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Instagram is said to be working on a new effortless way to fast-forward through Stories. A screenshot shows Instagram “Introducing a new way to move through posts by tapping through posts, just like you tap through stories.” The company even confirmed that it is testing tap to advance within Explore. Continue reading “Instagram is testing tap to proceed instead of scrolling through posts in Explorer”
The online smartphone market in India is expected to surpass 15 million units in Q3 2018 with a growth of more than 25% year-on-year and expected to account a record 38% of the total smartphone market. In Q2 2018, online channels including Flipkart, Amazon, PayTm Mall, mi.com, OnePlus.com grabbed 35% share, growing 65% year-on-year. Continue reading “Online smartphone shipments in India grows 65% YoY in Q2 2018, Xiaomi leads with 54% share: Canalys”
Sony Mobile officially confirmed the list of its smartphones that will get Android 9.0 (Pie) update back in August. It said that its Premium-range models will get the upgrade from November, now the company has started rolling out the Pie update for its Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact smartphones earlier than expected date. Continue reading “Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact Android 9.0 (Pie) update starts rolling out”
Update – October 12, 2018: Images of the S5 Pro and the other smartphone has surfaced on TENAA. This confirms dual front cameras, metal back and rear-mounted fingerprint sensors for the phones. Continue reading “Lenovo S5 Pro with 6.18-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, dual front and rear cameras, 6GB RAM to be announced on October 18 [Update: Images]”
Facebook might just combine Groups and Messenger as the company will gradually roll out the ability for members of Facebook Groups to launch group chats about specific sub-topics where up to 250 members can join. Continue reading “Facebook Groups gets custom chat rooms with up to 250 members”
After being in beta for a while, Apple rolled out the iOS 12 updates to every compatible phone on September 17th. The iOS 12 update is now present on 53% of active devices introduced in the last four years, according to Apple states page on the App Store. Continue reading “Apple iOS 12 is on 53% of devices from last four years”
Facebook announces the roll out of 3D photos which is a new way to share memories and moments in both the News Feed and VR. You can scroll, pan and tilt to see the photo in realistic 3D and you can also view 3D photos in VR using the Oculus Browser on Oculus Go or Firefox on Oculus Rift. Continue reading “Facebook rolls out 3D Photos in News Feed and VR”
Twitter has announced moving forward it will count all emojis equally including those with gender and skin tone modifiers. This update marks significant progress for our service, and everyone can now benefit from the additional room to express themselves with more character. It is also in support of recent updates to Unicode.
Continue reading “Twitter brings uniformity to emoji character count”
Google earlier this week has introduced new hardware, and along with it, the company has introduced new Assistant features that will be coming over the next few weeks. The Google Assistant can now also control many popular media and entertainment devices, and the biggest among them is the ability to detect spam calls and let Assistant do the job for you. Continue reading “Google Assistant to get Screen call to handle spam calls; Duplex to roll out from November”
‘Genius’ as we know is the world’s biggest encyclopedia of music, built by artists, scholars, and super-fans working together. The company has announced that it is making Apple Music its default music player and subscribers who visit Genius will be able to play any song in full right from the song page.
Apple seems to be working on a new technology that could detect nuisance callers using spoofed phone numbers as the company filed for patents named “Detection of spoofed call information.” This system could let iPhones perform checks on a call to ascertain if it is genuine, if not warn the user of the nuisance callers or prevent it from disturbing the phone user at all. Continue reading “Apple iPhone patent hints at automatic detection of nuisance callers using spoofed phone numbers”
OPPO Mobile has introduced OPPO Hyper Boost, its full-scenario, system-level performance boost engine at an event in Shanghai, China yesterday. Developed extensively over the year, this promises improvements to smartphone’s power consumption and performance by optimizing system-level resource allocation, says that company. Continue reading “OPPO introduces Hyper Boost Smartphone Acceleration Technology”
Epic Games released the Fortnite beta for Android exclusively on Samsung devices first, back in August. Later it was available through invite for select users of other smartphones. Now the game is available for all the compatible smartphones without an invite. It already said that the devices should run Android 8.0 or higher, should pack 3GB RAM or higher and require compatible GPU – Adreno 530 or higher, Mali-G71 MP20, Mali-G72 MP12 or higher.
Huawei introduced EMUI 9.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie) at the IFA 2018 last month. Today the company has announced that EMUI 9.0 will bring local language support, local calendar, deeper integration of Paytm, and more. Continue reading “Huawei announces EMUI 9.0 based on Android 9.0 (Pie) will bring India-specific features”
OpenSignal today published a new analysis on the state of mobile video experience in India which overviews the performance across various regions in India including Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Kolkata and Jammu, and Kashmir. Continue reading “4G mobile video streaming best in Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Kolkata and Jammu and Kashmir: OpenSignal”
