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Facebook has confirmed a data-sharing partnership with Chinese firms, according to a report from WSJ. The company said to have struck deals with at least four Chinese electronics firms, including Huawei Technologies Co which according to the US intelligence authorities poses a potential national security threat. Continue reading “Facebook confirms data-sharing partnerships with Chinese firms”
A new version of chrome has been rolled out slightly after the rollout of the Chrome 67 public release. This update brings the version to Chrome 68 and adds features like new payment handler API, adblocker Chrome redirections, changes to web app install banners, and more. Continue reading “Chrome Beta 68 for Android shrinks install banners, brings new payment handler API and more”
Apple today has officially rebranded the iTunes Connect to App Store Connect and it confirmed the same in developer blog. There will no change in terms of functionality and it offers the same thing as iTunes Connect. It also includes a brand new iOS app to make the process of uploading, submitting, and managing applications easier. Continue reading “Apple rebrands iTunes Connect to App Store Connect”
Back in December last year Airtel updated its Airtel TV app that offers Live TV channels as well as Regional & International content. It also announced that the entire content catalogue of Airtel TV will be available for its users on a free subscription basis till June 2018. Today the company has announced that the Airtel TV Android app has crossed 50 million downloads with 40 million download in just 9 months, since it hit 10 million in August 2017. Continue reading “Airtel TV app for Android clocks 50 million downloads; free subscription for all customers extended till December 2018”
Google rolled out the Android P Beta 2 (DP3) update to Pixel series smartphones with final APIs, SDK, and Play Store publishing today. Now Essential Phone is getting the Android P Beta 1 update (DP2) with bug fixes & June security patch. Continue reading “Essential Phone Android P Beta with bug fixes and June security patch rolling out”
Google released Android developer preview for Android ‘P’ back in March and the first Beta (DP2) was released a the Google I/O last month. Today the company has released Beta 2 (DP 3) for the Pixel smartphones, as it had promised. Continue reading “Google releases Android P Beta 2 with final APIs, brings 157 new emojis”
Motorola just announced the Moto Z3 Play, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Moto Z series with support for Moto Mods, as expected. It has a 6-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display, is powered by Snapdragon 636 SoC with 4GB of RAM, has 12-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 5-megapixel camera for depth-sensing AI photo features, including Cinemagraphs and support for Google Lens. Continue reading “Moto Z3 Play with 6-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display, Snapdragon 636, AI dual rear cameras announced”
Microsoft at the Computex event in Japan has introduced a new category of teamwork devices; the Windows Collaboration Displays. The main goal of these devices is to allow people to experience Microsoft 365 collaboration tools like Office, Teams, and Whiteboard at room scale, and include built-in sensors that can connect to Azure IoT spatial intelligence capabilities. Continue reading “Microsoft introduces Windows Collaboration Displays cheaper than Surface Hubs”
Instagram might be planning on introducing an ability to allow users to post hour long videos soon and way off video length constraints. This would open to new possibilities and creative flexibility. This also brings Instagram closer to YouTube and its own parent company, Facebook. Continue reading “Instagram said to allow users to post hour long videos soon”
Along with the Honor Play and the new Honor 9i smartphones, the company also introduced new Clear Headphones, which is the world’s first headphones to feature sensors for real-time heart-rate detection. It also trains you to relax by analysing your stress level by heart rate variability (HRV) algorithm and provides feedback. It it is certified for Hi-Res audio playback. Continue reading “Honor Clear Headphones is the first wired headphones with real-time heart rate detection”
Airtel today announced that it will continue to make significant investments to further expand its operations and network footprint across Kerala as a part of its ongoing network expansion program Project Leap. Continue reading “Airtel will deploy 5000 new mobile sites, 500 kms of additional optic fiber in FY 2018-19 in Kerala”
Huawei’s Honor brand back in February started manufacturing the Honor 7X in Tamil Nadu, India in partnership with Flex at its plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Today the company announced that now started manufacturing Honor 9 Lite locally in India in the same plant, as a commitment to ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Continue reading “After Honor 7X, Honor 9 Lite is now being manufactured in Tamil Nadu”
Huawei’s Honor brand along with the Honor Play, also introduced the new Honor 9i smartphone in China. It has a 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display with a notch, is powered by Kirin 659 SoC with 4GB RAM and runs Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0, similar to the Huawei P20 Lite or Nova 3e, but this has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots and a 16-megapixel camera on the front.
Intex today has launched the BSH 2000 Wireless Headphone, HFK 601 wired earphones, BT 208 wireless earphones, BS 10 and BS 20 Bluetooth speakers, BT 14 and BT 208 wireless earphones in India. The company says that these are designed to attract on-the-go users. Continue reading “Intex BSH 2000 and BT 208 Wireless Headphones, HFK 601 wired earphones, BS 10 and BS 20 Bluetooth speakers and more launched”
Huawei Honor brand at the Honor Play launch event introduced new GPU Turbo graphics processing acceleration technology that combines hardware and software to increase graphics processing efficiency on its smartphones. Continue reading “Honor’s new GPU Turbo technology will boost graphics processing efficiency in Honor 10, View 10, 9 Lite and 7X smartphones”
