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EE; UK’s mobile network that is part of BT Group has announced that it is switching on 5G sites in 16 UK cities in 2019. The first launch cities will be London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, and Manchester. EE is building 5G in the busiest parts of the six launch cites including Hyde Park in London, Manchester Arena, Belfast City Airport, the Welsh Assembly, Edinburgh Waverly train station and Birmingham’s Bullring. Continue reading “EE to launch 5G services in 16 UK cities in 2019”
Back in October, Microsoft has announced and later paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update over reports of missing files, and after resolving the issues, the company has finally resumed the update via media. The update will be rolled out in batches, meaning it will be available to everyone in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Microsoft resumes Windows 10 October 2018 update”
Google is extending the Project Fi VPN to all connections. The enhanced network also enables a fast, seamless connection by intelligently switching between Wi-Fi and cellular. Continue reading “Google Project Fi ‘Enhanced Network’ beta brings free always-on VPN”
Verizon in partnership with Motorola, Samsung, and Qualcomm has announced the completion of the world’s first 5G data transmission on a smartphone on a commercial 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) network. This test was completed with a Moto Z3 paired with a 5G Moto Mod. Continue reading “Verizon, Motorola complete 5G data transmission on Moto Z3 with 5G Moto Mod”
With an aim to help web developers optimize their web pages, Google’s Chrome Labs has released a new web tool called Squoosh that can downsize, compress, and reformat images. Squoosh’s top priority is speed and the demo showcases the improvements and new capabilities to Chrome. Continue reading “Google Chrome Labs introduces Squoosh browser-based image optimization tool”
Xiaomi announced MIUI 10 Global back in June at an event in India and rolled out MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for Redmi Y2, Redmi Note 5 and Redmi Note 5 Pro in September. Now the company has started rolling out MIUI 10 Global Stable ROM for last year’s bestseller Redmi Note 4. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 MIUI 10 Stable OTA update finally starts rolling out in India [Download link]”
Snapchat has introduced friend’s Bitmoji; a new way to celebrate friendships on Snapchat. In each profile, you’ll find the images, videos, messages, links, and more than you and your friends have saved in Chat. The company says that this feature will make it easy to find your favorite memories and the important information you’ve saved over time. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Friendship Profiles and Bitmoji Stories comic strip”
Samsung has announced Exynos 9 Series 9820 SoC, as it had promised. It is the successor of Exynos 9 Series 9810 SoC that powers the Galaxy S9 series and the Galaxy Note9. It is based on the 8nm LPP (Low Power Plus) FinFET process that reduces power consumption by up to 10% compared to 10nm LPP process, while the Exynos 9820 also optimizes power consumption of CPU and GPU through reduced operating voltage, idle, and leakage power. Continue reading “Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9820 8nm SoC with Tri-cluster CPU, integrated NPU, up to 2Gbps LTE-Advanced Pro modem announced”
Update – November 14, 2018 – As promised, the Funcl W1 and Funcl AI are available for order through Indiegogo at $19 (Rs. 1,380 approx.) and $54 (Rs. 3,921 approx.), respectively and ships worldwide starting December. The company has already hit 100% ($50,000) funding goal in just 8 hours.
Samsung has announced new Ice Blue color variants of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones. These join the Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red color versions that were introduced earlier this year. It has a gradient color finish for the first time that makes it more fashionable.
Continue reading “Samsung introduces Galaxy S9 and S9+ Ice Blue Gradient color variant”
Binny Bansal has announced his resignation as CEO of Flipkart Group, effective immediately. Though being an important part of Flipkart since co-founding the company, but owing to the recent events Binny has made a decision to step down. Continue reading “Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal steps down as CEO”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has determined to sort views on whether to regular communication apps such as WhatsApp, Skype, and Viber. This comes to light mainly because of economic and security matters. In a paper released Monday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India asked views of the industry to identify which of these apps should be regarded as providing the same services like mobile phone operators. Continue reading “TRAI seeks views to regulate OTT apps like WhatsApp, Skype and more”
Vivo has announced Y95, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y Series’. It packs a 6.22-inch HD+ screen with 19:9 aspect ratio waterdrop notch display and 88.6% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 439 12nm SoC with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.5, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for potraits, as well as a 20-megapixel front camera with support for face unlock. Continue reading “Vivo Y95 with 6.22-inch Waterdrop notch display, dual rear cameras, 20MP front camera, 4030mAh battery announced”
Apple introduced the new 11-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models with new all-screen Liquid Retina True Tone displays with refresh rate up to 120Hz, Face ID, new Octa-Core A12X Bionic 7nm chip with next-generation Neural Engine, seven-core GPU and USB-C connector at its New York event starting last month. It also announced that these will start at Rs. 71,900 (MRP) and Rs. 89,900 (MRP), respectively for the base 64GB WiFi variant. Today the company has announced that it will
Back in July Microsoft has introduced the Surface Go 2-in-1 that came with 10-inches display and powered by 7th Generation Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y and packs up to 8GB RAM and 128 GB SSD. The company has announced the Surface Go with LTE Advanced is available for pre-order in select markets. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface Go LTE with 10-inch display, 8GB RAM now available to pre-order in select markets”
