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Google has rolled out an update to Assistant on iOS which brings support for Siri Shortcuts. The company is trying hard to make Assistant a best replacement for Siri which currently is deeply ingrained within Apple’s platform. However, Google doesn’t want to miss any chance. Continue reading “Google Assistant for iOS gets support for Siri Shortcuts”
ASUS has sent out invites for the launch of ROG Phone, the company’s first gaming smartphone in India on November 29th. It was introduced back in June and comes with a 6-inch Full HD+ AMOLED HDR 90Hz, 1ms response time AMOLED display with DCIP3 gamut with Gaming HDR and Mobile HDR supported by dedicate hardware display chip, is powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC that is clocked up to 2.96GHz with 8GB RAM.
Xiaomi launched the Mi Max and Mi Max Prime in India back in 2016 running MIUI 7 based on Android Marshmallow, and got MIUI 8, MIUI 9 as well as Android Nougat updates later, now it has finally started receving MIUI 10 Stable update. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Max and Mi Max Prime MIUI 10 Stable update starts rolling out [Download Link]”
Panasonic just launched Seekit Edge and Seekit Loop, two new Bluetooth trackers in India. These tags have Bluetooth 5.0 and let you find lost items such as keys, wallet, luggage and even keep your pets safe. The Seekit Loop is curved for utility and comfort, the perfect keychain and more, while the Seekit Edge is compact and sleek, perfect for a wallet and so much more, says the company. Both have IP65 ratings for water resistance.
Continue reading “Panasonic Seekit Loop and Seekit Edge Bi-Directional Bluetooth 5.0 water-resistant trackers launched in India starting at Rs. 1299”
Huawei’s Honor brand just announced Honor 10 Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a large 6.21-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with 19:5:9 aspect ratio and over 90% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with up to 6GB RAM and support for GPU Turbo 2.0 and runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection for detecting 22 different scenes.
According to a report, Snapchat is said to be planning on releasing a new version of its Spectacles glasses with two cameras and a higher price point of $350 by the end of the year. The new Spectacles is internally codenamed Newport and will feature an all-new design with a more premium frame made of aluminum and cameras capable of producing augmented reality effects in videos. Continue reading “Snapchat said to launch 3rd gen Spectacles with two cameras at $350”
RHA has launched first true wireless earbuds, the TrueConnect in India. It is engineered for industry-leading sound and call quality with 25-hour battery life with the case and has IPX5 rating for sweat and weather resistance, says the company. The earpieces boast a five-hour battery life, with another four charges of five hours in the case.
Paytm has announced a strategic partnership with the country’s largest insurance firm – Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to allow users make LIC insurance premium payments seamlessly on the platform in under a minute. Continue reading “Paytm partners with LIC India for seamless online premium payments”
Microsoft is making it easier to protect your identity on Windows, it is making updates to the Account Protection page, which clearly alerts you if there’s an action to take to improve your account protection. This page aims to make it as simple as possible for you to protect your account. Continue reading “Now you can sign in to your Microsoft Account without a password using Windows Hello or FIDO2 security key”
Xiaomi this week reported its earning for the third quarter (Q3 2018) that ended September 30, 2018. It reported revenue of 50.846 billion yuan (US$($7.3 billion), an increase of 49.1% year-on-year, among which international revenue grew 112.7% year-on-year to 22.3 billion yuan, accounting for 43.9% of total revenue. Net profit for the third quarter was 2.481 billion yuan ($357 million) for the quarter. Adjusted profit (Non-IFRS Measure) increased was 2.885 billion yuan, up 17.3% YoY and up 36.3% QoQ. Continue reading “Xiaomi reports 49.1% YoY increase in revenue in Q3 2018, smartphone revenue up 36.1% YoY”
According to Samsung’s key executive, Samsung’s much-awaited foldable smartphone will ship with Bixby 3.0. It is known that Samsung’s Bixby Developer Day is underway in South Korea which has Samsung’s Vice President Eui-Suk Chung scheduled to speak as well. Continue reading “Samsung said to ship Bixby 3.0 with foldable smartphone in 2019”
Google introduced Neighbourly app for local information sharing for Android back in May this year. Today the company has announced that it is expanding to Bengaluru and Delhi, and will soon invite new cities to join every day, including Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Indore and more. Continue reading “Google Neighbourly local information sharing app for Android expands to Bengaluru and Delhi”
Weeks after announcing the ‘Your Time on Facebook,’ Facebook has finally started rolling the feature across the world. This is designed to help users manage social networking habits similar to what we have with Instagram’s usage insights. The dashboard reveals how many minutes you’ve spent on Facebook’s app on that device each day for the past week and on average. Continue reading “Facebook ‘Your Time’ dashboard to check usage finally rolling out worldwide”
Google’s Digital Wellbeing feature which debuted with Android Pie is aimed at being responsible with smartphone usage. The app has finally exited the beta stage and is now available to all Pixel phones running Android 9.0 Pie. Apart from Pixel, Android One phones those who have signed up for beta are also getting the update. Continue reading “Google Digital Wellbeing finally exits beta, now available for all Pixel phones”
Reliance Jio has launched the first VoLTE-based international roaming services in India in partnership with KDDI. With this KDDI becomes Japan’s first telecommunications service providers to offer VoLTE telephony in India for their international roaming users. Continue reading “Reliance Jio launches first VoLTE-based international roaming services in India”
