Chinese ODM Topwise Communication has launched Comio C2 Lite and S1 Lite smartphones in India. Both these phones have a 5-inch HD display, are powered by quad-core MediaTek SoCs, run Android 7.0 (Nougat) and have 4G VoLTE support. The C2 Lite comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera, both with LED flash … Continue reading "Comio C2 Lite and S1 Lite with selfie flash, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 7499"![]()
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Comio C2 Lite and S1 Lite with selfie flash, 4G VoLTE launched in India for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 7499
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Vu Quantum Pixelight 65-inch and 75-inch 4K HDR LED TVs launched in India
Vu today has launched the 65 and 75-inch Quantum Pixelight LED Tv in India. The TV comes with 1500 nits brightness making it the brightest LED TV in this segment. The LED panel promises to deliver an immersive life-like TV viewing experience with its vibrant color gamut and impressive picture quality using quantum pixel technology. The new Vu LED TV … Continue reading "Vu Quantum Pixelight 65-inch and 75-inch 4K HDR LED TVs launched in India"![]()
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Microsoft Photos Companion app for Android and iOS released, lets you quickly transfer photos and videos to PC
Microsoft today released a new photos app named ‘Photos Companion” for Android and iOS which is designed to make it easier to transfer photos or videos from a phone to a PC. The new app is released as a part of the Microsoft’s Garage project which lets employees release experimental apps. The app has been in … Continue reading "Microsoft Photos Companion app for Android and iOS released, lets you quickly transfer photos and videos to PC"![]()
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Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S firmware reveals Sony IMX363 sensor, Android 8.0 Oreo and more
Earlier this week design sketch and render of the Mi MIX 2S surfaced. Now more specifications of the phone has surfaced, thanks to Mi Mix 2S firmware files that XDA-Developers got hold of. This confirms that the phone is code-named ‘polaris,’ as well as Snapdragon 845 SoC and Sony IMX363 camera sensor that coincides with earlier rumors. … Continue reading "Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S firmware reveals Sony IMX363 sensor, Android 8.0 Oreo and more"![]()
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo update suspended, new version said to be in development [Update: Samsung responds]
[Update: Samsung has confirmed that it has indeed stopped the roll out Oreo update for the phone. It has also said that the roll out was stopped due to unexpected reboots for some. If it finds the impact to be minimal, it will resume it soon] In a statement to Sammobile, Samsung said: Following a … Continue reading "Samsung Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo update suspended, new version said to be in development [Update: Samsung responds]"![]()
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Facebook now includes organizations and businesses in community help during crisis
Facebook introduced community crisis response over a year ago making it easier for people to ask for and give help during a crisis. Today it has announced that it is also including organizations and businesses to help the community and respond plausibly.
Facebook says that organizations and businesses can post in Community Help, where they can provide critical information and services for people to get the help they need in a crisis. The company is rolling out this functionality to Pages for organizations and businesses like Direct Relief, Lyft, Chase, Feeding America, International Medical Corps, The California Department of Forestry and Fire and Save the Children. It also said that it would make the feature available to more in the coming weeks.
Enabling organizations and businesses will bring in more ways to reach communities impacted by crises in more better ways like free transportation to supplies, connecting volunteers with organizations that need help and more.
Facebook says that it has helped more than 500 different crises. The main goal here is to build tools that will help people stay safe and provide them with ways to get the help they need to recover from the crisis.
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Celkon Uniq with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, 8MP front camera with flash launched for Rs. 8999
Celkon has launched Uniq, the company's latest smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by a quad-core processor with 3GB of RAM, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), comes with a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with moonlight flash.
In addition to Jio VoLTE support, it also has support for Airtel VoLTE, features dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots. It has a metal-like finish, features a fingerprint sensor on the home button and packs a 2700mAh battery.
Celkon Uniq specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 2.5D curved glass display
1.3 GHz Quad-core processor
3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory with microSD
Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Dual SIM
16MP rear camera with LED Flash
8MP front-facing camera with Moonlight Flash
Fingerprint sensor
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2700mAh battery
The Celkon Uniq comes in Grey and Gold colors and is priced at Rs. 8,999, which is costly compared to the other smartphones in the range. It should be available from offline stores.↧
Google removes ‘view image’ button from image search results
Google today has removed the ‘view image’ button from search results that appear when you click on a picture. Though this is a small change, it has a huge impact on users making them take additional steps to save an image.
Whenever you search for images in Google, you expect to save it and use it for something, but now with this change, Google is intending to stop people from taking an image or driving them to the website where the image is actually found. This change primarily comes after a lot of frustration from photographers and publishers who felt that Google image search allowed people to steal their pictures.
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Image copyrights information and improved attribution of Getty photos were announced earlier last week and are included these changes as well. While this is great news for publishers and photographer, it is a blow to users who intend just to save pictures. You will have to wait for the website to load and scroll to the image and then save it from there. But some specific publications and blogs disable the right click functionality making it harder to keep the picture.
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Karbonn Titanium Jumbo 2 with 5.5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery launched at an effective price of Rs. 3999
Karbonn, in partnership with Airtel has launched Titanium Jumbo 2, the company's latest budget smartphone with Airtel cashback offer of Rs. 2000. This gets Rs. 169 plan that offers unlimited calling and 0.5GB 4G data per day for 28 days.
You need to pay upfront amount of Rs. 5,999 and do 36 continuous monthly recharges of Rs. 169. You will get a cash refund of Rs 500 after 18 months and another Rs. 1500 after 36 months, taking the total cash benefit to Rs. 2000.
If you don’t need the bundled plan, you can do any recharge, but to claim the cash refund benefit, recharges worth Rs. 3500 must be done within the first 18 months to claim the first refund installment of Rs. 500 and another Rs. 3500 over the next 18 months to claim the second refund installment of Rs. 1500.
Karbonn Titanium Jumbo 2 specifications
5.5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD full-laminated 2.5D curved glass display
1.3 GHz quad-core processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB with micro SD
Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED flash
8MP front-facing camera with Flash
Fingerprint sensor
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
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Smartron t.phone P Review
Smartron recently launched the t.phone P smartphone focused on battery with humongous 5000mAh battery under the hood. The company promises up to 2 days of battery life on a single charge. So, how good is this smartphone, let's check it out.
Unboxing
https://youtu.be/nWdgZtiVrEI
Box Contents
Smartron t.phone P in Black color
2-pin charger (5V-2.1A)
Micro USB Charger
SIM Ejector tool
Quick Start Guide and Warranty Information
Display, design, and hardware
The t.phone P sports a 5.2-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display with a pixel density of 282ppi. The display is not bright enough for outdoor viewing and the sunlight legibility is just. However, the color reproduction, viewing angles are good and the text looks sharp too. There is a yellow tint spread all over the display and it can be seen clearly from side angles with white background. After being used to Night Mode in other smartphones, lack of it is a slight let down.
The t.phone P comes with a metal unibody design with soft matte finish texture on the back. Having said that, it has a plastic finish on the top and the bottom parts where the antennas are present. It also has glossy side metal frame giving us a comfortable side ...↧
Belkin AC Anywhere – Charge your electronic devices in the car
US-based Belkin recently launched the Travel 200W DC/AC inverter-cum Car Charger dubbed as AC Anywhere, in the Indian market. This is the perfect device for those who find themselves in a lot of traveling without having time to charge the laptop, phone or other accessories.
With this device, you can charge the battery of literally any device including your mobile phone, portable computers, electric trimmers, and much more. Talking about the placement, the device has convenient On/Off switch with which you may switch off the inverter when not required.
As a safety precaution, this device also comes with an automatic overheat shut-off feature, which will prevent any damage to your connected gadgets if in case the inverter reaches a temperature of 150 F.F
The AC Anywhere also features a coupled of AC outlets, which allows you to charge multiple devices at the same time. On the back, we also get a replaceable 20A fuse protection which sends an alarm if the vehicle battery voltage goes below 11V and it automatically powers off when under 10v.
In an attempt to avoid overheating, the AC Anywhere features an inbuilt cooling fan which regulates the temperature and protects it from getting overheated. The AC Anywhere measures 6.4 x ...↧
All news apps must support iPhone X Super Retina display from April, says Apple
Apple is informing app developers that all new apps submitted to App store from April 2018 must support the iPhone X’s full-screen Super Retina display. The company is said to have been sending emails to app developers about the latest requirement.
The iPhone X comes with a top-notch and a full-screen display meaning that developers who are planning on bringing their app to iOS platform will now have to embrace and accommodate the top-notch and edge-to-edge design. Though there is no specific date to the deadline to the existing apps, the new app needs to bring the support natively.
Apple has been aggressively enforcing rules that need to bring support to its latest devices. Furthermore, Apple is also insisting on adoption of the newest iOS 11 features like Core ML, SiriKit, and ARKit. However, there is no compulsion that news app must support new features. It only ensures that app developers are using the latest Apple development tools, to prevent the App Store as a whole from going stale. Most developers have already started adopting and making the iPhone X cutting edge design and full screen display a top priority.
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Snapdragon 855 expected be Qualcomm’s first 7nm SoC with Snapdragon X24 2Gbps LTE modem
Earlier this week Qualcomm introduced Snapdragon X24 as the world’s first 7nm LTE modem with up to 2Gbps download speeds as the successor of the Snapdragon X20 that is being used by in the Snapdragon 845 10nm SoC. The company will likely introduce the Snapdragon 855 later this year or early next year. Now hints of SDM855 points to the chip using 7nm process technology.
The Snapdragon 845 SoC is manufactured on second generation 10LPP process from Samsung, but according to a recent report, TSMC will be making the 7nm (FinFET) chips for the Snapdragon 855 SoC. Samsung recently announced that is working on 7LPP (Low Power Plus) with EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography technology for smartphones that is targeted for initial production in the second half of 2018.
The same report said that Qualcomm is going with TSMC since the fab uses normal steppers while Samsung is going with 7nm EUV lithography tech which is riskier, and might not be ready on time.
GlobalFoundries already said that first-gen 7 nm process, which involves deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography are expected to arrive in second half of 2018 with 7nm Gen 2 and Gen 3 involving DUV + EUV lithography are expected in 2019.
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JioPhone now available from Amazon India
Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone, the company’s first VoLTE feature phone back in July and started pre-bookings in August, which went on sale from September through retail stores across the country. The company even stopped bookings for the phone due to huge response. Today the company has started selling the phone via Amazon.in at Rs. 1500, which will be refunded after 36 months.
One the phone is delivered, you need to go to nearest Jio Store/Reliance Digital outlet with device, packaging box and Aadhar number to get it activated with a Jio connection.
Amazon is also offering Rs. 50 cashback if you pay for the purchase via Amazon Pay. Additionally, if you opt for a mobile recharge using Amazon Pay balance, you will get a flat 50% cash back up to Rs. 50. Both these offers will be valid until Feb 28, 2018.
JioPhone recently got Facebook app. Reliance Jio recently introduced Rs. 49 pack with free voice calls and unlimited data (1GB at high speed) with 28 days validity, especially for JioPhone users, making it the cheapest monthly plan.↧
Walmart said be in talks to acquire more than 40% of Flipkart
Back in 2016 US retail giant, Walmart was in talks to invest up to whopping $1 billion Flipkart. Nothing ever happened on that, however, now according to new report from Reuters, Walmart is said to be in talks to acquire more than 40% of Flipkart.
Walmart is said to be in talks to buy existing and new shares of Flipkart and due diligence is likely to begin as early as next week, the sources said. The terms and proposals are under wraps at the moment. Flipkart would be valued at more than the $12 billion figure given that Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund took roughly a fifth of the firm last year for $2.5 billion.
Neither Flipkart nor Walmart commented on the ongoing speculation just as expected. However, With Walmart acquisition, Flipkart would get a good boost in its fight against Amazon which is said to expand in India with an investment close to $5 billion that would also include online grocery delivery. Despite so many attempts to enter India, Walmart restricted itself to cash-and-carry’ wholesale business amid tough restrictions on foreign investment. The company currently operates 21 such stores in India.
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Reliance Jio Football offer launched – Rs. 2200 instant cashback on new 4G smartphone
Reliance Jio has launched Jio Football offer that offers Rs. 2,200 instant cashback for all new smartphones getting added on to Jio’s network. When a new smartphone user does a Rs. 198 or Rs. 299 recharge for the first time, starting today until 31st March 2018, the 44 vouchers of Rs. 50 will be credited to the customers MyJio account. These vouchers can be redeemed instantly against subsequent recharges of Rs 198 or Rs. 299 on MyJio.
This is available for both existing and new Jio customers and is valid for all eligible devices, activated on the Jio network for the first time, on or after 15th February, 2018 and if the first recharge of Rs 198 / 299 is done on or before 31st March 2018.
This is available for 22 brands, Check out the list of Eligible devices below.
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Eligible Devices
LYF
WATER 2, EARTH 1, WATER 1, WATER F1S, WATER 8, EARTH 2, WATER 10, WATER 11, WATER 7s, WATER F1, WIND 4S, FLAME 8, C 451, FLAME 1, WIND 3, WIND 1, FLAME 7, WIND 7, WIND 7, WATER 5, WATER 4, WATER 6, WATER 7
Samsung
On 8, On 5 Pro, On 7 Pro, On Max, On Nxt, J3 2016
Xiaomi
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LG’s 2018 flagship with 6.1-inch MLCD+ FullVision display, Snapdragon 845, new design said to be unveiled in June
It is already known that LG will be introducing an enhanced version of the V30 smartphone with A.I features at the MWC 2018 later this months, instead of G6's successor. Now @evleaks is saying that the next LG flagship will be codenamed 'Judy' with a brand new design will be introduced in June. The phone is said to feature a 6.1-inch 18:9 FullVision display, but it will use a MLCD+ panel with white sub-pixel in RGBW matrix offering high, 800-nit brightness while consuming 35% less power compared to IPS LCD panels.
It is also said to pack Snapdragon 845 SoC, but it will be coupled only with 4GB of RAM, compared to 6GB in other flagships. It is not clear if it will have an enhanced version like the V30+. It further reveals stereo speakers, 16MP dual rear cameras with f/1.6-aperture, IP68 certification, military-grade durability, wireless charging and more.
LG "Judy" rumored specifications
6.1-inch FullVision MLCD+ display with a 18:9 aspect ratio
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
4GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with LG UX
16MP dual rear cameras with f/1.6-aperture
front camera with wide-angle lens
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NPCI gives nod to WhatsApp Payments BHIM UPI beta, says interoperability must for public launch
NPCI; The National Payments Corporation of India, the underdog for all digital payments in the country, said that all partnering bodies must follow set or predefined rules and UPI guidelines to make the platform interoperable. This was in context to the speculation of Paytm accusing NPCI giving out favoring setbacks to Whatsapp for its Payments platform.
Furthermore, NPCI says that it has given its consent to roll out WhatsApp BHIM UPI beta with a limited user base of 1 million and low per transaction limit. Four banks will join the multi-bank BHIM UPI model in phases and product will be rolled out once the beta test is successful. Multi-bank model has various advantages such as transaction load distribution, helps to integrate popular apps easily with BHIM UPI.
The body further said that apps would only be enabled for full-scale public launch only if and when they incorporate interoperability, generate BharatQR codes and have both intents and collect payment options. This statement from NPCI comes in the wake of Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma accused by saying "Facebook is openly colonizing our payment system and is customizing UPI to their benefit. UPI was built as an India Stack; now some American monopoly arm-twists UPI for customer implementation."
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Twitter is shutting down Twitter for Mac app, support ends in 30 days
Twitter today announced that it will be ending support for its Mac application in the next 30 days in favor of the web client. The app will no longer be available to download from today. The company suggests users use the web client to get the full experience.
The Twitter app for Mac which was once very popular when it was originally dubbed "Tweetie" is now been lying around for quite some time with no updates or additions. Third-party clients like Tweetbot or Twitterific have taken over the MacOS. This also goes to indicate that Mac App store itself is a failure where most apps mimic popular websites and lack the punch.
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On the other hand, there are also rumors that Twitter is working along with Apple under NDA to bring its iOS app onto the Mac platform, this news indeed gained some traction on social media over the past few weeks.
Whatever it is, the Twitter app for Mac has just 30 days to live, post which it is only the web client for Mac users. With the Twitter app just lying there no major changes and updates, users have already migrated to a better third-party app client.↧
Microsoft Cortana gets IFTTT integration, now works with more smart home devices
Microsoft today announced that Cortana is adding new home automation skills, new smart home devices, such as the Ecobee, Honeywell Lyric, and LIFX. And it also now works with IFTTT. You can now open Cortana on Windows 10 or launch the Cortana app to add new products to the Connected Home menu.
With IFTTT you can now connect and customize your experience by creating your own phrases to use with services. Furthermore, you can also use triggers and responses on IFTTT to make Cortana your truly personal assistant. You can use the Applets on IFTTT with Cortana to trigger multiple actions with one phrase. This is really interesting; now instead of waiting for 3rd party services to add Cortana skills, you can already use the existing services on IFTTT’s platform to connect to Cortana-enabled devices.
To set up your connected home products with Cortana, you need to open Cortana on Windows 10 or Cortana app on your phone, click Notebook, then click Connected Home from where you can connect your favorite smart home accounts and control your devices from anywhere you use Cortana.
The company back in October last year announced that you could use Cortana to manage smart devices through Samsung SmartThings, Nest, Philips Hue, Wink, and Insteon.
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