In a move to bid its dependency on suppliers, Apple is said to be designing its own in-house power management chipsets as early as 2018, according to reports from Nikkei Asian Review. The company currently relies on Dialog Semiconductor for chipsets. Power management chipsets on iPhones handle tasks like charging, battery life management, and energy consumption. Sources … Continue reading "Apple said to design in-house power management chips as early as 2018"
In a move to bid its dependency on suppliers, Apple is said to be designing its own in-house power management chipsets as early as 2018, according to reports from Nikkei Asian Review. The company currently relies on Dialog Semiconductor for chipsets. Power management chipsets on iPhones handle tasks like charging, battery life management, and energy consumption. Sources … Continue reading "Apple said to design in-house power management chips as early as 2018"
Right after Apple filed a countersuit against Qualcomm on Wednesday, the San Diego based chipset maker has fired back by filing three new patent infringement lawsuits against Apple saying there were 16 more of its patents that Apple was using in its iPhones. Qualcomm is seeking a partial BAN on latest Apple flagships; the iPhone 8, … 
Back in October, Microsoft released the beta preview of the Edge browser for Android and iOS and today the company has launched the browser that is available for both iOS and Android. The app was under testing period the last month and after collecting feedback from testers, Microsoft today has made it public. Microsoft Edge … 
Google is rolling out yet another useful feature for Assistant that helps you connect with local home services like an electrician, plumber, house cleaner and more. Assistant already helps you with key information local traffic or a local business. To get started with the local services, you just need to say “Ok Google, find me a plumber” … 
HTC has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for the US unlocked U11 Life as confirmed by the company’s Mo Versi, VP, Product Management on Twitter. While the international U11 Life which is powered by Android-One already runs on Stock Android 8.0, the U11 Life US model was launched last month running Android 7.1.1 Nougat … 
Sony’s upcoming flagship smartphone model number H8541 has surfaced on Reddit revealing most of the specifications of the phone. According to the leaked spec sheet, the flagship device is said to sport a 5.7-inches 4K HDR display and powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. The Sony H8541 will run on Android 8.0 Oreo out … 
Google has introduced the AIY Voice Kit back in May, and today the company has launched the AIY Vision Kit that has on-device neural network acceleration for Raspberry Pi. The Vision kit includes a new circuit board, and computer vision software can be paired with Raspberry Pi computer and camera. In addition to the Vision, users will … 
Micromax today has launched the Bharat 5 smartphone just as it had promised. It is the latest budget segment device in the Bharat series, it sports a 5.2-inches HD display, 1GB RAM, and a massive 5000mAh battery. The Bharat 5 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and has 5-megapixel rear and front cameras. Micromax has partnered … 
Samsung has announced W2018 (SM-W2018 ), its latest premium Android Flip phone in China to celebrate 25th anniversary of its entry into China. It has dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays, so that you can use the phone even when it’s closed, is powered by Snapdragon 835 with 6GB RAM and has a 12-megapixel rear … 
Samsung India has launched AX7000 Air Purifier in India that comes with advanced PM2.5 filters. The PM2.5 filter is a mechanical air filter that works by forcing air through a fine mesh and traps harmful particles in the air, and the AX7000 is capable of faster air purification with higher Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR). The AX7000 … 
Samsung among the many security features it packs on flagships and premium mid-range phones, it also looking into palm scanning to display password hints and remember them according to the patents it filed. This feature lets users who constantly forget passwords with a hint for their password. The 42-page patent file which was filed in Korea states … 
KDDI and Samsung Electronics have successfully completed the first 5G demonstration on a moving train that is traveling at a speed of 100 km/hour and the distance between two stations was approximately 1.5kms. During the demonstration, both the companies were able to achieve a speed of 1.7 Gbps. The 5G demonstration tests were carried from October 17th through … 
Apple just released iOS 11.2, a major update for iPhone and iPad, a month after the release of iOS 11.1. The update brings Apple Pay Cash, peer-to-peer money transfer feature in iMessage in the U.S. The update also brings faster 7.5W wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X with compatible third-party Qi-based wireless charging … 
OnePlus, one of the sponsors of Comic Con India that is happening in Bengaluru, just introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the event. This comes after the Lava Red OnePlus 5T that was introduced in China earlier this week. The OnePlus 5T was launched in India and other countries only in Midnight … 
At the Google For India 2017 event today, apart from announcing Android Oreo Go edition and launching new apps, Google has announced new Two-wheeler mode in Maps for India. This is the India-first feature which is debuting in the country before it goes to other parts of the world. The new two-wheeler mode is placed alongside the other … 
Google launched Tez payments app in India back in September. Today at the Google for India event in Delhi the company said that Tez has seen huge growth in its first 10 weeks of launch. It has processed over 140 million transactions from nearly 12 million active users and over 525,000 merchants are on Tez who pay their suppliers or transfer money … 
After putting an end to the much celebrated Nexus brand, Google opened a fresh front in the smartphone market last year in form of ‘Pixel’. This game plan gave Google a full control over both software and hardware, elevating them to a next level when it comes to Android experience. With Pixel smartphones, Google directly … 
Samsung Electronics today has announced that it has begun mass production of first 512GB flash storage for next-generation mobile devices and it utilizes the Samsung’s latest 64-layer 512-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND chips. The 512GB eUFS Consist of eight 64-layer 512Gb V-NAND chips and a controller chip which are stacked together. It also doubles the Samsung’s previous 48-layer V-NAND-based 256GB … 
[Update: Xiaomi has finally started rolling out MIUI 9 stable ROM for the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones. If you don’t have the update, you can download the Recovery ROM for the Redmi Y1 and for the Redmi Y1 Lite here and flash on your device using updater method. Check out the complete changelog below] Highlights New – Switch for turning Battery … 
Xiaomi launched the Mi A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone with dual rear cameras in India back in September for Rs. 14999. It also launched the Rose Gold version in the country recently. Today the company has announced a Rs. 2000 price cut for the phone for limited period on Flipkart during its Big Shopping … 
