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WhatsApp’s chief business officer, Neeraj Arora has quit WhatsApp roughly one year after WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton exited from Facebook. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014 and the company mentioned that it would allow WhatsApp to operate independently under Acton and co-founder Jan Koum, who served as its chief executive officer until abruptly quitting over privacy and data concerns in April. Continue reading “WhatsApp chief business officer Neeraj Arora resigns”
Huawei’s Honor brand launched its mid-range Honor 8X smartphone in India last month in Black and Blue colors starting at Rs. 14999. Today the company has launched new Red color variant of the smartphone in the country. Other features are same including a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display, Kirin 710 SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, 2-megapixel secondary camera , 16-megapixel front camera , face unlock and AI beautify, fingerprint sensor on the back, dedicated dual SIM and microSD card slots and a 3750mAh battery.
Continue reading “Honor 8X Red color variant launched in India”
Huawei has launched its flagship Mate 20 Pro smartphone at an event in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.39-inch QHD+ OLED DCI-P3 HDR display with 86.90 screen-to-body ratio, powered by Kirin 980 7nm SoC with Dual NPU, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top, has an in-display fingerprint scanner with 10-level Dynamic Pressure Sensing (DPS) technology and 3D Face Unlock as well as 3D Live Emoji and AI live model.
After Moto G7 and Moto G7 Plus surfaced earlier this month, Moto G7 Play, sucessor of the Moto G6 Play has passed through the FCC revealing some of the specifications of the phone.
Continue reading “Moto G7 Play with notch display, Snapdragon 632 SoC gets certified by the FCC”
Google app gains a new update bringing the version number to V8.59. It brings wider availability for continued conversations and is testing an interesting new feature for the home screen Search widget. To the right of the oblong bar is a new expand button which when tapped opens a search field overlay at the top of the screen. Continue reading “Google app beta update brings wider availability of continued conversations, hints at expanding Search Widget”
Google Chrome for iOS packs gesture navigation making it easier to surf the internet. It allows you to go back or forward a page by simply swiping right or left. However, the company seems to be working on bringing this to Android, according to a new commit posted on Chromium. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get iOS-like gesture-based navigation”
Google has quietly rolled out a new feature to Maps that is aimed at helping users discover places others have recommended. Google Maps now supports hashtags in reviews. Google suggests that users add up to five hashtags per review, and place them at the end of the review to make the text easier to read. Continue reading “Google Maps Business reviews gets the ability to add hashtags”
Not stopping with Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Google seems to be working on Pixel 3 Lite and the device’s live images recently surfaced online. Today, we are getting to see more images of the device and is being compared with other major phones in the segment for dimensions. Continue reading “Google Pixel 3 Lite with 5.56-inch Full HD+ display, Snapdragon 670, 3.5mm audio jack surfaces in more live images”
Coolpad has announced M3, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China. It has a 5.85-inch HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display, is powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6750 processor and runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
Continue reading “Coolpad M3 with 5.85-inch 19:9 display, 4GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced”
Nokia has announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with OPPO. Under the agreement, OPPO will make payments to Nokia for a multi-year license period. However, the terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties at the moment. Continue reading “Nokia and OPPO ink multi-year patent licensing agreement”
Infinix Mobility just launched the Note 5 Stylus, an Android One smartphone with a X Pen stylus that offers 4096 level pressure sensitivity and fine tip. You can open menu, new menu and switch between pen and eraser with just a click. X Pen menu lets you launch notes, write memos, take a screenshot, view files and and more. Continue reading “Infinix Note 5 Stylus Android One smartphone with 6-inch FHD+ display, X Pen Stylus launched in India for Rs. 15999”
OPPO on its 5th anniversary of ColorOS last week, introduced ColorOS 6, the next major upgrade that will be designed for full-screen devices bringing improved UI, gradient colors, new OPPO Sans font, new animations and more. The company said that ColorOS is now present in 2.5 billion devices across 140 counrties Continue reading “OPPO introduces ColorOS 6 with improved UI for full-screen devices, gradient colors, new font and more”
Mitsubishi Electric and NTT DOCOMO have announced that both the companies have achieved world’s first 5G mobile telecommunications proof of concept for 27Gbps and 25Gbps maximum throughputs via one mobile terminal over communication distances of 10m and 100m, respectively, using the 28GHz radio frequency. Continue reading “Mitsubishi and NTT DOCOMO achieve first 27Gbps 5G data speeds in outdoor trials”
Update: Logitech in a statement said that it had engaged in discussions with Plantronics regarding a potential transaction, however, those discussions were terminated. Continue reading “Logitech said to be in talks to acquire headphone maker Plantronics for $2.2 billion [Update: Logitech confirms negotiations were terminated]”
Vivo has launched Y95, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y Series’ in India. It was introduced packs a 6.22-inch HD+ screen with Halo FullView display and 88.6% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 439 12nm SoC with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.5, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for potraits, as well as a 20-megapixel front camera with support for face unlock and AI beautify features.
