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Every year since 2011, Apple has always launched its next generation of iPhone during a September or October event in that year. That may all change as now, JP Morgan analysts predict Apple might have two separate launches in 2021 with 4 phones launched instead of the current 3 model lineups.
Continue reading “Apple to have two phone launch events starting from 2020: Report”
Xiaomi today launched its Mi Credit digital lending platform in India officially, after running a pilot last year. The company said that during pilot period it has disbursed over 28 crore worth of loans, and 20% of the loans disbursed were for the highest loan value. The company partnered with KreditBee last year, now it has partnered with Aditya Birla Finance Limited, Money View, EarlySalary, CreditVidya and ZestMoney. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Credit digital lending platform launched in India officially, offers instant loans of up to Rs. 1 lakh”
On December 10th, OPPO will hold its inaugural INNO DAY 2019 in Shenzhen, China. With the theme of “Create Beyond Boundaries”, the event is aimed at showing OPPO’s broad and deep integration of cutting-edge technologies and services in the 5G era.
Continue reading “OPPO to showcase 5G advancements and more at INNO DAY 2019 on December 10”
Xiaomi has announced that the company’s co-founder Lei Jun will be stepping down as the China president, and Lu Weibing will be replacing him. Wang Xiang, who had been the Senior Vice President of the Group and head of global business, has been promoted as the President of the Group. He will be responsible for the Group’s administrative platform, and will assist the Group’s CEO, Lei Jun, to take charge of the Group’s operations. Continue reading “Xiaomi co-founder Lei Jun steps down as China president as Lu Weibing takes over”
Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release for December. Pixel and Pixel XL get the final patch, as it had promised. Google is also adding Live Captions (for Pixel 3 and later), Styles & Wallpaper (Pixel 3 and Later) Pixel themes, Swipe-down gesture for notifications and Gesture navigation in third-party launchers (Pixel 2 and later), as noted by Android Police. Continue reading “Google Pixel phones get December 2019 security update, brings Live Captions, Gesture navigation in third-party launchers and more to older Pixels”
Vivo launched the Vivo V15 Pro with a pop-up front camera earlier this year and recently the company launched the Vivo S1 smartphone in India. The V15 Pro got a price cut back in August this year and now, both the V15 Pro and Vivo S1 have got a price cut in India.
Hyderabad is seeing yet another boost in its technology prowess as Intel India has decided to set up its new design and engineering centre in the city. The centre is part of Intel’s expansion plan that will further strengthen collaborations with governments, industry, academia.
Fingerprint authentication, Identity proof, etc are being used by many countries to verify user identity for new mobile connections. Now face scanning method is being adopted by many countries to verify users identify and on similar lines, China has mandated face scans when users register for a new mobile connection.
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Vivo has announced Y9s, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Y series in China, after it got certified by TENAA few weeks back. It packs a 6.38-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with 90% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 665 with 8GB of RAM, 48MP primary sensor, 8MP ultrawide sensor, 2MP depth and a 2MP macro sensor, as well as a 32MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Vivo Y9s with 6.38-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, 48MP quad rear cameras, in-display fingerprint scanner announced”
Realme announced the realme X2 smartphone in China and Europe back in September in Pearl White and Pearl Blue colors, now it has introduced the Avocado Green color version of the phone in China. It has also started selling the Red Brick version of the realme X2 Pro phone in China. Continue reading “Realme X2 gets a new Avocado Green color variant”
Deepfake technology has already caused a huge amount of worry among governments around the world, giving rise to many investigations into the dangers of deepfake tech. Governments are introducing regulations or outright banning the tech with now, China being the latest country to regulate deepfake technologies that can be used to create and broadcast fake news.
Continue reading “China introduces new regulations to control spread of Deepfake news and videos”
Google has yet again fallen into the scrutiny of the European Union (EU) for its collection of data. The EU antitrust regulators, despite having fined the search engine giant billions of dollars is now seeking an investigation into how and why Google is collecting data.
Continue reading “Alphabet’s Google under EU investigation for data collection: Report”
Xiaomi’s Redmi brand introduced Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro smartphones in China back in August, and the phones were launched in India in October. Today the company has announced that the combined sales of Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro have hit 10 million units globally in just 3 months, which is 1 month less time compared to the Redmi Note 7 series. It said that it sold 110,000 units per day for 3 consecutive months. Last week the company announced that it has sold 1 million or 10 lakh units of Redmi Note 8 series in India in 1 month. Continue reading “Redmi Note 8 Series sales cross 10 million units globally in 3 months”
HUAWEI has announced ‘Notify Me’ for the Watch GT2 on HUAWEI India website HUAWEI India website ahead of India launch on December 5th on Amazon and Flipkart as well as offline stores. According to early Flipkart listing the watch is expected to be priced between Rs. 19,990 and Rs. 30,990 for the 42mm and 46mm models, but this might not be the final price. Continue reading “HUAWEI Watch GT2 with circular AMOLED display, Kirin A1 chip, Bluetooth 5.1 launching in India on December 5”
Earlier today, Vodafone Idea and Airtel increased prepaid tariff and introduced new prepaid plans. Similarly, Jio has now announced that they will be introducing new All-in-one plans from December 6th, 2019.
