Google has no plans whatsoever to make its own Nexus phone, which is that the company still want other OEMs to make Nexus devices for them and Google would “thoughtfully add more features on top of Android” for Nexus. Continue reading “Google won’t make its own Nexus phone, but will be “more opinionated” about design to OEMs: Pichai”
Google Maps beta app is now available through the Google Play. You can sign up to be a beta testers for the unreleased version of the Maps app. Continue reading “Google Maps beta now on Google Play, v9.27 adds 2 new notification settings and more”
Facebook is shutting down its Notify news aggregator app forever. The Notify app is little over 6 months old, was introduced in November 2015. Continue reading “Facebook kills its ‘Notify’ news push-notification app”
Unicode has a new collection of emojis for rollout. The non-profit corporation Unicode Consortium actively develops and maintains emoji standards internationally. It has approved 72 new emojis, and the update is scheduled for release on June 21. Continue reading “72 new emojis coming to your smartphone on June 21”
HP on Thursday unveiled its “thinnest and lightest” business notebook EliteBook Folio in India alongside the convertible Elite x2 1012. Continue reading “HP launches its ‘thinnest & lightest business notebook ever’ and hybrid Elite x2 in India”
Google has added image and text search support for Android’s ‘Now on Tap’ feature in Marshmallow. Continue reading “Google updates ‘Now on Tap’ feature with Image and Text search”
We first heard about WhatsApp’s anticipated feature of ‘Group invites via links’ last month, where a report by Android Police spotted few translation strings hinting about the possible plan by the company. Continue reading “WhatsApp’s upcoming ‘Group invite link’ feature partially working in beta”
At Computex 2016 in Taipei, AMD today unveiled a new VR-capable Radeon RX 480 graphics card priced at $199. It is touted as the “world’s most affordable solution for premium PC VR experiences”. Continue reading “AMD unveils “world’s most affordable” VR-capable Radeon RX 480 graphics card at Computex 2016”
Lenovo has started rolling out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for its K4 Note in India. The smartphone was launched earlier this year (first week of January). It comes with Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box. Continue reading “Lenovo K4 Note starts receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow OTA update in India”
OnePlus India today announced the launch of its first Exclusive Service Center in Bangalore. The company in its first phase aims to open six such service centers by the end of next month. Continue reading “OnePlus India inaugurates first Exclusive Service Center in Bangalore, 5 more coming”
Google’s next update for the Photos app might bring unlimited high quality backup for Nexus devices, some photo editing/ enhancements tool improvements, and new sorting methods for albums. Continue reading “Google Photos v1.21 teardown suggests unlimited high quality photos, videos backup and more coming”
Intel has announced its latest acquisition of a computer vision firm, Itseez Inc. The company expertize in Computer Vision (CV) algorithms and implementations for embedded and specialized hardware. Continue reading “Intel acquires Itseez, looks to improve in-car navigation and IoT”
The two new Huawei Honor smartphones have been spotted listed on certification website Shouji TENAA, Chinese FCC equivalent. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 5A and Honor 5A Plus get certified in China”
What if your regular smartphone’s display and body could learn force touch or pressure touch of your hands and then perform tasks on that basis? What if you could dial a number or change music, just by squeezing your phone’s body? Continue reading “Meet ForcePhone; A new level of 3D force touch without any special hardware”
Jawbone, well-known for its fitness wearables, has reportedly stopped the production of its UP series of fitness trackers. Continue reading “Jawbone stops fitness trackers production, trying to sell audio business too: Report”
