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Instagram has announced that it will start removing inauthentic likes, follows and comments from accounts that use third-party apps to boost their popularity. The company said that it will use machine learning tools to help identify accounts that use these services and remove the inauthentic activity. Continue reading “Instagram to remove inauthentic likes, followers and comments from accounts that use third-party apps”
LG has finally announced that the New Smart Display; LG XBOOM AI ThinQ model WK9 will be available in the United States with key markets in other regions to follow. The company mentioned that product at the IFA 2018 back in August. This smart display combines both Google Assistant and immersive sound quality from Meridian Audio. Continue reading “LG WK9 XBOOM AI ThinQ Smart Display with 8-inch touch display announced”
WhatsApp Status currently has over 450 million daily active users, while Snapchat has a little 188 million. This is despite the lack of features like AR selfie masks, animated GIFs, or personalized avatars like Bitmoji. Snapchat lost total daily users in Q2 and Q3 2018 and even in Q2. Continue reading “WhatsApp could bring ephemeral messaging to rival Snapchat”
ZTE’s Nubia brand opend crowdfunding for its upcoming second-generation Red Magic Gaming phone via jd.com in China earlier this month. Now the company has announced that it will officially unveil the phone on November 28th at an event in Shanghai, China. Continue reading “Nubia Red Magic 2 Gaming phone with Snapdragon 845, 10GB RAM, liquid + air cooling to be announced on November 28”
Recently it was reported that Apple has cut the additional production of the iPhone XR owing to the poor reception. Now according to report from WSJ, the company has cut production orders for all three iPhone models launched in September in recent weeks. Continue reading “Apple said to have cut down additional production of all three iPhones”
After confirming that the world’s first MediaTek Helio P70-powered smartphone will launch under new ‘U series’, Realme today announced that the phone will be called Realme U1 and will be launched exclusively on Amazon.in on November 28th. Continue reading “Realme U1 with Helio P70 SoC, Dewdrop notch display launching in India on November 28 exclusively on Amazon”
Google killed Google+ following privacy bug and now Google is bringing an ability to leave comments directly in Google Search. For the past several versions, the company has been working on a “Your contributions” section. The URL for the feature is active revealing a simple page noting your Reviews and Comments. Continue reading “Google Search to let users add comments”
Even though Microsoft fixed the data loss issue and resumed the Windows 10 October update, few users are reporting iCloud for Windows compatibility issues. As reported, the latest version of Windows 10 is incompatible with the latest version of iCloud. However, Microsoft and Apple are said to be working together to resolve the issues. Continue reading “Microsoft acknowledges iCloud Windows 10 October 2018 build compatibility issue”
Android Pie is slowly making its way to mainstream smartphones and LG G7 One is one among them. Given how the LG G7 One is the company’s first Android One smartphone, this update doesn’t come as a surprise. The update is of size 812MB and is rolling out in Canada. Continue reading “LG G7 One Android 9.0 (Pie) stable update starts rolling out”
After Moto G7, now Moto G7 Plus has surfaced in press render. This reveals a similar water-drop notch display, but this will come with a slightly larger 6.4-inch screen compared to 6-inch screen. This is said to feature a similar glass back, dual rear cameras, fingerprint sensor embedded with Motorola logo, USB Type-C port, and a bottom-mounted speaker grille. Continue reading “Moto G7 Plus with 6.4-inch Full HD+ water-drop notch display, dual rear cameras surface in press render”
Verizon’s ‘My Numbers’, a new app for Android lets you add up to four additional numbers to a single smartphone with unlimited domestic calling and texting. Continue reading “Verizon ‘My Number’ lets you add multiple phone numbers on a single device”
After A7x, OPPO has introduced A7, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China. It has a 6.2-inch HD+ display with Waterdrop Screen with screen-to-body ratio up to 88.3% for a more immersive experience, is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 SoC, has 13MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera, features a 16-megapixel front camera with AR stickers, packs 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage, fingerprint sensor on the back and a 4230mAh battery.
Xiaomi launched the second-generation Android One devices – Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite back in July at an event in Spain. At the event, Xiaomi and Google promised Android version updates along with monthly security patch updates as the device was launched under the Android One program. Going by the history of first gen of Android One device Mi A1, Xiaomi has managed to provide monthly security patch updates, but it has struggled to deliver on the promise of keeping the Android version up to date as Android Oreo 8.1 update for Mi A1 was delayed and was released in June 2018. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Android Pie Beta testing to start soon as the company opens registrations”
Xiaomi launched the second-generation Android One device – Mi A2 in India back in August running Android 8.1 (Oreo). At the event, Xiaomi and Google promised Android version updates along with monthly security patch updates as the device was launched under the Android One program. Today the company has rolled out stable Android 9.0 (Pie) update for the smartphone, as it had promised, after few months of beta testing.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A2 Android 9.0 Pie stable update starts rolling out in India”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 5A a year ago running MIUI 9 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. As per an official announcement, Redmi 5A is eligible for Android Oreo update, the device has already been updated to Oreo with MIUI China Beta ROM update last week. MIUI Global Beta ROM for Redmi 5A is not released for past couple of weeks and we are expecting Android Oreo based MIUI Global Beta ROM to be released soon. The company started rolling out MIUI 10 Stable for Redmi Note 4 couple of days ago, and today it has started rolling out MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for Redmi 5A. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5A MIUI 10 Stable OTA update starts rolling out in India [Download link]”
