Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red Editions announced

Samsung just announced new Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red color variants of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones. These join the Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue, and Lilac Purple versions that were introduced earlier this year. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red Editions announced”

Honor 10 with 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, 6GB RAM, dual rear AI cameras launched in India for Rs. 32999

Huawei’s Honor brand just launched its flagship Honor 10 smartphone for global markets, including India at an event in London,as it had promised. It was announced in in China last month and packs a 5.84-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with a notch, 19:9 aspect ratio and 82.6% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1 on top. Continue reading “Honor 10 with 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, 6GB RAM, dual rear AI cameras launched in India for Rs. 32999”

Qualcomm to integrate WPA3 security features across mobile and networking products

Qualcomm today announced that it is integrating WPA3 support across mobile and networking infrastructure products. WPA3 was introduced back in January and is the industry’s newest Wi-Fi security and provides robust protection for user passwords and stronger privacy in both public and private Wi-Fi networks. It is also including the recently launched 2×2 802.11ax-ready solution for client devices, the WCN3998, and IPQ807x AP platform. Continue reading “Qualcomm to integrate WPA3 security features across mobile and networking products”

OnePlus 6 India launch offers include Cashback, No Cost EMI, free device Insurance and more

OnePlus India has announced launch offers for its flagship OnePlus 6 smartphone ahead of the launch later this week. The company recently started reservations for the phone, which lasts till 16th May and pre-bookings will begin May 21st.  Continue reading “OnePlus 6 India launch offers include Cashback, No Cost EMI, free device Insurance and more”

HMD Global confirms Android P update to Nokia 5 and Nokia 6; Nokia 3.1 / Nokia 3 2018 with Android 8.0 Oreo surfaces

Nokia 6

HMD Global has been super active in rolling out updates to its smartphones be it major OS upgrades or monthly security patches. Today HMD Global’s Cheif Product Officer Juho Sarvikas has re-confirmed that it will be rolling out Android P update to Nokia 5, Nokia 6 (2017).  Continue reading “HMD Global confirms Android P update to Nokia 5 and Nokia 6; Nokia 3.1 / Nokia 3 2018 with Android 8.0 Oreo surfaces”

LG G7 ThinQ pre-order offer includes free 43-inch 4K UHD Smart TV in Canada

LG today has announced that its latest flagship; the G7 ThinQ will be up for pre-orders from May 18th until May 31st and will go on sale from June 1st. The phone will be available across major carriers and retailers.  The company is also offering a free 43” LG 4K UHD Smart TV for those who are pre-ordering the G7 ThinQ between May 18th to May 31st. Continue reading “LG G7 ThinQ pre-order offer includes free 43-inch 4K UHD Smart TV in Canada”

HP Elitebook 1000, Envy series laptops and 34-inch curved All-in-One PCs announced

HP Elitebook 1000

HP today has announced Elite 1000 series, HP EliteBook x360 1030, HP Elite x2 1013 laptops, HP EliteOne 1000 All-in-One, and more. These laptops are designed to suit your work style with amazing battery life, security, and entertainment tools and more. Continue reading “HP Elitebook 1000, Envy series laptops and 34-inch curved All-in-One PCs announced”

OPPO Realme 1 with 6-inch FHD+ display, up to 6GB RAM, Android 8.1, Face unlock launched in India starting at Rs. 8990

Earlier this month OPPO and Amazon India partnered to introduce the Realme smartphone brand, and it had promised it has launched the Realme 1 smartphone in the country. It packs a 6-inch FHD+ display with 1.98mm slim bezels on the sides and 84.8% screen-to-body ratio, but it doesn’t have a notch like the OPPO A3 that was introduced recently. It is powered by the MediaTek Helio P60 12nm SoC with up to 6GB of RAM and runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with ColorOS 5.0 on top. Continue reading “OPPO Realme 1 with 6-inch FHD+ display, up to 6GB RAM, Android 8.1, Face unlock launched in India starting at Rs. 8990”

Opera 46 for Android brings themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more

Opera Browser

Opera has rolled out a new update to its Android app bringing the version number to 46. This update brings features like themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more.  Continue reading “Opera 46 for Android brings themes, night mode, private tabs notifications and more”

Facebook suspends 200 apps over data and privacy violations

Facebook

Facebook today has announced that it has suspended 200 apps over data and privacy violations. It had investigated all the apps that had access to large amounts of information before Facebook changed its policies in 2014 significantly reducing the data apps could access. Continue reading “Facebook suspends 200 apps over data and privacy violations”

Google introduces cheaper paid storage plans under ‘Google One’ brand

Google 1

Google today has announced new changes to its storage plans including a new low-cost storage plan under a new ‘Google One’ brand. It is also converting all Google Drive paid storage plans to Google One. All paid consumer Google Drive storage plans will be upgraded to Google One and this change doesn’t affect G Suite business customers. Continue reading “Google introduces cheaper paid storage plans under ‘Google One’ brand”

Nokia X6 with 5.8-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, Snapdragon 636, dual rear cameras price, detailed specifications surface

HMD Global is all set to introduce Nokia X6, a new mid-range smartphone in the new ‘X series’ in China tomorrow, May 16th. Name of the smartphone was confirmed  recently, and the specifications of the smartphone were revealed by TENAA certification. Now the price and complete specifications of the phone have been revealed by early listing by online retailer Suning. Continue reading “Nokia X6 with 5.8-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, Snapdragon 636, dual rear cameras price, detailed specifications surface”

Google revamps Gmail with Smart Replies, confidential mode, priority notifications and more [Update: ‘Nudge’ respond reminders now rolling out]

Gmail Web

Update: Google has started rolling out respond reminder feature that will ‘nudge’ users to reply to emails they may have missed and to follow up on emails for which they haven’t received a response. This is enabled by default for users with the new Gmail enabled, but you can can turn it off from the Gmail settings menu.

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Airtel completes acquisition of Telenor India

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Airtel today announced that it has completed the acquisition Telenor India, after a year of entering into an agreement to acquire Telenor India’s running operations in seven circles – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP (East), UP (West) and Assam, and transfer of all of Telenor India’s assets including spectrum, licenses and operations, including its employees and customer base of 44 million as well as outstanding spectrum payments and other operational contracts, including tower lease. Continue reading “Airtel completes acquisition of Telenor India”