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With an aim to help web developers optimize their web pages, Google’s Chrome Labs has released a new web tool called Squoosh that can downsize, compress, and reformat images. Squoosh’s top priority is speed and the demo showcases the improvements and new capabilities to Chrome. Continue reading “Google Chrome Labs introduces Squoosh browser-based image optimization tool”
Xiaomi announced MIUI 10 Global back in June at an event in India and rolled out MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for Redmi Y2, Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro in September. Now the company has started rolling out MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for last year’s bestseller Redmi Note 4. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 10 Stable OTA update finally starts rolling out in India [Download link]”
Snapchat has introduced friend’s Bitmoji; a new way to celebrate friendships on Snapchat. In each profile, you’ll find the images, videos, messages, links, and more than you and your friends have saved in Chat. The company says that this feature will make it easy to find your favorite memories and the important information you’ve saved over time. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Friendship Profiles and Bitmoji Stories comic strip”
Samsung has announced Exynos 9 Series 9820 SoC, as it had promised. It is the successor of Exynos 9 Series 9810 SoC that powers the Galaxy S9 series and the Galaxy Note9. It is based on the 8nm LPP (Low Power Plus) FinFET process that reduces power consumption by up to 10% compared to 10nm LPP process, while the Exynos 9820 also optimizes power consumption of CPU and GPU through reduced operating voltage, idle, and leakage power. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9820 8nm SoC with Tri-cluster CPU, integrated NPU, up to 2Gbps LTE-Advanced Pro modem announced”
Update – November 14, 2018 – As promised, the Funcl W1 and Funcl AI are available for order through Indiegogo at $19 (Rs. 1,380 approx.) and $54 (Rs. 3,921 approx.), respectively and ships worldwide starting December. The company has already hit 100% ($50,000) funding goal in just 8 hours.
Samsung has announced new Ice Blue color variants of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones. These join the Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red color versions that were introduced earlier this year. It has a gradient color finish for the first time that makes it more fashionable.
Continue reading “Samsung introduces Galaxy S9 and S9+ Ice Blue Gradient color variant”
Binny Bansal has announced his resignation as CEO of Flipkart Group, effective immediately. Though being an important part of Flipkart since co-founding the company, but owing to the recent events Binny has made a decision to step down. Continue reading “Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal steps down as CEO”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has determined to sort views on whether to regular communication apps such as WhatsApp, Skype, and Viber. This comes to light mainly because of economic and security matters. In a paper released Monday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India asked views of the industry to identify which of these apps should be regarded as providing the same services like mobile phone operators. Continue reading “TRAI seeks views to regulate OTT apps like WhatsApp, Skype and more”
Vivo has announced Y95, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y Series’. It packs a 6.22-inch HD+ screen with 19:9 aspect ratio waterdrop notch 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. Continue reading “Vivo Y95 with 6.22-inch Waterdrop notch display, dual rear cameras, 20MP front camera, 4030mAh battery announced”
Apple introduced the new 11-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models with new all-screen Liquid Retina True Tone displays with refresh rate up to 120Hz, Face ID, new Octa-Core A12X Bionic 7nm chip with next-generation Neural Engine, seven-core GPU and USB-C connector at its New York event starting last month. It also announced that these will start at Rs. 71,900 (MRP) and Rs. 89,900 (MRP), respectively for the base 64GB WiFi variant. Today the company has announced that it will
Back in July Microsoft has introduced the Surface Go 2-in-1 that came with 10-inches display and powered by 7th Generation Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y and packs up to 8GB RAM and 128 GB SSD. The company has announced the Surface Go with LTE Advanced is available for pre-order in select markets. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Go LTE with 10-inch display, 8GB RAM now available to pre-order in select markets”
Vivo has announced Z1 Lite, the company’s latest smartphone in the Z series in China. It has a 6.26-inch FHD+ 19:9 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, 90% screen-to-body ratio and 1.75mm slim bezels, is powered by Snapdragon 626 with 4GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.0, has 16-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera to capture the depth information for portrait shots.
In the latest research note, Ming-Chi Kuo has cut his shipping estimates for the iPhone XR due to several factors. This might the result of the higher demand for the iPhone XS and the older models. He is reducing his iPhone shipment forecasts by 15–20% for the first quarter of 2019. This news falls in line with reports of Apple canceling additional production of iPhone XR owing to poor reception.
Continue reading “Apple iPhone XR lifecycle shipment estimates down by 30 Million: Kuo”
iBall has launched Slide Elan 3×32, the company’s latest tablet with 4G VoLTE support. Even though it doesn’t have an earpiece, it supports voice calling via headphones or a Bluetooth headset. It has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex A53 processor with 3GB of RAM and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with a single LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Slide Elan 3×32 with 10.1-inch display, 4G VoLTE, 7000mAh battery launched for Rs. 16999”
Mozilla has announced Firefox Test Pilot for Price Wise and Email Tabs — the latest experimental features designed to give users more choice and transparency when shopping online. With Firefox Price Wise, you can add products to your Price Watcher list and get a desktop notification automatically every time the price drops. Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox gets Price Wise and Email Tabs in test pilot”
