most important news
Samsung introduced the Galaxy Fold at its Unpacked event back in February, and it started rolling out globally from last month. At the Samsung Developer Conference 2019 (SDC19) the company teased a new clam shell folding-screen form factor that it’s working on. This folds vertically to form a small and square form factor when closed. It also shows a punch-hole camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Fold successor with new clamshell foldable design teased”
Samsung has introduced Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion at the Samsung Developer Conference 2019 (SDC19). These come in 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch versions with a QLED Display, 600-nit brightness and are powered by 10th Gen Intel Core Processors with up to 16GB RAM and up to 1TB SSD. These feature Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) and Thunderbolt 3, while the Ion also has an HDMI port. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion with QLED Display, 10th Gen Intel Core Processors, Fingerprint scanner, Wireless PowerShare announced”
Fitbit has released sleep data insights from across 18 countries which show that Indians are the second most sleep-deprived and are the least active. Fitbit has collected more than 10.5 billion nights of sleep data over the years and has shared this insight on Indian users.
Motorola launched its circular Moto 360 Gen 1 smartwatch back in 2015 and launched Moto 360 Gen 2. in 2016. But, the company exited the smartwatch market in 2016 citing not much interest in wearable devices back then. After 3 years now, Moto 360 third-generation has been officially announced through a new company called eBuyNow.
Apple released iOS 13.2 with Deep Fusion, new emoji, AirPods Pro support yesterday alongside iPadOS 13.2. Apart from the new features, iOS 13.2 assets have also revealed the existence of new smart battery cases for iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro and this indicates that Apple might unveil them officially soon.
PUBG MOBILE has introduced an upgraded anti-cheat system with advanced real-time detection technology to combat in-game cheating and create an enjoyable and fair gameplay experience. PUBG MOBILE’s new detection software is able to scan for suspect software and modified game data by employing a massive and ever-expanding library to cross-reference when detecting suspicious software. Continue reading “PUBG Mobile introduces new anti-cheat detection system to identify and ban in-game cheaters in real time”
In its Q3 2019 earnings report released today, Alphabet has announced a revenue of $40.5 billion that is an increase of 20% in revenue compared to same period last year. With an operating income of $9.17 billion, that represents an operating margin of 22%. The company did well in meeting most of its expectations but fell short in some.
Continue reading “Alphabet reports $40.49 billion revenue in Q3 2019, up 20% YoY”
Xiaomi today opened crowd funding for its new Mi Smart Bedside Lamp 2 in India. It is a 12W lamp with 400 Lumens output, and you can control the lamp through the app, and choose from 16 million colors. It works with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant as well as Apple HomeKit. Xiaomi says that it will last for 11 years with an average use of 6 hours per day. Continue reading “Xiaomi opens crowdfunding for Mi Smart Bedside Lamp 2 in India for Rs. 2299”
Alphabet Inc, Google’s parent company has reportedly made an offer to acquire U.S. wearables device maker, Fitbit Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Google entered the hardware market with their smartphones, but has not made an entry into the smart wearables market, a market that’s dominated by Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung and others.
Continue reading “Alphabet reportedly looking to buy Fitbit”
Update: Xiaomi has confirmed that in addition to the 108MP main camera with f/1.7 aperture, the phone will feature a 12MP 1/2.6-inch 2PD sensor with 1.4um for 2x zoom and portrait with 50mm focal length. This is the same sensor used in the Samsung Galaxy S9, says the company. There is also 20MP 117° ultra-wide angle camera and a super macro lens for 1.5cm macro shots. It already confirmed 5x optical zoom, now it has confirmed 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom with a telephoto lens.
Xiaomi has shared more images of the watch that shows a metal casing, a button on the right, below the crown, microphone on both the sides, and what looks like a speaker.
Apple released iOS 13 last month and the iOS 13.1.3 update was released a couple of weeks back. Today it has released iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, the next update, which brings several new features including the Deep Fusion camera feature for the iPhone 11 series that uses A13 Bionic Neural Engine for images with better quality and reduced noise, especially for mid to low light scenes. Continue reading “iOS 13.2 with Deep Fusion, new emoji, AirPods Pro support and iPadOS 13.2 released”
LG launched the W10, W30 and W30 Pro in the new ‘W series’ at an event in India back in June. Both the W10 and W30 went on sale in July. Now the W30 Pro is available from Amazon. It has a 6.2-inch HD+ FullVision screen with a notch, is powered by Snapdragon 632 with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 9.0 (Pie), features triple rear cameras with three different lenses: Low light camera, Depth and Wide angle camera, sport various modes such as normal, night mode, portrait, slow motion and wide angle. Continue reading “LG W30 Pro with 6.2-inch FullVision display, triple rear cameras, StereoPulse Sound goes on sale in India for Rs. 12490”
After rumors, Xiaomi has officially announced that it will introduce the Mi CC9 Pro smartphone in China on November 5th. This will be the world’s first smartphone with 108MP 1/1.33-inch Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor to go on sale, since the Mi MIX Alpha concept phone that was introduced last month will be avialable only at the end of December. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro with 108MP rear camera, 5x optical zoom, Mi Watch and Mi TV 5 series to be announced on November 5”
Facebook has announced that it has started testing Facebook News in the US, giving people more control over the stories they see, and the ability to explore a wider range of their news interests, directly within the Facebook app. “It also highlights the most relevant national stories of the day, said the company. Facebook News articles will continue to appear in News Feed as they do today. Continue reading “Facebook is testing dedicated Facebook News feed”
