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New Nubia Red Magic Gaming phone with up to Snapdragon 845, 10GB RAM, liquid + air cooling open for crowdfunding

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As promised, ZTE's Nubia brand has opend crowdfunding for its upcoming second-generation Red Magic Gaming phone via jd.com in China. This will be powered by Snapdragon 845 with 10GB of RAM, 256GB storage and comes with both liquid cooling and air cooling to reduce the temperature by up to 13.2 degrees and increases the CPU performance by up to 70%. It runs  Android 9.0 (Pie) with Red Magic OS on top. It also comes with two-sided Red Magic touch game buttons, offers 4D gaming experience with real-time recognition of the game scene that vibrates the phone to intelligent match more than 40 game scenes and DTS 7.1 channel + 3D surround sound. It has an unique LED light strip on the back. The New Nubia Red Magic Gaming phone 10GB RAM, 256GB storage version is now available for order starting at 3888 yuan (US$ 561 / Rs. 40,800 approx.) through jd.com crowdfunding. It said that will continue to collect funding till December 6, 2018 till it reaches 1000000 yuan, but it has already collected 2164170 yuan, ahieving the target in few hours of funding. The company has not announced when it will start shipping the phone. We should know more details of the smartphone in the coming ...

Samsung introduces Infinity Flex for foldable smartphone and One UI mobile experiences

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Samsung Electronics has introduced new developer tools for its Bixby and SmartThings platforms, as well as new, powerful mobile experiences with One UI and Infinity Flex Display. Samsung is making it easier for developers and partners to quickly build, launch and scale new experiences to millions of devices around the world. Samsung's new and intuitive interface design called One UI; a minimal design keeps the most relevant content on the bottom half of the screen – making it more natural and comfortable for one-handed use. The experience was re-engineered to reduce clutter and distractions, allowing the user to better focus and quickly navigate their phone. Thanks to the foldable phone; the Infinity Flex Display together with One UI to deliver new user experience. In addition, users can browse, watch, connect and multitask without losing a beat, simultaneously using three active apps on the larger display. The company is offering One UI beta giving users a chance to try it before the official release. The program is available for participants in China, France, Germany, India, Poland, South Korea, Spain, UK, and the USA. To try out One UI, download the Samsung Members application from Galaxy Apps or the Google Play Store. After logging in, go to Notices and ...

Samsung finally opens up Bixby developer studio to developers

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At Samsung Developer Conference 2018, Samsung is opening Bixby Developer Studio, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), to developers. It offers access to the same development tools Samsung’s internal developers used to create Bixby Capsules. This move is in line with Samsung's approach towards AI and with a goal of building a scalable open AI platform where developers and service providers can access tools to bring Bixby to more people and devices around the world. This collection of tools provide an intuitive way for developers and partners to infuse intelligence into more services and devices. Developers will be able to create Bixby Capsules features or services created for Bixby and make them easily accessible to consumers in the Bixby Marketplace. The Bixby platform will allow developers to easily adapt their capsules from mobile phones and televisions to home appliances and other products across the Samsung ecosystem. Samsung is also expanding support to five new languages in the coming months, including British English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. It is available in more than 200 markets around the world. Samsung is now making it faster and easier for developers to connect their devices and services to the SmartThings platform with a new suite of tools in the redesigned SmartThings Developer ...

Federal Trade Commission rules Qualcomm must license its modem patents to competitors

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The U.S. federal court in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which monitors acts of commerce, ruled against Qualcomm over the alleged anti-competitive practices and abuse of FRAND patents. This means that Qualcomm must license its modem patents to competitors. The motion was strongly supported by the rest of the industry and potentially weakens its stranglehold on the market. The ruling came out of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Qualcomm, which was filed near the start of 2017. The key highlight of the ruling is whether Qualcomm has to license standard-essential patents to competitors and the court has ruled that it should do. Until now, Qualcomm has only offered licenses to companies that directly manufacture smartphones. Qualcomm seems to have done that only when it was directly selling the chips to them. This means that companies like Intel which is badly trying to compete with Qualcomm had to work around Qualcomm's patents to sell its modems of its own and brands like Apple and Samsung also had to play by Qualcomm to sell its smartphones. This is definitely bad news for Qualcomm and a sign of relief for rest of the industry. What doesn't change with this ruling is how much Qualcomm charges for those ...

Apple Clips update brings six new Selfie Scenes, three new filters and much more

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Apple's Clips app gets a new update that brings more great content for video creation. The new version of Clips adds six Selfie Scenes. The Selfie Scenes use the TrueDepth camera system to allow users to record themselves against immersive, animated backdrops including a beautiful rainforest, a mad scientist’s lab and even an action-packed scene from Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2. The Selfie Scenes tap takes advantage of the Neural Engine on the A12 Bionic chip to deliver incredible portrait segmentation during preview and recording. Clips also get three new filters including a black-and-white comic book, monochrome watercolor painting, and aged film. New posters let users create great-looking title cards for their videos with themes like science, sports, and a silent movie, as well as animated posters from Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2 and Coco. New stickers and text labels let users add emphasis and fun annotations to videos. Clips 2.0.5 is available today as a free update on the App Store and is compatible with iPhone 5s, iPad Air and iPad mini 2 and later models running iOS 11.1 and later. Style transfer effects require iPhone 7 or 2017 iPad Pro and later. Selfie Scenes require iPhone or iPad Pro with a TrueDepth camera. Source

Samsung showcases foldable phone with 7.3-inch inner and 4.6-inch outer display

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Samsung, as expected, has finally showcased its foldable display at its developer's conference in San Francisco. The company has provided the details like screen resolution that are needed for developing a foldable smartphone to developers.  Samsung’s foldable device sports a 7.3-inch display when it’s open to offer a tablet-like viewing experience and when folded, it sports a 4.6-inch display on the outside. The outer 4.6-inch display packs a 21:9 aspect ratio, 840 x 1960 resolution, 420 PPI, and the 7.3-inch display come with 1536 x 2152 pixels and the same pixel density. Google already announced support for flexible displays, so apps will use the outer display will expand to occupy the 7.3-inch main display when the device is unfolded, and users will also have the option to use three apps in tablet mode. "Since glass is not pliable, we developed a new maerial for the cover window that's flexible and durable. And to ensure the reliability of the display, we found a unique adhesive that enhances the display's elasticity and keeps its strength even when ifs folded and unfolded over and over again," said Samsung. However, Samsung isn't revealing the entire spec sheet of the foldable tech. The company didn't showcase the device fully just ...

Google Photos update hints at restoring backups while charging, guidance for backup conditions

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Google Photos has gained a new update which doesn't bring any major changes to the surface. However, a teardown reveals that there might be a new informative boxes coming that can explain why backups aren't running, and the ability to backup only when charging the phone might be making a return.  Considering at how inappropriate Photos app is in performing backups, Google Photos team which for some reason removed the ability to backup photos during charging looks to have decided to undo the feature. The setting might appear in the "Back up & sync" settings, but it's not actually part of the layout for that page or any other. However, it is used in code and will only be shown when the right conditions are met. Whatever may be the reasons, the string related to the backup while charging is a good sign that users will be getting at some point. Google Photos often do things in the background depending on the situations and for the sake of letting users know a bit more about this and give some guidance in the process. A couple of more widgets similar to the Backup Complete box are going to be added. There are two new additions. The ...

GigSky brings eSIM support for iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs and Xs Max

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GigSky has officially launched the eSIM service for iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, and iPhone Xr to its North American and worldwide mobile data plans. For this functionality, you need to update to iOS 12.1 update which Apple rolled out last week. Users can complete the process of eSIM conversion from GigSky app.  The company, in order to celebrate the occasion, is offering 50% off your first, 1-day data plan. Simply enter code ESIM123 when you create your GigSky account. To remind you, Apple has flipped the switch for eSIM with the iOS 12.1 update, but it is still carrier dependent. The eSIM eliminates the need to use a physical SIM giving users the ability to use dual SIMs (one eSIM and one physical). Plans with GigSky start at $10. Download the GigSky app for iOS from the AppStore. The release notes of the GigSky app reads: Support for eSIM on iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. UI improvements and Bug fixes. The company commenting on the same said: You can use iPhone's built-in eSIM to purchase a GigSky data plan in over 190 countries. It's super easy to use and great for travel – just update to iOS 12.1, download the GigSky app, and select your plan of choice.  To ...

Amazon Audible audio book service launched in India

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Amazon has finally launched its Audible service in India. This lets you listen to your favourite books using the Audible app. The company says that it has over 200,000 audiobooks narrated by  performers across several genres. The company says that the service is currently in beta and it is still adding more new and exciting Indian and international audiobooks every day. Audible subscription costs Rs. 199 per month after a 30-day trial as well as one free audiobook. You can cancel the subscription anytime. Select users get 90-day free trial along with a credit towards three free audiobooks. For Indian users, it is offering 1 credit a month that lets you use it on any audiobook regardless of the price. You can roll over up to six unused credits to the next months. Once you subscribe, you get to keep the audiobooks in your Audible library, even if you cancel the membership. You can also swap the books if you don't like it.  Apart from the base subscription, you also have a 6-month and 12-month plan priced at Rs 1,345 and Rs 2,332 respectively.  The company says that it is offering 30% off on additional saving on audiobooks for exclusive members. You can signup for Audible using you existing Amazon ...

Samsung Galaxy J4 Core Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone with 6-inch Infinity display surfaces

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After Galaxy J2 Core (SM-J260), the company’s first Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone that was launched back in August, Samsung is gearing to launch the  Galaxy J4 Core soon. This reveals a 6-inch HD+ display, Snapdragon 430 SoC with 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera both with LED flash. It will likely come with Samsung’s Smart Manager delivers automatic RAM management that ensures the device has sufficient free memory and remains fast and optimized. It doesn’t come with Fingerprint sensor or Face Unlock. It has a 3300mAh battery on board. Samsung Galaxy J4 Core rumored specifications 6-inch (1480 x 720 pixels) HD+ TFT display Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 ( 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex A53 + 4 x 1.5 GHz Cortex A53) 64-bit Mobile Platform with Adreno 505 GPU 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition) Dual SIM 8MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash Dimensions: 160.6 x 76.1 x 7.9mm; Weight: 170g 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS 3300mAh battery The Samsung Galaxy J4 Core will come in Black, Gold and Blue colors. We can expect the official announcement soon. Source | Via

LG patents show smartphone design with an in-display selfie camera

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Despite facing tough times with the smartphone division, LG isn't giving up anytime soon. We have recently seen the company filing patents for square-shaped camera setup on the rear. This time, the company has filed for multiple design patents in South Korea with KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office) for a full-screen smartphone with a camera under the display. The design patents show two smartphone models; one with a bezel-less design and rounded corners, another design is edged-curved on the right-hand side, making the device thinner on the right side. The company, in both the cases, is using a flexible display. It contains an oval hole where the selfie-camera is present. The display contains an oval hole for the selfie camera, which is made of a transparent material. This oval hole can be placed at different locations; in the middle, also in the left or right top of the device. However, it isn't clear why the company chose the oval shape, but it is ideal size if it wants to place two selfie-cameras. The patents were published on 24 October and 2nd November 2018. Via

Facebook Portal and Portal+ video calling devices with Alexa, AI smart camera tech go on sale in the US

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Facebook introduced Portal and Portal+ video calling devices back in October. The company has clarified some privacy concerns saying that Facebook does not listen to, view or keep the contents of your Portal video calls and all the video calls are encrypted, the Smart Camera and Smart Sound use AI technology that runs locally on Portal, not on Facebook servers.  Furthermore, Portal is integrated with some of your Messenger and Facebook experiences. When you use Portal, the company processes the same kinds of information when you use Facebook products on other devices. Some of this information includes the fact that you logged into your account or how often you use a feature or app, may be used to inform the ads you see across Facebook. While it doesn't listen or save any of your Portal video calls, or use this information to target ads, Facebook, however, mentioned that it will process some device usage information to understand how Portal is being used and to improve the product. This information includes when you make a Portal video call, Facebook process the same device usage information as other devices with Messenger installed. Some of this information may be used to target ads. Like other ...

Over 1 million Honor smartphones sold during the Diwali festive sale

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Huawei's Honor brand has announced that it has sold over 1 million or 10 lakh smartphones during the Diwali festive season sale on Flipkart, Amazon and Honor store. The Honor smartphones such as the Honor 9N, Honor 9 Lite, Honor 7S, Honor 9i, Honor 10 and Honor 7A were sold on special prices and offers. The company said that its Honor 9N was the star product during the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale and the Honor 8X was the best-seller in the Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 15,000 category during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale. Honor also announced 300% YoY growth as compared to 2017 during the Diwali season sale. "According to in house research, Honor fans increased by 32% out of which most of them are fashionable youth and tech-savvy," said the company. Due to the overwhelming response and love received by customers, the company has extended its attractive offers on its best-selling smartphones on Flipkart till stocks last. Commenting on the new milestone, P Sanjeev, Vice President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group said: We are glad to have received the enormous love and acceptance by our Indian customers for all our devices launched this year. Our campaign #YehDiwaliHonorWali too received a great response from ...

Fossil Sport Smartwatch with Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100, WearOS 2.1, heart-rate sensor announced

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Fossil today has announced the Fossil Sport Smartwatch that is powered by the Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform and runs on WearOS by Google. It boats features like extended battery life, a new battery saving mode, enhanced ambient mode, integrated heart rate, NFC, and GPS capabilities. The Fossil Sport comes in two case sizes; 41 and 43 mm, and packs 350 mAh battery with Rapid Charging support that offers one day's battery life in the full smartwatch experience, and the new battery saving mode adds an additional two days of telling time. it runs on WearOS by Google with options like Quick Swipe, faster access to information, receive proactive help from the Google Assistant and get smarter health coaching from Google Fit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_lgpy5-Af8 It comes with a heart rate sensor, optimized connectivity, GPS, and NFC capabilities on the platform. All watches will come with new applications auto-installed, including Spotify, and Noonlight. It comes with interchangeable straps and bracelets in 18mm and 22mm sizes. The watch is compatible with iOS and Android and can be connected via Bluetooth technology. It supports Wireless syncing and magnetic charging. The Fossil Sport smartwatch is priced at $255 (Rs. 18,440 approx.) and will be available starting November 8 on Fossil Website and in select Fossil retail stores ...

Jolla Sailfish 3 with fresh new look, data encryption improvements, Mobile Device Management and more released

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Jolla has announced the availability of Sailfish 3 which is its 3rd gen independent mobile operating system. The company says that Sailfish 3 offers a packetized solution for various corporate environments. It now supports several new Sony Xperia devices. It comes with security features such as Mobile Device Management (MDM), fully integrated VPN solutions, enterprise WiFi, data encryption, and better and faster performance. Sailfish 3 adds a host of new features and improvements to the user experience: the OS has a new fresh look, a new top menu, new keyboard gestures, new camera functions, data encryption improvements, and USB On-the-Go storage, just to name a few. The third generation also brings a clear improvement to the OS performance and the upcoming major Qt upgrade will further improve the responsiveness & performance resulting to 50% better overall performance. The company is introducing support for several new Sony Xperia devices and a free trial option within the popular fan & community program. Sailfish X is now available for the whole range of Sony Xperia XA2 models. Starting today, users can download the free trial version of Sailfish OS and install it to their Xperia XA2, Xperia XA2 Plus, or Xperia XA2 Ultra. Users can easily purchase and install ...

Google rebrands Files Go to ‘Files by Google,’ hits 30 million monthly active users

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Google launched Files Go app to free up space on mobile phones, find files faster and share them with others back in December 2017. The app currently has over 30 million monthly users. Google today is finally rebranding the app to just Files by Google, and the company has also redesigned the user experience. Google is ensuring that the content of your mobile phone is the focus when you use the app. When you clear out files you no longer need, we now tell you what you’ve freed up room for. The app lets you free up space more quickly and easily than ever. You can even delete old photos and memes from chat apps, remove duplicate files, delete unused apps, clear your cache and more. You can use Files to see how much free space is left on your phone and SD card. Files by Google can be downloaded directly from Google PlayStore. Source

Xiaomi forays into UK with Mi 8 Pro, Mi Band 3, Electric Scooter, Redmi 6A and more

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Xiaomi has officially entered U.K with the launch of Mi 8 Pro alongside a range of other products including Mi 8, Redmi 6A smartphone, the Xiaomi Band 3 fitness tracker, and the Mi electric scooter. Apart from U.K, Xiaomi is steadily rolling out its range of products in new regions including Latin America and parts of northern and eastern Europe. A recap of the products (and prices!) that we unveiled today at our first UK Launch event. #ThisIsMi pic.twitter.com/ZxEm6cgVYw — XiaomiUK (@XiaomiUK_) November 8, 2018 Though Xiaomi products were available in the UK through a 3rd party, this marks the official entry and a major push for Xiaomi. They will be available through brick-and-mortar Mi Store in Westfield London which will be opened on November 18. The Chinese smartphone giant first debuted the Mi 8 Pro alongside the Mi 8 Lite in China back in September, following Mi 8 which launched in May. The company’s senior VP, Wang Xiang said: “Today we witness a new chapter in Xiaomi’s global expansion journey, underpinned by our global ambitions.” The Mi 8 Pro comes with a pressure-sensitive in-display fingerprint sensor. This only activates the unlocking process once you place your finger on the screen, which is faster and more power-efficient and is ...

Vine successor ‘Byte’ short-video looping app to launch in 2019

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Creators of Vine has now announced the spiritual successor app dubbed 'Byte' which is a new video looping app. Not much is known about the app except for the fact that it is set to launch in the spring of 2019. Dom Hofmann says that it is officially the projects formerly known as v2. our new looping video app is called byte. launching spring 2019 pic.twitter.com/C3FMvkcIwc — dom hofmann (@dhof) November 8, 2018 Twitter purchased Vine in 2012 before the official launch and shut it down nearly four years later. Though the short-life, Vine became immensely popular for video creators, many of whom have since moved on to Instagram, Twitch, and YouTube. Now, it looks like Dom Hofmann, one of the co-creators of Vine, is reviving it as Byte and the company even has a logo and sign up page running. As said, not much else is known about how Byte will work, but Hofmann postponed v2 indefinitely in May of this year, citing funding and logistic issues. It looks like Hofmann has now secured some type of funding to get v2 off the ground as Byte. We hope to learn more about the app in the days to come.

Chrome 71 to warn users of websites with insufficient mobile subscription information pages

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With Chrome 71 that will be released in December 2018, Chrome will show a warning sign about the insufficient mobile subscription information pages, so that users can make informed decisions when signing up to mobile-based subscription services. Users will be offered the choice to proceed to the page or go back if they were unaware that they were entering a billing page. Google says that it wants to make sure Chrome users understand when they are going through a billing flow and trust that they’ll be able to make informed decisions while browsing the web. To adequately inform users, it’s important to provide a sufficient level of details within the billing page as outlined by the new mobile billing charges. If Chrome detects pages that don’t provide sufficient billing information to users, it will display a warning sign to the user on Chrome mobile, Chrome desktop, and Android’s WebView. When Google identifies such pages, it will notify the webmaster through Search Console where there will be an option to let it know about the changes they’ve made to clarify the billing process. Google won't make any changes if websites offer clear information about the billing process. Source

HTC Vive Focus standalone VR headset rolls out globally

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At GDC 2018, HTC Vive announced that it will roll out the Vive focus to global markets later this year. Vive Focus is the first 6DOF stand-alone VR headset to be commercially available. The company is also making Vive Focus developer kits available to registered developers in most countries through the developer portal. Built upon Vive Wave, the open VR platform and toolset that is unifying the development experience for standalone and mobile VR devices, along with Viveport as its content platform. In addition, developers who bring content to Viveport in China for either Vive Focus or PC-based Vive will receive 100% rev-share from title sales and Viveport subscription in China between April and September 2018. The Vive Focus is the company’s first Standalone VR Headset for the China market and is the first commercial standalone device to deliver inside-out 6-degree-of-freedom tracking (6DoF). Meaning you don’t need a base station like PC or mobile to connect it nor sensors and you get the freedom of mobility to use it anywhere. The Vive Focus VR packs an AMOLED screen to deliver the best VR experience with low latency, and it is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 VR Platform and utilizes the Vive Wave VR open platform. It has a ...
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