Leica Sofort, D-Lux and V-Lux cameras launched in India on Amazon starting at Rs. 25000

Amazon India is partnering Leica Camera and will launch the camera in India exclusively on Amazon.in. This will also help customers across the country get access to Leica’s cutting-edge technology cameras on Amazon.in. Three camera models D-lux 18136 Typ 109 Camera, V-lux 18197 Typ 114 Camera, and Sofort 19106, 19107, 19108 range in orange, mint, white colors will be available. All the three cameras are priced in the range of Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 90,000. The company also mentioned that users could also find high-quality Leica binoculars and camera accessories on Amazon.in. As a part of the launch, both the companies are offering no-cost EMI offers by all leading banks on Amazon.in and are Prime eligible for next day delivery in most cities. You can directly purchase the Leica camera directly on Amazon.in. Speaking about the collaboration, Sunil Kaul, Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Leica Camera said: The photography industry is booming in India and we are committed to creating and building a community around the brand by connecting with our target customers. This partnership with Amazon India is a great opportunity for us to create a strong online presence and engage with our customers effectively across the country.  Nadeem Karbhari, Category Leader - Consumer Electronics, Amazon India said: Leica Camera is ...

Moto G6 with 5.7-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, Snapdragon 450, dual rear cameras gets certified

Moto G6 had already surfaced in press shots twice. Now the smartphone has been certified by TENAA in China with the model number XT1925 confirming the specifications. It also briefly surfaced on Amazon UK that confirms 3D glass back and Moto voice support. TENAA image also reveals slight camera bump. There is a Motorola logo below the display and the fingerprint sensor is present below that. Moto G6 specifications 5.7-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 IPS display 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage, 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) Dual SIM 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 5MP secondary rear camera 16MP front-facing camera with LED flash Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 154.5 x 72.2 x 8.3mm; Weight: 162.3g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS 3000mAh battery The Moto G6 is expected to come in Blue, Silver and Gold colors. Earlier leaks revealed April 3rd, Tuesday on the render, so the phone could go official as early as next week. Source 1, 2 | Via

Microsoft Edge browser arrives for iPad and Android tablets

A couple of weeks ago Microsoft said that its Edge browser beta is available for iPad as beta and today the company announced that it is available for everyone both on Android and iPad tablets. Edge browser features for tablets do remain same as the mobile version.  The Edge browser comes with features like your favorites including roaming favorites, reading list, a new tab page, reading view, and roaming passwords. It also allows you allows you to open a web page from your phone right on to your PC. The company obviously scaled up the interface of the browser to fit the large-screen, options to change from a light to a dark theme. However, Microsoft hasn’t included the iOS 11 split screen support, meaning that you can't run any other app while browsing. You can download the Microsoft Edge browser for Android Tablets from the Play Store and Apple iPads from the App Store. Source

YouTube dynamic player for square and vertical videos now rolling out for Android

YouTube's dynamic player was available on iOS since December, and now it is rolling out to Android as well. The dynamic player will automatically adjust according to content in different aspect ratios.  Given the popularity of apps like Snapchat, Instagram, videos are captured in different aspect ratio. Along with vertical, square-shaped recordings, we also have the traditional horizontal clip. YouTube for Android will now automatically adjust and do its best to fill the screen with video and get rid of the black bars. [HTML1] The square and vertical videos will fill up the screen with the usual video title, toolbar, and suggestions. This means that as you scroll, the video will continue to play as the window shrinks to the usual horizontal shape. However, it doesn't fully display vertical 16:9 content, instead, it cuts off the top and bottom. It still gives the ability to go full-screen by tapping the expand icon and will adapt to the video shape, in the bottom-right corner. The feature is now widely rolling out to Android device globally and to check if its available to you, just open YouTube and start a video.

Razer Basilisk FPS Gaming Mouse with 16000 DPI 5G optical sensor launched in India for Rs. 5499

Kaira Global, an IT distribution house, today announced the launch of Razer Basilisk gaming-mouse in India. It comes with 5G true 16,000 DPI optical sensor to excel under the demanding accuracy and precision needs of FPS gamers. The Basilisk features Razer Mechanical Mouse Switches with an industry-best 50 million click lifespan. It offers a continuum of scroll wheel resistances to choose. The scroll wheel can be adjusted through the dial on its underside for increased or decreased resistance to fit the preferences of each gamer. This really comes in handy to adjust the jump activation to a preferred level of resistance. It comes with a removable clutch for easy access to additional mouse actions. The default clutch will allow gamers to temporarily lower their DPI to instantaneously switch between high DPI close-quarters fighting and low DPI precision shooting. The clutch comes in two different lengths; short and long to cater to different hand sizes. It features up to 450 inches per second (IPS)/50 G acceleration, eight independently programmable Hyperesponse buttons, RazerTM Mechanical Mouse Switches. Furthermore, the gaming mouse also comes with Razer Chroma lighting with true 16.8 million customizable color options,1000 Hz Ultrapolling. It weighs 107 grams and measures 4.88 x 75 mm x 43 mm. The Razer Basilisk ...

Xiaomi Mi AI Speaker Mini with voice assistant announced

Xiaomi at the Mi Mix 2s event introduced the Mi AI Speaker Mini with voice controlled lifestyle assistant and smart home integration from Mi lab. It smaller version of the Mi AI Speaker that was introduced last year. It has voice control so that you can use voice commands to play music, live radio, audio books, children’s stories, including 35 million books and songs.  On the top there are controls for audio. You can also use it to control smart devices such as open curtains, turn on light, adjust the air conditioning temperature, turn on the water heater and more. The AI trainer app lets has AI training program that lets you create your training and set questions and answers. It also has a developer platform so that developers can add more skills. The Mi AI Speaker mini is priced at 169 yuan (US$ 27 / Rs. 1,745 approx.) and will be available in China starting 3rd April. Source

Microsoft uses Intel FPGA technology to accelerate Bing’s AI and deep learning

Back in December, Microsoft introduced a set of new A.I based abilities to Bing browser for better information in search results. Today, Microsoft is rolling out more refined enhancements and several more features. Bing will now aggregate more facts for given topics across several sites; you can save time by learning about a topic without having to check several sources yourself. To put it in simple, Bing will now club more information in a single place thus eliminating the need to search from several websites. However, Bing will also include a link to its source if you wish to know more details.   It will now provide multiple answers to how-to questions so you can pick whichever is best for you. In your searches, if you come across a word that isn’t common knowledge, Bing will now show you its definition when you hover over with the cursor. Back in December, Bing rolled out intelligent image search, which allows you to search within an image to find similar images and products. Now, this feature is expanded to work with more categories and not just limited to few fashion items. Microsoft says that delivering intelligent search requires tasks like machine reading comprehension, requiring immense computational power. So the company is relying on the Intel for ...

Apple iPhone X 2018 and iPhone X Plus said to start at $899 and $999 respectively

Apple is expected to introduce the 2018  iPhone X and iPhone X Plus later this year and according to fresh reports from RBC Capital Markets analyst Amit Daryanani, the pricing is expected to start $899 (Rs. 58,320 approx.) and $999 (64,800 approx.), respectively. Daryanani says that he believes the current iPhone X has experienced "limited success" because of the higher price tag at $999 and up, thus lowering the base price by $100 could reinvigorate sales of the 5.8-inch model. However, the much talked 6.5-inch model; the iPhone X Plus would then fill the $999 price point. [HTML1] Though this looks like a just another speculation before the launch, this report does make sense, given that the iPhone X sales have significantly slowed down just like a series of supply chain reports have suggested. There's no way to tell if the sales have gone down until Apple's next earnings report that is likely to be released around late April or early May. On the flip side, we do believe that the iPhone X was likely a major contributor to Apple's record-breaking revenue of $88.3 billion last quarter, surpassing the $78.4 billion set in the year-ago quarter. Now According to Daryanani, the 6.5-inch second-generation iPhone X Plus could start at $999, the 5.8-inch second-generation ...

Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop with 15.6-inch display, GeForce GTX 1060 graphics, 16GB RAM announced

Xiaomi at the Mi Mix 2S event also introduced its first Mi Gaming Laptop with up to 6GB GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, up to 16GB RAM and it also has  large heat pipes, a 12V cooling fan and four fan outlets for effective heat dissipation when gaming. It has a 15.6-inch full HD screen with 9.9mm slim bezels around it and 81% screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by 7th Gen Intel Core i5 or i7 processors. It also comes with keyboard that supports 16 million colors over four zones, and anti-ghosting with 30-key rollover for precise and accurate gaming input. It has five programmable keys for quick access to important functions. It has HDMI 2.0 and USB-C ports that lets you connect two 4K monitors. Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop  specifications 15.6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) anti glare display with 178-degree wide viewing angle, 300 nits brightness, 72% NTSC color gamut 7th Gen Intel Core i5-7300HQ (2.5GHz) / i7-7700HQ processor (4GHz) with 4GB DDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti  / 6GB DDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU 8GB / 16GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, 256GB / 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD Windows 10 1MP HD webcam, digital array microphone 1.8mm High Key Professional Backlit Keyboard with 16 million colors over four zones WiFi 802.11ac 2×2 (2.4GHz and 5GHz), ...

FTC confirms it is investigating Facebook over privacy violations

Over the past few days, Facebook has been under a lot of pressure over Cambridge Analytica data misuse and today to dent it further, FTC (Federal Trade Commission) confirms that it is investigating Facebook over privacy violations. Tom Pahl, Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement, confirmed that it has an open non-public investigation. The company is gaining a lot of bad press over the Cambridge Analytica that is said to have the possession of user data that was improperly obtained. The company's Mark Zuckerberg has recently opened up about the issue and said that the company vows to crackdown on any kind of platform's abuse. The company even opened up about the security measure and steps it will be taking to do so. The current FTC's investigation stems from the purchase of personal data by Cambridge Analytica. Facebook is required to take permission and notify users before sharing personal data beyond their specified privacy settings. The violation of the consent decree could lead to a penalty of $40,000 per violation. FTC in a statement said: The FTC is firmly and fully committed to using all of its tools to protect the privacy of consumers. Foremost among these tools is an enforcement action ...