Orange, Deutsche Telekom unveil Djingo voice-controlled personal assistant

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European mobile networks Orange SA and Deutsche Telekom have partnered to develop their own artificial intelligence platform, according to a latest report from Bloomberg. Dubbed as Djingo, the voice-controlled personal assistant will compete with the likes of Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri.

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LG G6 said to launch in India for Rs. 51990, go on sale from April 29

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LG today started pre-bookings for its flagship G6 smartphone ahead of launch on April 21st. It also announced special offers including up to Rs. 7000 cash back. Now Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom has revealed that the G6 will launch at Rs. 51,990 (MOP) and will be available 29th April, before the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ go on sale on May 5th. Continue reading “LG G6 said to launch in India for Rs. 51990, go on sale from April 29”

GoPro Fusion 360-degree 5.2K Spherical camera announced

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GoPro has announced a pilot program for GoPro Fusion, its 5.2K spherical camera designed to capture both fully immersive virtual reality content as well as conventional non-VR video and photo formats.  Continue reading “GoPro Fusion 360-degree 5.2K Spherical camera announced”

Sharp AQUOS R with 5.3-inch Quad HD IGZO display, Snapdragon 835, Android 7.1 announced

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Sharp this week introduced AQUOS R, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in Japan. It packs a 5.3 inch (2,560 × 1,440 pixels ) IGZO LCD 2.5D curved glass display, metal frame and a glass back. It is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat). It has a 22.6-megapixel rear camera with f/1.9 aperture, OIS and a 16.3-megapixel front camera. Continue reading “Sharp AQUOS R with 5.3-inch Quad HD IGZO display, Snapdragon 835, Android 7.1 announced”

LG G6 pre-booking begins ahead of India launch on April 24, special offers include up to Rs. 7000 cash back

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LG has started pre-booking for its flagship G6 smartphone ahead of launch on April 21st. As a special offer it is offering up to Rs. 7000 cash back (Rs. 5000+ additional Rs. 2000 cash back) for HDFC Bank and SBI Card holders and 50% off on LG Tone Active+ HBS-A100 headset on all pre-bookings. Rs. 5000 and discount on headset are valid till May 31st and additional Rs. 2000 cash back is valid till April 30th. You can pre-book through LG India website or through your nearest stores. Continue reading “LG G6 pre-booking begins ahead of India launch on April 24, special offers include up to Rs. 7000 cash back”

Samsung’s second-gen 10nm FinFET process technology ready for production

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Samsung started mass production of System-on-Chip (SoC) based on 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET technology last October, which is being used in the Exynos 9 Series 8895 that powers the Galaxy S8 series of smartphones. It recently announced that production ramp-up of the 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology is on track with steady high yield to meet customer needs on schedule. Continue reading “Samsung’s second-gen 10nm FinFET process technology ready for production”

HTC U announcement set for May 16, expected to pack Snapdragon 835, touch-sensitive frame

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HTC just announced that it will introduce a new smartphone on May 16th. The teaser has a caption Squeeze for the brilliant and the video shows a person squeezing the phone hinting at the Edge Sense feature with sensors embedded into the metal frame present around the phone to control a number of different features.

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LG G6 launching in India on April 24

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After starting pre-registrations recently, LG has sent out invites for the launch of its flagship G6 smartphone in the country on April 24th. It was introduced at MWC 2017 event in Barcelona back in February and the global roll out started earlier this month. Continue reading “LG G6 launching in India on April 24”

Moto Earbuds 2 in-ear water resistant headphones launched for Rs. 799

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Binatone, the global licensee of Motorola Companion Products has launched Moto Earbuds-2 in-ear headphones in India. The headphones come with 10mm drivers and built-in mic which allows you to answer calls.
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Mastercard introduces biometric card with fingerprint scanner

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Mastercard has introduced biometric card that combines chip technology with fingerprints to verify cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. To use this biometric card, a cardholder can enroll card by simply registering with their financial institution such as banks. Upon registration, their fingerprint is converted into an encrypted digital template that is stored on the card. Once it is done, it can be used at any EMV card terminal globally.

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ZOPO Color M4 with 4-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4999

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ZOPO today launched Color M4, the company’s latest budget smartphone with support for 4G VoLTE. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737M processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZOPO Color M4 with 4-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4999”

OPPO F3 dual selfie camera smartphone launching in India on May 4 in association with Baahubali

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At the launch of F3 Plus smartphone last month OPPO said that it will launch a cheaper version the smartphone called F3 with the same dual selfie cameras. Today the company has confirmed that it will launch the smartphone on May 4th in Tollywood movie – Baahubali. Continue reading “OPPO F3 dual selfie camera smartphone launching in India on May 4 in association with Baahubali”

Samsung Galaxy S8 Benchmarks – Exynos 8895

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Samsung launched Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones in India yesterday for Rs. 57900 and Rs. 64900, respectively. We already brought you the unboxing of the Galaxy S8, here we have the benchmarks. The Samsung Galaxy S8 that has launched in India is powered by an Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 8895 processor that has four of the company’s 2nd generation custom designed CPU cores clocked at up to 2.5GHz per core and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.7GHz per core. It uses big.LITTLE architecture similar to earlier Samsung’s high-end SoCs. It has 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and packs a Mali-G71 MP20 GPU.
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