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Samsung India has announced festive offer that lets users avail up to 25% instant cashback on a range of Samsung products and an additional 15% cashback on purchases made through HDFC, Axis and ICICI bank credit and debit cards. It is also offering host of freebies with select products. Continue reading “Samsung festive offer: up to 25% instant cashback, additional 15% cashback on select cards, freebies and more”
At the Adobe Max, the company has previewed Photoshop CC on iPad, Project Aero, a tool that enables creators to design AR experiences, and Project Gemini which is a drawing app. It has also introduced Premiere Rush CC, the first all-in-one, easy-to-use video editing app for social media creators. Continue reading “Adobe Project Aero, Project Gemini drawing app, Premiere Rush CC video editing app introduced; Photoshop for iPad coming in 2019”
Snapchat has introduced the new Snapchat lens that is designed to recognize and decorate cat and human faces alike. Owing to the popularity of cat-themed memes and Snapchatters internet to snap their cats, the company is bringing this fun new filter. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces new cat Lenses”
Huawei’s Honor brand just launched the Honor 8X, successor of the Honor 7X in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display with a 4.25mm narrow chin and 91% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, has a 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition that can identify up to 500 scenes, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots. It has a 16-megapixel front camera with 4-in-1 pixel binning technology, face unlock and AI beautify. Continue reading “Honor 8X with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 710, up to 6GB RAM, AI dual rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 14999”
Xiaomi has finally announced that the Mi MIX 3, the company’s flagship smartphone in the MIX series will be introduced at an event in Beijing on October 25th. Xiaomi President Lin Bin already posted a photo of the smartphone, revealing the slide-out design. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 with bezel-less display, slide-out design, support for 5G to be announced on October 25”
Periscope has rolled out an update that would allow broadcasters to select moderators for the comments in their broadcasts before they go live. These moderators can keep an eye on the comments in your broadcast and mute people on your behalf. Continue reading “Periscope update brings the ability to set thumbnails, edit titles, set custom start points; introduces new Chat Moderators”
Microsoft has announced it will be disabling ‘Transport Layer Security’ (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 by default in supported versions of Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 in the first half of 2020. This change is in line with announcements from Apple, Google, and Mozilla to supports more performant, secure connections. Continue reading “Microsoft to disable TLS 1.0, 1.1 for Edge and Internet Explorer in first-half of 2020”
Winamp which was the go-to music player around the turn of the century has been silent since 2013 but it looks like the company is making its way for a grand entry with a major update planned for 2019. The Parent company Radionomy is planning to reboot the service as an all-in-one app with the ability to play podcasts, playlists, streaming radio stations. Continue reading “Winamp media player for Android, iOS, and desktop to get revived in 2019”
Microsoft rolled out the dictation feature in the Word desktop app earlier this year and it is making its way to the web version of the office. The dictation feature to word and OneNote online will be available in the coming weeks. The company says that it will work on any browser. Continue reading “Microsoft to bring dictation feature to Office web apps”
Samsung Electronics has announced two new automotive solution brands; Samsung Exynos Auto and Samsung ISOCELL Auto to bring application processor and image sensor technology solutions to the road. Based on the qualities of the Exynos mobile processors, Exynos Auto meets industry requirements for harsher environments, allowing automotive manufacturers to develop applications such as infotainment, advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and telematics. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Exynos Auto and ISOCELL automobile chips”
After rumors, Palm, a California company that purchased the rights to the Palm brand from TCL, today launched the Palm Phone with a 3.3-inch HD screen, aluminum chassis, Gorilla Glass protection on the front and back and a water and dust-resistant body with IP68 ratings. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), is powered by Snapdragon 435 with 3GB of RAM, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with flash and an 8-megapixel camera on the front.
Continue reading “Palm Phone with 3.3-inch HD display, water-resistant body, Android 8.1 announced”
After certification, Huawei has officially announced the Enjoy Max with similar specifications has a Honor 8X Max that was introduced last month with a 7.12-inch Full HD+ display with narrow bezels and 90.5% screen-to-body ratio, Snapdragon 660, 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, AI scene recognition, 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots, 8-megapixel front camera and a 5000mAh battery, but this comes with a leather-like back.
Update – October 15, 2018: The company has posted a new teaser image that shows a notch display, similar to what we had seen on TENAA recently.
Sony has announced the development of a digital rights management (DRM) platform based on the blockchain. This new system is based on Sony and Sony Global Education’s previously developed system for authenticating, sharing, and rights management of educational data, and additionally features functionality for processing rights-related information. Continue reading “Sony announces blockchain-based DRM platform for music, films, VR content and e-books”
Coolpad has launched Note 8, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘Note’ series in India. It has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display, is powered by an Octa-Core MT6750 SoC, runs Android 8.0 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 0.3-megapixel camera for portrait shots.
