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Amazon and BSNL today announced a partnership, under which select BSNL postpaid and broadband customers will get the Amazon Prime Membership for a year free of cost. Airtel in the past had announced similar partnership by offering free prime membership to select postpaid customers. Continue reading “BSNL offers 1 year free Amazon Prime membership with select postpaid, broadband plans”
Xiaomi launched the Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 smartphones in India earlier this month running MIUI 9.5 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo) update. After the Redmi Y2, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Mi 5 and Redmi Note 5, the Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 users have received the stable MIUI 10 OTA update today. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A MIUI 10 Stable update starts rolling out [Download link]”
Xiaomi has silently launched the Mi Compact Bluetooth Speaker 2 with a new mesh design in India. This looks like a cheaper version of the Mi Bluetooth Speaker Mini that was launched in India last year. It has a compact design measuring just 50 x 32mm and weighs just 54 grams.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Compact Bluetooth Speaker 2 launched in India for Rs. 799”
Huawei’s Honor brand launched the Honor Play smartphone in India in Midnight Black and Navy Blue colors. Today the company has launched new Ultra Violet color variant in the country. Apart from the color, this has similar specifications, including a 6.3-inch Full HD+ 19:5:9 display with 89% screen-to-body ratio, Kirin 970 10nm processor, NPU as well as GPU Turbo graphics processing acceleration technology, 16-megapixel rear camera AI scene recognition and a 2-megapixel secondary rear camera.
Continue reading “Honor Play Ultra Violet color variant launched in India”
LG today has launched a new range of speakers in the PK series and the LG XBOOM AI ThinQ WK7 to bring every music enthusiast to experience a musical extravaganza. The LG XBOOM AI ThinQ WK7 comes with Meridian Technology to deliver high fidelity sound and supports Google Assistant. Continue reading “LG XBOOM AI ThinQ WK7 with Google Assistant, PK3, PK5 and PK7 Bluetooth speakers launched in India starting at Rs. 10990”
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is getting a new firmware update which brings improvements to the camera since there’s always a room for improvement on the software front. The company has started rolling out this update in Germany and it might be a while before this firmware update rolls out to every Note 9 user across the globe Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note9 update with camera improvements starts rolling out”
Google is out with latest Android distribution numbers with Oreo adoption rate climbing up to 19.2% including both Android 8.0 and 8.1. This compared to the 12.1% back in July. Android Pie has been rolling out to a handful of devices, but it didn’t make it up to the list. Continue reading “Android Oreo adoption rate climbs to 19.2%, Nougat is now on 29.3% devices”
Some Apple iPhone XS and XS Max users are reporting about their iPhones not charging automatically even after plugging in when the screen is off. Affected units require the screen to be on and re-plug in their cables for charging to begin. A majority of XS and XS Max models exhibit the problem. However, soon after the issue became wide-spread, users of older iPhones and iPads started reporting that they too have noticed the issue, meaning that it can be a software bug on the iOS 12. Continue reading “Some iPhone XS and XS Max units not charging automatically even after plugging”
Back in August, we had heard that Google is working on a new Chromecast with Bluetooth connectivity and improved Wi-Fi reception. Now, filling the void, the upcoming Chromecast has surfaced ahead of the possible October 9th launch. Courtesy of a Redditor who has bought the Chromecast from Best Buy to find out that it looked different from regular Chromecast. Continue reading “Google Chromecast 3 with refreshed design, Bluetooth support and improved Wi-Fi surfaces in live images”
Samsung SM-G6200 has been certified by TENAA in China after rumors. The certification reveals a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display without a notch, 2.2GHz Octa-Core SoC which could be Snapdragon 660 or 710, 6GB of RAM, 12-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Samsung SM-G6200 with 5.99-inch FHD+ display, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras get certified”
After certification, Huawei has officially announced the Y9 2019 smartphone. It has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display with a narrow chin and high screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2, similar to the Honor 8X but this has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, and a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information in portrait shots and a 13-megapixel front camera along with a 2-megapixel front camera for portrait selfies, and both have AI photography features. Continue reading “Huawei Y9 2019 with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 710, 6GB RAM, dual front and rear cameras announced”
After live images, the Nokia 7.1 Plus aka X7 has been certified by TENAA. This reveals a 6.18-inch Full HD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch, 2.2GHz Octa-Core SoC with could be the Snapdragon 710, up to 6GB of RAM, 12-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 13-megapixel secondary camera, probably similar to the Nokia 7 Plus, and a 20-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia 7.1 Plus (X7) with 6.18-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, Snapdragon 710, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras gets certified”
Volkswagen and Microsoft announced that they are partnering to develop the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, a dedicated global cloud platform that will provide digital mobility services across the automaker’s portfolio. Volkswagen Automotive cloud will be built from the ground up on top of Microsoft’s Azure cloud and IoT Edge platform as its technology foundation.
Continue reading “Microsoft, Volkswagen partner to power connected cars”
Back in 2014 University of Wisconsin’s Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF has filed patent infringement lawsuit against Apple claiming that Apple’s A series chipset on iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus smartphones infringed a 1998 patent for boosting the efficiency of integrated circuits. Apple was later ordered to pay damages of around $234 million.
Continue reading “Apple wins patent infringement appeal against University of Wisconsin”
As promised, Google is rolling out Wear OS 2.1 and this brings a redesign of the OS making everything more accessible, notifications won’t take up your entire screen, swiping left on the main screen takes you to Google Assistant, and swiping right displays health data. And, changes to quick settings.
