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NVIDIA has introduced TITAN Xp, its latest top-end graphics card based on its latest Pascal architecture and is built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process. NVIDIA says that it will offer up to 3x faster performance than the Maxwell-based GTX Titan X. It still uses 250W power, comes in black color with similar heatsink design. Continue reading “NVIDIA introduces TITAN Xp for extreme users, to release Pascal drivers for macOS”
LG Electronics today announced its preliminary earnings results for the first quarter of 2017, which will be announced later this year. The company expects to make 14.7 trillion Korean won and operating profit of 921.5 billion korean won. It expects revenues to be 9.7% higher and operating profit 82.4% higher than the same period last year, ts second-best in quarterly profits ever. Continue reading “LG expects 82.4% increase in operating profit YoY in Q1 2017”
Apple announced new 9.7-inch iPad last month to replace the iPad Air 2 that was introduced in 2014. It is now available for pre-order from Flipkart in India. It has the same 9.7-inch Retina display, but this is powered by A9 chip and M9 motion coprocessor. It Touch ID fingerprint sensor and is just 7.5 mm thick. It also has a 8-megapixel camera and a 1.2-megapixel FaceTime HD front camera.
Samsung today launched Galaxy C7 Pro (SM-C7010), successor of the Galaxy C7 in the Galaxy ‘C Series’ in India. It was announced in China earlier this year, and packs a a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 626 14nm SoC, runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) with Samsung’s own UI on top, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.9 aperture, dual-tone LED flash and a 16-megapixel front-facing camera.
Samsung has announced earnings guidance for Q1 2017. The South Korean company’s January-March operating profit is expected to be 9.9 trillion won ($8.7 billion), up 48 percent from 6.7 trillion won in the same period last year. This will be significantly larger than its 6.68 trillion won ($5.9 billion) profit for the same period last year.
Continue reading “Samsung predicts stronger profits for Q1 2017”
Samsung announced its flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphone at an event in New York last week. Even though the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version of these smartphones were certified in China ahead of the announcement, it was not revealed by Samsung at the time of announcement. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S8+ with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage announced, price revealed”
Huawei’s Honor brand, along with the Honor 8 Pro in the UK and Europe earlier this week introduced Honor 6C, which is the global version of the Huawei Enjoy 6S that was introduced last year. It packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Honor 6C with Snapdragon 435, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, metal body announced”
Finnish-based company Polar, known for its running watches has announced MH430 running watch in the market. The successor of M400 comes with a 6-LED wrist-based heart rate monitor, featuring Polar’s proprietary heart rate technology. Continue reading “Polar M430 Running Watch with GPS, Heart Rate sensor announced”
[Update – April 7th: Reliance Jio has started sending push notifications for the customers that says that Jio Summer Surprise offer will be withdrawn in the next few days. It also asks customers to recharge with Rs. 303 or more to avail the offer before it’s discontinued.]
Reliance Jio just announced that it will withdraw its Jio Summer Surprise offer that offers 3-month complimentary benefits of Jio services and free data on recharge of Rs. 303 or more, as advised by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The offer was announced Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries last week. Continue reading “Reliance Jio to withdraw 3 month free Jio Summer Surprise offer after TRAI order”
Age of Empires: Castle Siege, cross-platform real-time strategy game was announced for Android earlier this year and was released in select countries last week. After testing the several client architecture, Microsoft has released the game worldwide. Continue reading “Age of Empires: Castle Siege for Android now available worldwide”
Airtel today announced that it has deployed 180,000 mobile sites across India, which is double the amount of its mobile network deployment over the past two years. It said that the deployment in the last two years is same as total sites deployed in the first 20 years of operations. Continue reading “Airtel says it has deployed 180,000 mobile sites across India in two years”
In an attempt to spice up the cricketing season, Opera has rolled out Opera Cricket to keep track of cricket scores during the ongoing IPL season. This feature provides cricket scores, commentary, videos, and notifications as well. Continue reading “Opera Mini gets Opera Cricket to keep track of scores, commentary and more during IPL”
Sansui has launched Horizon 1, a budget budget 4G smartphone with VoLTE support. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a quad-core Spreadtrum processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera that also has LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions.
Continue reading “Sansui Horizon 1 with 4.5-inch display, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 3999”
Along with the Nubia Z17 mini, Nubia also introduced NeoAir VR, its first 360-degree camera that can record 360-degree panoramic videos and also capture 360-degree photos. It has two 210-degree fish-eye lens on either sides and can be connect to a phone through USB Type-C port to preview the photos or videos captured through the app. It has plug and play interface so it carries out functions using USB Type-C and doesn’t use Bluetooth or WiFi Direct. Continue reading “Nubia introduces compact NeoAir VR 360-degree camera that can be connected to phones”
Following its failure in the mobile market, Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution has announced the end of Unity 8’s development. This decision comes as a result of a failure in both smartphone and laptop markets. Saying that Ubuntu on the desktop will return to using GNOME as the desktop environment. Continue reading “Canonical kills Ubuntu for phones and tablets, to switch back to GNOME from Unity”
