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Google just announced the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones with 5.5-inch FHD+ and 6.3-inch QHD+ OLED displays and dual front cameras at an event in the US. At the event it said that these will start at $799 and $899. It has also announced the pricing and availability for India. Continue reading “Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL India price revealed, pre-orders begin October 11”
Google today has announced the ‘Google Home Hub’ Google Home Hub with Google Assistant built-in where you can use your voice to get the best of Google—Search, YouTube, Google Photos, Calendar, Maps and more—right on Google Home Hub’s display. It comes with a 7-inch touch screen display that fit right into your home. Continue reading “Google Home Hub smart display with 7-inch touch screen display, built-in Assistant announced at $149”
Google just announced the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones as it had promised. The Pixel 3 has a 5.5-inch Full HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio and the Pixel 3 XL comes with a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ display with 18.5:9 aspect ratio and a notch. These have a similar 12.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and Dual Pixel auto focus, and comes with dual rear 8-megapixel cameras, one with 97-degree wide-angle lens for group selfies. These come with new AI-powered camera features.
After Nokia 7 Plus Stable Pie update, HMD Global is now letting Nokia 6.1 Plus users test the Android 9.0 Pie beta before stable roll out. The company already announced that Android Pie update coming to Nokia 6.1 and 6.1 Plus in October, Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco in November. Continue reading “Nokia 6.1 Plus gets Android 9.0 (Pie) beta update”
GOME has announced its entry in India in partnership with Agaston Mobile Private Limited who have already created their own space in the Indian mobile market with its brand Tambo Mobile. GOME’s India venture will be its first overseas operation. The company has also announced its new C Series smartphones in India. Continue reading “GOME C7 and C7 Note with 18:9 displays, fingerprint sensor, Face unlock launched in India starting at Rs. 5999”
After teasing the company’s flagship Honor Magic 2 smartphone at the Honor Play global launch in August, the company today confirmed that the phone will be launched in China on October 31st. It already confirmed slide-out design, which it calls Magic Slide full screen with high screen-to-body ratio.
Panasonic has launched Eluga Ray 600, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series. It has a 5.99-inch HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display, is powered by quad-core MediaTek SoC with 3GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front camera that also has an LED flash.
Update – October 9, 2018: Nokia Mobile has shared a new teaser for the smartphone that is going to launch on Thursday, along with #MegaLife and #GoBigGetBetter. This shows the back of the phone, which is similar to the Nokia 7.1 which was introduced last week.
Continue reading “HMD Global schedules an event in India on October 11 [Update: New teaser]”
Toreto has launched ‘Whizz’ waterproof wireless headsets. These pack lightweight design and are also flexible. It comes with a 200mAh battery with up to 8 hours of backup. It comes with one of the smartest features including redialling a number; on triple clicking the Multi-Functional Button (MFB). Continue reading “Toreto Whizz waterproof Bluetooth Stereo headset with on-device music storage launched in India”
Google announced that it is refining its ‘Developer Program Policies’ to include limits to call log and SMS permission access, prohibitions against surveillance and “commercial spyware apps,” and new Android Contacts API restrictions. Google to allow access to Call Log and SMS data for apps that are set as “default” for those actions. Continue reading “Google to limit call log and SMS permission access to apps on Play Store, announces new Android Contacts API restrictions”
Google today has launched automated closed captions in Google Slides. The feature will gradually roll out to all Slides users starting this week. The closed captions feature is available when presenting in Google Slides. It uses your computer’s microphone to detect your spoken presentation, then transcribes in real time. Continue reading “Google Slides gets real-time automated closed captions”
Intel has announced new 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K which is its gaming processor. The i9-9900K offers eight cores and 16 threads, clocked at a base frequency of 3.6 GHz, boost up to 5.0 GHz. Other Intel Core X-series processors include 9th Gen Core i5 and Core i7 models; the i7-9700K, i5-9600K and the Intel Xeon W-3175X processor. Continue reading “Intel 9th Gen Core desktop CPUs – i9-9900K, i7-9700K and i5-9600K, Core X-Series, and Xeon W-3175X announced”
Microsoft today has introduced the Project xCloud which is its state-of-the-art global game-streaming technology that will offer you the freedom to play on the device you want without being locked to a particular device. It will give users the choice in when and where they play. Continue reading “Microsoft announces Project xCloud gaming platform to let you play games anywhere”
Facebook, after a long delay and much hype, has launched the Portal and Portal+, its two new video communication devices for the home. It comes with AI technology where it can make video calling easier and more like hanging out, while a widescreen display. Continue reading “Facebook Portal and Portal+ video calling devices with Alexa voice assistant, AI smart camera tech announced”
Google earlier this year started Project Strobe which is review system for third-party developer access to Google account and Android device data and its philosophy around apps’ data access. Google today is announcing the first four findings and actions from this review. Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers. The company says that users over the years wanted to better understand how to control the data they choose to share with apps on Google+. Continue reading “Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data breach”
