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Vivo Y79 with with 5.99-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera, Snapdragon 625 announced

Vivo Y79

Vivo launched V7+ selfie-focused smartphone in India back in September. Now it has introduced Y79 smartphone with similar specifications. It has a 5.99-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) FullView display with 18:9 aspect ratio, narrow bezels and 84.4% screen-to-body ratio, 24-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and 16-megapixel rear camera with phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and LED flash, similar to the V7+, but this is powered by Snapdragon 625 instead of Snapdragon 450. Continue reading “Vivo Y79 with with 5.99-inch FullView display, 24MP front camera, Snapdragon 625 announced”

Honor Gala from Nov 7 to 11: Rs. 3000 off on Honor 8 Pro, discounts on MediaPad T3 and more

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Huawei’s Honor brand today started Honor Gala sale across Amazon, Flipkart, Official Honor Online Store & Offline Retail from today, November 7th till November 11th. The Honor 8 Pro is available at a discount of Rs 3000 and the Honor 6X (both variants 3+32GB and 4+64GB) get a Rs. 2000 discount. O fficial Honor online store offers Rs. 500 discount on Honor Power Banks and offers on accessories and Flipkart is offering Rs. 1000 discount on Honor MediaPad T3 tablet.

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Airtel Broadband customers get ‘data roll over’ to carry forward unused data

Airtel introduced ‘Data Roll over’ feature to carry forward their unused monthly data quota to the next billing cycle for post-paid customers so data is not wasted. Now this feature is available for Airtel Broadband customers, making it first to introduce the feature in the fixed home broadband segment in India. Continue reading “Airtel Broadband customers get ‘data roll over’ to carry forward unused data”

Ola partners with Microsoft for connected vehicle platform

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Ola has partnered with Microsoft to build a new connected vehicle platform for future. Microsoft will be the cloud partner as Ola said to use Microsoft Azure to power Ola Play its existing connected car platform.

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Huawei Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers, Huawei Fit watch launched in India starting at Rs. 4599

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Huawei today launched Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness track and Huawei Fit fitness watch in India. The Band 2 series come with 24X7 heart rate monitoring and Band 2 Pro features VO2 Max which measures the amount of oxygen your body can take in and also has GPS. These also come with 5ATM water-proofing technology which protects it for up to 50 meters inside the water The Huawei Fit fitness watch has heart rate monitoring, automatic step counting, sleep tracking and support for multi-sport activities. Continue reading “Huawei Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers, Huawei Fit watch launched in India starting at Rs. 4599”

Paytm integrates BHIM UPI payments on its platform

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Paytm has integrated BHIM UPI payments system on its app. BHIM is the Indian Government’s digital payment service, and it is the largest issuer and acquirer of UPI. Paytm has recently introduced Inbox native chat service on their platform.

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Google Files Go beta lets you free up space on your Android phone

Google Files Go

Google has silently published Files Go, an unreleased app on the Google Play Store. It is a smart file manger that lets you manage your files or filter them by source and also lets you free up space on your phone by cleaning unused apps, clear up cache and delete unwanted media, downloaded and duplicate files. This will be more useful for those who are using Continue reading “Google Files Go beta lets you free up space on your Android phone”

Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL November update brings saturated color mode, adds fading navigation buttons and more

Google has rolled out November security update for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL along with security patch brings tons of other improvements and fixes just as it said it would. Starting off with the promised saturated color mode which is here to fix the muted colors issue that many users have reported. It also includes fixes for the Pixel 2’s “clicking” issue in the earpiece.

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Samsung’s appeal in $120 million Apple lawsuit rejected by Supreme Court

Samsung’s fight with Apple seems to have come to an end at the moment as Supreme court has refused to hear Samsung’s appeal in the case. Backing the circuit court decision reinstating a $120 million penalty for Apple’s patent infringement technologies like slide to unlock and autocorrecting text.

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Music recognition in Google Assistant now rolling out to Non-Pixel phones

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At the Pixel event in October, Google introduced a new always music listen offline recognition feature which would automatically detect the song playing nearby. At the same event, Google mentioned that general recognition feature to the assistant would be rolling to Non-pixel phones as well and today that feature is being rolled out.

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iPhone X has the most innovative and high performance smartphone display: DisplayMate

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Like with any iPhone that comes out, DisplayMate has released a shout-out for the iPhone X praising the Apple’s technology in areas like higher resolution OLED screen, automatic color management, viewing angle performance, and more. According to DisplayMate, the iPhone X has the ‘most innovative and high-performance smartphone display ever tested.’

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Broadcom proposes to acquire Qualcomm valued at $130 Billion

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Broadcom has finally made an offer to acquire Qualcomm at $130 Billion, which is $70 per share which consist of $60.00 in cash and $10.00 per share in Broadcom shares just as reported. Broadcom’s offer is almost 28% premium over the closing price of the Qualcomm common stock’s closing price on Nov. 2, 2017.

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Google rolls out November Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices

Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues in Framework, Media framework, System and components and also fixes KRACK WP2 Wi-Fi protocol vulnerability. It also adds saturated color mode for Pixel and Pixel 2 XL smartphones. Continue reading “Google rolls out November Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices”

OnePlus 5T with full-screen display to be announced on November 16

OnePlus 5T November 16 announcement

OnePlus just announced an event in Brooklyn, New York on November 16 to introduce its flagship OnePlus 5T smartphone. It has a new tag line “A New View” highlighting the phone’s full-screen display. The company recently confirmed that the phone will keep the 3.5mm audio jack. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T with full-screen display to be announced on November 16”

Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10

Xiaomi Mi Home Store Mumbai

After Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, Xiaomi is all set to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10th. It will be located at First Floor, Seasons Mall, Magarpatta City. This will be the 10th Mi Home Store in the country after four stores in Bengaluru, one in Gurugram, Noida, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Continue reading “Xiaomi to open its first Mi Home Store in Pune on November 10”