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Video conferencing apps witness increased demand due to coronavirus lock down globally

The whole world is fighting the coronavirus pandemic and the outbreak has impacted many. As many places in the world are under lockdown, people are working from home and resorting to apps and tools to stay in touch with colleagues, attend virtual meetings, and more. While video conferencing apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, etc are already popular among users, the impact of coronavirus has witnessed a surge in downloads of these apps and the report indicates a record growth in demand.

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Telegram v6.0.1 update brings Chat folders, channel stats, Archives and more

Telegram has released a new update to its chat app across all its supported platforms, bringing new features like chat folders with desktop sync, swipe to archive, new animated emoji and more. This update brings the app version up to v6.0.1.

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HONOR Play 9A with 6.3-inch 20:9 display, dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

At an event today, HUAWEI’s HONOR brand along with the HONOR 30S and the Kirin 820 5G SoC also announced a budget smartphone – HONOR Play 9A, the successor of last year’s HONOR Play 8A. The HONOR Play 9A flaunts a 6.3-inch HD+ display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and 1600 x 720 pixels. It is powered by the Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P35 SoC paired with 4GB RAM plus up to 128GB of internal storage. Continue reading “HONOR Play 9A with 6.3-inch 20:9 display, dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced”

HONOR 30S with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 820 5G, 64MP quad rear cameras announced

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand just announced the HONOR 30S, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone and the first smartphone to be powered by its Kirin 820 5G SoC in China, as it had promised. It packs a 6.5-inch FHD+ screen with 90.3% screen-to-body ratio with a punch-hole that houses a 16-megapixel camera, comes with a 64-megapixel main camera, 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom, 8-megapixel 120° ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel macro lens. Continue reading “HONOR 30S with 6.5-inch FHD+ display, Kirin 820 5G, 64MP quad rear cameras announced”

Kirin 820 5G 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G57 GPU, 73% improved NPU AI performance announced

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand at the HONOR 30S launch event introduced Kirin 820 SoC, successor of last year’s Kirin 810. It uses 7nm processor technology, similar to the predecessor. This has one ARM Cortex-A76 prime core clocked at 2.36GHz, three ARM Cortex-A76 larger core clocked at 2.22GHz and the other four smaller ARM Cortex-A55 cores are clocked at 1.84GHz, which promises 27% CPU performance improvement compared to the predecessor and the new ARM Mali-G57 MP6 GPU, which has a 38% gaming performance improvement over the previous generation and supports Kirin Gaming+ 2.0 technology. Continue reading “Kirin 820 5G 7nm Octa-Core SoC with Mali-G57 GPU, 73% improved NPU AI performance announced”

OnePlus 8 Series online launch event set for April 14

After rumors OnePlus just confirmed the OnePlus 8 global online launch event on April 14th. “At the launch event, a newly engineered display with an incredible 120 Hz refresh rate will be introduced, poised to deliver an even more fluid and immersive viewing experience. Coupled with it are a handful of other new and exciting technologies that will elevate the OnePlus flagship experience to a new level,” said the company in the official release. Continue reading “OnePlus 8 Series online launch event set for April 14”

POCO X2 gets Android 10 based Paranoid Android Alpha build

POCO made a comeback in the Indian market as an independent brand and launched the POCO X2 (codename ‘pheonixin’), its first mid-range smartphone in the new X series in India earlier this month. POCO F1, the very first device from the brand had great development support and as a result, we have tons of custom ROMs and mods available for the device. Continue reading “POCO X2 gets Android 10 based Paranoid Android Alpha build”

ICICI launches WhatsApp Banking services

Due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to halt the spread of the Coronovirus outbreak, most banks are also closed, leading to many difficulties related to banking. To solve this, ICICI has launched a new service where users can use WhatsApp to access their account information and other services.

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Xiaomi phone with Snapdragon 730G, 64MP penta rear cameras passes through FCC, could be Mi Note 10 Lite [Update: BIS certification]

The phone with model number M2002F4LI has received BIS certification recently hinting at India launch.

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Vodafone revises Rs. 95 prepaid plan with 56 days validity in selected circles

Late last year, telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio hiked prepaid tariffs and later made several changes to its prepaid plans. Vodafone Idea has been making changes to its packs as well and on similar lines now, the company has revised Rs. 95 prepaid plan with more validity and reduced data.

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LG said to discontinue G series production; to introduce new ‘mass premium product’ soon

LG’s G series lineup of smartphones is popular for its camera capabilities and while the company introduced something new with every iteration like the swappable modules, the company received a lot of flak from consumers for their smartphone pricing strategy, at least in India. Now, according to fresh reports, LG is said to stop the production of G series and introduce a new ‘mass premium product’, in a bid to make a comeback in the market.

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Samsung Galaxy M11 with 6.4-inch Infinity-O display, triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Samsung has been rapidly expanding its M series of smartphones and recently the company launched the Galaxy M31, Galaxy M21 which are the successors of the popular Galaxy M30 and Galaxy M20 respectively. After the launch of the Galaxy M31 and Galaxy M21, Samsung has now silently introduced the Galaxy M11 which surfaced in rumors last year.

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Zoom Cloud Meetings for iOS will no longer send information to Facebook

A few days ago, it was discovered that the popular video conferencing app, Zoom was sending telemetry information for iOS users to Facebook without clearly informing the user. A day later, Zoom issued an update to its iOS app to remove the code that sent information to Facebook and also updated its privacy policy.

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Google cancels its popular April Fools’ Day jokes this year due to coronavirus outbreak

The 1st of April month is known for Fools’ Day jokes and many companies come up with a number of pranks. But this year, it is not going to be the same as the world is fighting a pandemic. Due to the outbreak of coronavirus and the present situation, Google has taken a major decision on the Fools’ Day jokes.

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HUAWEI to introduce new Smart Screen flagship with pop-up camera on April 8

HUAWEI today announced that it will introduce new flagship Smart Screen, the company’s flagship smart TV with a pop-up camera in China on April 8th. The teaser shows the TV with a larger pop-up camera and narrow upper bezel compared to previous generation, but doesn’t give any other hints. It will likely feature a 4K HDR QLED screen similar to the first two models that were introduced recently. Continue reading “HUAWEI to introduce new Smart Screen flagship with pop-up camera on April 8”