Airtel will deploy 5000 new mobile sites, 500 kms of additional optic fiber in FY 2018-19 in Kerala

Airtel today announced that it will continue to make significant investments to further expand its operations and network footprint across Kerala as a part of its ongoing network expansion program Project Leap. Airtel plans to roll out 5,000 new mobile sites across Kerala in FY 2018-19 to add large network capacity and take high speed data services deeper into rural areas. This effectively translates to 1 new Airtel mobile site going live every two hours across the state. With this planned rollout, the number of Airtel’s mobile sites across Kerala will go up by 30% to 22,000 and add to the network experience for customers. Airtel also plans to rollout 500 kms of fresh optic fiber across the state to take its fiber footprint to 6,000 kms. The addition of fresh fiber capacity will support the growth of high speed data services in the state. Airtel was the first operator to launch 4G services in Kerala. It also launched India’s first 4G advanced in Kochi combining capacities of TD LTE (2300 MHz spectrum band) and FD LTE (1800 MHz spectrum band). Airtel’s high speed mobile broadband network umbrella in the region covers all key urban, semi urban and rural areas including highways, tourist destinations ...

After Honor 7X, Honor 9 Lite is now begin manufactured in Tamil Nadu

Huawei’s Honor brand back in February started manufacturing the Honor 7X in Tamil Nadu, India in partnership with Flex at its plant in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. Today the company announced that now started manufacturing Honor 9 Lite locally in India in the same plant, as a commitment to ‘Make in India’ initiative. Today at an event in China the company said that its top-end and some of the mid-range smartphones, including the Honor 9 Lite will get a new GPU Turbo technology to boost the phone's performance, especially when gaming. Commenting on the new move, P Sanjeev, Vice-President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group stated: When we started manufacturing devices in September 2016 with Honor Holly 3, it was our first step towards bringing Honor closer to our fans in India in the years to come. The local production of our top-seller Honor 9 Lite today is yet another milestone in our 16 year journey in India. The "Make in India" initiative has been a great opportunity for us to contribute to India’s evolution in the technology and manufacturing sector

Honor 9i (2018) with 5.84-inch Full HD+ display, dual rear cameras, up to 128GB storage, Android 8.0 announced

Huawei's Honor brand along with the Honor Play, also introduced the new Honor 9i smartphone in China. It has a 5.84-inch FHD+ 19:9 display with a notch, is powered by Kirin 659 SoC with 4GB RAM and runs Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0, similar to the Huawei P20 Lite or Nova 3e, but this has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots and a 16-megapixel camera on the front. The company has promised to bring GPU Turbo graphics processing acceleration technology to the phone via OTA update by July 30th. This increases graphics processing efficiency of mobile phones for smoother and faster mobile experience, especially for mobile games. Honor 9i 2018 specifications 5.84-inch (1080 x 2280 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 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 4GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB 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 LED flash, secondary 2MP camera 16MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 149.2×71.8×7.7mm; Weight: 152g 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS ...

Intex BSH 2000 and BT 208 Wireless Headphones, HFK 601 wired earphones, BS 10 and BS 20 Bluetooth speakers and more launched

Intex today has launched the BSH 2000 Wireless Headphone, HFK 601 wired earphones, BT 208 wireless earphones, BS 10 and BS 20 Bluetooth speakers, BT 14 and BT 208 wireless earphones in India. The company says that these are designed to attract on-the-go users.  The HFK 601 wired earphones come in two colors Black Gold/Black Silver and it features noise reduction and comes with silicon earbuds. The Intex BT 14 and Bluetooth 208 are the designed as work out partners and feature a sporty look. They come with V4.2 with 10 meters operating range. Next on the list is the BS 10 Bluetooth speaker feature a metal body with all functional keys placed on the left side and various ports on the right side. BS 20 is a rectangular portable sized speaker. Both speakers have wireless calling facility and come with heavy bass surrounding features producing great sound quality. These speakers pack 400mAh battery. lastly, the BSH 2000 wireless headphones feature noise reduction, wireless calling, and supports Bluetooth 4.0. It packs an Ultra-Long Standby with 200mAh battery. The Inext BT 14 costs Rs. 1,699, while the Intex Earphones BT-208 costs Rs. 1,399. Rest of the products is not revealed just yet. Commenting on the new range of mobile accessories, Mr. Nadeem Khudsar, Head - ...

Honor’s new GPU Turbo technology will boost graphics processing efficiency in Honor 10, View 10, 9 Lite and 7X smartphones

Huawei Honor brand at the Honor Play launch event introduced new GPU  Turbo graphics processing acceleration technology that combines hardware and software to increase graphics processing efficiency on its smartphones. Highlights of GPU boost Reconstructs the traditional graphics processing framework at the lower layer system, greatly improving the user experience. Improves graphics processing efficiency by 60% while reducing the SoC (System on Chip) energy consumption by 30%, exceeding the limits of the balance between smartphone performance and energy consumption. Honor devices achieve outstanding graphics quality with GPU Turbo, even if the mobile game application does not support HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging. Will benefit mobile games that demand high graphics processing efficiency, enhancing the speed and optimizing users’ gaming experience dramatically. Will become the core capability of Honor smartphones, resulting in an excellent integration between smartphone hardware and EMUI software, as well as a smoother top layer graphics application. Can support AR and VR in the future and can be applied in the sectors including virtual teaching, online shopping and telemedicine to create the best visual experience for users. GPU Turbo will be firstly introduced to Honor Play that was laucnhed today in Beijing. It will be rolled out via software update ...

HTC Desire 12 and Desire 12+ with 5.5-inch and 6-inch full-screen displays launched in India for Rs. 15800 and Rs. 19790

HTC has launched Desire 12 and Desire 12+ smartphones in the Desire series. These were announced back in March and have 5.5-inch and 6-inch HD+ full-screen displays, and the similarity ends there. The Desire 12 is powered by a MediaTek MT6739 SoC with up to 3GB RAM, runs Android Nougat, has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera.  The Desire 12+ is powered by Snapdragon 450 with 3GB RAM, runs Android Oreo, has a 13-megapixel rear camera along with a 2-megapixel secondary camera to capture depth information for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel front camera with LED flash. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. Both the phones feature a liquid-surface design with a glossy back. HTC Desire 12 specifications 5.5-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display 1.5GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6739 64-bit processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB Android 7.0 (Nougat) with HTC Sense UI Dual SIM 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, BSI sensor, 1080p video recording 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture Dimensions: 148.5 x 70.8 x 8.2 mm; Weight: 137g 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS 2730mAh battery HTC Desire 12+ specifications ...

Honor Play with 6.3-inch Full HD+ display, GPU Turbo, 4D gaming experience, AI dual rear cameras announced

Huawei's Honor Brand just announced Honor Play, the company's latest top-end smartphone in the Honor series in China, as it had promised. The smartphone has a 6.3-inch Full HD+  19:5:9 display with a notch and a 89% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by Kirin 970 10nm processor with up to 6GB of RAM, NPU as well as GPU Turbo  graphics processing acceleration technology that increases graphics processing efficiency of mobile phones for smoother and faster mobile experience, especially for mobile games. It also has 4D gaming experience with real-time recognition of the game scene that vibrates the phone to intelligent match up to 30 different senses promising more realistic game scene experience. It also offers 7.1-channel 3D Histen audio experience in games. The phone packs a 16-megapixel rear camera AI scene recognition that can detect over 500 scenes and the 2-megapixel secondary rear camera for portrait shots. The 16-megapixel rear camera uses pixel binning technology, combining the information from four pixels to create one large 2.0µm pixel. It has a metal back and packs a 3750mAh battery with support for fast charging. Honor Play specifications 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display, 85% NTSC color gamut Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 (4 x 2.4 GHz A73+ 4 x 1.8 ...

Facebook now lets you share videos with copyrighted music; introduces new Lip Sync Live feature

Facebook for a while has been partnering with music companies around the world with an aim to bring more music experiences to Facebook. It is also introducing a new way for people to express themselves with music in their posts, including a new feature called Lip Sync Live. Facebook's partnerships with music partners will allow users around the world to include music in their videos on Facebook, opening up more options for creativity and sharing memories with friends and family. It said that it is testing the feature in several markets and will be bringing it to more markets soon.  Other introduced feature is Lip Sync Live, which lets users lip sync to songs from forever favorites, much similar to Musical.ly. Lip Sync Live feature is now rolling out to users. You can choose the Lip Sync Live option when starting your Live video. Once you select a song from the song list, you can also add a description and customize your video with masks or a background. When you broadcast the video with Lip Sync Live, friends will see the artist and song highlighted in the video and can tap to follow the artist on Facebook. Source

Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant up for pre-order in the US

Google at the I/O 2018 mentioned that first Google Assistant-powered smart displays from companies like LG, Lenovo, and JBL will be available from July. However, according to B&H Photo pre-order listings, the Lenovo’s smart displays might be up for pre-orders already.  The listing displays "coming soon" with a September 3 “expected availability” date. Thought it might be disappointing, the price tag of the Smart Display according to what Lenovo said at the CES early this year was around $200 for the 8-inch model and $249.99 for the bigger, 10″ model, but the B&H lists them at $149.99 and $229.99, respectively. That's a pretty sweet discount and much more affordable. The Lenovo Smart Display comes in two variants; one with 8-inch and another with a 10-inch Full HD display. Users can interact with Google assistant on the Smart Display via a 10-watt full-range speaker just as they would on a smartphone. It can stream videos directly from YouTube as well. The Smart Display in sleep mode doubles as a digital picture display to showcase images from a folder in Google Photos or other background images of your choosing. Source 1, 2

Google rolling out new dedicated topic pages with related articles in the feed

Google seems to be rolling out new dedicated topic pages with related articles in the Feed. It is now filling with more articles on a given news category, accessible via the labeled tags above each. Google has picked up the pace of pushing out new features to the Feed section in the recent months. Topically categorized pages look actually be a useful improvement. Feed usually features a small related image, and again since the Feed launched last July, users have been able to tap the top of the card to perform a regular Google Search. But suddenly a right chevron icon started appearing for some users next to the topic name. When tapped, it opens a list of approximately 20 articles in the style of regular Feed cards. At the top of this whole other feed is a related image, as well as the name of the subject. As you keep scrolling, an app bar with the topic name remains. You can also see an overflow menu on the top-right corner where usually users leave feedback. We feel that instead of using Google search to find related articles, users. The update might be a server-side roll out, and the feature has been spotted on older versions of ...