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Eurasian regulatory database which has a history of tipping Apple products ( AirPods, iPhone 7, new MacBooks and the latest iPad) is back again, and this time it points at a handful of unannounced iPhone models spanning eleven model identifiers. Continue reading “Regulatory filings reveal a new iPhone launch soon, could be iPhone SE 2”
Huawei’s Honor brand just announced the Honor 10, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in China, as it had promised. It packs a 5.84-inch Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with a notch and 19:9 aspect ratio, is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 970 10nm SoC with i7 co-processor,runs on Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.1 on top, same as the P20 that was introduced last month.
Truecaller just announced that it has hit 100 million daily active users globally. With this new achievement, Truecaller in less than a year has moved passed from 100 million monthly active users (MAUs) to 100 million daily active users (DAUs). Continue reading “Truecaller hits 100 million daily active users worldwide”
Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA today announced that its high-performance mobile chip platform Spreadtrum SC9850 and SC7731E fully support Google’s Android 8.1 (Go version). The company’s collaboration with Google for Android Go will provide devices with robust security and a better performance experience.
Continue reading “Spreadtrum announces support for Android Oreo (Go edition)”
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has launched Strix GL503GE and Zenphyrus GX501GI, gaming laptops in India powered by 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GTX 10 series GPU. The GL503 and GX501 come with 120Hz and 144Hz high refresh rate respectively for immersive gaming experience.
Lenovo-owned Moto back in September last year confirmed the list of devices that will get the Android 8.0 (Oreo) update. Now the company has finally started rolling out stable Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the Moto Z Play smartphone in the country. Continue reading “Moto Z Play Android 8.0 Oreo update finally starts rolling out in India”
Halfbrick Studios, the creator of Fruit Nija released Jetpack Joyride game back in 2012, which recently crossed 500 million downloads, now it has got a new version exclusively made for India. The game has been created by Mech Mocha, Bangalore-based gaming start-up, in partnership with Halfbrick Studios.
Continue reading “Jetpack Joyride exclusive India version released for Android and iOS”
Microsoft today announced that its Translator is getting A.I powered offline translations in a handful of languages. It allows both end-users and third-party app developers to take advantage of the neural translation technology whether the device is connected to the cloud or offline. Continue reading “Microsoft Translator gets AI-powered offline translation in 11 languages”
Intel has announced that it is shutting down the New Devices Group (NDG), and is also suspending the Vaunt smart glasses project which was revealed back in February. The report from The Information also notes that this drastic change will also result in “some layoffs” from the team that is reported to have around 200 people. Continue reading “Intel is shutting its smart glasses division”
Snapchat released the Lens Studio for Mac and Windows that lets you design and build AR lenses for Snapchat back in December. Today it is bringing a new set of features for Lens Studio including seven brand new templates for the creation of face lenses. Continue reading “Snapchat Lens Studio now lets anyone create face filters, integrates GIPHY GIFs”
Last Google replaced SMS based verification with device-based Prompts. However, that was not the case for iOS, and they had to rely on Google app for two-factor authentication when logging in. To save them from the trouble, Google is now rolling out the 2-Step verification prompts for iOS Gmail app. Continue reading “Gmail for iOS gets two-Step verification prompts”
InFocus just launched Vision 3 Pro, the company’s latest smartphone and the successor of last year’s Vision 3 in India. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 82.4% screen-to-body ratio, and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with SMILE UX, same as the predecessor, but this has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 8-megapixel camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens and a 13-megapixel front camera with Face ID to unlock the phone in 0.5 seconds. Continue reading “InFocus Vision 3 PRO with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 4GB RAM, dual rear cameras, 4000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 10999”
OnePlus today announced that it is partnering with Marvel Studios to celebrate its 10th anniversary with Avengers: Infinity War, which arrives in theatres on April 27, 2018. It tied up with Disney India back in December last year to launch OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition, so we can expect OnePlus 6 Avengers: Infinity War Limited Edition smartphone along with the standard version, which is expected to be introduced later this month or early next month.
Continue reading “OnePlus teams up with Marvel for Avengers: Infinity War”
Opera launched its free VPN app for Android and iOS back in 2016. Today it has announced that it will be shutting down the app on April 30th. The company recently shut down its Opera Max data saving app, which was acquired by Samsung. Opera desktop browser has built-in VPN service. The company recently disabled option to select the region. Continue reading “Opera VPN app for Android and iOS shutting down on April 30”
Motorola has been expanding its retail footprint across India rapidly. Now the company has announced the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in Telangana, across top 8 cities including Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Nalgonda, Khammam, Nizamabad, Mancherial to further strengthen their retail presence in the southern market. Earlier this week it opened 60 Moto Hub stores in Madhya Pradesh. Continue reading “Motorola expands retail footprint with 50 Moto Hub stores in Telangana”
