ACT Fibernet revises plans across four cities in Andhra Pradesh

ACT Fibernet has revised its plans for its customers in Vizag, Vijayawada, Eluru and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. This is the second time these cities are getting an upgrade after an upgrade in August last year. In Vizag, ACT SILVER plan has been upgraded to 200 GB FUP limit with 20 Mbps speed from 140 GB FUP limit and 10 Mbps speed. ACT Gold is upgraded to 300 GB FUP limit with 40 Mbps speed from 200 GB FUP limit and 25 Mbps speed, ACT Diamond is upgraded to 400 GB FUP limit with 60 Mbps speed from 250 GB FUP limit and 50 Mbps speed and ACT Platinum is upgraded to 600 GB FUP limit with 100 Mbps speed from 350 GB FUP limit and 75 Mbps speed. In Vijayawada, Eluru and Guntur, under the monthly retail broadband plans, ACT Silver is upgraded to 250 GB FUP limit with 30 Mbps speed from 150 GB FUP limit and 20 Mbps speed, ACT Gold is upgraded to 400 GB FUP limit with 60 Mbps speed from 250 GB FUP limit and 50 Mbps speed, ACT Diamond is upgraded to 600 GB FUP limit with 100 Mbps speed from 300 GB FUP limit and ...

10.or D Unboxing

10.or (pronounced Tenor) launched the 10.or D its third smartphone and its most affordable smartphone exclusively on Amazon India starting at Rs. 4999 last month. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xSiRNzuztM&t=1s Box Contents 10.or D in Beyond Black color 2-pin charger (5V-2A) micro USB cable SIM ejector tool Quick start guide It has a 5.2-inch HD display and is powered by a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 mobile platform with 2GB or 3GB of RAM depending on the model. It runs on Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), and the company has promised an upgrade to Android 8.0 Oreo. It has 5-megapixel camera on the front with f/2.0 aperture. It has a smooth matte finish, features a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture and a fingerprint sensor below it. It has a dedicated SIM and microSD card slots arranged in a single tray. It comes with 4G VoLTE support and packs a 3550mAh battery. It also comes in Aim Gold color and is priced at Rs. 4999 for the 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version, while the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version costs Rs. 5,999. It will be available exclusively from Amazon.in starting from January 5th. We will bring you the complete review of the phone soon.

Trails for Panic button on mobiles to begin from Uttar Pradesh on January 26

Union minister Maneka Gandhi has announced that the trails for the Panic button on mobiles to begin from Uttar Pradesh on January 26 to ensure women safety. Though the projected had to kickstart back in January 2017, it got delayed by a year.  The Department of Telecommunications has released a gazette notification, back in April 2016 has made it mandatory for mobile manufacturers to include panic buttons in cell phones by January 2017. The order says that the phones will have to rock the panic button in the form of numeric key 5 or 9 to invoke emergency calls, while the smartphones without the emergency call feature will have to have some provision. Gandhi said the earlier trial of the project was delayed due to a large number of prank calls and now all the new phones in the country now have a panic button, but the back-end architecture is being implemented in Uttar Pradesh said Chetan Sanghi, Joint Secretary, WCD. Smartphone user needs to download a mobile application which will send alerts when a victim long presses the panic button on the phone. On the other hand, feature phone users just need to press the designated key. But the Govt is yet to be notified by the mobile manufacturers which button on a phone would function ...

Samsung CJ791 34-inch Curved QHD QLED monitor with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity announced

Samsung has introduced its first 34-inch Curved ultra-wide QHD QLED monitor CJ791 with support for Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 connectivity offering a single-source to link and dock the monitor and laptop, ahead of CES 2018. It offers 3440×1440 ultra-wide QHD resolution with 21:9 aspect ratio, has 1,500R curvature and ultra-wide 178-degree viewing angle.  Thunderbolt 3 connection provides processing speed of up to 40 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to connect docks, displays and peripheral devices including Macs, USB type-C laptops, and other desktop accessories like storage drives or external graphics cards. It also enables the monitor to provide up to 85 watts (W) of laptop charging power. It has slim-depth and narrow-bezel design for multi-display setups without sacrificing content consistency or visual appearance. It has height-adjustable stand and tilt functionality for customize positioning for the most comfortable viewing parameters. It has QLED presentation technology that precisely reflects colors across a 125 percent sRGB spectrum for deeper blacks, brighter whites and pristine shades. It has Game Mode with dynamic gamma setting that intuitively adjusts color and contrast of each individual scene to produce a true-to-life environment and has 4 milliseconds (ms) response time for racing, flight simulation and first-person battle games. The Samsung CJ791 QLED monitor will be showcased at the CES in the Las Vegas Convention ...

Apple will replace iPhone batteries at a discounted price regardless of battery health

Apple has clarified that it will replace the batteries of older iPhones at a discounted price even if they are not defective. The company has reduced the pricing of battery replacements from $79 to $29 last week following the controversial throttling of iPhones reports. The discounted price is now live across the world including India where users can get battery replacements at Rs. 2,000 plus taxes. While the company last week announced a price cut for battery replacements but failed to specify the eligibility criteria for battery replacements, but today French tech blog iGeneration has reported that an internal Apple Store memo which is been circulated states that customer can proceed to replace the batteries on an iPhone 6 or later even if it is not defective. The discounted price might be a move to mollify the anger of customers after the sudden throttling controversy. On a different note, Anecdotal reports that customers who paid $79 for battery replacements before the price cut before December 30, will receive a refund from Apple upon request. iPhone battery replacements in India and pretty much anywhere in the world is available until December 2018 and as for pricing in India, the price is now slashed from Rs 6500 to Rs 2000, plus taxes. Apple in ...

Google rolls out January 2018 Android security update for Pixel and Nexus devices

Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel and Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The  update for this month fixes several critical issues in  Media framework, System and Qualcomm closed-source components. New builds for the Pixel and Nexus devices with January 2018 Android Security update: Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL (OPM1.171019.014/OPM1.171019.013) Pixel and Pixel XL (OPM1.171019.014/OPM1.171019.012) Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X (OPM3.171019.013) Pixel C (OPM1.171019.015) Check out the complete set of issues that are fixed in the latest update in the Android Security Bulletin here and download full factory images or OTA images for these Pixel and Nexus devices from the Google Developers website, if you don’t have the over-the-air (OTA) update yet.

Flipkart 2018 Mobiles Bonanza Sale: Best deals on Google Pixel 2, Xiaomi Mi A1, iPhones and more

After its Big Shopping Days Sale lat month, Flipkart today started its 3-day 2018 Mobiles Bonanza Sale for the new year. The sale offers great deals on smartphones including Pixel 2, Xiaomi Mi A1, Mi Mix 2, Redmi Note 4, HTC U11 , iPhones and mobile accessories. All these offers are available through the site, mobile site as well as Flipkart app. Best deals on Smartphones on Flipkart Apple iPhone 8 - Rs. 54,999 (Rs. 11121 off on MRP + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange) HTC U11 – Rs. 44,999 (Rs. 8,991 off + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange) Google Pixel 2 – Rs. 39,999 (Rs. 21,001 off including Rs. 8000 HDFC credit card EMI offer + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange) Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 – Rs. 32,999 (Rs. 3000 off + up to Rs. 21,000 off on exchange) Samsung Galaxy S7 – Rs. 26,990 (Rs. 19010 off + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange) Honor 8 Pro - Rs. 25,999  (Rs. 4000 off + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange) Moto Z2 Play – Rs. 24,999 (Rs. 3,000 off + up to Rs. 18,000 off on exchange) OPPO F3 Plus – Rs. 24,990 (Rs. 6000 off + up to Rs. 23,000 off on exchange) Apple iPhone SE 32GB – Rs. ...

Intel chips affected with Kernel memory leak flaw, fix might incur performance drop: Report

Intel chips from the last ten years said to have been affected with serious Kernel memory leak issue on modern computers including Windows, Linux, and macOS, according to a report from The Register. This needs a fix at the operating system level which might incur performance drop.  While the exact performance drop is being calculated, a rough ballpark figure suggests at a 30% drop in performance depending on the task and the processor model. The bug seems to be allowing normal user programs to see some of the contents of the protected kernel memory making it a fundamental design flaw. The effect of this bug will let the malicious programs read the contents of the kernel memory which includes information like passwords, login keys, and more. Given the rapid changes being made to Windows and Linux operating system, it is safe to assume that the bug status is severe. Programmers at Linux are working on overhauling the open-source kernel's virtual memory system, and Microsoft is expected to publicly introduce the necessary changes to its Windows operating system in an upcoming Patch Tuesday.  The changes to Microsoft windows were rolled out and were in the testing phase through the Windows Insider program in November and December. Similarly, the Apple's 64-bit macOS will also need to ...

Pixel 2 Portrait mode ported to non-Google devices running Android Oreo

Among the many other features the newly launched Pixel 2 series rock, Portrait mode surely caught the attention. The single-camera sensor on the back and front were able to pull off the mode so good that the mode is now being ported to first-gen Pixel phones, Nexus 6P, 5X and we were able to make it work on other devices running Android 8.0 Oreo.  Charles Chow; a well-known name in the Android community for porting features like these to the old phones is the sole creator of this port as well. His previous works include AR Core and AR stickers ports to Nexus 6P and 5X users. He further adds that Google uses Pixel detector data to calculate portrait effect on the Back lens and uses software method on the Front lens. The portrait mode replaces the lens blur mode, and the mode produces two photos; one HDR+ photo with zero shutter lag, and one with the portrait effect applied. The mode simply clicks a standard picture if no human face shows up. The Camera NX V7.3 is based on Google Camera 5.1.016. If you own any of the mentioned device or a phone running on Android 8.0 and above, you can try to get the ...

Apple acquires Canada-based app development startup Buddybuild

Apple has acquired the Canada-based app development service Buddybuild in efforts to make it easier for developers create and iterate their apps for iOS.  Buddybuild is a mobile iteration platform that is focused on integration and debugging tools essentially needed for app development workflow.  Though Apple didn't announce it publicly, the startup has announced the same in a blog post. Other financial details about the deal aren't disclosed by either of the companies. The buddybuild service will remain available to existing customers to build, test, and ship iOS apps to testers, and it said that it would stop accepting new customers. The team will join Apple's Xcode engineering group to develop iOS community further. However, the timeline for the transition isn't revealed. The company has also announced that the existing free starter plans and Android app development will be discontinued on March 1, 2018. Buddybuild was founded in 2015 by former Amazon employees Dennis Pilarinos and Christopher Stott, and in the two years of its existence, the startup has raised around $8.8 million which also includes a $7.6 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield back in May of 2016. With Google racing ahead of Apple in app downloads, it's only apparent to assume why Apple is hell-bent on making sure its ...