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After a year of launching Oculus Touch, the company today has started rolling out the Rift Core 2.0 beta for those who opt-in beta testing. The beta update brings three major changes; a complete overhaul of Home redesigned Oculus desktop app; and a brand-new system interface Dash. Continue reading “Oculus Rift Core 2.0 beta with revamped home, redesigned Oculus desktop app starts rolling out”
Apple has successfully stopped Xiaomi from trademarking Mi Pad tablet in Europe as an EU trademark as the name was too similar to Apple’s iPad. The European Union’s second-highest court, the General Court has ruled against Xiaomi and said that it should not register as a trademark. Continue reading “Apple wins EU trademark case preventing Xiaomi from trademarking Mi Pad in Europe”
Last year Google had announced that it will shut down the Chrome Apps web Store section on Windows and Mac platforms in 2017 and it looks like the day has finally come. The company has finally shut down the section and started sending out emails to Chrome app developers about the same. Continue reading “Google shuts down Chrome apps Web Store section on Mac and Windows”
Xiaomi just announced the Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphone at an event in China as it had promised. The Redmi 5 has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 450 and packs a 3300mAh battery, while the Redmi 5 Plus comes with a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 full-screen display, is powered by Snapdragon 625 and packs a 4000mAh battery. Both these run Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus with 5.7-inch / 5.99-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 450 / 625 announced”
Google has started rolling out Chrome 63 for Android after testing it in beta for over a month. The update brings new flags page, minimal U.I for web apps, and major changes to Chrome Home U.I which looks like the company is giving finishing touches for a wide-roll out. Continue reading “Google Chrome 63 for Android brings new flags page, changes to Chrome home UI and more”
After being in the beta stage for over a month, Android 8.0 Oreo update for Android Wear finally starts rolling out from today. Google has started taking the beta registrations for eligible models back in October. Continue reading “Android Wear Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Qualcomm on the second day of its second annual Snapdragon Technology Summit announced Snapdragon 845, its next-generation Mobile Platform for mobile devices that is manufactured on second generation 10LPP process from Samsung. It promises immersive multimedia experiences including eXtended reality (XR), on-device artificial intelligence (AI), lightning-fast connectivity, and also has new secure processing unit (SPU) to offer the best security for premium, flagship mobile devices.
Amazon Prime Video has finally launched on AppleTV and is also optimized for iPhone X as well. Apple tvOS owners will no longer have to rely on AirPlay to stream content through Prime video. Amazon Prime Video for tvOS first leaked in May, and it took close to 6 months of time for the company to finalize the deal with Apple. Continue reading “Amazon Prime Video finally arrives for Apple TV, gets optimized for iPhone X”
LG just sent out invites for the launch of its flagship V30+ smartphone in India on December 13th. The V30+ comes with 128GB storage compared to 64GB on the V30. It has a 6-inch (1440 × 2880 pixels) QHD+ OLED FullVision display with 18:9 aspect ratio and narrow bezels, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform and runs Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with LG UX 6.0+, which is upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo).
After Karbonn and Celkon, Airtel has partnered with Intex to launch range of affordable 4G smartphones – Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 at effective price of Rs. 1649, Rs. 1999 and Rs. 4379, respectively. All the phones run Android 7.0 (Nougat) and come with 4G VoLTE support. Continue reading “Airtel, Intex launch Aqua LIONS N1, Aqua A4 and Aqua S3 4G phones starting at an effective price of Rs. 1649”
At the Qualcomm’s second annual tech summit, the company has announced a partnership with AMD for Always Connected PCs on AMD’s high-performance Ryzen mobile processors along with Always Connected, Gigabit LTE and Microsoft Windows 10 OS. Continue reading “Qualcomm partners with AMD for Always Connected PCs on Ryzen Mobile processors”
Microsoft has started rolling out Whiteboard Preview app for Windows 10 devices. The Whiteboard app is a free-form digital canvas where people with ideas, and content can come together for creative collaboration. The app lets users draw, erase, edit thus replicating a real meeting with-a-white-board experience for distant coworkers. Continue reading “Microsoft Whiteboard Preview app for Windows 10 starts rolling out”
Unicode Consortium today has released version 11.0 beta of the Unicode Standard with over 130 emojis including cupcake, woman/man red-haired, softball, mango and many more. These emojis are likely to be adopted by major vendors like Apple, Google-like always. Continue reading “Unicode 11.0 beta brings 130 emojis including cupcake, party face, skateboard and more”
Instagram has rolled out yet another update today which brings stories highlights and stories archive features. The highlights feature lets you save your stories automatically into a private Stories Archive so you can view later even after 24 hours. Continue reading “Instagram update brings Stories Highlights and Stories Archive”
A week after releasing the final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2, Google has released final Android 8.1 (Oreo) update for compatible Pixel and Nexus devices that brings support for Android Oreo (Go edition) software experience for entry-level devices and also introduces the Neural Networks API, a hardware accelerated machine learning runtime to support ML capabilities in apps. Continue reading “Google rolls out Android 8.1 update for Pixel and Nexus devices, OTA and factory images available”
