Sony has confirmed that it is looking into the possibility of downsizing its operations in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. The company’s confirmation comes after reports from tipster Evan Blass said that Sony would shut down mobile operations in the said regions. Continue reading “Sony confirms it is looking to downsize its operations in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa”
The craze for Lite/ trimmed down apps these days is racing ahead, and now it is Spotify whose Lite app has made its way to Play Store. However, the implementation isn’t exactly the greatest, and it is missing a lot of crucial features from the main. Continue reading “Spotify Lite with basic functionality released for Android”
Instagram- the Facebook-owned company now has added the ability to ask questions in its Stories after rolling out the option to add soundtracks to your Stories. The feature is dubbed “ask a question,” and has started rolling out at least for Android users, but not for all though.
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Apple is said to be working on re-building its Maps from the ground up, and the company is said to be using first-party data gathered by iPhones with a privacy-first methodology and its own fleet of cars packed with sensors and cameras. This new product from Apple will be introduced in San Francisco and the Bay Area with the next iOS 12 beta and will cover Northern California by fall. Continue reading “Apple is rebuilding Maps from ground up by using first-party data gathered by iPhones”
OnePlus CEO and founder Pete Lau at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai this week, confirmed that company is working with US carriers and that it aims to launch a 5G smartphone next year. This new 5G smartphone could be OnePlus 7/7T. Furthermore, the company’s relationship with Qualcomm is allowing OnePlus to become one of the first 5G mobile phone makers. Continue reading “OnePlus to launch first 5G phone in 2019, commits to carrier relationships”
Amazon today is introducing the All-New Fire HD 10 Kids Edition; it is Amazon’s Largest and Fastest Kids Tablet Fire HD 10 Kids Edition. It packs 10.1-inch 1080p Full HD screen, 32 GB of storage, and up to 10 hours of battery life, plus a year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited. Continue reading “Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition and ‘Show Mode’ hands-free Alexa experience, Show Mode Charging Dock for Fire Tablets announced”
Twitter last year had announced its intentions to offer transparency for all ads running on Twitter, with a specific emphasis on political advertising. Today the company is introducing the Ads Transparency Center, which allows anyone across the globe to view ads that have been served on Twitter. Continue reading “Twitter introduces Ad Transparency Center for users to identify political campaigns”
Instagram today is introducing music in Stories. Now you can add a soundtrack to your story that you feel fits perfectly at any moment. The company says that Instagram Stories is now used by 400 million every day. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you add sound tracks to your Stories”
Motorola is prepping to launch the Motorola One Power Android One phone with 19:9 notch display, dual-rear cameras and now yet another phone, that might be a brand new variant in the series have surfaced online revealing similar design footprints. Meet, Motorola One and this too is an Android One phone. Continue reading “Motorola One Android One phone with notch display surfaces, could be announced alongside One Power and Z3 Force on August 2”
Telegram is receiving a new update bringing the version number to 4.8.3 for iOS and 4.8.10 for Android, and this brings several nifty features and improvements. Continue reading “Telegram update brings replace media, vCards sharing, mark as unread, 2X voice messages, and more”
YouTube TV introduced a picture-in-picture mode with Android 8.0 Oreo back in November and has also extended to its Premium and Music services. The videos are minimised to a corner to let you keep watching while browsing around other apps. However, it now seems to be rolling out to non-paying YouTube users. Continue reading “YouTube picture-in-picture will be available to all Android users”
Amazon today announced the launch of Fire TV Stick, Kindle and Echo on Prime Now, an app-only ultrafast delivery service available to Prime members in Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad. Amazon will offer a limited time introductory discount of 15% on Amazon devices purchased on the Prime Now app. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Now delivers Fire TV Stick, Kindle and Echo within 2 hours in select cities in India”
After a lot of rumors, Times Internet has confirmed that it bought majority stakes in South Korea’s MX Player. At $146 million, this acquisition falls in line with January rumor which stated deal will be in the range of $200 Mn. Times Internet is aiming to build a digital-first video streaming platform atop MX Player.
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Google as a part of the Well-being initiative today is introducing a new out of office option and customizable working hours to Google Calendar. When you are about to create an event on the web, simply select the “Out of office” Calendar entry. The Out of office object will have a different look on the Calendar grid, signaling to others that you’re unavailable. Continue reading “Google Calendar gets new ‘Out of Office mode’ and ability to restrict your working hours”
