BlackBerry KEY2 press image surfaces ahead of announcement on June 7

BlackBerry recently confirmed that introduce its KEY2 at an event in New York City on June 7th as the successor to last year’s KEYone. We had already seen press renders of the phone back in April, thanks to @evleaks we have more press renders that shows the 4.5-inch display with the June 7th date, keyboard on the front, dual rear cameras on the back and textured back. Continue reading “BlackBerry KEY2 press image surfaces ahead of announcement on June 7”

Microsoft confirms it will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion; GitHub will operate independently and remain an open platform

After several rumors Microsoft has confirmed that it will acquire open source software development platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in all stock consideration. It also said that GitHub will retain its developer-first ethos, operate independently and remain an open platform. Continue reading “Microsoft confirms it will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion; GitHub will operate independently and remain an open platform”

Asus ROG Phone with 6-inch AMOLED 90Hz HDR display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, up to 512GB storage, AeroActive Cooler announced

Asus’s ROG at the Computex 2018 in Taiwan introduced the ROG Phone, the company’s first gaming smartphone. It has a 6-inch Full HD+ AMOLED  HDR 90Hz, 1ms response time AMOLED display with DCIP3 gamut with Gaming HDR and Mobile HDR supported by dedicate hardware display chip, is powered by Snapdragon 845 SoC that is clocked up to 2.96GHz with 8GB RAM. It has new GameCool system that improves thermals with a copper heat spreader and 3D vapor chamber that efficiently transfer heat away from the SoC and into the body, says the company.

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Asus ROG Strix SCAR II and Strix Hero II laptops, ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 tri-band Wi-Fi router and more announced

TUF Gaming today has introduced the M5 mouse, K5 keyboard, H5 headset, GT501 chassis and the FX10CP desktop. These products are developed by the company’s internal teams, plus an array of components produced by TUF Gaming Alliance partners. It also introduced new products in the ROG series. Continue reading “Asus ROG Strix SCAR II and Strix Hero II laptops, ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 tri-band Wi-Fi router and more announced”

Xiaomi introduces Mi Home mosquito repellent and Mi Mini Scooter for Kids

Xiaomi introduced its first mosquito repellent back in 2016, now it has introduced a second-generation mosquito repellent in China that is more powerful and a new design that uses AA batteries instead of power from a power bank or a wall socket. The company has also introduced a new Mi Mini Scooter for Kids Continue reading “Xiaomi introduces Mi Home mosquito repellent and Mi Mini Scooter for Kids”

Google app v8.6 hints at Assistant contacts, updated material design theme and more

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Google has rolled out a fresh new update to its Google app which brings the version number to v8.6. The new update brings more references to ‘Your People screen’ and Google Assistant for Households by adding personal details to contacts and it will also have an option to enable or disable Assistant on the Pixel Buds while your phone’s lockscreen is active Continue reading “Google app v8.6 hints at Assistant contacts, updated material design theme and more”

Instagram News Feed uses machine learning to create unique feed for everyone

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Instagram ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016 and today the company has showcased a new feed ranking algorithm. The company will use machine learning to create a unique feed for everyone. Since it is focused on machine learning, even if you follow exact same accounts as someone else, your feed will be unique and depend on how you interact with those accounts. Continue reading “Instagram News Feed uses machine learning to create unique feed for everyone”

Moto G6 Play with 5.7-inch HD+ display, Android Oreo, 4000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 11999

Motorola along with the Moto G6 also launched the Moto G6 Play, a budget smartphone in the Moto G series in India as it had promised. The successor of 2016’s Moto G4 Play packs a 5.7-inch HD+ Max Visiondisplay, is powered by a Snapdragon 430 with up to 3GB RAM, runs Android 8.0 (Oreo), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera that also comes with LED flash. Continue reading “Moto G6 Play with 5.7-inch HD+ display, Android Oreo, 4000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 11999”

Moto G6 with 5.7-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras, Android Oreo launched in India starting at Rs. 13999

Motorola just launched the Moto G6, successor of last year’s Moto G5  in India at an event in Delhi, as it had promised. The smartphone was introduced back in April, packs a 5.7-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass screen with 18:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Snapdragon 450 with up to 4GB of RAM, runs Android 8.0 (Oreo), comes with a 12-megapixel rear cameras with f/1.8 aperture along with a secondary 5-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots. It comes with an 16-megapixel front camera with LED flash and 4MP adaptive low light mode. Continue reading “Moto G6 with 5.7-inch FHD+ display, dual rear cameras, Android Oreo launched in India starting at Rs. 13999”

Here’s what to expect from Apple at WWDC 2018

Apple will kickstart the WWDC event later today where the company will introduce the next major upgrades to iOS, macOS, WatchOS, tvOS, and many other hardware products like the AirPods, AirPower, and if everything falls into place, we might see the iPhone SE 2. In this article lets run down things and see what to expect from Apple at WWDC 2018. Continue reading “Here’s what to expect from Apple at WWDC 2018”

Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite with 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 gets certified

Xiaomi Xiaomi M1805D1SC, M1805D1SE, and M1805D1ST got certified by TENAA in China last week. Now the phone has been certified by the FCC with the model number M1805D1SG , which reveals the dimensions of the phone that coincides with the TENAA certification, and the certification by Singapore’s Communications Authority with the same model number reveals that the phone will released as Mi A2 Lite, so there are chances that the we might see recently-introduced Mi 6X as Mi A2. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite with 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 gets certified”

Facebook to remove ‘Trending’ topics section

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Facebook today announced that it is removing Trending section from the platform to make way for future news experiences on Facebook. It introduced trending back in 2014 in a way to help users to discover trending news and topics. Continue reading “Facebook to remove ‘Trending’ topics section”

Unicode 11.0 brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more

Unicode 11.0

Unicode published the final Emoji 11.0 list of Emojis for 2018 back in February and today the company announced that the 11.0 will arrive on June 5th. This brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more. Continue reading “Unicode 11.0 brings 66 new emojis including softball, kangaroo, partying face, parrot, and more”

Apple releases macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 with Messages in iCloud, stability, performance improvements, security updates

Apple has released macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 that brings Messages in iCloud, which lets you store messages with their attachments in iCloud . This lets you get backup and sync messages across all Macs, iPhones, and iPads running the latest software update and also get them when setting up a new Mac from scratch. Previously it required you to restore it from a Mac backup. The update also brings stability and performance improvements and security updates.

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ARM announces Cortex-A76 CPU, Mali-G76 GPU and Mali-V76 VPU

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ARM today announced the Cortex-A76 CPU, Mali-G76 GPU, and the Mali-V76 Video Processing Unit. The Cortex-A76 CPU is a new microarchitecture enabling 35 percent more performance year-over-year for increased productivity and ARM-G76 GPU offers untethered gaming and on-device machine learning (ML) with 30 percent higher efficiency and performance over previous generations. Continue reading “ARM announces Cortex-A76 CPU, Mali-G76 GPU and Mali-V76 VPU”