Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front camera launched in India starting at Rs. 12990

Samsung has launched Galaxy On7 Prime, the company's latest smartphone in India in 'On series', as it had promised. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p 2.5D curved glass screen, is powered by Octa-Core Exynos 7870 processor, runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat) and has 13-megapixel front and rear cameras. It features a metal unibody design and comes in two variants, one with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage and the other variant has 3GB RAM and 32GB storage. It has dedicated dual SIM slots and the fingerprint sensor is embedded into the home button. It comes with Samsung Mall app that offers Visual search just by clicking an image of the product using machine learning. Samsung has tied up with Amazon, Jabong, Shopclues and Tata CLiQ so that you can search across these stores and add the products to the cart. It also comes with Samsung Pay Mini that lets you transfer money using  wallets just by scanning the code or sending it using mobile number and send to bank account using UPI (Unified Payment Interface). Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime specifications 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display 1.6GHz Octa-Core Exynos 7870 processor with ARM Mali-T830 GPU 4GB RAM with 64GB storage, 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, expandable up to 256GB ...

Honor 9 Lite with 5.65-inch FHD+ full-screen display, dual front and rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 10999

Huawei’s Honor brand today launched  Honor 9 Lite, the company's latest mid-range smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced in China last month and packs a 5.65-inch full HD+ full-screen display with 18:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Kirin 659 SoC, similar most other mid-range Huawei and Honor phones, but this runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMIUI 8.0 out-of-the-box. It comes with a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras along with a secondary 2-megapixel rear camera to capture depth information for portrait shots. It has a metal frame, glass back, has a fingerprint sensor on the back that can unlock the phone in 0.25 seconds and packs a 3000mAh battery. Honor 9 Lite specifications 5.65-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, 4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD) 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash, secondary 2MP camera, PDAF 13MP front-facing camera, secondary 2MP camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 151× 71.9 × 7.6mm; Weight: 149g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLONASS 3000mAh battery (typical) The Honor 9 Lite ...

Facebook to redesign Messenger with real time communication, customer care channels and more

Facebook started asking people to install Messenger app a few years back and the company kept on pushing it with features to a level that made the app clumsy and cluttered. In its goals for 2018, the company’s David Marcus, head of the messenger highlighted the changes that are coming to messenger this year. As for the things that might change or make an appearance in 2018, MARCUS said that group chats will be the priority and with abilities like group calling, send images in 4K resolution, share photos, etc. messenger will get the abilities to add people to groups without needing their phone number because groups are all about people but not having phone numbers. He also stressed that real-time communication will play a bigger role this year and you can easily stay connected with friends and family no matter where you are. Real-time communication can also play a major role at the time of crisis too. Visual messaging will be the next big thing with super fast and intuitive camera, video, images, GIFs, and stickers with almost every conversation. Furthermore, the company is introducing a new true Customer Care channel within messenger.  This method has opened the door for ...

Google expands its presence in China, opens new office in Shenzhen

After announcing its plans to open its first AI lab in China last month, Google today has silently opened the 3rd office in Shenzhen in its latest expansion in China. Shenzhen city in China is known for being a global hardware hub, and the office isn't a fully functional campus. Instead, it is just space within a serviced office and will start this week. Google says that it has important clients and partners in Shenzhen and it is setting up space there to have better communication and workflow. It should be noted that Shenzhen is the home for the $500 billion firm Tencent and other mobile giants like Huawei and ZTE, Alibaba, and Baidu. Google currently has offices in Shanghai and Beijing in China. Shenzhen space will most likely be used by the team members that have spent a lot of time there. The office space in Shenzhen also reflects the Google's acquisition of a large chunk of HTC's business. Google in a statement has said: Hello China Googlers, I hope your 2018 is off to a great start! I want to give you all a heads up about a new workspace we’ve opened in Shenzhen. As you may know, we have a number of Googlers in China who travel to the ...

Google to expand Cloud infrastructure with 3 new undersea cables, 5 new regions

Alphabet's subsidiary brand Google Cloud has spent almost $30 billion to improve the infrastructure in the last three years. The company continues to overcome many technical difficulties using subsea cables, which is the new standard for the wired data transfer across the world. The story does not stop there, as the one of the leading cloud service provider has added three new submarine cables across fine new regions. The services in these new regions will go live from the first quarter of 2018 (in Netherlands and Montreal regions). The new submarine cables will be able to support up to 25 percent of the global internet traffic. Companies like PayPal will be able to get most out of these technologies to carry forward their businesses without any hiccups. The cloud service uses different technologies like Curie cable, Havfrue cable, and HK-G cable which happens to overcome the present-day challenges when it comes to large-quantity data transfers. These new technologies will make sure that the Google services used by the end users use the same technology, which results in better end-user experience. PayPal's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Sri Shivananda about the services offered by Google Cloud, said: At PayPal, we process billions of transactions ...

YouTube testing new dark mode on iOS mobile app

YouTube is now testing new 'Dark Mode' for its iOS mobile app. A screenshot with the new option in the setting page is being posted by a user on Reddit. The feature is already live for some and is enabled with YouTube app version number 13.01.4. Since it is in testing phase the feature seems to be limited to a handful of users, meaning that despite updating the app to V13.01.4, the feature is not enabled for most users. This is a server-side activation done by YouTube. Even the App Store description for the version number 13.01.4 has no mention of the dark mode. With iOS being the first platform to get the Dark Mode, we expect the feature would be available to Android somewhere down the road. YouTube has already rolled out the dark mode for the desktop website last year which can be enabled by clicking the profile icon in the right corner on the YouTube website. Once YouTube starts the wide roll out of the Dark Mode for its app we will update you on the same. Source | Via

Skygofree Android Trojan can track location of the device, turn on audio recording and more

Trojans and Malware are not new to Android; they keep attacking the operating system taking advantage of the loophole. However, the Skygofree Android Trojan is very peculiar and something unique. Discovered by Kaspersky, Skygofree can track the location of the device, turn on audio recording, control WiFi networks and can also manage apps like Facebook Messenger, Skype, Viber, and WhatsApp. It can manually turn on the audio recording that attackers can start listening in on victims depending on the location of the user's phone. It can control WiFi networks and connect the affected phone or tablet to the Wi-Fi network controlled by the attackers even when the user has disabled all WiFi connections. This means that the hacker or attacker will have complete knowledge of the logins, passwords, card numbers, etc. Android Oreo and Nougat can automatically stop inactive processes to save battery power, but the trojan can even bypass this by periodically sending system notifications. It can add itself automatically to the list of favorite apps that function when the phone is in standby mode. It can also monitor popular apps such as Facebook Messenger, Skype, Viber, and WhatsApp. It reads WhatsApp messages through user accessibility Services hiding the request for permission behind some basic request. Surprisingly the trojan can also turn on the front camera ...

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ said to be announced on February 26, go on sale on March 16

The most anticipated flagships of the season; the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are set to go official sometime in February; today we have the date of the announcement. According to popular leakster, Evan Blass source from a C-level executive at a major case maker, the Galaxy S9, and S9+ are said to be introduced on February 26th, pre-orders will begin from March 1st and will go on for sale from March 16th. It is a known fact that the S9 duo will go official at the MWC 2018 event and just as expected the launch date happens to be on the first day of the show. Most of the specifications of the S9 and S9+ are already out in open, both the phones are said to sport 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch curved-edge Super AMOLED Infinity displays respectively. They will be powered by the Snapdragon 845 in the US market and Exynos 9 Series 9810 chipset for the Asian markets, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage. [HTML1] It might run on Android 8.0 Oreo with Galaxy Experience U.I on top. Recently leaked retail box shows key camera specifics including a super-speed Dual-Pixel 12-megapixel camera with OIS, an F1.5/2.4 variable aperture,  IP68 rating, Stereo speakers and earphones tuned by AKG ...

Moto G6, G6 Plus, G6 Play, Moto X5, Moto Z3, Moto Z3 Play, and 5G Moto Mod press images surface

MWC 2018 is just a month away, and this is the event where we tons of phones launch from various manufacturers including flagships. One among the many brands is Motorola which has the tradition of launching the G-series at every MWC. Today we have the first look at the most of the upcoming Motorola phones including the Moto G6, G6 Plus, G6 Play, Moto X5, Moto Z3, Moto Z3 Play. The Play version of the G-series just as expected is making its return along with the G6 and G6 Plus. One thing that is commonly seen on most upcoming Moto phones is the 18:9 bezel-less displays and Dual rear cameras. The overall design elements of the G6 and G6 Plus seem to be following the Moto X4 way with camera bump and slightly curved back panel. As for the specifications, the Moto G6 is expected to sport a 5.7-inch Full HD+ 18:9 display and powered by the Snapdragon 450 SoC with 3GB RAM for the base variant and 4GB RAM for the high-end. Storage options include 32 and 64GB with microSD card slot for memory expansion. In the camera department, there is a 12MP rear camera and a 5MP secondary camera along with ...

Honor 9 Lite to launch in India today: Here’s how to watch the live stream

Huawei’s Honor brand last week confirmed that it will launch the Honor 9 Lite smartphone, successor of Honor 8 Lite at an event on January 17th that will start at 12:30PM IST. You can watch the live stream on Honor’s YouTube channel or on its Facebook Page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEomZ3PQfE [HTML2] Honor 9 Lite specifications 5.65-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, 4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0 Hybrid Dual SIM (nano+nano/microSD) 13MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash, secondary 2MP camera, PDAF 13MP front-facing camera, secondary 2MP camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 151× 71.9 × 7.6mm; Weight: 149g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS / GLONASS 3000mAh battery (typical) The Honor 9 Lite comes in Black, Blue, Grey and Black colors and will be available exclusively from Flipkart. We should know the price of the phone later today.