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Essential launched the PH-1 back in May 2017 and it opened up to pretty bad reviews for its camera. Though the company has been working and consistently pushing timely updates, it still is not on the same levels of its competitors. However, the company today has acknowledged the same and confirmed that its next-gen will come with a better optics. Continue reading “Essential Phone 2 will have a better camera says the company”
YouTube is planning to release a new version of its YouTube Kids app that will only show and display videos from channels that a team of YouTube curators handpicks. The updated version will also have an option that parents can select alongside the algorithmic version. Continue reading “YouTube Kids to get Whitelisted version that shows human-curated non-algorithmic content”
Back in February, it is reported that Google is working on a mysterious Material Design 2 which was spotted in Google’s open source repository for Chrome and Chrome OS. However, Google quickly made the Commit private as soon as the news broke. However, there few changes to the Commit once again and it now appears that the Chrome browser will receive a full-blown redesign during September. Continue reading “Google Chrome said to get full-scale Material Design 2 revamp in September”
Xiaomi today at its first-ever Supplier Investment Summit in India announced that it is opening three more smartphone plants in India. Xiaomi has also started manufacturing smartphones at its power bank plant in partnership with Hipad Technology in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, bringing the total smartphone manufacturing plants in India to Six. Continue reading “Xiaomi announces local manufacturing of PCBA units, launches 3 new smartphone manufacturing plants in India”
Xiaomi is all set to announce the Black Shark gaming phone on April 13th, now ahead of the official launch, the phone has surfaced online revealing the rear-side design of the phone. Unlike most of the smartphones launching these days, the Black Shark comes with a rugged design much like the Galaxy S active series phones. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone with rugged design, dual-rear cameras surfaces in live image”
Airtel has launched new 300Mbps Home Broadband plan, after more than a year of introducing V-Fiber plan with speeds up to 100Mbps in the country. The 300Mbps FTTH (Fiber-To-the-Home) based plan comes at a monthly rental of Rs. 2199 and offers 1200GB of ultra-high speed data along with unlimited STD/Local calling benefits. Continue reading “Airtel launches 300Mbps FTTH-based Home Broadband plan”
Essential rolled out the Android 8.1 Oreo update back in March with features like better multitasking, improved notifications and more. Today the company is rolling out a new 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, modem stability fixes and more. Continue reading “Essential Phone gets new Android 8.1 Oreo build with April security patch, Bluetooth 5.0, stability fixes and more”
Twitter for months is now trying to push users to its own app showcasing its hostile behavior towards third-party apps. Features like group DMs, polls, and Moments never made it to third-party apps. In fact, it also introduced a token limit a few years ago causing popular clients to stop working suddenly. Continue reading “Twitter delays the implementation of new ‘Account Activity API’ that would kill third-party clients”
Snapchat is now rolling out their first TrueDepth-Enhanced AR Lenses for iPhone X and is now officially implementing Apple’s TrueDepth camera technology in its Lenses selfie-feature. With the new silent update, iPhone X users who use Snapchat will be able to use augmented reality masks pop-ups that take advantage of the Apple’s facial mapping technology. Continue reading “Snapchat rolls out TrueDepth-Optimised AR Lenses for iPhone X”
After retracting messages sent by Mark Zuckerberg from the recipients’ inboxes, Facebook confirmed that it would soon let everyone unsend messages and is already considering how to build this product. However, the ability won’t be coming anytime and might take several months. The company also clarified that it would no longer retract messages of executives until the feature is available to everyone. Continue reading “Facebook to eventually allow everyone to unsend messages”
Following the Airtel way, Reliance Jio has also announced the deployment of its Massive MIMO Pre-5G technology, to provide high-speed data experience to its customers in Delhi and Mumbai stadium during IPL matches. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to deploy Massive MIMO pre-5G technology in Delhi and Mumbai cricket stadiums for IPL”
Logitech today has launched the first of its kind Logitech MK235 Wireless Devanagari Keyboard Combo, as well as wired Devanagari keyboard K120 under the Digi Bharath campaign which is a part of the flagship Digital India initiative. With the Devanagari Keyboard, the company is aiming to reach 40-crore Hindi speaking people in India. Continue reading “Logitech K120 Hindi keyboard and MK235 Wireless Hindi keyboard combo launched in India starting at Rs. 695”
Earlier this week Xiaomi’s Black Shark confirmed the announcement of Black Shark gaming phone will be announced on April 13th and also confirmed that Xiaomi has invested in the company. Today the company has released the first teaser image of the phone that reveals a metal frame and green colored power button. Continue reading “Xiaomi Black Shark gaming phone teased in first image ahead of April 13 announcement”
LG posted record profits of 921.5 billion won (US$ 798.3 million), up 82.4% YoY in Q1 2017. The company today released preliminary earnings results for the first quarter of 2018 which shows operating profit of 1.1 trillion won (US$1 billion), up 20.2% year-on-year, marking the highest first quarter revenues and operating profit in the history of the company and highest quarterly operating income in nine years. Continue reading “LG forecasts highest quarterly profit in 9 years in Q1 2018”
Uber India has announced that is has started rolling out payment authorization hold feature that allows Uber to authorize hold your upfront fare amount before your trip begins for non-cash credit and debit card payment method for every trip requested. Uber says that this is to confirm that a user’s account is active and available to fund their trips. Continue reading “Uber now holds upfront fare amount for credit and debit card payments in India”
