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Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is right around the corner, but before the official launch, the company has now confirmed to launch the processor that powers the flagship. Samsung has scheduled a special event on November 14th where it will be unveiling the next flagship chip; successor to the Exynos 9810 which powers the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9. Continue reading “Samsung schedules an event on November 14th to unveil new Exynos chipset”
Amazon has signed a deal with Apple to expand the company’s products on its site worldwide. Amazon confirmed that it will soon start selling more Apple products directly and this will also include the latest iPad Pro, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and Apple Watch Series 4, as well as Apple’s lineup of Beats headphones. The Amazon-Apple deal is available in US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and India. Continue reading “Amazon inks deal with Apple to sell iPhones and iPads in India and other markets”
Facebook has released the Lasso app that lets users create fun short videos that are aimed to compete with TikTok. This move is to bring back teens which Facebook lost in 2018. Lasso lets users record themselves dancing and lip-syncing to music.
Continue reading “Facebook Lasso TikTok like lip-syncing app for Android and iOS released”
Amazon has released its Alexa app for Windows 10, while it was available for selected Windows laptops, today marks the official launch of the app in the Microsoft Store. You can download and install the app on any Windows 10 PC with no specifications requirements. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa now available on Microsoft Store for Windows 10 PCs”
At GDC 2018, HTC Vive announced that it will roll out the Vive focus to global markets later this year. Vive Focus is the first 6DOF stand-alone VR headset to be commercially available. The company is also making Vive Focus developer kits available to registered developers in most countries through the developer portal. Continue reading “HTC Vive Focus standalone VR headset rolls out globally”
With Chrome 71 that will be released in December 2018, Chrome will show a warning sign about the insufficient mobile subscription information pages, so that users can make informed decisions when signing up to mobile-based subscription services. Continue reading “Chrome 71 to warn users of websites with insufficient mobile subscription information pages”
Creators of Vine has now announced the spiritual successor app dubbed ‘Byte’ which is a new video looping app. Not much is known about the app except for the fact that it is set to launch in the spring of 2019. Dom Hofmann says that it is officially the projects formerly known as v2. Continue reading “Vine successor ‘Byte’ short-video looping app to launch in 2019”
Xiaomi has officially entered U.K with the launch of Mi 8 Pro alongside a range of other products including Mi 8, Redmi 6A smartphone, the Xiaomi Band 3 fitness tracker, and the Mi electric scooter. Apart from U.K, Xiaomi is steadily rolling out its range of products in new regions including Latin America and parts of northern and eastern Europe. Continue reading “Xiaomi forays into UK with Mi 8 Pro, Mi Band 3, Electric Scooter, Redmi 6A and more”
Google launched Files Go app to free up space on mobile phones, find files faster and share them with others back in December 2017. The app currently has over 30 million monthly users. Google today is finally rebranding the app to just Files by Google, and the company has also redesigned the user experience. Continue reading “Google rebrands Files Go to ‘Files by Google,’ hits 30 million monthly active users”
Jolla has announced the availability of Sailfish 3 which is its 3rd gen independent mobile operating system. The company says that Sailfish 3 offers a packetized solution for various corporate environments. It now supports several new Sony Xperia devices. Continue reading “Jolla Sailfish 3 with fresh new look, data encryption improvements, Mobile Device Management and more released”
Fossil today has announced the Fossil Sport Smartwatch that is powered by the Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform and runs on WearOS by Google. It boats features like extended battery life, a new battery saving mode, enhanced ambient mode, integrated heart rate, NFC, and GPS capabilities. Continue reading “Fossil Sport Smartwatch with Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100, WearOS 2.1, heart-rate sensor announced”
Huawei’s Honor brand has announced that it has sold over 1 million or 10 lakh smartphones during the Diwali festive season sale on Flipkart, Amazon and Honor store. The Honor smartphones such as the Honor 9N, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 7S, Honor 9i, Honor 10 and Honor 7A were sold on special prices and offers. Continue reading “Over 1 million Honor smartphones sold during the Diwali festive sale”
Facebook introduced Portal and Portal+ video calling devices back in October. The company has clarified some privacy concerns saying that Facebook does not listen to, view or keep the contents of your Portal video calls and all the video calls are encrypted, the Smart Camera and Smart Sound use AI technology that runs locally on Portal, not on Facebook servers. Continue reading “Facebook Portal and Portal+ video calling devices with Alexa, AI smart camera tech go on sale in the US”
After Galaxy J2 Core (SM-J260), the company’s first Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone that was launched back in August, Samsung is gearing to launch the Galaxy J4 Core soon. This reveals a 6-inch HD+ display, Snapdragon 430 SoC with 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera both with LED flash.
