Samsung smartphone users were recently taken by surprise, thanks to a weird Find My Mobile notification with just the number “1” appearing in the message. Reports of the error recounted by flummoxed users emerged from across the globe, but Samsung downplayed it by calling it an unintentional error caused during internal testing. It now appears … Read more
iQoo 3 is finally official, thanks to its launch in India on Tuesday. The heavily-marketed flagship 5G phone is targeted at mobile gaming enthusiasts and as such, offers some neat features such as pressure-sensitive shoulder buttons on the sides for more immersive gaming experience and 4D vibration feedback. Aside from the top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 … Read more
Huawei brand Honor has announced the global debut of the MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15. Both new Honor laptops come with an aluminium body and include features such as 65W fast charging and FullView display to compete against various Windows-based ultrabooks available in the market. To emphasise on user privacy and security, the Honor MagicBook … Read more
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Apple’s bid to avoid paying about $440 million in damages for using patent licensing firm VirnetX’s internet security technology without permission in features such as FaceTime video calling. The justices rejected Apple’s appeal in the long-running case in which a federal jury in 2016 found that … Read more
Huawei Mate Xs on Monday made its debut as the Chinese tech giant’s second foldable smartphone. It will be the company’s first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola. Huawei’s first foldable phone – Mate X – never made it out of China. Huawei … Read more
iQoo 3 is set to launch in India. The new smartphone, which will be the first model from the Chinese brand in India, will come with a quad rear camera and feature a punch-hole display. Vivo sub-brand iQoo that debuted in China in March last year is entering India as a separate legal entity to … Read more
Samsung Galaxy M31 is all set to be launched in India today at 1pm. The new Samsung phone will succeed the company’s Galaxy M30 and Galaxy M30s phones in the country. The South Korean tech giant has revealed three major reasons to buy this smartphone, which includes a Super AMOLED display, a 6,000mAh battery, and … Read more
Samsung Galaxy A71 has gone on sale in India and is available on the Samsung store and Amazon. It is powered by the octa-core Snapdragon 730 SoC and available in just one RAM and storage configuration as of now – 8GB + 128GB. There are three colour options namely Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, … Read more
There’s no arguing with the convenience of true wireless earphones; these small and entirely wire-free earphones are the future of personal audio. However, the size and form factor of most true wireless earphones and their charging cases means that battery life doesn’t usually exceed 30 hours in total. Would you therefore believe us if we … Read more
Chinese smartphone maker Black Shark is returning with its next gen gaming phone and will officially launch, the Black Shark 3, at an event in China on March 3. The latest gaming flagship seems to be called Tencent Black Shark 3, after the company announced a strategic partnership with Tencent Games that is popular for … Read more
Sony Xperia 1 II has been launched as the company’s first 5G flagship. The new smartphone comes with top-of-the-line specifications, including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC and 256GB of onboard storage. The Xperia 1 II (reads Xperia One Mark Two) also features a CinemaWide display that is an upgrade over what we got on the … Read more
Vivo’s upcoming smartphone, the Vivo Z6 5G, has been reportedly spotted in Chinese regulator TENAA’s database. While the name of the phone hasn’t been mentioned anywhere on the listing, a device with the same model number, V1963A, was spotted on Geekbench last month and was suspected to be the Vivo Z6 5G. The TENAA database … Read more
US based search engine giant Google has started alerting its users about the update of its terms of service (ToS), which will happen on March 31. The update claims to offer “improved readability” and “better communication”, as well as adding Chrome/OS and Google Drive to the ToS. According to the company, there are now changes to … Read more
If you’re planning to buy OnePlus 7 Pro over OnePlus 7T Pro while considering the camera quality of the two smartphones, an independent online rating website claimed that there’s hardly any difference between the two smartphones’ cameras. In terms of the camera performance of OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T Pro, both smartphones were at … Read more
Realme detailed a plan for its entry into the AIoT ecosystem during its Realme X50 Pro 5G launch event today. It plans to bring four smart hubs to the market that include a Smart Screen, Smart Watch, Smart Speaker, and Smart Earphones. In a slew of tweets, the company’s India CEO Madhav Sheth revealed that … Read more
As promised, ALTBalaji and Zee5 have released the full-length trailer for Mentalhood, the upcoming comedy-drama that stars Karisma Kapoor in the lead as one of six “supermoms” who “manoeuvre their way through unreasonable expectations and they try their best to raise their children.” Kapoor plays small-town girl and mother-of-three Meira Sharma, Sanjay Suri (Inside Edge) … Read more
Realme X50 Pro 5G was launched in India on Monday as the company’s latest flagship. The new model is Realme’s first 5G phone. It is also the company’s first to debut with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC and packs 65W SuperDart fast charging technology. But alongside the key highlights, the Realme X50 Pro 5G also … Read more
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella touted the new India cloud partnership with Reliance Industries as he shared centre-stage with its chairman Mukesh Ambani at an event in Mumbai on Monday. Microsoft struck a 10-year deal with Reliance in 2019, committing to power the oil-to-telecoms conglomerate’s data centres with its Azure cloud. “We’ve been working … Read more
Realme X50 Pro 5G is official. The new smartphone from the Chinese smartphone maker Realme was unveiled at a press event today. It is notably the first 5G smartphone from the Oppo spin-off. The phone comes with specifications such as Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, 65W SuperDart flash charge technology, in-display fingerprint sensor, and dual selfie … Read more
Software updates are a big deal on Android smartphones. While some brands such as OnePlus and Samsung push out the latest version of Android to its flagship devices, the other brands simply don’t. Xiaomi’s sub-brand Poco has now confirmed that it will be updating its second smartphone, the Poco X2 to Android 11 when it … Read more
Realme is slated to launch its latest 5G flagship smartphone, the Realme X50 Pro 5G, today. This smartphone is being marketed as India’s first 5G smartphone and it was originally scheduled to be unveiled at MWC 2020. But because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the show got cancelled and the company is now hosting an … Read more
Sony Xperia 1 II is rumoured to be in the works as the company’s next-generation flagship model. While the Japanese company is yet to make an official confirmation, images and specifications of the Xperia 1 II have been leaked online. Additionally, details around the Xperia 10 II have also surfaced on the Web. The Xperia … Read more
Hotstar has released a teaser trailer for Special Ops, an upcoming action thriller series “based on events of national significance spanning a period of 19 years” from creator and director Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday!). It reportedly stars the likes of Kay Kay Menon (Shaurya), Karan Tacker (Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai), Divya Dutta (Irada), … Read more
Hospitality unicorn Oyo has said that it will introduce a bug bounty programme towards ensuring that there is a credible and continuous flow of positive feedback from independent security groups and individual researchers to mitigate against any bug or shortfall in the company’s systems. This is in line with the established practice of recognition and … Read more
Google is attempting to make sure people know exactly what they’re signing up for when they use its online services — though that will still mean reading a lengthy document. The company updated its terms of service on Thursday — its largest update to the general use contract since 2012 — in response to a … Read more