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Microsoft today is launching its re-branded Microsoft News app for Android, iOS and other platforms. Microsoft News is the new name for the company’s new engine that powers familiar sites like MSN.com, and this also powers the news on Microsoft Edge, the News app in Windows 10, Skype, Xbox, and Outlook.com. Continue reading “Microsoft News (rebranded MSN) app with new design for Android, iOS and other platforms released”
Instagram at an event in San Francisco has finally announced the IGTV standalone application for watching long-form, vertical video from your favorite Instagram creators just as reported. As the name suggests, you’ll also be able to watch long-form videos within the Instagram app so the entire community of one billion can use it from the very start. Continue reading “Instagram IGTV long-form video platform for creators released for Android and iOS”
Myntra today has debuted into the wearable segment and has built the software platform that will power its wearable devices as well as the ones developed by the third-party device makers. The platform is called ‘Myntra Wearable Platform’, and is developed by the company’s innovation labs unit. This platform allows wearable devices to discover and communicate with each other. Continue reading “Myntra launches Blink Go water-resistant fitness tracker with heart rate sensor; announces Wearable Platform”
Truecaller is now rolling out a new update to its app which brings a set of new Pro features including a re-designed Who Viewed My Profile, Private mode, and other regular features like Ad-free experience, contact requests, Pro badge for your profile. Continue reading “Truecaller Pro updated with re-designed Who Viewed My Profile, Private mode”
Back in April this year LG Electronics signed South Korea’s most popular K-Pop boy band, BTS as its brand ambassador for smartphones globally. Today the company has introduced exclusive BTS-themed content for 2017 and 2018 LG smartphone models. The BTS Value Pack includes seven themes, one for each member of BTS. This completely transforms the UI including home screens, menus, dialing screens, among others.
UNISOC (Previously Spreadtrum) has announced SC9863, the company’s latest mid-range Octa-Core processor that has Cortex-A55 cores and SC9832E with Cortex A53 cores for budget smartphones at an event in India. The company did not reveal which fabrication process technology it uses in SC9863, but it has confirmed that SC9832E uses 28nm HPC+ processor technology. The company recently announced new brand name, identity and definition – UNISOC that completes the integration of Spreadtrum and RDA. Continue reading “UNISOC SC9863 1.6 GHz Octa-Core (Cortex-A55) processor with Dual 4G VoLTE, AI features and Quad-Core SC9832E announced in India”
Xiaomi has achieved a new milestone by opening its 1000th authorized service center in India in Hyderabad. This includes 500 service centers for Mi TV. It opened its 500th service center in Bengaluru back in June last year. Xiaomi’s service centers are now in over 600 cities in 4 years since the company entered India. The company said that it has over 6000 workforce contributing to the service network. Continue reading “Xiaomi now has 1000 service centers in over 600 cities across India, leader in after sales service”
After Kerala, Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, Airtel has announced massive network expansion in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of its network transformation initiative – Project Leap. During the FY 18-19, Airtel plans to roll out 15,000 new mobile sites that translates to one new site being added every hour along with an addition of more than 3000 kilometers of optic fiber. Continue reading “Airtel to deploy 15000 new mobile sites, Massive MIMO pre-5G technology, 3000 kms of additional optic fiber in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”
Panasonic today launched P90, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC with 1GB RAM, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), has an 5-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED and packs a 2400mAh battery. Continue reading “Panasonic P90 with 5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass Protection, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 5599”
Amazon India today has announced that Echo users can now control their Smart Home cameras, ACs, TVs and set-top boxes with just their voice. You can switch on the lamp, turn on the geyser without getting out of bed or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie without lifting a finger. Continue reading “Amazon Alexa now lets you control smart home cameras, ACs, TVs, set-top boxes and more with voice”
Xiaomi has finally scheduled an event for the announcement of Redmi 6 Pro and the Mi Pad 4, successor of last year’s Mi Pad 3 in China on June 25th. The Mi 6 Pro will have a 19:9 aspect ratio display with a notch, AI powered dual rear cameras, Snapdragon 625 and a 4000mAh battery, as mentioned in the invite, and the Mi Pad 4’s back is teased in the invite and the company also confirms that it will have an 8-inch display.
Facebook has confirmed that it is starting to roll out autoplay video ads inside Messenger. This makes things way more annoying to have messages and ads sit right next to each other. To remind you, Messenger first started showing ads almost a year ago, but they were static ads, not video. Continue reading “Facebook starts rolling out autoplay video ads inside Messenger”
TP-Link today announced the availability of the Deco M9 Plus Tri-band Mesh Wi-Fi 2-Pack System. It features AC2200 speeds and tri-band Wi-Fi with dedicated backhaul to deliver fast, dependable connections to more than 100 devices throughout your entire home. It also doubles as a smart home hub for your IoT devices. Continue reading “TP-Link introduces Deco M9 Plus Tri-band Mesh Wi-Fi System”
Adobe today has finally released the Spark app for Android in beta, the app was available on Web and iOS for a while now. It is the company’s storytelling app that includes ‘Page,’ ‘Post,’ and ‘Video.’ The app can create collages, flyers, and social posts based on a set of templates. Continue reading “Adobe Spark for Android with intelligent graphic design, typography, design filters and more released in beta”
Last month Idea Cellular started commercial roll out of VoLTE services across six circles – Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) & Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, and, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, after rolling it out to its employees in the first phase. Later it expanded expanded VoLTE services to 9 more circles – Mumbai, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, UP East, UP West, Bihar, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Continue reading “Idea VoLTE services now available across all its 4G circles, offers 30GB free data”
