Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad P1 which is company’s thinnest, lightest and sleekest mobile workstation. It measures in at 0.72 inches, weighs 1.7 kgs and it is certified for key ISV applications. It sports a 15-inch 4K UHD display and is powered by the 8th Gen Intel Xeon and Core processor. Continue reading “Lenovo ThinkPad P1 with 15.6-inch 4K UHD display, up to 64GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro graphics and ThinkPad P72 announced”
According to a press investigation from computer-science researchers at Princeton, Google services on iPhone and Android said to store your location data even if you’ve used a privacy setting that says it will prevent Google from doing so. Continue reading “Google apps track your movements even if location services are turned off claim researchers”
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has partnered with Microsoft India to digitally encrypt question papers for Class X and XII examinations. The main goal to initiate such a move is to enhance security and seamless distribution of the papers. Continue reading “CBSE, Microsoft team up to provide encrypted question papers for Class X and XII examinations”
According to the IDC India’s Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone companies shipped a total of 33.5 million units to India in the Q2 2018. This resulted in a growth of 20% year-over-year (YoY). This could be because of the slew of online exclusive launches and strong shipments by offline heavy vendors. Continue reading “Indian smartphone shipments reach 33.5 million in Q2 2018, Xiaomi retains top position with 29.7% market share: IDC”
Asus today has launched the ZenBook Pro 15 (UX580), ZenBook S (UX391), and ZenBook 13 (UX331) just as it had promised. The Zenbook Pro 15 packs a 5.5-inch Full HD resolution ScreenPad, an interactive display that intelligently adapts to match whatever you’re doing. It can change functions automatically when you switch apps, and you can create your own shortcuts. Continue reading “Asus launches new ZenBook 13, ZenBook S and ZenBook Pro 15 laptops in India starting at Rs. 66990”
Facebook back in April announced its plans to bring more authentic and transparent ways to ensure secure connections between users and page and communities. Now it is introducing Page publishing authorization starting with people that manage a Page with a large audience in the US. It is also adding primary country location and Page merge details to the Page Info tab that it introduced in June. Continue reading “Facebook pages with large audience in the US to require more authorization”
After mocking Apple with the notch, lack of a headphone jack back in November, Samsung is back again with New ‘Ingenius’ Ads pitting the Galaxy Note 9 against the iPhone X. In the first ad-named ‘Power’ Samsung brags about being able to unlock the phone with the face just like the iPhone X and also subtly says it also packs a proper fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Samsung mocks Apple iPhone X in new ‘Ingenius’ ads”
Apart from Pixel, only the Essential Phone has got the Android 9.0 aka Pie and now Sony has reportedly confirmed the next major Android release to six of its smartphones. The Xperia XZ2 series, Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact, and Xperia XZ Premium are among the first batch to get the Android 9.0 update. Continue reading “Sony reportedly confirms Android 9.0 Pie update for range of Xperia smartphones, roll out expected to start in September”
The Unicode Consortium is working on a list of a total 179 emojis that it will be bringing Unicode 12 in 2019. The new candidates for Unicode 12 include service dog, deaf people, and mixed-race couples. Since these are possible candidates, there’s no way to tell if these would make it up to the final list. Continue reading “Unicode 12.0 to bring 179 emojis including service dog, deaf person, more couples”
Facebook today has introduced ‘Connectivity’ which is its new umbrella organization that contains the company’s various Internet-for-all projects including the Internet.org. The aim of Connectivity is to bring internet access to the 4 billion people who still don’t have it and improve internet infrastructure in less-connected parts of the world. Continue reading “Facebook merges its Internet projects under ‘Connectivity’ to improve internet infrastructure”
Back at Google I/O, Google launched the new ‘Google News’ to help you keep up with the news that matters to you. To bring you news while your hands and eyes are busy doing some other thing, Google today is bringing the best of Google News to devices with the Google Assistant so that you can stay up to date wherever you are. Continue reading “Google integrates News with Assistant to make it easily accessible on smart home devices”
Skyworth has launched the M20 SMART LED TV Series in the Indian market in exclusive partnership with Amazon.in. The new series includes three models; 32-inch, 43-inch and 49-inch screen sizes. The TV series comes packed with inbuilt game, inbuilt WiFi, live TV apps, net range app stores. Continue reading “Skyworth M20 Smart LED TV Series launched in India starting at Rs. 12999”
At the Samsung event yesterday, Samsung mentioned that the new Galaxy Note 9 phablet is a “YouTube Signature Device” for 2019. This is YouTube’s brand new initiative that suggests the best phones that offer superior YouTube watching experience. The company calls it “signature devices,” for watching YouTube. Continue reading “YouTube Signature Device report recommends phones for best video playback experience”
Qualcomm today announced that it has reached a mutually agreed settlement with the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) in resolving the TFTC’s investigation and its litigation challenging the TFTC’s decision alleging violations of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Act. Continue reading “Qualcomm and Taiwan Fair Trade Commission finally reach settlement”
Samsung at its New York event along with introducing the Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Watch has also introduced the Wireless Charger Duo. It comes with two charging docks; a flat area meant for the Galaxy smartwatch and a propped up charging spot for your smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Wireless Charger Duo that lets you charge two devices at a time”
