use 1.1.1.1 on your phone. Continue reading “Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS service app now available for Android and iOS”
Google has announced that starting today, Gboard will use AI to suggest GIFs, emoji, and stickers to you related to your conversation. This makes it easier and faster to share and communicate your feelings while having a conversation.
Intel has finally announced the XMM 8160 5G modem that is aimed at providing 5G connectivity to phones, PCs and broadband access gateways. The XMM 8160 5G will support peak speeds up to 6 gigabits per second, making it three to six times faster than the latest LTE modems. The company confirmed that it will be available in the second half of 2019. Continue reading “Intel XMM 8160 5G modem with 6Gbps speed, sub 6GHz 5G NR support announced”
Alibaba Group has announced that it generated RMB 213.5 billion that is equivalent to $30.8 billion of gross merchandise volume on November 11th on the occasion of the singles day. This is an increase of 27% compared to 2017. Continue reading “Alibaba’s singles day global shopping festival 2018 generated $30.8 billion in 24 hours”
Microsoft has announced that it has agreed to acquire two new game development studios; Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. Obsidian Entertainment was founded in 2003 by industry veterans from Black Isle Studios, led by Feargus Urquhart. As for inXile Entertainment, it is a team of industry veterans with decades of PC and RPG expertise. Continue reading “Microsoft acquires Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment gaming studios”
Microsoft back in September announced that it would soon bring support for mouse and keyboard to Xbox One and it looks like it’s here. The company mentioned that it would launch on November 14th. Epic Games’ Fortnite will be the first title to offer the support along with Warframe. Continue reading “Xbox to get support for Keyboard and Mouse starting November 14th”
Xiaomi-backed, Black Shark has announced that it is foraying into Europe on November 16th. The company will be launching the Black Shark 1 smartphone that comes with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, is powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC with up to 8GB RAM, liquid cooling to keep the phone cool when gaming by reducing the CPU’s core temperature by up to 8-degree. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark Gaming Phone with Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, detachable Gamepad launching in Europe on November 16th”
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is right around the corner, but before the official launch, the company has now confirmed to launch the processor that powers the flagship. Samsung has scheduled a special event on November 14th where it will be unveiling the next flagship chip; successor to the Exynos 9810 which powers the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9. Continue reading “Samsung schedules an event on November 14th to unveil new Exynos chipset”
