HTC at the ChinaJoy 2017 announced its first Vive Standalone VR headset for the China market. It will be a premium headset and promises outstanding standalone VR experience and doesn’t require PC to use it, unlike the HTC VIVE headset that was launched recently. HTC says that it will be simple, light-weight and portable. It will … Continue reading "HTC Vive Standalone VR headset powered by Snapdragon 835 coming later this year"HTC at the ChinaJoy 2017 announced its first Vive Standalone VR headset for the China market. It will be a premium headset and promises outstanding standalone VR experience and doesn’t require PC to use it, unlike the HTC VIVE headset that was launched recently. HTC says that it will be simple, light-weight and portable. It will … Continue reading "HTC Vive Standalone VR headset powered by Snapdragon 835 coming later this year"
One billion people now use WhatsApp every single day. The Facebook owned messaging app has reached this milestone a month after it announced that one billion people use WhatsApp every month. WhatsApp also announced that users are now sending 55 billion messages per day, 4.5 billion photos and 1 billion videos, and it’s now at 1.3 billion monthly … 
Facebook has revealed financial earnings for Q2 2017. The social network has recorded $9.32 billion in revenue, up 45% year-over-year (YoY). Net profit in the second quarter leapt 71 percent from a year ago to $3.9 billion. Facebook had announced last month that is has 2 billion monthly active users as of June 30, 2017, an increase … 
LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.55 trillion won (US$ 12.89 billion) in the second quarter that ended June 30, 2017, which is up 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. This is due to strong sales in home appliance unit, said LG. It has reported operating income of 664.1 billion won (US$ 588.2 million), up 13.6% for … 
Ulefone has announced T1, the company’s latest smartphone. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek P25 SoC and runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a 5-megapixel secondary camera with depth information, PDAF, two-tone Quad LED and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with selfie flash. There … 
A series of 3D renders of the upcoming Google Pixel 2, Pixel XL 2 have surfaced thanks to popular tipster OnLeaks and MySmartPrice. The renders showcase Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 in black colour metallic body along with a circular fingerprint sensor at the back. A Google logo is also at the lower back … 
As per the latest reports from various sources, the tablet sales in and out of India are declining due to the rise in phablets. While some brands including HP and Lenovo are rolling out their respective Hybrid laptops, tablets without keyboards is losing its relevance. Amidst this shrinking market, Samsung took a huge gamble and … 
Xiaomi launched its Mi Max 2 phablet in India last week for Rs. 16999 and the phone went on sale through Mi.com and Mi Home during Mi 3rd anniversary sale last week. Today from 10AM, the smartphone went on sale on Flipkart, Amazon, Tata CLiQ and Paytm mall online as well offline stores – Poorvika, BigC, Sangeetha, Croma, Lot, Vijay Sales, eZone … 
Zomato and Ola have announced a strategic partnership to offer both of its services to their users. As a result of the partnership, Zomato users will be able to book Ola rides within the app and also make payments using Ola Money. Zomato will integrate Ola APIs into their app to make it easier for users … 
Earlier this month, a report said that the iPhone 8 will come in four colors, one of which will feature a mirror-like finish. Now a new report from Japan’s Macotakara says that it will come in different colors, but it will not come in White. It also says that it will not ship until Q4 2017, … 
Live images of upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 Active (SM-G892A) surfaced recently, now detailed specifications of the phone has surfaced along with press images. This shows the flat screen phone with the same 5.8-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display, Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera and a 8MP front camera as the Galaxy S8. … 
Xiaomi has secured a whopping $1 billion loan to expand globally and increase its retail footprint. The Chinese smartphone maker has revealed that it has secured a three-year syndicated loan agreement from 18 banks across Europe, Middle East, India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley served as joint global coordinator, with Bank of China (Hong Kong) … 
Last year there was a report that said Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular were gearing up to launch VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services to take on Reliance Jio who launched pan-India 4G LTE services with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) back in September last year. Now Airtel has announced that it will launch VoLTE services in the country by end of current financial year, which … 
Apple is bidding adieu to the iconic music players – iPod nano and iPod shuffle. Although Apple is killing the two models, the company has introduced a new variant of iPod Touch. Today, we are simplifying our iPod lineup with two models of iPod touch now with double the capacity starting at just $199 and … 
Vivo V5 Plus was launched earlier this for Rs. 27980, later it got a price cut to Rs. 25990 when the IPL Limited Edition smartphone in Matte Black was launched in April. Now the phone has received a Rs. 3000 price cut and is available for Rs. 22,990 from Flipkart, Amazon.in as well as offline retailers across the country. To … 
Twitter has revealed financial earnings for Q2 2017. The micro-blogging site recorded $574 million in revenue, down 5% YoY. Twitter’s monthly active user base remained unchanged at 328 million in Q2 2017. This means, Twitter reported 0% user growth this quarter. Net loss was reported at $116 million, an increase of 9% year-over-year, while Advertising … 
Huawei yesterday announced its shipped 73 million smartphones during the first six months of the year, up 21% YoY. Richard Yu, head of Huawei’s consumer division said that the company has shipped more than six million P10 since the launch. In an interview with Bloomberg, he said that the phone will be an even more powerful product compared to … 
Facebook announced Messenger Platform 2.0 in April this year and now the social network has rolled out a new update which includes new and improved features that allow businesses to develop ways to connect with their customers. The Messenger Platform 2.1 update gets a built-in natural language processing (NLP) that automatically detects the context of a message … 
WhatsApp for Android beta has started rolling out a new update that brings app shortcuts. The update is currently available for version v2.17.277 for Android. The new feature was first spotted by Android Police. App shortcuts will allow users to open in-app camera, starred messages and new chat without opening the WhatsApp app. Users can simply … 
Lenovo started teasing its upcoming Note series smartphone in India recently. Today the company has released a new teaser that confirmed that it will introduce the K8 Note smartphone in the country on August 9, skipping the K7 Note. The company says that the phone will kill the ordinary smartphones and stand way ahead of its competition. The … 
