Facebook is said to be building a unified messaging for a business feature that will let businesses access and manage Instagram Direct Messages alongside its Facebook Messenger messages. This would mark Facebook’s first step toward building a tool to manage messaging across Facebook’s apps for businesses.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent for Samsung Electronics hinting at the company’s brand new plans for the S Pen. This patent focuses on the S Pen doubling as a camera that could provide users with a vastly superior optical zooming system in contrast to the digital zoom. Continue reading “Samsung patent hints at Galaxy Note S Pen camera functionality with optical system”
Samsung’s Unpacked event is right around the corner, and naturally, more and more leaks started surfacing the internet. While the flagship S10 is quite obvious, the company has also been working on the next Galaxy Sport watch which might be announced alongside the flagship. In-line with the previous render, the new leak showcases the Galaxy Gear Successor in three color variants; black, teal blue and pink gold. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Sport with Bixby reminders, brand new design surfaces in renders”
Facebook is said to be working on bringing Instagram login as an option while logging in with apps and websites. Instagram has prototyped the “Main Account” feature that would let users set one of their profiles as a primary account and then link their other accounts to it. Logging into the main account would instantly log them into the rest, as well. Continue reading “Instagram said to be working on ‘Main Account’ feature to manage multiple logins easier”
OPPO at the MWC 2019 event is all set to announce a smartphone with a 10X optical zoom lens; possibly the F19 and F19 Pro. However, the company is also working on bringing the successor of the Oppo Find X; the Find X2. But the new patent file suggests otherwise. Continue reading “OPPO patents Find Z, could feature 10X optical zoom, in-display fingerprint sensor”
Samsung for a while now has been working on a new Galaxy device; the Galaxy A90. What makes the Galaxy A90 so special is the fact that it will be Samsung’s first pop-up front camera phone. This means that there won’t be any notch, no punch-hole camera making the screen perfect. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A90 said to feature pop-up selfie camera and no-notch display”
Alphabet’s Verily life science arm seems to be planning on bringing health-tracking shoes to measure movement, weight, and falls. The company is looking for partners to co-develop these shoes. Sources reveal that Google’s company in recent months has shown a prototype of the design in private meetings, hoping to attract partners to build the shoes and take them to market. Continue reading “Alphabet’s Verily said to be working on health-tracking shoes to measure movement, weight and falls”
Samsung is set to introduce the Galaxy S10 series flagships later this month and with the launch inching closer, rumors and leaks continue to grow. This time around, we are getting to see the S10 and S10+ flagships in their full glory. Despite the relatively narrow bezels, there’s still a sizeable chin at the bottom of the display. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ with in-display front-camera, triple rear cameras, in-screen fingerprint sensor surface in renders”
LG is reportedly working on its first 5G smartphone; the LG V50 ThinQ which is rumored to go official at the MWC in February; earlier than Samsung Electronics first 5G model; the Galaxy S10 X. The company is said to announce two models of LG G8 ThinQ and LG V50 ThinQ at the International Conference Hall (CCIB) in Barcelona on April 24th. Continue reading “LG V50 ThinQ with 6-inch display, Snapdragon 855, 5G support said to be introduced at MWC 2019”
According to a latest Bloomberg report, Apple is said to be planning to launch iPhones with more-powerful 3D cameras as soon as 2020, pushing the company further into AR. The rear-facing, longer-range 3D camera is designed to scan the environment to create three-dimensional reconstructions of the real world. Continue reading “Apple’s 2020 iPhones said to feature 3D cameras in AR push”
Apple said to be aiming to have its video streaming service ready for launch in mid-April, according to reports. Furthermore, Apple has been in talks with entertainment companies who will have content available through the service to be ready for a launch in mid-April. Continue reading “Apple said to roll out its streaming service by mid-April”
Samsung, Huawei, LG are said to be working on foldable smartphones which are slated to release some time this year. Apart from these mainstream OEM’s, companies like Qualcomm, Microsoft, IBM, and Intel are also said to be working on foldable devices. In-line with the reports, Intel’s new patent hints at what the company is working. Continue reading “Intel patent hints at a foldable smartphone that unfolds into tablet”
It is well known that Android can read your clipboard even if you don’t grant them runtime permission to do so. The reason why Android apps need to read the clipboard is that they can’t accept any text from the clipboard without it, meaning you can’t paste any text that you’ve copied. However, Google might be planning on changing this with Android Q. Continue reading “Google Android Q might block background clipboard reads, bring support for downgrading apps, new fonts, icon shapes and more”
Android Q which leaked earlier this month is confirmed to bring tons of new features including a system-wide dark theme and API changes. However, one of the biggest additions to the upcoming Android OS is the native support for a more secure facial recognition, instead of just relying on an image as a Trusted Face. Continue reading “Android Q UI reveals native support for facial recognition, screen-recording, WPA3 and more”
As we inch closer to the launch for the Galaxy S10, more details started flowing in. Just a while ago, we have seen the device surface in the live images showing off the punch-hole selfie-camera and the Secure Cryptowallet and now we are getting to see more live images of the S10 and S10 Plus together. As we know from the previous leaks, the S10 Plus packs a dual-front cameras, hence the Infinity O display is wider than the regular Galaxy S10. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ live images show Infinity O display, triple rear cameras and 3.5mm headphone jack”
