Google’s upcoming flagship, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have been doingplenty of rounds in the rumor mill lately. While there have been a lot of leaks lately, the most recent one comes for the new Pixel 3 XL, which obviously is the juicier of the two smartphones, simply because ofthe notch. A recent leak byXDA Junior Member dr.guru, hasshown off Google’s Pixel 3 XL in its white color variant....
The tournament, which attracted top streamers such as Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek and Guy “Dr. DisRespect” Beahm, saw the Chinese team demolishing the competition with only Team Liquid emerging as a real threat, but at the end, it was OMG which took home the prize money of$400,000. First runner-up, Team Liquid, will take home $160,000 for charitable efforts while 3rd-placedWelcome to the South Georgowon $100,000, that will be split among the players who can donate it to the charitable organization of their choice....
RealMe, a spin-off of the popular Chinese brand Oppo, will now be operated as an independent brand. Sky Li, the former Vice President of Oppo and the company’s head of overseas business,introduced Realme as his new ventureon Weibo. As of now, the company’s only smartphone –RealMe 1– is only available in India where it has been among the highest rated devices on the exclusive partner, Amazon. The smartphone hassold 400,000 units in India in just 40 daysof sale and as per Counterpoint Research, gained 1% of the total sales in India for that period....
Samsung India will unveil the Galaxy On8 smartphone in 4GB/64GB variant with a rear dual camera setupthis weekin India for nearly Rs 18,000, according to an IANS report. Fresh from the success of the Galaxy On6, the Galaxy On8 represents the second of the online-only smartphones from Samsung, and will be available exclusively on Flipkart, according to industry sources who spoke to IANS. “The smartphone would feature Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-core processor,” the report quoted a source saying, and added that the phone will have a 6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display....
While Uber and Ola battle it out for the crown in the ride-hailing space, Shuttl is treading forward with the infusion of a fresh $11 million (~ Rs 75 crores) into its app-based bus aggregation platform for office goers. This is the Series-B round of funding for Shuttl andhas been led by Amazon India, Amazon Alexa Fund, and Dentsu Ventures. Its existing investors Sequoia Capital, Times Internet, and Lightspeed Ventures also participated in this round....
Now,Meizuhas shared a poster teasing the launch of the Meizu Gravity speaker. As per the poster, the speaker will be unveiled in China alongside theMeizu 16and 16 Plus smartphones on August 8. Meizu Gravity is a wireless speaker whichconnects to devices via Bluetooth and Wi-Fiand is being built in partnership with Sweden-based Dirac Research AB, which optimized sound on audio products used in boardroom conferencing, mobile, and automobile ecosystems. The speaker comes in a compact form factor with dimensions 262x58x74mm....
Ever since the personal details of TRAI chief, Ram Sewak Sharma, were leaked after hedaredhackers to inflict any harm by publicly tweeting his Aadhaar number, the country has been abuzz about the issue of privacy, which means Aadhaar is back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Reports about vulnerabilities in UIDAI’s data system aside, there is a lot more harm which can be inflicted by just knowing a person’s Aadhaar number which borders on the lines ofidentity theft....
Just last week we heard rumors that Samsung Galaxy S10 isexpected to featurean ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor. And much to our surprise, the Korean giant has now been awarded a patent for the said technology, with an in-display biometric sensor that uses ultrasonic technology. First reported byPatently Mobile, the patent application from Samsung has revealed that it is wary of the biometric technologies gaining prominence in the current market. The Korean giant believes that they are open to error, therefore,it is working on its own ultrasonic technology that could be featured in next year’s Galaxy S10 series....
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ChairmanRS Sharma’s open Aadhaar challenge to criticsand hackers is nothing but a case of “misplaced enthusiasm” which dilutes the debate on securing the Aadhaar eco-system, emphasise cyber law experts. Sharma, who made his 12-digit Aadhaar number open on July 28 and created a tweetstorm — not as a government servant but “as a normal citizen of India” — can set a dangerous precedent for millions of Indians who are still not aware what privacy is all about....
Windows 10 has turned three years old, and being a long-time Windows user myself, I would say that Windows 10 is probably the best iteration of Microsoft’s desktop operating system when you compare it to its predecessors. It might sound like an obvious statement because every upgrade brings something new in terms of design and functionality, but Windows 10 is easily the most refined of them all, especially if we talk about the previous three versions of Windows....
Xiaomihas teased a new product that will be launched on August 3 at the ChinaJoy digital entertainment expo in Shanghai. The device is expected to be the company’s all-new gaming laptop that will be powered by a Intel chip, and will be the successor to thefirst-gen devicethat was launched back in March. While that device shipped with a 7th-gen Core-i7 chip under the hood, the upcoming device is expected to up the ante with an 8th-gen CPU and a high-end GPU from Nvidia....
While mirrorless cameras have been doing the rounds lately, a large portion of the world still prefers DSLRs. What’s more is that if you’re an aspiring photographer, a DSLR is a much better method of embarking on your photographic journey. Now, in the world of budget or entry-level cameras, Canon has undoubtedly made a name for itself, offering great options such as the Canon 1300D or the Rebel T6. However, with time, things must be upgraded, and the company has rolled out the successor to it, the EOS 1500D....
After reaching the milestone of one million users back in April,Electronic Arts‘ “A Way Out” hasgained more than 2 million players. This is a great achievement for the game and the developer Hazelight Studio considering that it was launched only in March this year. Andrew Wilson, the CEO of EA announced at the quarterly earnings call that the title wasplayed by more than 2.6 million people between April and Junethis year....
