macOS Mojave 10.14.1 update brings Group FaceTime video and audio calls, 70 new emoji characters

Apple yesterday released macOS Mojave 10.14.1, over a month after it released  macOS 10.14 Mojave that brought Dark Mode, a new Dynamic Desktop with a series of time-shifting images to match the time of day, New productivity features and a redesigned Mac App Store. The update brings Group FaceTime, a feature that was removed during the beta testing period. This lets you chat with up to 32 people at once, and is also available in iOS 12.1. It also brings more than 70 new emoji characters that are also available in iOS 12.1 and watchOS 5.1. It also improves the stability, compatibility and security. The macOS 10.14.1 update is about 3.3GB in size, which varies depending on the Mac and can be downloaded by going to the "Software Update" section of System Preferences, which is a installation method that was introduced with the Mojave update. The macOS Mojave 10.14.1 update improves the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all users. Adds support for Group FaceTime video and audio calls, which support up to 32 participants simultaneously, are encrypted end-to-end for privacy, and can be initiated from a group Messages conversation, or joined at any time during an active call. Adds over ...

Honor Magic 2 with 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, slider design, Kirin 980, 8GB RAM, triple rear cameras announced

Huawei's Honor brand just announced that Honor Magic 2, the company's latest high-end smartphone as it had promised. It has a 6.39-inch FHD+ screen and a anti-dust slider design. It is powered by Kirin 980 7nm SoC with Dual NPU and run Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top as well as YOYO assistant. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera, 24-megapixel monochrome secondary sensor and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens. It has in-display fingerpint sensor with a large 32.48mm coverage area, 3D Face Unlock as well as 3D Qmoji. It packs a 3500mAh battery with 40W SuperCharge that can charnge the phone from 0 to 50% in 15 minutes and 0 to 85% in just 30 minutes. It has dual SIM support and Huawei's Hi1103 chip for 1.7Gbps Wi-Fi and dual-frequency GPS navigation. Honor Magic 2 specifications 6.39-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) FHD+ AMOLED 19.5:9 display with 108% DCI-P3 Color Gamut HUAWEI Kirin 980 (2 x Cortex A76 2.6 GHz + 2 x Cortex A76 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz) processor with  720 MHz ARM Mali-G76MP10 GPU 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB storage 8GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB / 256GB storage Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 16MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 24MP ...

Portronics Harmonics PLAY wireless earphones launched

Portronics has launched the company's first high-quality sports wireless headphones “Harmonics PLAY” which are designed keeping in mind the active outdoor life. The snug-fit design of Harmonics Play holds well even when you sway your head to the dance tunes. These come with a unique back of the head wires and the comfortable earbuds let you keep the earphones on for long hours without any irritation or fatigue. It comes with noise cancellation AVRCP / A2DP/ HSF and HFP technologies and high-end audio drivers. These True Wireless earphone connect through Bluetooth 4.1 with a range of 30 feet. The company is promising a 10 hours talk and play time with 300 hours of standby on a single charge of 2 hours. Harmonics Play can connect with two devices simultaneously. The Portronics Harmonics Play is available in jet black color and is priced at Rs. 2999. It is available from both online and offline stores.

Sony MP-CD1 Mobile Projector Review

Mobile projectors are an interesting category of products that can be useful to business men on the go as well as people who might want to throw up a larger screen at impromptu gatherings to view photos or play casual games. Sony's been making these for a number of years now, and they recently launched the latest model in the series. Sony sent us over the all new MP-CD1 in for review and here's what we think about it.  Hardware Sony is positioning the MP-CD1 as something that would appeal to business travelers and that really shows in the design of the hardware and packaging.  The entire design is simple with clean lines and a staid, almost boring, black and chocolate brown metal finish. The projector is about the size of a really large smartphone and ships with a very nice leather case. The case looks quite sturdy and should suffice to prevent scratches and scuffs with the projector in your travel bag. On the front is the projector lens. Curiously, Sony has shifted from laser based projection on their previous mobile projectors to a Texas Instruments DLP unit that can go as bright as 105 lumens. The shift to DLP projection means ...

Infinix Hot S3X Unboxing

Infinix launched the Hot S3X, a mid-range smartphone and the successor of the Hot S3 in the ‘Hot S’ series in India last week. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxk09646FTY Box Contents Infinix Hot S3X smartphone in Ice Blue color 2-pin charger Flat micro USB Cable SIM Ejector tool Protective Screen Guard TPU Case Quick Start Guide and Waranty Card It has a 6.2-inch HD+ 19:9 display with a notch, is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 with 3GB of RAM and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Hummingbird XOS 3.3. It has a 16-megapixel front camera with LED flash. The company says that it has 4-in-1 pixel technology merges 4 pixels into one pixel, which helps in capturing more light for better quality selfies. It also comes with AI beauty algorithm that scans up to 255 facial points to create a more detailed and beautiful selfie. The phone has a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for portait shots and AI Bokeh mode. There is also dual LED flash on the back. The back has a shiny glass finish, even though it has plastic finish on the sides. There is also a fingerprint sensor on the back. The phone has a dedicated ...

Nokia 6.1 Plus Android 9.0 (Pie) stable update starts rolling out

After rolling out Android Pie beta update for the Nokia 6.1 Plus smartphone earlier this month, HMD Global today started rolling out stable Android 9.0 (Pie) update for the smartphone, as it had promised. It rolled out Android Pie update for the Nokia 6.1 yesterday. The company already announced that Android Pie update will be coming to Nokia 8 and Nokia 8 Sirocco in November. Another day. Another update. Happy to announce that the Nokia 6.1 Plus now runs on Android 9 Pie #Nokiamobile #AndroidOne 🥧 pic.twitter.com/Spls0myFbA — Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) October 31, 2018 Android P includes Adaptive Battery that uses machine learning to prioritize system resources for the apps, App Actions that helps you raise the visibility of your app and help drive engagement using machine learning, and Slices are a new way to surface rich, templated content in places like Google Search and Assistant. The Nokia 6.1 Plus Android Pie update has the version number 3.30B, is 1.34GB in size and also includes Android security patch for October 2018. What’s New New system navigation, settings menu and notifications Adaptive Battery power prioritisation for users’ most commonly used apps/services Adaptive and optimised brightness levels Predictive Application Actions New camera v9.0 with new UI, Google Lens, and Google ...

LG said to introduce foldable smartphone at CES 2019

Foldable smartphone tech is slowly on the rise. Samsung and Huawei are the most heard names for the front-runners among the bunch and both the companies will introduce their foldable smartphones in the next few months. Surprisingly LG might be in the race too as the company is rumored to unveil a foldable phone at its 2019 CES keynote. I can't speak for Samsung... ...but I do know that LG plans to unveil a foldable phone at its 2019 CES keynote. — Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 31, 2018 This is coming from famous leakster Evan Blass who claims to this for a fact. We currently do not have details about the LG foldable phone, but if the company is indeed planning for a CES launch, we should know more details down the road. As the news is coming from a reliable leakster Evan Blass it should have some weight to it. As for Samsung's foldable phone, the company more or less confirmed that the foldable smartphone will be launched before the end of 2018, however the company at the earnings today confirmed that it will launch 5G and foldable phones in 2019. Huawei also confirmed that it will launch the first foldable phone with 5G in ...

Samsung reports record profits in Q3 2018, will launch foldable and 5G smartphones in 2019

Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2018, in which the company has made all-time high operating profit of 17.57 trillion won ($15.45 billion), up 20.9% YoY, as expected, for the July-September 2018 period. This due to strong sales of memory products and OLED panels. It reported revenue of 65.46 trillion won, up 5.49 from 62.05 trillion won last year. IM sector that includes Mobile Communications and Networks Businesses posted 24.91 trillion won consolidated revenue and 2.22 trillion won operating profit for the quarter, down 32.5% compared to 3.29 trillion won in the same quarter last year. Smartphone shipments stayed flat QoQ due to decreased sales of mid- to low-end products despite solid Note 9-led flagship sales. Profit fell QoQ due to an increase in advertising expenses and negative currency impacts. In Q4 smartphone shipments to rise led by mid-range and below lineup that includes multi-camera modules such as new Galaxy A7 and A9. Samsung expects earnings to decrease in the quarter due to increased marketing expenses for peak season. As for the outlook for 2019, smartphone market demand is expected to slightly grow mainly driven by premium segments. However, competition is likely to intensify across all segments as key features of premium models continue to ...

Invest India, WhatsApp team up to empower Indian entrepreneurs and start-ups; WhatsApp to invest $250,000

Invest India through its flagship initiative Startup India has partnered with WhatsApp to focus on the proliferation of start-ups, promoting economic growth and generating employment opportunities in India. WhatsApp will invest a quarter of a million dollars as funding to the top 5 winners of the 'WhatsApp StartUp Challenge' and an additional $250,000 will be directed to a select few from the entrepreneurial community to promote their WhatsApp business number on Facebook and drive discovery of their businesses. The company says that this way customers will be able to find the business and start talking to them on that WhatsApp number. Invest India is also working with WhatsApp to drive awareness about its business tools in around 15 states impacting over 60,000 businesses in the coming months through tools such as Startup India 'Yatra' program and other in-person training events. Commenting on the same, Deepak Bagla, CEO & MD, Invest India said:  India adds over 3 new start-ups a day, ranking it amongst the top start-up nations in the world. A significant number of start-ups are spearheaded by women. In fact, women-led start-ups are increasing by over 100% per annum. We are committed towards developing the best ecosystem for the Indian start-up community and have undertaken multiple ...

Nubia X with 6.26-inch FHD+ display, secondary 5.1-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 845, 8GB RAM, Dual fingerprint sensors announced

ZTE's Nubia brand just announced the Nubia X, the company's latest smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.26-inch FHD+ 19:9 aspect ratio display with minimal bezels, 93.6% screen-body ratio and no notch since it doesn't have a front camera, and a secondary 5.1-inch HD+ AMOLED screen that blends into the glass body. It is patentend for eye protection with a separate mode. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with AI scene recognition, dual-tone LED flash along with a secondary 24-megapixel camera. Since there is a screen on the back, you can use the rear display to capture selfies. It is powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB of RAM and runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with nubia UI 6.0. It has fingerprint sensor on both the sides so it is suitable for both the right and left handers. It packs a 3800mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging. Nubia X specifications 6.26-inch (1080 × 2280 pixels) 19:9 FHD+ In-Cell 2.5D curved glass display, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection 5.1-inch (720 x 1520 pixels) 19:9 AMOLED 2.5D curved glass secondary display with 96% NTSC Color Gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU ...