Broadcom seeks to replace Qualcomm’s board as it escalates fight over its proposed takeover bid

After being rejected for a proposal to acquire Qualcomm, Broadcom has now nominated a slate of 11 candidates for Election at Qualcomm’s 2018 Annual Meeting to replace the Qualcomm’s existing board of directors and propose certain other matters for the consideration. Both Broadcom and Qualcomm have confirmed the new development. Qualcomm’s Annual Meeting is scheduled to … Continue reading "Broadcom seeks to replace Qualcomm’s board as it escalates fight over its proposed takeover bid"

OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings aptX HD support, Gallery photo map view and more

OnePlus has released new Oreo-based open betas (Beta 19 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 28 for OnePlus 3) that brings several new features including support for aptX/aptX HD, better shortcut menu, photo map in Gallery to view photos by location, emergency information (ICE) in Contacts to add your personal information and more along with several optimizations and bug fixes. OnePlus … Continue reading "OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings aptX HD support, Gallery photo map view and more"

ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Coimbatore, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost

ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Coimbatore at no extra cost. Similar to Chennai, Andhra Pradesh and other most other regions, it has increased monthly data limit, which now combines both download and upload, and most plans get upgrade in speed as well. ACT Basic has been upgraded to 75 GB FUP limit … Continue reading "ACT Fibernet revises broadband plans in Coimbatore, increases speed, data limits at no extra cost"

Paytm FASTag for automatic toll fee collection rolls out across India

Paytm today has announced the roll out of FASTag with RFID (radio-frequency identification technology) technology in India which enables electronic toll fee collection on highways across the country. These tags are simple and are also reusable.  The government of India has mandated the use of use FASTag on every vehicle sold from 1st December. With the use of … Continue reading "Paytm FASTag for automatic toll fee collection rolls out across India"

Xiaomi Mi Max, Mi Max Prime MIUI 9 Global Nightly Stable update starts rolling out

Xiaomi launched Mi Max phablet last year running MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), a few months back the phone got Android Nougat update. Today the company has started rolling out the new MIUI 9 OTA update as Nightly build for select users of these smartphones. As per the announcement, the Mi Max and Mi Max Prime were kept in the third batch … Continue reading "Xiaomi Mi Max, Mi Max Prime MIUI 9 Global Nightly Stable update starts rolling out"

Micromax Canvas Infinity Pro with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras launched for Rs. 13999

Micromax just launched Canvas Infinity Pro, successor of Canvas Infinity that was launched back in August. It has a 5.7-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass screen with 18:9 aspect ratio and minimal bezels and runs on Android Nougat, but this is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 Mobile Platform, instead of Snapdragon 425 and also comes with a 20-megapixel front-facing camera along with … Continue reading "Micromax Canvas Infinity Pro with 5.7-inch 18:9 display, 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras launched for Rs. 13999"

Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut books

Airtel today announced that it has acquired stake in Juggernaut, which is a digital platform to read high-quality books and also submit your writings. Airtel’s move comes in a bid to create to build an open content ecosystem and the investment from Airtel will help Juggernaut to ramp up content acquisition, digital marketing and prepare for a … Continue reading "Airtel acquires stake in Juggernaut books"

Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus with full-screen display teased in official images

Last week Xiaomi confirmed the announcement of  Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus smartphones at an event in China on December 7th. The invite showed-off the phone’s design, now the company has released set of images of the phones to show the full-screen display. As you can see in the images, both the phones have the … Continue reading "Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus with full-screen display teased in official images"

Google Safe Browsing to restrict apps that collect personal user data without consent

Google in an effort to take on unwanted and harmful mobile behaviors on Android, will now show warnings on apps and on websites leading to apps that collect user’s personal data without consent. The new rules of the Google’s Safe browsing team will restrict Apps and their behavior while handling personal user data. Apps are required to prompt users … Continue reading "Google Safe Browsing to restrict apps that collect personal user data without consent"

Twitter Lite for Android expands to 24 more countries

Launched back in April, Twitter Lite brings features like new web experience, minimized data usage, faster loading speed on slower connections or unreliable mobile networks. The company back in September has made the app available on Google Play Store in the Philippines. Starting today, the app is now available on Google Play Store in 24 more countries. Upon … Continue reading "Twitter Lite for Android expands to 24 more countries"