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New information about the upcoming Oppo Reno 2 lineup has leaked online after Oppo shared the official teaser. According to a report, expected specifications and pricing in the Indian market have surfaced on the Internet. Before we jump into these details, let’s recap was we already know. As previously...
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DTH giant Tata Sky has just made some updated to four of its curated packs across different languages. These changes bring some new channels to the packs but also increase the total cost for subscribers. The company made changes to its Hindi Basic, Family Kids, Bengali Hindi Basic, and...
Company gets rid of 85 adware-infested apps
Google has just removed 85 problematic apps from the Play Store. This development comes right after security researchers at Trend Micro discovered adware in these apps. Security researchers revealed that most of these apps were disguised as photography apps and games. The surprising part is that more than 8...
Huawei Mate 30 series to launch in Munich, Germany on September 19
We have seen a number of leaks regarding the upcoming flagship smartphone series from Huawei in the last couple of weeks. These leaks range from renders, rumored specifications, smartphone cases to even stealthy images in the real world. We have already seen reports indicating that the flagship Huawei Mate...
Motorola One Action with GoPro-like wide-angle camera launched
Motorola has just launched its latest smartphone, the Motorola One Action in select countries across the globe. According to the announcement, Motorola One Action is the latest addition to the Motorola-branded Android One lineup. Taking a closer look, this seems to be somewhat different from previous Android One smartphones...
Apple Watch Series 5 to hit the market in fall with OLED displays
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed some new information about the next-generation Apple Watch Series 5 wearables. According to the latest note, it looks like Apple will source OLED display panels from Japan Display. In addition, the company is set to launch an upcoming generation of wearable devices in the...
Airtel 4G Hotspot now offers 1.5GB data per day to new prepaid users
Telecom giant Bharti Airtel has just revised the tariff plans for its 4G Hotspot devices. According to a new report, revised plans apply both to the postpaid as well as prepaid Airtel 4G Hotspot users. The company likely wants to take on the likes of Reliance Jio, and Vodafone...
Can Congress Ever Find a Leader Outside Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty?
By Harihar Swarup While demitting the office of the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi made a statement of far-reaching importance for which he must be praised. He observed that the Congress must pick a president outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. This was wish of several Congress leaders, but they were...
India Must Be Cautious In Talking About Nuclear Use Policy
By Barun Das Gupta Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh has said that though India is still committed to its “No First Use” (NFU) nuclear policy, “what happens in future depends on the circumstances.” The occasion, the venue and the timing of his statement are significant. The occasion...
Rural Distress Is Leading To Intensive Slowdown
By Anjan Roy In his monetary policy statement last week, the governor of the Reserve Bank had observed that the current slowdown appears to be cyclical. Maybe, but the slow down appears to have come full cycle. It began in the housing and automobile segments, which are capital...
Record Gold Price A Product Of Economic Situation
By Arjavi Indraneesh Gold prices in India had surged to record high of ₹38,470 for 10 grams earlier this week, registering an increase of Rs 475 in one go. The prices have somewhat retreated from those levels, but what makes the development noteworthy is that it may...
Population Policy Needs A National Debate
By Subrata Majumder Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s apprehension on population explosion in his sixth Independence Day speech from the rampart of Red Fort raises eyebrows among the global viewers. They wonder why India decries the increase in population, while a major part of the developed nations plunged in...
Hathway 100Mbps Broadband plan for Rs 699; All you need to know
Internet service provider Hathway Broadband has just launched a new broadband plan. This new plan comes just days after Reliance Jio hinted at its upcoming JioFiber plans. As reported previously, Reliance Jio hinted at some of the specifics of the plans that will launch on September 5, 2019. Hathway...
New Zealand Adopting New Healthcare Norms
By Arun Srivastava AUCKLAND: The New Zealand Government this week unveiled its bill for reform of abortion laws. Earlier the political leadership of the country was in favour of having a referendum on the issue of decriminalisation of the Abortion law, as it apprehended that some of the...
Realme 5 Pro with 8GB RAM and Snapdragon 710 SoC spotted
Just days before the much-anticipated launch, a new Geekbench listing for Realme 5 Pro has been spotted. This listing reveals some importation information regarding the specifications of the upcoming smartphone. Similar to other Geekbench listings in the past, we get to know about only a handful of specifications. It...
Link to Windows feature from Galaxy Note 10 already back-ported
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Series comes with a number of interesting hardware and software features. These features include two different models, 3D scanning, AR doodling, DeX on PC, Air actions with S Pen and more. The flagship smartphone series also comes with Live Video filters, Zoom-in Audio, 45W charging,...
Microsoft admits contractors listen to Skype, Cortana chats
Microsoft has admitted that third-party contractors listen to your voice conversations on Skype and virtual assistant Cortana. The revelation came after Motherboard found contractors were listening to audio from both Skype and Cortana, including sensitive and personal conversations of Microsoft customers. “We realized, based on questions raised recently, that...
Honor 10 Lite EMUI 9.1 update starts rolling out in India
Honor has started rolling out the EMUI 9.1 update for its Honor 10 Lite smartphone. The latest EMUI update adds GPU Turbo 3.0, EROS System, video ringtone features and more. The company says the update also improves the performance of the phone. To recall, the Honor 10 Lite was...
