One day before the launch of OnePlus 6 – Launch offers, Fast AF sale, how to watch the livestream

As the OnePlus 6 India launch is just a day away, the excitement touches its peak for OnePlus fans around the globe. However, before the formal launch, some details about the 6th-gen OnePlus device has been teased on the Internet by the company creating anticipation all around. The OnePlus 6 smartphone is touted to be the fastest smartphone equipping the latest and powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. One of the most noticeable changes in OnePlus 6 over its predecessor is its build quality and the 'Notch'. The OnePlus 6 is expected to feature a 19:9 aspect ratio to fit a notch on top where the front camera and other sensors will reside. The top-notch measures exactly 19.62 x 7.69 mm and will occupy a minimal amount of space in the top-center part of the display. Having said that, you can hide the notch, if you are not a fan. For those, who is obsessed with speed and a seamless experience, the company will be launching One Plus with a combination of Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, up to 8GB RAM, and up to 256GB onboard storage. The company will also be retaining their popular alert slider, which is now present on the right ...

Google News now uses AI to organize news, replaces Google Play Newsstand, Google News & Weather apps [Available for Android and iOS]

Update: Google has rebranded the Google Play Newsstand and released it as Google News for Android and iOS. If you already have Google Play Newsstand, you would have received an update, if not you can get it from Google Play Store or  the App Store. Google at the I/O 2018 developer conference today announced new Google News, which uses artificial intelligence to find and organize news into storylines by analyzing it in real time. "Google News now understands the people, places and things involved in a story as it evolves, and connects how they relate to one another," says Google. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wArETCVkS4g This lets Google synthesize information and put it together in a way that helps users make sense of what’s happening, and what the impact or reaction has been. "For You" makes it easy to stay up to date on everything you care about all in one place. It offers briefing of five stories that Google News has organized that includes most important headlines, local news and the latest developments on the topics you’re interested in. It learns and gets better as you use.  It also has easy-to-use and easy-to-access controls so you can decide if you want to see more or less of a topic ...

Nokia X6 with 5.8-inch FHD+ 19:9 display, Snapdragon 636, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras, Android 8.1 announced

HMD Global just announced the Nokia X6, the company's first Android smartphone in the 'Nokia X' series in China, as it had promised. It has a 5.8-inch FHD+ display with a notch and 19:9 aspect ratio and 95% glass on the front, is powered by Snapdragon 636 with up to 6GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with RGB sensor, along with a 5-megapixel secondary rear camera with a monochrome sensor, AI portrait and scene recognition and a 16-megapixel front camera with AI selfies with background blur, stickers and face unlock. It has a fingerprint sensor on the glass back, metal frame, comes with Dual VoLTE support that lets you to use VoLTE on both the SIMs and packs a 3060mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging that can charge from 0 to 50% in 30 minutes. Nokia X6 specifications 5.8-inch (2280 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU 4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB internal storage, 6GB RAM with 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano ...

Microsoft Surface Hub 2 with 50.5-inch 4K display announced

Microsoft has announced the Surface Hub 2 and it is designed from the ground up that can be used by teams. The company says that it is sleek, agiler and more affordable to fit any workspace or work style. It sports a 50.5-inches 4K multi-touch display with 3:2 aspect ratio and extremely thin bezels. The giant display now rotates to a portrait position and it works as a powerhouse to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Whiteboard, Office 365, Windows 10 and the intelligent cloud. It also comes with 4K cameras rotate with the device, integrated speakers, and far-field mic arrays allow everyone in the meeting to feel. Microsoft has teamed up with workplace expert Steelcase to create a system of rolling stands and easy-to-use mounts. It is also bringing multi-user sign in and using this feature multiple people can authenticate in the same Surface Hub 2 workspace, allowing them to simultaneously access their documents, merging them and making collaboration as natural as meeting at a whiteboard. Microsoft is also improving the software running on the new device, though it is still running on Windows 10, it is bringing features like multi-user sign in using the built-in fingerprint reader. The company says that it sold over 5000 Surface Hub devices across 25 markets. Microsoft just announced that the ...

HTC Exodus native blockchain phone for secure cryptocurrency trading coming soon

HTC has announced that it is planning to launch an Android phone that will come built-in with blockchain technology. The phone is named Exodus and it will feature universal wallet and a built-in secure hardware that support cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications (DApp). HTC has roped in Phil Chen; the creator of its virtual reality headset Vive, who will now be responsible for all blockchain and cryptocurrency related to HTC's Exodus. It is also reported that the company is planning on creating anative blockchain network that will use all the Exodus phones as nodes to facilitate cryptocurrency trading among the phone users. Interestingly, HTC also said to be working on accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment for the phone, however, the price of the phone has not been decided just yet. HTC isn't the first company to launch the blockchain powered phone, Sirin Labs announced blockchain smartphone last September, it is slated to be released in October this year. It is unclear what HTC's blockchain powered phone will offer that a regular phone can't. It is touted to offer better security and user experience by integrating cold wallet storage right into the phone. On the flip side, these features can also be integrated into any smartphone with the help of software alone. Either ...

Twitter to start hiding Tweets from trolls in conversations and search

Twitter back in March introduced a new approach to improve the health of the public conversation on Twitter. Since then it has been working on what one refers to as “trolls,” which is behavior is fun, good and humorous. Today the company is taking actions against such trolls that distort and detract from the public conversation on Twitter. Twitter feels that some of these accounts and Tweets violate the policies, and, in those cases, it is vouching to take action on them. It is said to be using policies, human review processes, and machine learning to determine how Tweets are organized and presented in communal places like conversations and search. It is tackling behaviors that distort and detract from the public conversation in those areas by integrating new behavioral signals into how Tweets are presented. Twitter is taking is taking in many new signals most of which are not visible externally, like accounts with not confirmed email, or if the same person signs up for multiple accounts simultaneously, accounts that repeatedly Tweet and mention accounts that don’t follow them, or behavior that might indicate a coordinated attack. It also clarified that people contributing to the healthy conversation will be more visible in conversations and search. In early testing Twitter says ...

Facebook took down 837 million spam posts, 583 million fake accounts in Q1 2018

Facebook for the first time is publishing the number of Community Standards Enforcement Reports that it has got. This report covers the enforcement efforts between October 2017 to March 2018, touches areas like graphic violence, adult nudity and sexual activity, terrorist propaganda, hate speech, spam, and fake accounts. Furthermore, it covers How much content people saw that violates the standards, how much content is removed, and how much content is detected proactively using Facebook's technology before reporting. Facebook says that most of the action it takes to remove bad content is around spam and the fake accounts they use to distribute it. It took down 837 million posts that are spam in Q1 2018 which is nearly 100% of which we found and flagged before anyone reported it. The key to fight spam is taking down the fake accounts that spread it. Facebook deleted over 583 million fake accounts most of which were disabled within minutes of registration. It estimates that around 3 to 4% of the active Facebook accounts on the site during this period were still fake. It also took down 21 million pieces of adult nudity and sexual activity, 3.5 million pieces of violent content in Q1 2018. Since Facebook technology can't work all the time, it removed 2.5 million pieces ...

Vivo X21i with 6.28-inch FHD+ 19:9 AMOLED display, dual rear cameras, 6GB RAM announced

Vivo has silently introduced X21i, the cheaper version of the X21 smartphone that was introduced in China in March. It has the same 6.28-inch FHD+ 19:9 Super AMOLED display with a notch, 90.3% screen-to-body ratio, 1.66mm narrow bezels on the sides, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Funtouch OS 4.0, 12-megapixel primary sensor with Samsung 2L9 sensor with Dual Pixel technology along with a 5-megapixel secondary rear camera to capture the depth information, but this is powered by MediaTek Helio P60 12nm SoC. It has AI scene recognition that can automatically detect scenes and the 24-megapixel front camera with face unlock that scans 1024 facial features. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3245mAh battery with support for fast charging. Vivo X21i specifications 6.28-inch (2280 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 Super AMOLED display Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU 6GB RAM with 64GB internal memory, 4GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD) Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo) 12MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, secondary 5MP camera with f/2.4 aperture 24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 ...

Facebook Messenger gets new reporting tools

Facebook's Messenger platform never had any means of reporting content that violates any policies within the app except via the Facebook reporting tools or Messenger web. Today the company is giving access to the reporting tool directly from any Messenger conversation on iOS or Android. https://ift.tt/2KrS7iF To report, you can tap the name of the person or group with whom you’re having a conversation; scroll to 'Something’s Wrong' and then select from several categories such as harassment, hate speech, or pretending to be someone else. Furthermore, you can also choose to ignore or block the person you are reporting. Facebook will send a confirmation after you submit your report. This should make it easier and faster to report things for Facebook's Community Operations team to review. They review reports in over 50 languages. The company is encouraging users to start using the reporting tools. Source

WhatsApp gets new admin controls, group catch up, group participant search and more

WhatsApp is rolling out a bunch of new features to groups including Group description, new Admin controls, Group catch up, and Participant search. WhatsApp rolled out group description back in March, and now for every new participant who joins the group; the description will show up at the top of the chat. The group description can be anything be it setting the purpose, guidelines, or topics for the group. More admin controls; in the group settings, there are new controls that allow admins to restrict who can change the group's subject, icon, and description. In case you are away from group chat for a while, now you can quickly catch up on messages that mention or reply to you by tapping on a new @ button that appears at the bottom right corner of the chat. You can search for participants info from the group info page. Admins can now remove admin permissions of other group participants, but the group creators can't be removed from the group they started. WhatsApp's new features will be available on Android and iOS from today. Source