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Microsoft today on the occasion of International Mother Language Day announced support for email addresses in 15 Indian languages across its email apps and services, including Office 365, Outlook 2016, Outlook.com, Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection.
Starting now, users will be able to use local language email addresses for Outlook accounts on PCs, and can now seamlessly send/receive emails to and from local language email addresses via Outlook client on PCs, outlook.com in addition to Outlook apps for Android and iOS. The supported languages include Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Sindhi, Bengali, Gujarati, Manipuri, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
Setting up process is also simple, you just need to open up the Outlook and go to File menu and select Add Account. From there you enter your Indian language email address and click ‘Advanced Options.’ Select ‘Let me set up my account manually’ and click on the ‘Connect’ button. From the list of given options, you need to choose what kind of account you want to connect your Outlook app. At this point, you will now have to enter details about your mail service provider, and you're good to go.
The languages that are being introduced support Unicode and users can register local language email addresses in ...
BlackBerry is expected to launch at least three new phones this year, and the and they are currently code-named as Athena, Luna, and Uni. These smartphones over the past few weeks, have been making their appearance on Geekbench, through configuration files, and in European device registration databases.
BlackBerry already confirmed that it would launch two KeyOne phones this year and now it looks like the brand is taking a turn and launch three instead. Starting off with Uni, letsgodigital have recently discovered with patent and trademark files of the phone owned by BlackBerry and TCL. The findings revealed that the phone is expected to look identical to the BlackBerry Priv.
With TCL already having a Uni named phone; the Alcatel Uni360, it is starting to look suspicious. Complicating further, The BlackBerry Uni shares same registration codes as the Uni360 leading us to believe that it could be a successor to the phone. Since it a BlackBerry device and chances of TCL mixing its brands are less, one needs to closely look at the patents which mostly focus on the camera module instead of the device. Meaning the 'device' used in the patent could very well be just a reference point.
Moving along, the Athena is the most heard name in the recent times, ...
Samsung has introduced world’s largest 30.72 terabyte (TB) solid state drive (SSD), PM1643 for use in enterprise storage systems. It comes in a 2.5-inch form factor, and leverages Samsung’s latest V-NAND technology with 64-layer, 3-bit 512-gigabit (Gb) chips. It introduced 15.36 terabyte (TB) solid state drive (SSD), PM1633 back in 2016.
Highlights of Samsung PM1643 30.72TB SSD
Enabled by combining 32 of the new 1TB NAND flash packages, each comprised of 16 stacked layers of 512Gb V-NAND chips
Based on a 12Gb/s SAS interface, the new PM1643 drive features random read and write speeds of up to 400,000 IOPS and 50,000 IOPS, and sequential read and write speeds of up to 2,100MB/s and 1,700 MB/s, respectively.
Integrates nine controllers from the previous high-capacity SSD lineup into a single package, enabling a greater amount of space within the SSD to be used for storage
The PM1643 drive applies Through Silicon Via (TSV) technology to interconnect 8Gb DDR4 chips, creating 10 4GB TSV DRAM packages, totaling 40GB of DRAM. This marks the first time that TSV-applied DRAM has been used in an SSD.
Enhanced software supports metadata protection as well as data retention and recovery from sudden power failures, and an error correction code ...
A few days ago popular leakster Even Blass revealed that HTC is planning on launching a new Desire series phone that is said to be pushing full screen 18:9 aspect ratio display down to entry-level segment. Today Android Authority has obtained the retail box of the phone named 'Desire 12' revealing most of the specifications.
Going by the specifications, the Desire 12 is an upcoming entry-level smartphone. It is expected to sport a 5.5-inches HD+ (720 x 1,440) 18:9 aspect ratio display and is powered by the 64-bit, quad-core MediaTek processor, but the chipset is not yet revealed. It packs 3GB RAM and 32GB storage with a microSD card slot for memory expansion.
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There is a 12MP rear camera with 1080p video recording and a 5MP front-facing camera. A 2,730 mAh battery and there are slots for two nano-SIMs. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, WiFi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth. Since the retail box has leaked out, it's only matter of time we have the rendered image. We are only falling short of price, release date, and images of the phone itself. With MWC 2018 inching closer, there is a chance of the phone making its appearance.
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It was reported last week that a Telugu character is making the messaging apps crash, and today Apple has rolled out the supplemental update to iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS devices running the latest public version just as it promised.
As per the changelog, the iOS 11.2.6 brings fixes to the certain character sequences that are causing apps to crash and also fixes an issue with 3rd party apps fail to connect to external accessories. The changelog for macOS also reads the same and it also fixes the Telugu character bug causing messaging apps crash. It is also the same with watchOS 4.2.3 as this too fixes the issue that is causing the character to crash message app.
Apple made it clear that the latest developer and public beta versions including iOS 11.3 already fixed the issue. This update is to prevent users from waiting for the issue to come along with the larger updates expected next month. The updates are rolling out to most Apple devices and you can update it since they are public updates.
The iOS 11.2.6 release note reads:
Fixes an issue where using certain character sequences could cause apps to crash
Fixes an issue where some third-party apps could fail to connect to external accessories
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Sony is expected to introduce the Xperia XZ2 Compact at the MWC 2018, but before the official launch, the device now surfaces in a new prototype image. The Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact next to a Xperia Z5 Compact shows a brief design and an idea of what to expect.
A reader of Xperia Blog has left a comment on a post with an alleged photo of the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact and also clarified that since it is a prototype image, it may not represent the final version. Furthermore, there is also no 3.5mm audio jack and a rear-facing fingerprint sensor much like the Xperia XA2. It has a slightly curved bottom design which completely contrasts from Sony’s usual blocky slab design.
The final version of the Xperia XZ2 Compact will have a slightly smaller bezel on the top of the screen, and the design might reflect the plate + human design concept that was leaked back in 2015. With MWC 2018 event kickstarting in a few days, we are expecting the phone to make its appearance which might have a slightly modern look.
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Chrome 64 for Android was rolled out last month with features like the white navigation bar, blocks auto redirect pop-ups and more and an ad blocker. Today the company is adding one more new feature that automatically shortens URLs and converts them and removes the unnecessary strings at the end of URLs.
This feature was first spotted by Android Police cleans up long or messy URLs when shared through the browser’s built-in Share functionality in the overflow menu. You can also quickly copy the URL to the clipboard or share directly to another app with additional setup required. This feature is related to the "canonical page" URLs that Google started supporting some time ago. We've seen similar features in AMP pages where sharing the content would share a usable URL.
It isn't functional in V63 and is only available in Chrome V64. Chrome's URL trimming will remove anchor tags that load a page to a specific location. This feature also works on links from Amazon, Google AMP, and also works with the “Copy to clipboard” option and any other third-party app. You can download the Chrome 64 directly from Play Store.
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Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 5 smartphone in India last week. As expected, it is the same Redmi 5 Plus that was introduced in China back in December last year, which is not a huge upgrade except for the full-screen display, camera and the selfie flash. It is definitely worth the price, but should you get it? Let us jump into the review to find out.
Unboxing
We recently unboxed the smartphone, check out the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUSzcpRBt_U
Box contents
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 in Black color
2-pin charger (5V-2A)
Micro USB cable
SIM ejector tool
Clear protective case
User guide
Display, Hardware and Design
The main change in the Redmi Note 5 compared to the Note 4 is its 18:9 2.5D curved glass screen with gentle rounded corners. It has a large 5.99-inch Full HD+ display with a pixel resolution of 2160 × 1080 pixels and a pixel density of about 403 PPI. The display is bright, thanks to 450 nits brightness and has 1000:1 contrast ratio. Sunlight legibility is good, since it has a Sunlight display that uses hardware-level technology to adjust the contrast of each pixel in real time, so images are less affected by glare. It has 84% of NTSC color gamut, compared to 72% in the predecessor. It also has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 ...
Google has announced its new AI algorithm that can detect heart diseases by retina scanning. Scientists from Google and its subsidiary health tech Verily claim that by deep scanning of a patient’s eye, the newly developed AI software is capable of accurately detecting data including age, blood pressure, and whether or not they smoke and more.
Furthermore, this can also detect the risk of a person suffering a major cardiac event with roughly more or less the same accuracy as current leading methods. the algorithm is said to make it simple for doctors to analyze a patient’s cardiovascular risk since it doesn't require a blood test. However, even before this software is implemented, it needs to be tested for accuracy and perfected.
Google says that using the deep learning algorithms trained on data from over 284,335 patients, it was able to predict CV risk factors from retinal images which also included eye scans as well as general medical data.The company claims that the algorithm was able to distinguish the retinal images of a smoker from that of a non-smoker 71% of the time. Neural networks were used to mine this information for patterns, learning to associate telltale signs in the eye scans with the metrics ...
A new smartphone codenamed Blackshark has surfaced on AnTuTu, revealing that it is a top-end smartphone. This hints that it could be Black shark technology incorporated, in which Xiaomi has invested. The company's website shows that it has been established in August 2017 and its weibo account reveals that it is a mobile phone maker. The teaser on its website shows some kind of a gaming device.
The AnTuTu listing reveals that the phone will be powered by Snapdragon 845 with Adreno 630 GPU and 8GB of RAM. It also reveals 32GB of storage, Android 8.0 (Oreo) and 2160 x 1080 FHD+ 18:9 display.
The phone has scored 270680 points in AnTuTu, which is on-par with the upcoming Nubia NX606J that share similar specifications, but it has 6GB of RAM instead of 8GB of RAM.
Xiaomi has not confirmed if they are working on a gaming phone under a sub brand. It might come with a 120 Hz display to compete with the Razer Phone. We will have to wait to find out more details about the mysterious smartphone.
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Qualcomm today announced that it has reached an agreement with NXP Semiconductors NV to raise its bid to $127.50 per share from $110 and has lowered minimum tender threshold to 70% of outstanding shares instead of the 80% it required under the earlier terms.
Qualcomm said that it has reached a binding agreement with nine NXP Stockholders who currently collectively own more than 28% of outstanding shares which excludes additional economic interests through derivatives. The latest offer values NXP at $44 billion. The revised price reflects NXP’s recent performance which includes the 2017 results which exceeded Qualcomm’s transaction model on revenue, gross margin and EBIT and GAAP operating income also increased 20% from calendar 2016 to 2017.
The NXP auto business has increased revenues by 11% YoY on the other hand, Qualcomm has also significantly improved its own capabilities in key industry segments such as Auto, IoT, and Networking. NXP’s shares were up 6.5% at $126.15 in premarket trading. The acquisition will help Qualcomm in the fast-growing auto-mobiles chipset market.
NXP has time till March 5th, 2018 and Qualcomm intend to fund the additional consideration with cash on hand and new debt. Qualcomm’s acquisition of NXP has received antitrust clearance from eight of the nine required government regulatory bodies around the world ...
Last month Google announced that it is merging Android Pay and Google Wallet into a single brand – Google Pay, making it an unified payment solution. Today the company has renamed the Android Pay app to Google Pay. The company said that it is currently working on bringing Google Pay to all Google products so that user will have a consistent checkout experience using the cards saved to their Google Account.
As announced earlier, Google is also working with partners online and in stores, so Google Pay will replace Android Pay on sites, in apps, and other places around the world.
It still has all the existing features such as bank's perks and protections. Google also said that it has an extra layer of security, since Google Pay doesn’t share your actual card number when you pay in stores.
It will get more features soon, and in the next few months, U.S. and UK users will be able to use Google Pay to send and request money. Google Wallet app is now called Google Pay Send, and has been redesigned to match the new Google Pay brand. This will likely be a temporary name until it merges it into the core Google Pay app.
Google already said ...
Sony is on the verge of launching flagships and mid-range phones at the MWC 2018 event next week. But before that, we now know few more details about the phones; the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact. The Xperia XZ2 will be powered by the Snapdragon 845 SoC and feature 5.8-inch 18:9 aspect ratio display.
According to the Swedroid.se, Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact will feature HDR displays with 18:9 aspect ratios and don't have a 3.5mm audio jack. The fingerprint sensors are now moved to the rear accommodating the front for full-screen display. The Sony Xperia XZ2 is said to sport a 5.8-inch display with Gorilla Glass 5 protection, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. Furthermore, the device is said to feature special music feature that leverages the vibration of the phone, but no further details are not available.
On the other hand, the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact is said to sport a 5-inch display with Full HD+ resolution with Gorilla Glass 5 instead of 720p on the predecessor. It will also be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset with 4GB, RAM and 64GB storage. However, we have seen a prototype image of the phone yesterday which shows ...
Google's next Android upgrade is just months away, and we already learned that the Android P would embrace iPhone X top-notch design. Although we don't have the core features of Android P, XDA Developers are now discovering tidbits thanks to Android’s open source commit.
According to the commits, new rule-sets in Android P will now prevent idling background apps from accessing the camera and recording you via microphone. This move is aimed at preventing the increasing number of malicious malware apps and trojans in taking control of your smartphone when the screen is turned off.
The new API rules change targets apps (User IDs), the identifiers Android assigns each application at install time, and they're unique to each app, and they don’t change as long as an app remains installed on your phone or tablet, it’ll retain the same app ID.
In Android P, when the camera service detects any app UID is idle that is Doze mode and background running apps limited access to access to CPU and network intensive services, it will now generate an error and close access to the camera and any subsequent camera requests from the inactive UID will generate errors.
In the same way, Android P will also impose limitations on idle ...
There were numerous reports and multiple theories about the iPhone SE 2 launch. While we were confident that the new Apple phone might launch sometime this year, we now hear that it would be announced at the WWDC 2018 later this year according to a new supply chain report from Chinese news website QQ.com who also claims to have details of the device's tech specs.
Firstly, the design won't have any resemblance to the iPhone X. Instead, the new model reportedly will have a similar design as the original iPhone SE, with a metal back and frame, top and bottom bezels on the front, and a home button. However, it will have a slightly larger 4.2-inch display since it is preferred by the subset of customers. There is a chance that Apple might trim down the bezels slightly to give it a modern look, but will skip on features like Face ID and bezel-less design.
Furthermore, the report claims that the new model will be powered by the A10 Fusion chip, and have 2GB of RAM with 32GB or 128GB of storage. Apple since the iPhone 4 in 2010 hasn't introduced an iPhone at the WWDC event which brings an added advantage to SE 2 in terms ...
Motorola last week launched the successor of Moto Z Force in the Indian market billed as Moto Z2 Force with the shatterproof display. Priced at Rs 34,999, does this smartphone lives up our expectations? Let's find it out.
Unboxing
We recently unboxed the phone, check out the video below.
https://youtu.be/sXEfpCN7VfY
Box Contents
Moto Z2 Force smartphone in Super Black color
2-pin Turbo Charger (5V-3A / 9V-1.6A / 12V-12.A)
USB Type C Cable
In-ear Headset
USB Type-C to 3.5mm converter
SIM ejector tool
User manual and warranty information
Display, design, and hardware
The Moto Z2 Force sports a 5.5-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED POLED ShatterShield, shatterproof display with a pixel density of 534ppi. The display is bright with amazing color reproductions and good viewing angle. The sunlight legibility is good as well when the brightness bar is set higher in outdoor conditions. It has bezels above and below the screen so the screen-to-body ratio of the phone is about 70%, which is definitely less compared to some of the latest smartphones with full-screen displays.
The device measures 76 x 155.8 x 6.1mm and weighs just 143 grams. It goes easy on your wrist and you won't be feeling the phone when kept inside your pant ...
Huawei's Honor brand has announced that it has started rolling out a new software update to enable Face unlock feature in Honor 9 Lite smartphone in India, as it had promised. Face Unlock for the Honor View 10 was released last month. The Honor 7X got the feature in China recently, which is expected to be roll out for the Indian users along with the Android Oreo update soon.
To enable face recognition, you need to enroll your face by accessing Face recognition feature in phone settings menu. You can enroll your face by simply looking at the camera. By detecting your face, Honor 9 Lite detects the positioning between you and the phone and adjusts the direction accordingly.
The new update that brings Face unlock for the Honor 9 Lite will roll out starting today which is being pushed in batches. The company says that all the Honor 9 Lite should get the update by 5th March 2018. We should also get the full changelog soon.
Regarding the new feature, P Sanjeev, Vice President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group, said:
At Honor, we believe in delivering superior and innovative smartphone experiences and the Face Unlock rollout for Honor 9 Lite is in line with our ...
Panasonic has been launching its smartphone under mid-range and low-end segment to up its place in the Indian market as well as to up their sales through both online and offline. The company recently launched P100 smartphone under budget segment that surprisingly comes with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, fingerprint scanner, which is a rare sight indeed for a smartphone under Rs. 6,000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ69pCINhQ
The Panasonic P100 directly competes against the likes of Redmi 4A, Moto C, 10.or D and many more. The Panasonic P100 comes in Blue, Black, Gold and Dark Grey colors, with a price tag of Rs. 5,299 for the 1GB RAM variant and Rs. 5,999 for the 2GB RAM version. You can get your hands on this device exclusively on Flipkart .
The Panasonic P100 comes in unibody design measuring 145x73x9.9mm and weighs around 174.8 grams. The Panasonic P100 is one of the very few smartphones available with a removable battery, dedicated space for SIM and MicroSD card.
At this price point, the P100 feels solid in hand, offers good grip, and compact in hand as well. The USP of this device is its fingerprint scanner and it is placed on the rear side of the device for more comfort. In our usage, the phone ...
It was reported that Google is testing Reply app to bring smart replies to messaging apps and now the app is released in beta and the APK is now available for everyone to use. From the looks of it, the app does exactly what it says; you get automated response in shortcuts in message notifications. It works on Android 7.0 (Nougat) devices or later. Let's see how to set it up and get it to work.
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Firstly, you need to download the APK from here and install it (Since it is Google signed APK, it is safe to install)
Once you open the app, you will be asked to link your Google account so that it can offer more intelligence and personalized automated responses.
It will request your permission for notifications/location access
Then gives you few options for further customization like fully automated responses depending on the circumstances.
Once you are done setting up, you'll notice bubbles with automated response options in your messaging notifications.
It works with Twitter DMs, Android Messages, and Hangouts, and from the way it works, we're pretty sure it will work on almost any app that supports replying via a notification. The app quite doesn't get jokes just ...
Microsoft today on the occasion of International Mother Language Day announced support for email addresses in 15 Indian languages across its email apps and services, including Office 365, Outlook 2016, Outlook.com, Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection.
Starting now, users will be able to use local language email addresses for Outlook accounts on PCs, and can now seamlessly send/receive emails to and from local language email addresses via Outlook client on PCs, outlook.com in addition to Outlook apps for Android and iOS. The supported languages include Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali, Sindhi, Bengali, Gujarati, Manipuri, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.
Setting up process is also simple, you just need to open up the Outlook and go to File menu and select Add Account. From there you enter your Indian language email address and click ‘Advanced Options.’ Select ‘Let me set up my account manually’ and click on the ‘Connect’ button. From the list of given options, you need to choose what kind of account you want to connect your Outlook app. At this point, you will now have to enter details about your mail service provider, and you're good to go.
The languages that are being introduced support Unicode and users can register local language email addresses in ...
Couple of months after the announcement of Snapdragon 845, Qualcomm today introduced new virtual reality (VR) reference platform based on Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform, ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona next week. Similar to last year's Snapdragon 835 VR platform, it is partnering with GoerTek that allows for global manufacturers to quickly build commercial designs based on the Snapdragon 845 Mobile VR Platform.
It uses Snapdragon 845's Adreno 630 visual processing subsystem offering 30% faster graphics performance, 30% better power efficiency, and more than twice as much display throughput compared to the Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform. Adreno Foveation combines graphics rendering with eye tracking to understand where the user is looking. "It is engineered to direct the highest graphics resources to where the user is physically looking, providing the sharpest visuals possible," said Qualcomm.
It offers Six degrees of freedom (6DoF) motion tracking and SLAM for Roomscale -- the ability to track the body and location within a room so you can freely walk around your Xtended Reality (XR) environment without cables or separate room sensors – the first on a mobile standalone device. It has dedicated Qualcomm Hexagon Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and Adreno Graphics Processing Unit that processes all these.
It ...
