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After announcing a new set of rules last month, Twitter today announced that it would start enforcing updates to the Twitter rules with an aim to reduce hateful and abusive content on the platform. The company also said that it is working on a robust appeal system if in case of any wrong conclusions. Continue reading “Twitter to implement new rules to reduce hateful conduct and abusive behavior”
Samsung just announced the Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) smartphones in the Galaxy A series after several rumors. These have 5.6-inch and 6-inch (1080 × 2220 pixels) Full HD+Infinity Super AMOLED displays with 18.5:9 display ratio with curved glass on the back and front. These are powered by Octa-Core Exynos 7885 14nm processor, but still run Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) and Galaxy A8+ (2018) with 5.6-inch and 6-inch FHD+ Infinity display, dual front cameras announced”
Xiaomi released MIUI 9 Global Stable update for its Mi MIX 2 smartphone last month. Today it has announced Android Oreo beta program for the phone, but it is for the MIUI 9 China ROM on its global forum, however it is applicable for all regions. To be eligible, you must be using MIUI China Alpha ROM and must be active on the forum. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Android Oreo beta program announced”
Engagement bait posts that ask for like, share and comment are abundant on the Facebook news feed and they are an indirect way from pages, people to gain reach. In order to tackle the issue, Facebook today announced that it will begin demoting individual posts from people and Pages that use engagement bait. Continue reading “Facebook to block Engagement Bait posts from news feed”
[Update: Reliance Jio has extended the triple cashback offer again. It is now valid till December 25th. Amazon Pay, Paytm and PhonePe offers are the same, but the Paytm cashback has been reduced to Rs. 15 for both old and new users] Continue reading “Reliance Jio triple cashback offer extended till December 25”
Vivo has announced Y75, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘Y series’ in China. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 full-screen display with 83.6% screen-to-body ratio and comes with a 16-megapixel front camera with Face Wake, face unlock feature. It is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with FuntouchOS 3.2 and comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera.
Continue reading “Vivo Y75 with 5.7-inch FullView display, 4GB RAM, 16MP front camera announced”
Huawei has introduced Enjoy 7S, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with a full-screen display in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio and comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera to capture depth information. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 7S with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual rear cameras, Android 8.0 announced”
Few users have started reporting that the Pixel 2 XL after the Android 8.1 Oreo update is facing slower Fingerprint sensor unlocking. Reports regarding the issue have been growing larger in the past couple of days. Continue reading “Google looking into reports of Pixel 2 XL slower fingerprint unlock after Android 8.1 update”
Its a known fact by now that Huawei is gearing up to launch the P11 smartphone line-up at the MWC 2018 event in February event. We’ve recently come across promotional images which revealed that the upcoming flagships would feature triple rear camera sensors capable of capturing 40MP shots and a 24MP front camera with AI assistance like the Mate 10 series. Continue reading “Huawei P11 with triple rear cameras expected to go official at MWC 2018 in February”
LG launched its flagship V30+ smartphone in India last week, and as promised the smartphone is now on sale exclusively on Amazon.in for Rs. 44990. It is available in Black and Silver colors in the country. It also has several launch offers that includes: Continue reading “LG V30+ goes on sale on Amazon in India with launch offers for Rs. 44990”
Xiaomi launched the Mi A1 Android One phone in India in partnership with Google back in September in Black, Gold and Rose Gold colors and the Rose Gold variant of the phone went on sale in the country last month. The company recently announced a Rs. 1000 permanent price cut for the phone recently. Today it has launched new Special Edition Red color variant in the country, after it was introduced in Philippines last week.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi A1 Special Edition Red color variant launched in India”
‘OK Google’ is a very popular hotword that we use to communicate with Google Search app and Assistant as well recently. While it’s a hotword that we have become familiar with, it has quite aged now. With the launch of Home speaker, Google introduced ‘Hey Google’ hotword along with the old phrase and this new hotword is now finding its way to phones as well. Continue reading “Google rolls out ‘Hey Google’ hotword to more phones”
Samsung is busy prepping its upcoming Galaxy S flagship; the S9 to compete against the likes of Apple’s iPhone X. With the Galaxy S8, Samsung had broken its tradition of launching the S-line flagship phones at the MWC event, instead, it launched the S8 duo at a later date. It now looks like the company is back to its tradition as we hear that the S9 duo is said to go official at the MWC 2018 in February. Continue reading “Samsung said to announce Galaxy S9 at MWC 2018 in February”
The world has gone totally mobile and we are all hooked on to our mobile phones more than ever before. For most of us, it is even our main computing device. To be honest we have become increasingly obsessed with our mobile devices and too much of anything is certainly not a good thing. Youngsters and children have increasingly been exposed to mobile devices at an very young age and this is a major cause of concern. Rightly so, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has today issued a guidance which sounds more like a warning for anyone who want to decrease their exposure to the radiation / RF energy linked to mobile phones.
As the Indian government increased the import duty on mobile phones from 10% to 15% last week, Apple has officially increased the price of its iPhones, including its iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X smartphones that were launched recently. Back in July when GST was implemented, Apple cut iPhone prices by up to Rs. 6,600, iPad prices by up to Rs. 3,900 and Mac rates by up to Rs. 11,800 in the country. Continue reading “Apple iPhone gets a price hike in India after increase in import duty”
