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Around the world lockdowns restrictions are beginning to being lifted and in many countries, people have started to go back to work. To help people stay safe during transit, Google Maps is rolling out new features and tools that will provide them with more information and alerts during their transit.
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand today announced Redmi Router AX5, a new router with Wi-Fi 6 support, independent 4-way signal amplifier to eliminate signal issues, mesh networking support to cover large apartment with multiple routers and the company says that it has been optimized for smart home offering stable connection to 128 devices. It has new Qualcomm 5-core 14nm processor with independent NPU network acceleration engine, hardware-level acceleration. Continue reading “Redmi Router AX5 with Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax, Mesh networking support announced”
Update — June 9, 2020: Xiaomi has confirmed larger screen that is 20% bigger than the Mi Band 4, magnetic charging, multi-function NFC, high-precision sensors, and upgraded heart rate sleep/stress/respiratory health data.
Xiaomi today opened crowdfunding for its new Mi Electric Toothbrush T100 in India, after the T300 back in February. It has Ultra-soft bristles, GMSoft Sonic high frequency motor, Dual pro-brush modes with equiclean auto timer, Low-noise design, IPX7 Water0Proof body and promises 30 days Battery Life on a single charge. Xiaomi says that the brush-heads need to be replaced every 3-4 months and it will be sold separately on mi.com in the future. Continue reading “Xiaomi opens crowdfunding for Mi Electric Toothbrush T100 in India for Rs. 549”
HTC has scheduled an event on June 16th in Taiwan to introduce a new smartphone. The company also says “1+1 unlimited possibilities”, and the invite has Vive icon along with the HTC icon. It is not clear if the company will introduce two new smartphones or a phone and a vive product. Continue reading “HTC schedules new smartphone launch event for June 16”
Vivo has finally started rolling out Funtouch OS 10, the next major Funtouch update based on Android 10 for its Z1Pro and Z1x smartphones in India. The Z1 Pro was launched in India back in July 2019 and the Z1x was launched in September, both running Android 9.0 (Pie) with Funtouch OS 9. The latest Funtouch OS 10 brings new, minimal UI design, new icons, new off-screen clock, live wallpapers, Jovi virtual assistant improvements and lots more. Continue reading “Vivo Z1Pro and Vivo Z1x Android 10 Funtouch OS 10 update begins rolling out in India”
Update: OnePlus has posted another teaser that confirms that it will be priced starting at less than Rs. 20,000. It has also enabled ‘notify me’ option on Amazon.in.
Update 2: After cancelling the June 4th event, Sony has now rescheduled the event for June 11th at 1PM PDT (1:30 AM IST June 12) and it will offer live stream on playstation.com. Continue reading “Sony PlayStation 5 event scheduled for June 11”
Update – 9th June, 2020: Vivo has launched the Y50 smartphone in India for Rs. 17,990 (8GB+128GB) and will go on sale starting June 10th, 2020. Continue reading “Vivo Y50 with 6.53-inch FHD+ iView display, 8GB RAM, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 17990”
Motorola One Fusion+ smartphone has been in the rumours lately and it was spotted recently on YouTube’s device certification page as well. Finally now, Motorola has officially unveiled the One Fusion+ smartphone in Europe. Continue reading “Motorola One Fusion+ with 6.5-inch FHD+ Total Vision display, quad rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”
Withdrawing cash from ATMs can be very risky during the COVID-19 pandemic, since it requires you to touch buttons on a machine that could have previously come in-contact with an infected person. A solution to it is to have contact-less ATM withdrawals, and AGS Transact Technologies Limited (AGSTTL) is currently testing such a technology for ATMs across India.
Continue reading ““Touchless” cash withdrawals using smartphone being tested at ATMs across India”
Back in April, OPPO announced a new smartphone in its A-Series lineup — OPPO A12 with Waterdrop screen, dual rear cameras, and more. Now, OPPO has launched the smartphone in India with various offline offers. Continue reading “OPPO A12 with 6.2-inch Waterdrop screen, dual rear cameras, 4230mAh battery launched in India starting at Rs. 9990”
Aegis School of Data Science has announced that the 3rd edition of Data Science Congress (DSC) 2020 virtual with support of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Chamber partner Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI); powered by mUni Campus, with support of Cloud4C & Dunhummby for maximum women participation has concluded with a bigger bang this year with participation from across industries, sectors and nationalities on 6th and 7th June. Continue reading “Data Science Congress 2020 virtual event concludes; 100% scholarships awarded to talented students”
Paytm has partnered with two NBFCs to expand their Postpaid services for many more use cases in India. Users can now avail Paytm Postpaid at neighbourhood Kirana stores, retail stores like Reliance Fresh, Haldiram, Apollo Pharmacy, Paytm Mall, and internet apps such as Domino’s, Tata Sky, Pepperfry, etc.
Apple has been granted an interesting new patent for a software application that would be used to create “synthetic group selfies”. The patent describes a method used to create group selfies with multiple participants who are not together at the time of clicking the photo, which is perfectly applicable during these times of social distancing practices.
Continue reading “Apple granted software patent that describes social distant group selfies”
