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LG Q8 (2018) with 6.2-inch FHD+ FullVision Display, military-level durability, Hi-Fi Quad DAC announced

LG has announced new Q8, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘Q series’ soon after the introduction of Q7. It has the same 6.2-inch FHD+ FullVision Display, is powered by an Octa-core Snapdragon 450 SoC with 4GB of RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. It also comes with built-in stylus with pop-memo, GIF editing and more. Continue reading “LG Q8 (2018) with 6.2-inch FHD+ FullVision Display, military-level durability, Hi-Fi Quad DAC announced”

Samsung Galaxy Note9 retail box reveals complete specs, price of 128GB and 512GB variants surface again

Samsung accidentally outed a promo video that revealed some of the feature of the Galaxy Note9 that will go official on August 9th. Now the retail box of the smartphone has surfaced that reveals complete specifications of the smartphone. This reveals a 6.4-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED screen, slightly larger than the 6.2-inch screen on the S9+ and a bigger 4000mAh battery, however Samsung is said to retain the SoC and the camera from the S9+.

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Bing Intelligent Search brings improvements to hotel booking, home services price range and more

Microsoft’s Bing search is getting new features including improvements to hotel booking experience, home services pricing and schedules, coupons, deals and more. However, all of these features are available in the US. Continue reading “Bing Intelligent Search brings improvements to hotel booking, home services price range and more”

Facebook starts testing its ‘Dating service’

Facebook at the F8 event back in May has introduced its ‘Dating Service’ and months after the announcement, Facebook is said to be testing its dating product internally with employees, according to the independent app researcher Jane Manchun Wong who found evidence of the product the within source code. Continue reading “Facebook starts testing its ‘Dating service’”

Motorola confirms it won’t launch anymore Moto Z-series phones in 2018

Moto Z3

Motorola introduced the Moto Z3 phone with 5G Moto Mod earlier this week, few months after it introduced the Moto Z3 Play. However, the Z-series phone never really gained the attention and sale figures the company wanted, and with that in mind, the company on Twitter confirmed that it wouldn’t be launching anymore Moto Z-series phones in 2018. Continue reading “Motorola confirms it won’t launch anymore Moto Z-series phones in 2018”

Garmin vivoactive 3 Music with integrated music, GPS launched in India for Rs. 25990

Garmin has launched vivoactive 3 Music,a GPS-enabled smartwatch with integrated Music support that lets you store up to 500 songs by downloading offline music playlists from select music streaming services, or transfer music from a computer directly. It has the same fitness features that was introduced with the vivoactive 3. Continue reading “Garmin vivoactive 3 Music with integrated music, GPS launched in India for Rs. 25990”

Google acknowledges it is responsible for UIDAI helpline number added to Android phonebook, will roll out a fix soon

This week Android users in India reported Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebook automatically. After a sudden uproar on Twitter, UIDAI responded saying that it has not asked or communicated with any manufacturer or service provider for providing any such facility and the said ‘18003001947’ is outdated and invalid UIDAI toll-free number. Continue reading “Google acknowledges it is responsible for UIDAI helpline number added to Android phonebook, will roll out a fix soon”

WhatsApp might be finally working on Picture-in-Picture mode for Andriod

WhatsApp might be finally working on Picture-in-Picture mode for Android after rolling out the update to iOS earlier this year. The new beta update with version number 2.18.234 hints at references to the functionality. Continue reading “WhatsApp might be finally working on Picture-in-Picture mode for Andriod”

Asus ZenBook Pro 15 with 15.6-inch 4K display, interactive ScreenPad, Nvidia GTX 1050Ti launching in India on August 13

ZenBook Pro 15

Asus today teased the launch of a new laptop in India on August 13th. According to the teaser and the official listing on Asus India website, it is confirmed that it will be ZenBook Pro 15, which was introduced at the Computex in June. This has a 5.5-inch Full HD resolution ScreenPad, an interactive display that intelligently adapt to match whatever you’re doing, making it easier and quicker to multitask and get things done. It can change functions automatically when you switch apps, and you can create your own shortcuts.
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Panasonic VL–SW274 video door phone launched in India

Panasonic VL – SW 274 Panasonic today has launched the VL–SW274 video door phone that is targeted at Single house Apartment and Condominium residential market. It comes with features like wireless monitoring, night vision with LED lights, voice change function, picture recording and electric lock release support. Continue reading “Panasonic VL–SW274 video door phone launched in India”

Asus Zenfone 5Z update adds RAW support, Panorama, camera improvements and more

ASUS launched its flagship Zenfone 5Z smartphone in India last month at a competitive price tag of Rs. 29,999. Today the company has started rolling out a new update that brings several new camera features, including option to save images in RAW format, shoot Panorama pictures, turn EIS on or off, several camera improvements, WiFi stability improvements and bug fixes. Check out the complete changelog below.

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OPPO A3s with 6.2-inch 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, 4230mAh battery launched in India [Update: 3GB RAM, 32GB storage version launched for Rs. 13990]

Update: OPPO has launched the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage version of the A3s smartphone in India for Rs. 13990. It is now available from offline stores, and should be available from Flipkart as well soon.

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UIDAI says it has not asked telcos to save toll-free number in phonebooks

Several Android and some iOS users in India are reporting about the sudden Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number being saved in their contacts by default. UIDAI has replaced the helpline number with new 1800-300-1947 that got into people’s phonebooks without their consent. Continue reading “UIDAI says it has not asked telcos to save toll-free number in phonebooks”

Is Xiaomi messing up with Notification Panel again? [Update: Swipe to expand notifications back in recent MIUI 10 Beta update]

Update: Option to expand notifications by swiping down is now back with MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM 8.8.2, so chances are high for Xiaomi to bring back this feature to stable update in future.

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Gboard for Android gets support for 18 new languages, Handwriting Input gains four new languages

Gboard

Google is rolling out a new update to Gboard which is bringing support for 16 new language variants, Handwriting Input for 4 others, though the official changelog says 18 new languages. Furthermore, it is adding support for Japanese in Android TV and improvements to Morse code. Continue reading “Gboard for Android gets support for 18 new languages, Handwriting Input gains four new languages”