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HP has launched new Spectre x360 and Spectre Folio convertible laptops in India. The HP Spectre x360 15 was introduced as the world’s first leather convertible PC, and the Spectre x360 as the world’s first 15-inch laptop with an AMOLED display.
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Update – February 13, 2019: Xiaomi has sent out invites for the February 24 event and has also teased it on social channels. The event starts at 10:30 AM CET (3PM IST). The invite doesn’t give any hint on what to expect. Earlier rumors revealed that the company will launch the Mi MIX 3 5G. It will also likely showcase the Mi 9 after it goes official February 20th.
TECNO, an offline smartphone brand of TRANSSION India has launched CAMON iACE2x and CAMON iACE2 smartphones with a 5.5-inch HD+ screen with 80.5% screen-to-body ratio, MediaTek Helio A22 12nm SoC, 13-megapixel f/1.8 aperture and secondary rear camera, 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash and the iACE2x also comes with a fingerprint sensor that works even when your finger is wet.
Xiaomi has finally announced that the company’s flagship Mi 9 smartphone, successor of last year’s Mi 8 will be announced on February 20th at an event in China. It also confirmed that is is codenamed “Battle Angel”. The phone was spotted in the wild last week, and the official teaser confirms the design with triple rear cameras and a flash arranged vertically.
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After teasers, Xiaomi has launched its Mi Home Security Camera Basic 1080p in India. As the name suggests, it has 1080p full HD video recording, at up to 20fps, has 130° ultra-wide angle lens that covers more of the room and effectively reduces blind spots, has advanced Al motion detection, comes with Infrared night vision with 10m infrared range, zoning classification and two-way voice communication.
Update – February 13, 2019: Nubia today sent out invites for its MWC event on February 25th confirming that it is indeed introducing the final version of its nubia-α wearable smartphone. The event starts at 6PM CET (10:30 PM IST)
Google, given the success it has seen with the Android Things and its partners in terms of smart speakers, smart displays, is now refocusing Android Things as a platform for OEM partners to build devices in those categories moving forward. For this reason, Google said that the support for production System on Modules (SoMs) based on NXP, Qualcomm, and MediaTek hardware will not be made available through the public developer platform at this time. Continue reading “Google gives up on Android Things as IoT platform, will be limited to smart speakers, smart displays”
HMD Global is all set to introduce Nokia 9 PureView with penta rear cameras at the MWC on February 24th. Now the smartphone has been certified by the FCC confirming the design and cameras with ZEISS optics once again. It also reveals model numbers – TA-1087 Dual-SIM global variant, Single SIM global variant TA-1082 and Nokia TA-1094 which is the Dual-SIM China variant.
Apple usually sends out invites for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) by the end of February or early March. Now, WWDC Bash at Discovery Meadow organized by Apple on Thursday, June 6 has been confirmed in 2019 events calendar from the City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affairs with attendance of 7000 members, so the main WWDC event should happen from June 3rd till June 7th with keynote on June 3rd, Monday.
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WhatsApp beta for Android has been updated to version 2.19.45 that brings new Settings UI after years. This includes new icons for all the settings feature, toggles instead of check boxes, and clearer network usage details with graphs.
Tata Capital has unveiled ‘TIA’ within the Tata Capital Mobile App for Personal Loans. This is a first – of – it’s kind VoiceBot that is powered by Artificial Intelligence. TIA is designed to voice-assist the personal loan customer journey, check loan eligibility and aid the customer through the loan approval process in minutes. Continue reading “Tata Capital TIA AI-powered VoiceBot for Personal Loans launched”
Swiggy has launched Swiggy Stores that lets you order Home Essentials, Groceries or anything you need from store across your city. “Swiggy Stores also acts as a directory of popular stores and lists bestsellers to get items seamlessly delivered by Swiggy,” said the company.
It is a known fact that Xiaomi’s foldable phone is under development, while it is not confirmed, but the company might showcase the first-gen foldable phone at the MWC 2019 event later this month and eventually roll out in the latter half of 2019. Lin Bin, co-founder and CEO of Xiaomi, has published a video showing a prototype of the bendable smartphone.
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Ookla has released its new report on India’s 4G Availability and according to the findings, Reliance Jio ranked first with 98.8% 4G availability across the country. Jio is followed by Airtel at 90.0% and Vodafone and Idea with 84.6% and 82.8% respectively, across 15 largest cities of India. Continue reading “Jio tops 4G availability in India, Airtel fastest network during Q3-Q4, 2018: Ookla”
Google app is finally getting a new beta update, there are two distinct beta versions of the Google app; 9.21 and 9.23. Both these versions reveal a new Assistant device ID named “nexus” for an upcoming feature or hardware category, as well as a “Labs” feature. Continue reading “Google app beta update hints at ‘NexusAmChips’ Assistant device ID, ‘Labs’ feature, more”
