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Gionee has launched A1 Plus, the company’s latest smartphone in “A1 series’ in India. It has a 6-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Helio P25 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 20-megapixel front-facing camera along with a 13-megapixel + 5-megapixel dual rear cameras.
Uber has launched driver profile feature in India in a bid to enhance the riding experience for the driver as well as the rider. Uber drivers can customize their profile by adding personal information like the languages they speak, hometown, city recommendation and even a fun fact about themselves. Continue reading “Uber rolls out driver profile feature in India”
HMD Global has sent out invites for the launch of its new smartphone on August 16th. The invite says that press are invited to an “exclusive gathering” to check out “the next milestone for Nokia phones.” The company did not say it will unveil the Nokia 8 at the event, but will likely be the Nokia 8 that was rumored to be announced next week. Continue reading “HMD Global schedules an event in London on August 16, Nokia 8 with dual rear cameras expected”
Microsoft is not killing Paint. The company had announced yesterday that the popular drawing tool is being “deprecated” with the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. However, following huge backlash and rage online from users across the globe, Microsoft has decided not to kill the app. Continue reading “Microsoft confirms Paint is not dead, will be available as free download from Windows Store”
Huawei introduced its Watch 2 series at the MWC 2017 back in February. It introduced Porsche Design version of the smartwatch later. Today it has started selling the smartwatch in the UK and Europe. It comes with similar specifications as the Watch 2, but this has more premium black, DLC coated watch case that is resistant and has a comfortable, skin-friendly and hybrid leather-rubber bracelet. Continue reading “Porsche Design Huawei Watch starts rolling out from Europe and UK”
YU has launched YUNIQUE 2, the company’s latest budget smartphone, successor of last year’s YUNIQUE PLUS. It packs a 5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek MT6737 SoC and has 2GB of RAM. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “YU YUNIQUE 2 with 5-inch HD display, Android 7.0, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5999”
Lenovo launched the Vibe K5 Note smartphone powered by MediaTek Helio P10 back in August last year, after few months it launched the K6 Note powered by Snapdragon 430 in December. Today it has released a new teaser for the #KillerNote, its upcoming Note series phone that hints at the new processor that will power the phone. The caption for the video says: Ordinary performance will be a thing of the past. The new #KillerNote is set to blow you away!
Continue reading “Lenovo teases performance of upcoming KillerNote, K7 Note India launch expected soon”
Google has revealed earnings for Q2 ended June 30, 2017. The company recorded $26 billion in revenue, up 21% from Q2 2016 while net income was $3.5 billion. The decline in net income was attributed to the $2.7 billion EU fine.
Continue reading “Alphabet records $26 billion in revenue in Q2 2017, Sundar Pichai joins Alphabet board”
Google has released the final Android 8.0 O Developer Preview 4, as it had promised. This has final Android O APIs (API level 26) that was already available with the developer preview 3 along with latest bug fixes and optimizations, stable version of the Android 26.0.0 Support Library. Incremental updates to the SDK, tools, and Android Emulator system images will be available over the next few days. Continue reading “Android O Developer Preview 4 released, final release coming soon”
We just have one more day ahead of Xiaomi Mi 5X and MIUI 9 event on Wednesday. The company already released official images of the Mi 5X a few days back. Today it has released teaser images of new features that are coming with the MIUI 9 and also released a new teaser video for the Mi 5X. Continue reading “Xiaomi teases MIUI 9 in images, Mi 5X in video ahead of announcement on July 26”
Microsoft is working on its second generation HoloLens headset and the company has announced few details about the device. The next generation HoloLens will come with AI chip. The company
Continue reading “Microsoft’s second generation HoloLens will feature a custom AI processor”
Google Maps already has transit feature in 16 Indian cities, today Google has announced a partnership with the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC), to add real-time information about bus arrival times for Kolkata on Google Maps. Continue reading “Google Maps now shows real-time transit info for WBTC buses in Kolkata”
Samsung has launched Galaxy J7 Nxt (SM-J701F), the company’s latest smartphone in the J7 series in India. It has a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7870 processor and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera that also has LED flash.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 7.0 launched in India for Rs. 11490”
After launching its Bravia X Series Smart TVs in the country, Sony has launched its BRAVIA OLED A1 series of TVs in India in 55-inch and 65-inch versions. These are powered by 4K HDR Processor X1 Extreme, has 4K X-Reality PRO Dual database processing, support Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pulse and have Acoustic Surface technology so sound comes from the entire screen. Continue reading “Sony BRAVIA A1 OLED 4K HDR Smart TVs launched in India starting at Rs. 3,64,900”
Samsung is all set to announce the Galaxy Note 8 next month. A new report from ET News states that the company is working on a Bluetooth earphones that work with it’s new Bixby voice assistant. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tipped to come with Bixby-powered earphone”
