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Nokia 9 PureView, the penta-camera smartphone from HMD Global, has launched in India. If you said at last then we are with you. The smartphone was first announced at Mobile World Congress 2019 in February. The Finnish company has taken a good five months to bring the device to...
Motorola One Vision Bronze Gradient now available on Flipkart
Smartphone maker Motorola has just launched a new color variant for its Motorola One Vision. The company just launched a Bronze Gradient variant of its Motorola One Vision. Similar to other color variants for the device, the new Bronze Gradient is also priced starting at Rs 19,999. If you...
Twitter down? Well you are not alone; details, possible fixes
Social media giant Twitter seems to be currently facing some problems. The popular microblogging website is currently not working for thousands of people across the globe. If you can’t access Twitter right now then you are not alone. To clarify, it is not your Internet Service Provider or the...
Apple temporarily disables Walkie-Talkie app on Apple Watch due to a bug
Apple has temporarily disabled the Walkie-Talkie app for Apple Watch. The company introduced this feature in watchOS 5 last year. The iPhone maker has disabled the feature due to a recently reported bug. This bug allowed other users to eavesdrop on other Apple Watch users. The Cupertino-based company confirmed...
Xiaomi Redmi 7A next sale scheduled for July 18, features
Xiaomi has revealed the date for the next flash sale of its extremely affordable Xiaomi Redmi 7A. The company listed the new sale date right after concluding the first sale that took place today on July 11 at 12 noon. Similar to most Xiaomi sales, the next one is...
OnePlus TV Remote control certified by Bluetooth SIG
OnePlus seem to be actively working on launching its much anticipated Smart TV. The company teased this new product a couple of months back revealing the next segment they want to focus on. At the time, OnePlus did not indicate any concrete launch date for its upcoming smart TV....
Google Maps gets 3 new features for users in India
Google has introduced three new features in Google Maps to discover local places for users in India. The software giant has revamped the Explore tab to a redesigned ‘India-inspired’ Explore tab, which will now fetch dining offers and suggestions tailored to users’ taste. The Explore tab in Google Maps...
WhatsApp message tracing easily possible, says IIT professor
With India pressing for traceability of WhatsApp messages to check the spread of fake news, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras stressed that the issue can be easily resolved easily. The professor further asserted that without diluting end-to-end encryption, the messages can be traced. It will reportedly...
WhatsApp to get Quick Edit Media Shortcut soon on iOS and Android
WhatsApp will soon allow iOS and Android users to edit media right from the chat window. The Facebook-owned social messaging platform is testing a new feature called Quick Edit Media Shortcut. The feature will make it easier for users to edit a media file from a personal chat or...
Vivo Z1 Pro first sale today on Flipkart: Check offers and more
Vivo will start selling the Z1 Pro from today. The first sale of Vivo Z1 Pro will take place at 12:00PM on Flipkart. The punch-hole camera smartphone made its debut in India last week. It is the first smartphone in the country to offer Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 712 SoC....
OnePlus Launcher gets password security option for hidden space
OnePlus Launcher is finally getting a major update that fixes one of the critical issues with it. OnePlus Launcher comes pre-installed on all OnePlus smartphones. The launcher, unlike others, has clean user interface and has only bare minimum features. OnePlus aims to not confuse its customers by loading a...
After launching TVs, Micromax planning to unveil refrigerators
Micromax is expanding its products portfolio in segments like TV, washing machine and air conditioner. Following which, the company is expecting contribution from its consumer durable segment to boost up to 40 percent by the next year. The company is investing around Rs 100 crore at its Bhiwadi-based plant...
Honor Play 8 China launch; Specifications, price in India
Huawei sub-brand Honor has launched its latest smartphone, the Honor Play 8 in China. The new smartphone seems to be a rebranded version of the previously launched Honor 8S. The smartphone maker seems to be taking on entry-level and budget smartphones with this new smartphone. The company revealed that...
Tecno Phantom 9 with in-display fingerprint sensor launched in India
Tecno has launched a new smartphone named Phantom 9 in India. It is the cheapest phone to offer an in-display fingerprint sensor, which is also the phone’s biggest USP. Moreover, this handset also comes with a triple rear camera setup, a 6.4-inch AMOLED display and more. Read on to know...
Vivo S1 India launch soon; triple rear camera, 32-mp selfie
It looks like Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is planning to launch a new smartphone in India. Rumors about the new device come just days after Vivo launched its latest Vivo Z1 Pro in the market. The company is planning to launch the first smartphone from its new S-Series lineup...
OxygenOS Open Beta 22 and 14 for OnePlus 6 and 6T out
OnePlus has just announced the latest version of its Open Beta builds for OnePlus 6 and 6T devices. These new Open Beta builds come just two weeks after OnePlus launched the previous version. The company has updated a number of things in the new builds under the hood along...
Apple expected to launch four iPhones in 2020 to boost sales: Report
Apple will reportedly launch four iPhones with significant specifications in 2020. The Cupertino giant is said to unveil three iPhones with OLED screens, with display sizes of 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch. The devices might also offer 5G connectivity and advanced 3D sensing camera technology. Furthermore, the fourth iPhone could...
Bharti Airtel users use 11GB data per month; overtakes Jio
Telecom giants are currently locked in a fierce competition against each other in the Indian market. After almost two years of trying to appease users, the companies have started looking at a way to increase their revenue. A recently released report revealed that the industry will take some time...
