Reliance Jio denies launch of Jio Coin app, warns people against fake apps

After reports of Reliance Jio launching Jio Coin soon, several fake apps with the name JioCoin started cropping up on the Google Play Store and  in recent weeks soliciting investments in crypto currencies from people. Reliance Jio today confirmed that it has not launched any JioCoin App and said that any such apps using the JioCoin name are fake. Some of these fake apps were seen downloads between 10,000 and 50,000, while most were downloaded less than 1,000 times. There were also some fake Jio Coin websites that cropped up recently asking people to register with their name and email address. Jio also said that it takes a serious note of such fraudulent attempts by unscrupulous persons to misguide the public in the name of Jio and will take appropriate legal action. Reliance Jio did not confirm if it has plans to launch its own cryptocurrency and blockchain products in future.

UFS 3.0 standard released, offers 2x faster performance than UFS 2.1

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association today announced the new UFS 3.0 standard making it the first to introduce MIPI M-PHY HS-Gear4 with a data rate of up to 11.6 Gbps per lane which is a 2x performance increase over UFS 2.1. The new UFS 3.0 standard brings along two new features specifically designed for the automotive market. It brings the ability to function at an extended temperature range (-40°C to 105°C) and refresh operation. UFS high-speed serial interface and optimized protocol enable significant improvements in throughput and system performance. JEDEC's UFS leverages the industry-leading specifications from the MIPI Alliance to form its interconnect layer in order to achieve the highest performance and most power efficient data transport. JEDEC 3.0 standard's  single lane can carry up to 11.6 Gbps. For more speed, two lanes can be used for a total of 23.2 Gbps. The new version is also moved to 2.5V operation compared to the previous generation which worked on 2.7V to 3.6V. JEDEC's 3.1 defines the use of MIPI M-PHY v4.1 and the recently released MIPI UniProSM v1.8 specification to form the Interconnect Layer. It also takes advantage of the Adapt support in MIPI M-PHY v4.1 and QoS support from the recently released MIPI UniPro v1.8 specification to support more reliable link ...

What Is a Super Blue Blood Moon and How to Watch It

A once in a 150-year phenomenon, the Super Blue Blood Moon is here. As the name suggests, the moon is going to look super-sized and much brighter than usual. Blue and bloody? Not so much. We explore why it is named Super Blue Blood Moon and how you can watch it on your television, computer or even your phone.  A Super Blue Blood Moon is simply put a fancy lunar eclipse. If you go back to high school science class, you'll remember that a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is perfectly positioned between the sun and the moon. Perfect positioning would result in the Earth throwing its shadow on the moon. Occurring only on full moon nights, a lunar eclipse lasts for a much longer duration than a solar eclipse and is usually visible from anywhere on Earth. Well, anywhere where the moon is visible at that hour! Scientifically speaking, there is no such thing as a Blood Moon. The term has come into pop culture due to the way the moon adopts a reddish hue. The reddish hue is of course due to the phenomenon of Rayleigh scattering. Rayleigh scattering is once again, a throwback to high school physics. Think of ...

Honor View 10 Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

Huawei's Honor brand launched its flagship Honor View 10 smartphone  in India last month. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 3750mAh (typical) / 3650mAh (minimum) battery and supports fast charging . It has a 5.99-inch FHD+ FullView display, is powered by Kirin 970 SoC, has 6GB of RAM, runs on Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0. Check out the test results. Talk Time It lasted for 33 hours and 31 minutes in our talk time test. 3G Browsing It lasted for 8 hours and 27 minutes in our 3G browsing test. WiFi Browsing It lasted 12 hours and 47 minutes in our WiFi Browsing test. Video Playback It lasted for just 11 hours and 14 minutes in our video playback test. Charging Time It took 1 hour and 22 minutes to charge the phone to 100% and just 32 minutes for 0 to 50%, thanks to Huawei's fast charging technology. Standby Time It lasted for 53 days in our standby test. In achieved a One Charge Rating of 16 hours and 27 minutes which is good, thanks to Honor’s power management. Check out our battery life test procedure, to know more about our tests in detail.

OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 5.0.2 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out, OnePlus 5 update brings Face Unlock

OnePlus has finally started rolling out stable Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the OnePlus 5T smartphone with OxygenOS 5.0.2, as it had promised at the launch. This comes a month after the first Oreo open beta update. The same version of OxygenOS stable update is also available for the OnePlus 5 that brings Face Unlock and enhancements to EIS when recording videos. The update also includes new CPU security patch, updates to OnePlus applications as well as general bug fixes and improvements for both the phones. OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 5.0.2 Changelog: System Upgraded Android version to Oreo(8.0) New design for Quick Settings General bug fixes and improvements Applied CPU security patch: CVE-2017-13218 Applications Updated Launcher to v2.2 Updated Gallery to v2.0 Updated Weather to v1.9 Updated File Manager to v1.7.6 OnePlus 5 OxygenOS 5.0.2 Changelog: System Added Face unlock function Applied CPU security patch: CVE-2017-13218 General bug fixes and improvements Applications Updated Launcher to v2.2 Updated Gallery to v2.0 Updated Weather to v1.9 Updated File Manager to v1.7.6 Camera Enhanced EIS for video recording The OnePlus 5T OxygenOS 5.0.2 update is 1688MB in size and the update for the OnePlus 5 is 1658MB in size. Both these still have Android security patch for December 2017. Source 1, 2

Apple’s manufacturer Wistron nears land deal in Bengaluru, to invest $157 million: Report

Apple's Taiwan manufacturer Wistron Corp is said to be on the verge of closing a land deal in Bengaluru and is also is likely to invest about $157 million to develop the site, according to a latest report from Reuters. It is rumored earlier that Wistron’s who currently assembles Apple’s low-cost iPhone SE in India, has been scouting for some land in Bengaluru, and now reports coming claim that some of the Wistron’s global executives and its India's head met with the industries minister of Karnataka earlier this month and a deal on the land lease may be struck in a few weeks. Apple, Wistron and Karnataka government body that deals with investment proposals are yet to comment on the ongoing development. While the part of the land bought by Wistron will be used to set up new assembly lines for Apple. On the other hand, on a different note, another source claim that Apple is likely to start assembling its iPhone 6s models in India through Wistron soon in order to cost cut and diversify its production base. Since 6s is still one of the top sellers for Apple, it makes sense. Since ICT has recently won federal approval to import machinery from China into India, ...

Google launches 150 Google Station Wi-Fi hotspots across Pune

Back in September 2016, Google introduced Google Stations, a new internet access platform for partners to setup, maintain and monetize their Wi-Fi networks in their places with Google Fiber. Later in February last year, Google bagged Rs. 150 crore deal to provide WiFi across Pune via its Google Station initiative. Today Google has announced that it has partnered with Larsen & Toubro to provide Google Station hotspots across Pune from last week, as part of Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited's Smart City project. Google said that the first 150 Google Station hotspots (>location list here) are already operational in Pune, and it is currently testing the network based on performance to improve user experience. This is the first deployment of Google Station outside of the train stations, and will allow people of Pune get online with free Wi-Fi hotspots at gardens, hospitals, police stations, and offices around the city. Google also said that Google Station is built to be both the highest-quality and simplest Wi-Fi service for users and the easiest for partners to deploy — and it thinks that this makes Google Station a great connectivity partner for the growing number of Indian smart cities. Commenting on the launch of Google Station in Pune, Vinay Goel, ...

Airtel, Jio commit to invest Rs. 74,000 crore to expand infrastructure over call drops

  Airtel and Jio have readily committed to investing Rs. 74,000 by next fiscal year to upgrade and expand infrastructure and address the issue of call drops said Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan post the DoT review.  Bharti Airtel said that they have already invested Rs 16,000 crore on infrastructure and now will be spending another Rs 24,000 crore. On the other hand, the Reliance Jio are also committed to invest Rs 50,000 crore in installing 1 lakh towers in the coming fiscal year, Sundararajan said, after meeting senior officials of telecom companies. Apart from Airtel and Jio, Idea Cellular and Vodafone are also ready in committing to increasing mobile towers in their network. Furthermore, she said that while telecom operators in India have stabilized the call drop, it is the other problems like voice fading that have increased due to various issues, like mobile phones these days not complying with required certification norms. They have also raised the issue of illegal repeaters installed in networks which might be creating interference and affecting call quality. To which Sundararajan responded by saying "We will look into enforcing rules more stringently." Telecoms have reportedly claimed that around 400 callers in India are using the same mobile tower during same time which is not the case with other ...

Xiaomi teases Rose Gold smartphone is launching tomorrow, Rose Gold Redmi 5A expected

Valentine's Day is just a couple of weeks away. Today Xiaomi has teased a new Rose Gold version of its smartphone is launching tomorrow. The teaser doesn't show the phone, but the company's Redmi Twitter page has posted the teaser so it will be a Redmi smartphone. This will likely be the Rose Gold version of the Redmi 5A smartphone. [HTML1] The new color variant has also been listed on Flipkart. Even though the smartphone was introduced back in November last year in Dark Grey, Champagne Gold and Rose Gold colors, only the Gold and Grey color variants of the smartphone went on sale every week on Flipkart and Mi.com. The Redmi 5A is still one of the best value-for-money smartphones under Rs. 5000, packed with 5-inch HD screen, Snapdragon 425, dedicated SIM slots as well as Infrared sensor. The next Redmi 5A sale is scheduled for tomorrow, February 1st, so the new color variant might go on sale next Thursday, February 8th. https://youtu.be/3bxE0t4hjrs Check out our Redmi 5A review here.

VLC for Android beta adds Chromecast and Samsung DeX support

VLC has finally added support for Chromecast, which was first introduced back in 2013. The latest beta update for Android with V2.9.0 also brings support for Samsung's DeX as well as improved Chromebook support. Though the update is live in this update, it still states as experimental, meaning there might be unexpected crashes or might not work reliably. Apart from Chromecast support, the update also brings bug fixes, improvements for Android Oreo, and improved stability, and added support for more platforms. Opening up the VLC app, you can now see Chromecast icon when a compatible device is on the same network as your device. Once you press the icon, you will be shown Cast-compatible TVs, streaming sticks, speakers, etc. You can play your media be it video or audio. Chromecast with VLC is working with both local content and internet streams, but then, streams aren't fully supported just yet, which is why we guess the feature is in experimental. You can download the update from PlayStore if you are a beta tester, if not, you can manually side-load the APK from here and try it out. Source