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Uber has introduced Uber Lost & Found India Index, a list of the most frequently, and most surprisingly ‘lost and found’ items by Uber riders in India. Continue reading “Puppies, cabbage, rings, phones are the top things Indians forget while riding in Uber”
Earlier this week Android creator Andy Rubin teased a new bezel-less smartphone from his company Essentials. It was reported that the phone will run Android and now it has been confirmed. Continue reading “Essential’s bezel-less smartphone will run Android, confirms Eric Schmidt”
ACT Fibernet today launched its 1Gbps (Giga speeds) wired broadband service in Hyderabad, making it the first Internet Service Provider in India to launch Gigabit broadband for customers in India. It was launched by Shri. K. Taraka Rama Rao, Minister for IT, Municipal Administration and Urban Development and Industries (MAUD). Continue reading “ACT Fibernet launches India’s first Gigabit broadband services in Hyderabad, 1Gbps at Rs. 5999”
[Update] – Google has confirmed that Android Wear 2.0 rollout is delaying due to a bug. “We have started rolling out the Android Wear 2.0 update to Fossil Q Founder, Casio Smart Outdoor Watch WSD-F10 and Tag Heuer Connected. For other devices, the update is currently being delayed due to a bug found in final testing. We will push the update to the remaining devices as soon as the issue is resolved.”
Google had announced Android Wear 2.0 at I/O developer conference in May last year following which it was launched in February. The company has finally started rolling Android Wear 2.0 but to only three smartwatches. Continue reading “Android Wear 2.0 starts rolling out to three smartwatches”
Google has finally launched Calendar for iPad. The Calendar will offer all the same features that are optimized for iPad. Users will be able to use Spotlight Search to find items from the iPad home screen. Continue reading “Google Calendar app finally available for iPad”
Samsung at its Galaxy Unpacked 2017 event introduced Connect Home Smart Wi-Fi System. It is a mesh-based Wi-Fi that is aimed to boost Wi-Fi connectivity at home. It also has SmartThings integration so you can control different connected devices from different manufacturers through the Samsung Connect smartphone app. There is also Bixby support to control everything connected to your Samsung Connect Home using your voice. Continue reading “Samsung Connect Home Smart Wi-Fi System is a mesh router with SmartThings integration”
Samsung earlier this week started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Galaxy Note5 smartphone in India, couple of months after the Nougat update was released for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones. The update brings several UX and performance fixes, including improvements to notifications, multi-window mode, always-on display, and enhancements to the system upgrade and app installation process. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note5 gets Android 7.0 Nougat update in India”
Samsung announced its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones at its New York event a few hours back. One of the main upgrades compared to the Galaxy S7 series is the Bluetooth 5 support in the S8 series, making to the first smartphone in the world to come with this feature. According to Samsung Bluetooth 5 LE offers speeds up to 2Mbps. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 is world’s first phone with Bluetooth 5, Dual audio lets you stream to two devices simultaneously”
Samsung just outed the S8+, the larger brother in the brand new S8 lineup of flagships for 2017. For the first time, Samsung is releasing a flagship phone with over 6 inches in terms of display size. In fact, it is even the first time that an S series device has a display larger than a Note device. Even the S8 has a 5.8″ display that is larger than Note devices of the past. But the devices seem to be quite small thanks to the smaller bezels. Let us examine all the detailed changes between the S8+ and its predecessor in this specs comparison.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs Galaxy S7 edge – What’s New”
Samsung just announced its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones at its New York event. It also confirmed that both the phones will be available from AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Sprint, Straight Talk Wireless, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless starting April 21 with pre-orders starting 12:01 EDT on March 30, 2017. These phones will also be available at Best Buy stores as well as BestBuy.com, ShopSamsung app, Target and Walmart. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ U.S. price revealed, free Gear VR headset with Controller for pre-orders”
Samsung just announced Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones at its New York event. Both the phones have Infinity Display – an end-to-end, bezel-less screen that extends to the phone’s sides. S8 comes with a 5.8-inch Quad HD+ screen and the S8+ comes with a 6.2-inch Quad HD+ screen, both with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection on the front and the back. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ with Quad HD+ Infinity display, water resistant body, Iris scanner announced”
Microsoft announced Windows 10 Creators Update back in October last year. Today it has announced that the update will be available for all Windows 10 users for free from April 11th. The update will enable anyone to create, share and experience in 3-D and mixed reality, connect people faster to those they care about most, and empower every gamer to be a broadcaster. Microsoft Edge will also get 3D support. Continue reading “Windows 10 Creators Update releasing on April 11, Surface Book and Surface Studio coming to more markets”
Samsung is all set to unveil its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones in a few hours at its Galaxy Unpacked 2017 event in New York. Now the smartphone has been certified in by TENAA in China. This confirms the existence of the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version. According to earlier rumors, this will only be available in China and South Korea, while the 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage will be released in Europe, North America and other regions.
Google today launched its Knowledge Graph in Bengali language, increasing the Knowledge Graph language count to 41 languages. This will be useful for over 200 million Bengali speakers to search for things, people or places such as landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more. Continue reading “Google Search Knowledge Graph now available in Bengali language”
Intel has introduced new Optane for PCs that promises significantly more performance and faster load times across a broad range of personal computing experiences. It uses uses one or two single-die packages of 3D XPoint non-volatile memory and comes in 16GB and 32GB capacities Continue reading “Intel Optane memory will speed up PC performance”
