Now that the Galaxy Note 9 is up forpre-ordersin India with a bunch of exciting launch offers, it is time that its predecessor receives a price cut. Ahead of the Galaxy Note 9’s official launch in India onAugust 22, Samsung has slashed the price of the Galaxy Note 8 by Rs 12,000. The Galaxy Note 8, which was originally launched in India carrying a price tag of Rs. 67,900, is now available onAmazon....
If you think toilet seats are the dirtiest ones swarming with germs, look at your smartphone. A research has revealed that smartphone screens have three times more germs than a toilet seat. More than a third of people (35 per cent) have never cleaned their smartphones with wipes, a cleaning fluid or a similar product, according to the study done by Insurance2Go, a gadget insurance provider based in Portsmouth, England....
Android Pie has been official for just a couple of weeks, and the update has reached only the four Google Pixel phones and the Essential Phone until now. However, Project Treble has made it easier for developers to port the official AOSP Android Pie build and make it available for numerous other devices. We’ve already seen how unofficial Android Pie ports hadbecome availablefor over 20 devices just a day after Google made it live....
End-to-end encryption is a boon for users as it prevents third parties from snooping in on their conversations, and at the same time, government authorities detest it because it impedes their surveillance and investigations. In yet another scuffle over the feature, the US government is coercing Facebook to help officials tap the Messenger chat app to listen to a suspect’s conversations for an ongoing investigation, essentially asking Facebook to break Messenger’s end-to-end encryption feature....
As if Twitch and YouTube going for each other’s throat wasn’t enough (no, I didn’t forget Microsoft Mixer), Valve is now looking to join the fray with its very own streaming service called Steam TV. Valve, the company behind the popular game marketplace Steam, hasquietly unveiled Steam TVand the platform was live atsteam.tvfor a few hours, which the company has admitted was an inadvertent mistake. Steam.tv is no longer live, but when it was it was streaming Valve’s free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game – Dota 2....
Vivo has sent out press invites for a product launch event scheduled for September 6 in India, where the company is expected to unveil the V11 smartphone. The artwork on the invite boldly highlights the number ’11’, which suggests that the company will launch the V11 for the Indian market, whose live images and specs were leaked earlier this month. The media invite also has the diagram of a fingerprint pattern, which indicates that the V11 will come equipped with an in-display fingerprint sensor like theVivo X21, which also featured an under-display fingerprint sensor....
Panasonic is a renowned name when it comes to making world-class imaging hardware, and now, the company seeks to leverage its expertise, influence and resources to do some social good. For World Photography Day, Panasonic has joined hands with Know Disability, an NGO which takes care of differently-abled kids. As part of the initiative calledBeyondFrames, Panasonic will identify special kids who are gifted with photography skills and will organize training classes for them that will be conducted by professional photographer, Mohit Ahuja, to further hone the photography skills of the socially abled kids....
India is one of Xiaomi’s biggest smartphone markets, yet the company has not launched a ‘Mi’ series flagship smartphone in the country after the Mi 5, except the Mi MIX and the Mi MIX 2. But that is about to change, as new reports suggest that Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the company’s latest flagship, theMi 8, in India very soon. 91Mobileshas received information from a Delhi-based smartphone dealer who claims that Xiaomi might launch the Mi 8 in India in the next few weeks....
There was a time when rooting was considered as something quite hard to achieve. However, that all changed with Magisk, which allowed devices to gain root access, that too systemlessly, that is, without modifying the /system partition. However, Magisk is much more than just a rooting tool. It is an entire framework, that allows third-party developers to create custom modules for Magisk. Well, with plenty of options to choose from, here are the 15 best Magisk modules you should be using:...
Amazon is ready to expand its 10.or (pronounced as Tenor) smartphone lineup to capture a piece of the budget ecosystem pie in India. It is now teasing the launch of a new device on August 22 and we havecome across hints that it will be the 10.or D2. There’s no mention of which phone Amazon is launching under its ‘Crafted by Amazon’ program, where it ties up with third-party OEMs. However, a peek at the landing page’s source code reveals that the teasers are for 10....
Many of Google’s apps are in line to geta Material Theme makeoverand the latest one to get this treatment is Android Messages. The app has just received an update (v3.5) and it has received a refresh with Google’s Product Sans font, an all-white aesthetic, and the much-requested dark mode. Note: AsAndroid Policehad pointed out, the new UI doesn’t instantly appear after you update the app and that’s true. You may need to “Force Stop” the app to check out the material makeover....
Asus claims that the ROG Strix Scar II is the first laptop with a 17-inch display which is less than 400mm wide, thanks to super narrow bezels around the display. The new Asus gaming laptop features the same design as its smaller sibling, complete with the brushed metallic finish, the dual tone Kevlar and camouflage texture on the deck, and full sRGB lighting keyboard with translucent edges on the keycap....
Asus has unveiled a new gaming laptop in the Zephyrus series called theROG Zephyrus S, which succeeds the upgradedZephyrus Mwhich was announced back in April. The ROG Zephyrus S is loaded with high-end hardware which makes it a bonafide gaming monster, but at the same time, ASUS has further trimmed the already-slim laptop’s thickness by a further 12%, introduced super-narrow bezels, what it claims to be upgraded thermal management hardware and an overall more compact footprint than its predecessor....
