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Apple’s Taiwan manufacturer Wistron Corp is said to be on the verge of closing a land deal in Bengaluru and is also is likely to invest about $157 million to develop the site, according to a latest report from Reuters. Continue reading “Apple’s manufacturer Wistron nears land deal in Bengaluru, to invest $157 million: Report”
Back in September 2016, Google introduced Google Stations, a new internet access platform for partners to setup, maintain and monetize their Wi-Fi networks in their places with Google Fiber. Later in February last year, Google bagged Rs. 150 crore deal to provide WiFi across Pune via its Google Station initiative.
Continue reading “Google launches 150 Google Station Wi-Fi hotspots across Pune”
Airtel and Jio have readily committed to investing Rs. 74,000 by next fiscal year to upgrade and expand infrastructure and address the issue of call drops said Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan post the DoT review. Continue reading “Airtel, Jio commit to invest Rs. 74,000 crore to expand infrastructure over call drops”
Update: Flipkart has now confirmed that Xiaomi is indeed launching the Rose Gold Redmi 5A smartphone.
VLC has finally added support for Chromecast, which was first introduced back in 2013. The latest beta update for Android with V2.9.0 also brings support for Samsung’s DeX as well as improved Chromebook support. Continue reading “VLC for Android beta adds Chromecast and Samsung DeX support”
Google is rolling out a new update to the Photo app bringing the version number to V3.13. Unlike the recent updates, the latest version brings new features including motion photos search filter, photo book notifications, controls over promo notifications and more. Continue reading “Google Photos v3.13 brings motion photos search filter, photo book notifications and more”
Android is the primary target for hackers to inject malware and Trojans. While Google actively purses in eliminating any vulnerabilities, some still make it in the form of Apps. Today Google has announced that it took down 700,000 bad apps that violated the Google Play policies from Play Store in 2017 which is also 70% more than the apps that it took down in 2016. Continue reading “Google took down over 700,000 bad apps from Play Store in 2017, 70% more than 2016”
Snapchat today introduced Bitmoji Deluxe feature with hundreds of new ways to customize your Bitmoji. The Bitmoji Deluxe feature includes new skin tones, hairstyles, eye and hair colors, facial features, and accessories. Continue reading “Snapchat gets Bitmoji Deluxe with new skin tones, facial features and more”
Apple has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. The company’s inability to be transparent enough with the battery throttling issue dented the brand’s credibility among the common audience. And, now for the same reason, we hear that Apple is said to have been delayed some major iOS features like the re-designed home screen, in-car user interfaces, improvements to core apps to focus on reliability and performance for iOS 12. Continue reading “Apple said to delay major iOS features to focus on reliability and performance for iOS 12”
Samsung has reported its earnings for Q4 2017, in which the company has made operating profit of 15.15 trillion won ($14.13 billion), up 64.3% YoY for the quarter that ended December 31, 2017. This is a new all-time high quarterly profit, due to strong sales of memory products for servers and mobile storage as well as OLED panels for premium smartphones. Continue reading “Samsung reports record profits in Q4 2017, up 64% YoY, expects strong Galaxy S9 sales”
Update: Google India today clarified that Hindi support for the Assistant has not been launched and Hindi support is only available in the Google Assistant as part of Allo. Check out the official statement below.
The Google Assistant on Android phones and iPhones is currently available in English in India, built for English input but supporting a few selected Hindi queries. While we’ve launched the Hindi Google Assistant on Allo, it’s not available on phones yet. We are looking to bring the Assistant experience to more Indian languages over time.
ASUS just sent out invites for its Mobile World Congress (2018) event in Barcelona on February 27th. The invite says #BACKTO5 with the number 5 and also has “We Love Photo” tag same as the ZenFone 4 series. It also has Qualcomm Snapdragon branding along with the ASUS branding. All these hint at the announcement of ASUS Zenfone 5 series powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs. Continue reading “ASUS MWC 2018 event scheduled for February 27, Zenfone 5 series with Snapdragon SoCs expected”
Back in October last year, a report said that Reliance Jio will stop the JioPhone production to focus on Android smartphone, but it resumed the sale of the phone later. Today at an event TL Lee, Head of Mobiles at MediaTek said that the company will partner with Reliance Jio to launch a new Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone in India this year under the LYF brand. He also said that the phone will be powered by MT6739 SoC. JioPhone uses Spreadtrum SP9820A and Qualcomm 205 SoCs.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio, MediaTek to partner for Android Oreo Go Edition smartphone”
Xiaomi today announced that it has opened its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore. This is the third Mi Home store in Tamil Nadu, after two Mi Home Stores in Chennai, and it is the 21st Mi Home Store in India after Mi Home stores in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Madhya Pradesh. It has also silently opened its 22nd store in Indore.
Continue reading “Xiaomi opens its first Mi Home Store in Coimbatore”
