Amazon introduces Sumerian service to quickly and easily build AR, VR and 3D apps

Amazon Sumerian

At the Re: Invent AWS event, Amazon Web Services; an Amazon.com company has introduced Amazon Sumerian service that will make developers quickly and easily build AR, VR, and 3D apps and run them on mobile devices, head-mounted displays, digital signage, or web browsers. Continue reading “Amazon introduces Sumerian service to quickly and easily build AR, VR and 3D apps”

Sony Xperia X Performance Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out

sony_xperia X performance

Just as it promised, Sony is now rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update to Xperia X Performance two days after it pushed the update for Xperia XZ and Xperia XZs. The new update comes with a build number 41.3.A.0.401, and the update is live on both the single SIM (F8131) and dual-SIM (F8132) versions. Continue reading “Sony Xperia X Performance Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”

Snapchat rolls out new contextual filters that can recognize food, pets and more

SnapchatSnapchat has silently rolled out yet another feature that will automatically identify the object that is being snapped and serve them relevant filters. This feature was first spotted by Mashable and Snapchat later confirmed that it was rolled out to select users last week. Continue reading “Snapchat rolls out new contextual filters that can recognize food, pets and more”

Gboard v6.8 brings handwriting keyboard, to get Motion Stills for GIF creation and more

Gboard V6.8

Gboard after bringing 40 additional languages support in the previous update is now receiving yet another update with version number v6.8. The new update brings features like handwriting keyboards; planning Motion Stills integration and more. Continue reading “Gboard v6.8 brings handwriting keyboard, to get Motion Stills for GIF creation and more”

Facebook expands real time pattern recognition AI to help prevent suicides

Facebook Support for concerned friend

Facebook has announced an upgrade to its suicide prevention AI in order to respond and report about the users who are expressing thoughts of suicide either via posts or live videos. The company has always tried to connect a person in distress with people who can support them in an effort to build a community that is safe on and off Facebook. Continue reading “Facebook expands real time pattern recognition AI to help prevent suicides”

Samsung introduces Burgundy Red Galaxy S8

Samsung Galaxy S8 Burgundy Red

Samsung introduced its flagship Galaxy S8  smartphone earlier this year in Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Coral Blue, Arctic Silver, and Maple Gold colors. Today it has introduced new Burgundy Red color variant for the smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Burgundy Red Galaxy S8”

Google releases final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2 for Pixel and Nexus devices

Android 8.0 Oreo_fonearena

Google released first Android 8.1 (Oreo) Developer Preview for Pixel and Nexus devices last month . Today it has released the final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2 for the devices. The first update brought a set of targeted enhancements including optimizations for Android Go and new Neural Networks API to accelerate on-device machine intelligence, the latest one includes official APIs (API level 27), the latest optimizations and bug fixes, and the November 2017 security patch updates. Continue reading “Google releases final Android 8.1 Developer Preview 2 for Pixel and Nexus devices”

Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime (2017) passes through the FCC

Samsung Galaxy J5 Prime

Samsung launched the Galaxy J5 Prime (SM-G570F) smartphone in India back in September last year. Now the Galaxy J5 Prime 2017 (SM-G571F) has been certified by the FCC in the U.S. This reveals the model number of the smartphone that had already surfaced in GFXBench benchmark, but it doesn’t reveal any specifications.

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Canon EOS M100 24.2MP mirrorless camera launched in India for Rs. 39995

Canon EOS M100

Canon today launched EOS M100, its latest  mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera in the EOS M series in India. It has a 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor and DIGIC 7 image processor and uses Dual Pixel CMOS AF for high-speed autofocus. It also comes with 180-degree tilt up 3.0-inch LCD touch screen and comes with self-portrait mode with smooth Skin feature.

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Xiaomi replaces Samsung to become leader in smartphone sales in top 50 Indian cities in Q3 2017: IDC

Redmi Note 4-9

According to IDC’s latest India Monthly City-Level Smartphone Tracker, 50 major cities of India accounted for 50% of smartphone sales in Q3 2017 with a growth of 27% from the previous quarter. Tier one cities in India continue to dominate the smartphone market with 29% sequential growth in Q3 2017. Continue reading “Xiaomi replaces Samsung to become leader in smartphone sales in top 50 Indian cities in Q3 2017: IDC”

OPPO F5 Youth with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, 16MP front camera announced

OPPO F5 Youth

OPPO announced F5, selfie-focused smartphone in Philippines last month, now it has introduced the F5 Youth smartphone, a cheaper version of the phone. It has the same 6-inch full HD+ 18:9 full-screen display and comes with A.I. beauty recognition technology that scan 200 facial recognition spots to beautify a selfie shot perfectly and also offers bokeh effect along with Face unlock, but this has a 16-megapixel front camera and a 13-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “OPPO F5 Youth with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, 16MP front camera announced”

Saregama launches Customized Music Cards with picture for Rs. 990

Saregama Customized Music Cards

Saregama India has launched customized music cards with the picture in India and it now allows you to gift up to 200 songs from its vast library and these songs can be selected from different languages and artists. It also has an option to print a custom photo with a personalized message on it. Continue reading “Saregama launches Customized Music Cards with picture for Rs. 990”

OPPO A79 with 6.01-inch FHD+ full-screen AMOLED display, 16MP front camera announced

OPPO A79

OPPO has announced A79, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘A series’ in China. It has a 6-inch full HD+ 18:9 full-screen AMOLED display with 86% screen-to-body ratio and comes with a 16-megapixel front camera. Other specifications are similar to the OPPO F5, including a MediaTek Helio P23 SoC, 16-megapixel rear camera and face unlock feature. Continue reading “OPPO A79 with 6.01-inch FHD+ full-screen AMOLED display, 16MP front camera announced”

ACT Fibernet launches ‘ACT Entertainment’ Broadband Plan in Bengaluru

ACT Fibernet

ACT Fibernet has launched home entertainment package ‘ACT Entertainment’ broadband plan in Bengaluru. The company is partnering with Hooq TV, YUPP TV and FastFilmz for bundled package to meet the needs of users who seek entertainment.  Continue reading “ACT Fibernet launches ‘ACT Entertainment’ Broadband Plan in Bengaluru”

Honor V10 with 5.99-inch full-screen display, 20MP + 16MP dual rear cameras, 6GB RAM gets certified

Honor V10

Huawei’s Honor brand already confirmed the announcement of its V10 smartphone with full-screen display and dual rear cameras on November 28th. Now the specifications of the smartphone with model number BKL-AL20 has surfaced on TENAA in China. It has also been listed on Geekbench. The design of the smartphone confirms fingerprint sensor on the front. Protruding dual rear cameras and unibody metal build with antenna lines on the top and the bottom part of the back.

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