most important news
Samsung today announced that its flagship product; Samsung Pay in India is now capable of doing bill payments within the app. Using the latest feature, you can payMobile postpaid, Electricity, DTH, Broadband, Landline, Gas, Water bills with UPI on Samsung Pay. Continue reading “Samsung Pay update adds support for Bill Payments in India”
Ericsson together with Qualcomm and in collaboration with 9 leading telecom operators AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile US, Verizon, and Vodafone today conducted a multivendor 5G interoperability test compliant with the global 3GPP standard for 5G New Radio (NR) Non-standalone (NSA), which also got its specs approved today. This was held in both the Ericsson Lab in Kista, Sweden and the Qualcomm Research lab in New Jersey, USA. Continue reading “Ericsson and Qualcomm with 9 other telecom operators achieve multi-band 5G NR interoperability”
Karbonn Mobiles has launched K9 Music 4G, the company’s latest budget msuc smartphone with dual speakers and 3 months of unlimited music download on Saavn App. It has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 7.0 Nougat, has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn K9 Music 4G with dual speakers launched for Rs. 4990”
Maps.Me navigation service today has announced Star Wars saga’s filming location routes will be available download and can be accessed from Maps.Me app, especially for the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie. This indeed is an exciting opportunity for Star Wars fans to visit and witness the real locations where the epic franchise is being filmed. Continue reading “MAPS.ME introduces Star Wars saga’s filming locations route on maps”
Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered new Android trojan malware Loapi is said to be using Android-powered phones to mine Monero tokens (a kind of cryptocurrency); an activity that is not in control of phone owners. This activity is said to be not just overheating phones, but also causing physical damage to the phone. Continue reading “Cryptocurrency mining Android malware ‘Loapi’ can damage phones”
10.or is back with another smartphone after the 10.or E and 10.or G . Today it has launched 10.or D, the company’s most affordable smartphone as a part of “Crafted for Amazon” programme. It has a 5.2-inch HD screen, is powered by Snapdragon 425 Mobile Platform, runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), which is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo). Continue reading “10.or D with 5.2-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor, 3500mAh battery launched starting at Rs. 4999”
LG today introduced range of monitors with Nano IPS technology, support for HDR600 with even higher dynamic range of peak brightness and full Thunderbolt 3 compatibility, ahead of CES 2018 next month. Continue reading “LG introduces 4K and UltraWide 5K monitors with Nano IPS tech ahead of CES 2018”
Niantic, the makers of Pokémon GO today announced an update for iOS devices that brings advanced AR+ support which leverages on Apple’s ARKit framework. This update will only be available for iPhones running on iOS 11 on the iPhone 6s and later devices. Continue reading “Pokemon Go for iOS uses Apple’s ARKit tools to bring advanced AR+ features”
Twitter currently uses SMS sent through the carrier for two-factor verification, today the company has announced third-party app support for two-factor authentication as well. The company says that SMS or text message based codes are inferior in terms of security and even when you’re traveling places where the carrier connectivity is poor which makes it hard for the SMS to go through Continue reading “Twitter rolls out third-party app support for two-factor authentication as an alternative to SMS”
Recently there were reports that said Apple might be intentionally slowing down old iPhones as batteries age basing on proofs gathered from Reddit and Geekbench test results, and today Apple has openly confirmed to throttling performance of iPhones with aged batteries. Continue reading “Apple confirms throttling performance of old iPhones with aging batteries”
Apple already offers a novel way for iPhone and iPads to communicate with computers via easy-to-use applications, however, the same didn’t go very well on Apple’s desktops and laptops. The Mac Store apps have a limited section and rarely updated apps. With an aim to change everything, Apple is now focusing on unifying iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create one user experience. Continue reading “Apple said to unify iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps to create one user experience”
Garmin today launched Vivosport, its latest smart activity tracker with built-in Elevate wrist-based heart rate sensor that monitors heart rate 24×7. It was introduced back in August and comes with Chroma color touchscreen display with built-in sports apps to track both indoor and outdoor workouts such as strength training, cycling, cardio and more.
Vivo launched the V7 , a mid-range selfie-focused smartphone in India last month in Champagne Gold and Matte Black colors. Today it has launched new Energetic Blue color variant in the country, similar to the V7+ that got the Blue version last month.
Continue reading “Vivo V7 Energetic Blue color variant launched in India”
Old phones certainly slow down over the period of time when they run their course, though Apple phones, thanks to the asking price remained an exception. However, it looks like it is slowly changing as users on Reddit have found evidence that proves Apple appears to be intentionally slowing down old iPhones that have low capacity batteries. Continue reading “Apple might be intentionally slowing down old iPhones as batteries age”
Gionee launched the A1 Plus smartphone in India back in July this year for Rs. 26,999 and the A1 Lite smartphone was launched in August in the country at a price tag of Rs. 14,999. Today the company has announced a price cut for both the smartphones. Continue reading “Gionee A1 Plus and A1 Lite get a price cut in India”
