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At the Tizen Developer Conference (TDC) 2017 in San Francisco, annual Tizen conference for developers, Samsung introduced Tizen 4.0, the next generation Tizen platform. Unlike the Tizen 3.0 that is limited to devices such as TVs and smartphones, Tizen 4.0 offers development environment that can be refined according to the characteristics of various devices by subdividing functional modules. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Tizen 4.0, ARTIK 053 IoT module and more”
Apple was working on assembling iPhone in India and now the has confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that its manufacturing partners Winstron have completed a trial run of the first-ever iPhones assembled in India. The iPhone SE handsets assembled in India will begin shipping to customers some time this month, added the report. Continue reading “Apple starts assembling iPhone SE in India, shipping starts later this month: WSJ”
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016) have started receiving Android 7.0 Nougat update in India. The rollout of the latest Android OS update started for Galaxy A5 (2016) in Russia earlier this month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) and A7 (2016) start receiving Android 7.0 Nougat update in India”
Samsung just announced Z4, the company’s latest budget Tizen OS smartphone running the latest Tizen OS 3.0, after the user manual of the phone surfaced recently. It has a 4.5-inch WVGA 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash arranged on either sides of the camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash for taking better selfies in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “Samsung Z4 budget Tizen 3.0 smartphone with 4.5-inch display, 4G VoLTE launching in India soon”
Microsoft has announced pre-order for Acer and HP Windows Mixed Reality Dev Kits at the ongoing Build 2017 conference. The virtual reality headsets from HP and Acer can be found in the Microsoft Store. Continue reading “Acer and HP Windows Mixed Reality Dev Kits are now up for preorder”
Google Chrome for Android has received an update that makes it easier to download pages offline for viewing it later. The offline feature was first introduced to Chrome last year in December. According to Google, over 45 million web pages are being downloaded with Chrome each week.
Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android makes it easier to download pages offline”
It looks like Motorola will soon get back into the tablet game. The Lenovo owned company is working on an Android tablet with a Productivity Mode, according to a latest report from Android Police. Continue reading “Motorola Android tablet with Productivity Mode reportedly in the works”
The ongoing battle between Apple and Qualcomm is escalating further and may affect U.S consumers next. According to a latest report from Bloomberg, Qualcomm is reportedly seeking to ban the import of iPhones into the United States.
Continue reading “Qualcomm reportedly seeks iPhone import ban in the U.S.”
Google has released Android distribution numbers for the month of May. Android Nougat adoption is increasing steadily and has now reached to 7.1%, up from 4.9% last month. Nougat 7.0 is present on 6.6% of Android devices while 0.5% have Android 7.1 installed.
Continue reading “Android Nougat adoption hits 7.1% in May”
Microsoft today at its educational event introduced Windows 10 S operating system, a version of Windows 10 Pro that for education. Microsoft says that the OS has been streamlined for security and performance and the applications are delivered only via the Windows Store ensuring Microsoft-verified security and integrity. Continue reading “Microsoft Windows 10 S introduced to take on Chrome OS, Windows 10 S PCs for Education starts at $189”
Google has updated its support page that gives out details about Android updates for its flagships. Pixel and Pixel XL will receive Android updates till October 2018, as per the support page. Meanwhile, security updates are promised to rollout until October 2019. Google had announced Pixel devices in October last year. Continue reading “Google Pixel, Pixel XL to get Android updates till October 2018”
Samsung is all set to launch Samsung Z4, the company’s new Tizen OS smartphone and the successor of Samsung Z3 that was introduced back in October 2015. User manual of the phone with model number SM-Z400F/DS has surfaced revealing separate dual LED flash present on the back on either side of the cameras as well as flash on the front. Continue reading “Samsung Z4 user manual reveals dual LED rear flash, selfie flash, India launch expected soon”
Google Maps will now help you find your parked car thanks to a new parking reminder feature. Available for Android and iOS, the feature will let users record their parking locations. Continue reading “Google Maps for Android and iOS get parking reminders”
Sony rolled out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for Xperia X Performance and Xperia XZ smartphones back in November last year, today it has started rolling out Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) update for these smartphones. Continue reading “Android 7.1.1 Nougat update starts rolling out for Sony Xperia X Performance and Xperia XZ”
Google is expected to launch three Pixel devices this year. It has been reported that the company is working on two Pixel phones codenamed as Walleye and Muskie. Now, a leak from Android Open Source Project is suggesting there is a third device in making as well. All the three Pixel phone are tipped to be powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 835 processor.
Continue reading “Google to reportedly release three Snapdragon 835 powered Pixel phones in 2017”
