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Google has hired more than a dozen of microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings, and two industry executives. This move comes in an effort to expand its program to design the chips of its devices internally. Continue reading “Google said to have hired microchip engineers to expand Bengaluru hub”
Vivo has announced iQOO, the company’s latest mobile phone sub-brand in China. The company has posted a teaser without saying when we can expect new mobiles under the sub-brand or what the iQOO means. Some reports from China say that the new brand will focus on premium mobile phones, while few reports say Vivo is getting into to gaming phone segment to take on Xiaomi, Nubia and others.
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Gmail’s new Web UI rolled out almost a year ago and the platform ever since has been constantly gaining new features including snoozing for emails and much more. The company today is adding a new context menu for the right click with twelve commonly-used actions. Continue reading “Gmail for web gets right-click context menu with reply, forward, mute and more”
Amazon and Eero have announced that both the companies entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire eero. The home mesh WiFi systems set up in minutes and blanket every room. Eero products are already available on Amazon and have over 4.6-star product rating on Amazon.com. Continue reading “Amazon acquires home mesh WiFi systems start-up Eero”
As per IDC’s Quarterly mobile phone tracker, the Indian smartphone market has shipped 142.3 million units in 2018, registering a healthy 14.5% year-on-year (YoY) growth as compared to 2017. Though the Q3 2018 has been the strongest quarter, the market saw a sequential decline of 15.1% in Q4 2018 owing to high channel inventory. Continue reading “Indian smartphone shipments up 14.5% YoY in 2018; Xiaomi continues to lead with 28.9% share: IDC”
After a recent limited-period price cut, Xiaomi is back with another discount sale with I Love Mi Days sale for this year on Mi.com and Flipkart, just in time for the Valentine’s Day. Continue reading “Xiaomi I Love Mi Days sale: Discounts on Redmi Note 6 Pro, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Redmi 6 and more”
LG has introduced Q9 One, the company’s new Android One smartphone in Korea. It has a 6.1-inch QHD+ 19.5:9 FullVision display, is powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC with 4GB of RAM, is IP68 rated for dust and water resistance, meets MIL-STD 810G requirements, and Hi-Fi Quad DAC. This was introduced as G7 One back in August last year at the IFA. The company recently introduced the Q9 smartphone in Korea.
Samsung introduced the Galaxy A8s (SM-G8870) smartphone in China back in December last year for Elf blue, Aurora black and Green color variants. Today the company has introduced new Pink color variants of the smartphone with gradient finish. One with Blue with Pink gradient finish on the back, while the other version has Pink with Yellow gradient finish on the back.
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A class action suit has been filed against Apple accusing of the company’s two-factor authentication taking too much time out of a user’s day when it is needed, and since it can’t be rolled back to a less safe login method after 14 days. Continue reading “Apple hit with lawsuit over two-factor authentication on iPhone / Mac taking too much time”
Sound One has launched X60, the company’s latest Neckband Wireless Bluetooth Earphones with mic. It comes with support for Siri and Google Assistant and has built-in magnets on the earplugs prevent the Wireless Earphone from sliding off when not in use, a super convenient storage way to carry around your neck. Continue reading “Sound One X60 Neckband in-ear Bluetooth water-resistant headset launched in India”
Google at the I/O developers conference had showcased the new augmented reality feature for Google Maps which is aimed at providing users with directions from your phone’s camera in real-time. Though the company is still testing the feature, it is rolling out to a handful of users. Continue reading “Google Maps AR navigation beta starts rolling out”
Update – February 11, 2019: Image of the phone is up on TENAA revealing waterdrop notch display, dual rear cameras, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and a metal frame.
Facebook has announced that it has acquired visual shopping and artificial intelligence startup GrokStyle Inc. in a move to bolster the social-media company’s own AI work. GrokStyle’s technology is integrated into popular Ikea’s mobile app. Continue reading “Facebook acquires visual shopping startup GrokStyle Inc”
Android Wear announcement lead to rumors suggesting that Google might be building its own smartwatch for the platform. Reports about a possible Pixel Watch started in mid-2018, however, Google mentioned that it is not coming anytime soon. However, according to the new job listing, it looks like the company may actually building its own wearable devices. Continue reading “Google’s new job listing hints at possible Smartwatch”
AT&T back in December started repacing 4G LTE indicator with ‘5G E’ logo phones and networks that use 4G LTE Advanced technology. However, Sprint which is another major carrier in the US has filed a lawsuit in federal court, seeking an injunction to prevent AT&T from using 5G E tags on its devices or advertising. Continue reading “Sprint files lawsuit against AT&T over its ‘5G E’ branding”
