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BlackBerry’s partner PT BB Merah Putih today announced BlackBerry Aurora in Indonesia, after some rumors earlier this month. It packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snadpragon 425 SoC, has 4GB of RAM and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). Continue reading “BlackBerry Aurora with 5.5-inch display, 4GB RAM, Android 7.0, 4G LTE announced”
Facebook has released Facebook 360 app for Samsung Gear VR that is powered by Oculus. The social network revealed that over 25 million 360 photos and more than 1 million 360 videos have been posted on its platform. Continue reading “Facebook launches Facebook 360 for Samsung Gear VR”
Paytm has announced that it will now levy 2 percent fee for adding money to your wallet using credit card. Earlier there was zero percent fee for recharging your wallet using credit card. There will be no fee for transferring money to the Paytm wallet using debit card or net banking. Continue reading “Paytm to levy 2% fee for wallet topup using credit cards; UPI and IMPS payment options added”
Vivo has announced Y25, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 SoC, has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, but it still runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Vivo Y25 with 4.5-inch display, 4G LTE announced”
At Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit 2017, Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate next generation cloud services on the world’s first 10 nanometer Qualcomm Centriq 2400 platform with up to 48 cores. Today it conducted the first public demonstration of Windows Server, developed for Microsoft’s internal use, powered by the Qualcomm Centriq 2400 processor.
Google’s next Android iteration is rumored to be called as Android O. A latest report from Venturebeat reveals that the company is working on new smart features for Android O. Continue reading “Google is said to be working on new smart features for Android O”
Intel Security has announced that it has partnered with Micromax to protect its range of smartphones against mobile threats. As a part of the deal, Micromax smartphones will come integrated with McAfee Mobile Assistant starting from April, 2017. Continue reading “Micromax smartphones to come pre-loaded with McAfee Mobile Assistant”
OnePlus might release a Midnight Black color variant of the OnePlus 3T smartphone soon, according to rumors. Android Police’s David Ruddock hinted that OnePlus could have a dark announcement some time soon. He also said that it might even be as Black as Midnight. In reply OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei replied with GIF of wolves in a black background. Continue reading “OnePlus 3T Midnight Black color variant coming soon?”
Spotify has acquired sound identification startup Sonalytic. The UK based firm specializes in audio and music recognition system. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading “Spotify acquires sound identification startup Sonalytic”
If you take a survey from smartphone users these days, battery life of the phone tops their concern list. Even though the battery department hasn’t advanced in a decade, smartphone makers are coming up with technologies including fast charging and battery efficient chipsets to overcome the problem. Continue reading “Now power smartphones using your hand movements with HandEnergy”
With an aim to promote Aadhaar-based payment system, IDFC Bank has launched Aadhaar Pay, an Aadhaar-linked cashless merchant solution that uses a retailer’s own Android smartphone to enable cashless payments.
Continue reading “IDFC Aadhaar Pay app launched – Here’s everything you need to know”
Google is out with its monthly Android distribution chart for the month of March. Android Nougat adoption has seen a boost and is now present on 2.8% of all Android device, up from 1.2% in February. Continue reading “Android Nougat adoption soars to 2.8% in March”
Samsung has announced Galaxy C5 Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the “Galaxy C Series”. It packs a 5.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 626 SoC, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 16-megapixel front-facing camera, both with f/1.9 aperture. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 626, 16MP front and rear cameras announced”
[Update] – Apple stated that a large number of the iOS exploits in the Wikileaks stash have already been patched and it is working to address any new vulnerabilities.
WikiLeaks has obtained what it says is a top-secret documents from the CIA detailing the tools it uses to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices. Julian Assange’s anti-secrecy group has published thousands of of CIA documents, codenamed Vault 7, that purports to reveal the agency’s “entire hacking capacity”.
Continue reading “WikiLeaks publishes thousands of secret CIA documents, hacking tools revealed”
NVIDIA has announced Jetson TX2 AI supercomputer on a module, powered by NVIDIA Pascal architecture with power-efficient form factor ideal for intelligent edge devices like robots, drones, smart cameras, and portable medical devices. “It supports all the features of the Jetson TX1 module while enabling bigger, more complex deep neural networks,” says NVIDIA. It also says that the Jetson TX2 offers twice the performance of its predecessor, or it can run at more than twice the power efficiency, while drawing less than 7.5 watts of power. Continue reading “NVIDIA introduces Jetson TX2 platform for drones, robots, smart cameras and more”
