Motorola Moto G7, G7 Plus, G7 Play and G7 Power detailed specifications surface ahead of Feb 7 announcement

Motorola recently scheduled an event in Brazil on February 7th to introduce Moto G7 series smartphones — G7, G7 Plus, G7 Play and G7 Power. Now Motorola has accidentally revealed the specifications of all the G7 series smartphone its Brazil website. This shows that the G7 Plus will actually be powered by Snapdragon 636 SoC, even though earlier rumors said that it will be powered by Snapdragon 660. Other devices are powered by Snapdragon 632 SoC, as rumored earlier. Moto G7 rumored specifications 6.24-inch (2270 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect display 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 632 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU 4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD Dual SIM Android 9.0 (Pie) 12MP rear camera with Dual LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, secondary 5MP camera with f/2.2 aperture 8MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 157x75.3x7.92mm; Weight: 174g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS, USB Type-C 3000mAh battery with Turbo charging Moto G7 Plus rumored specifications 6.24-inch (2270 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect display 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU 4GB / 6GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to ...

XOLO Era 4X 2GB Unboxing and First Impressions

XOLO made a comeback recently to announce two new devices in New Delhi, targeting the budget segment of the smartphone market. The XOLO Era 4X which has an HD+ display and a front facing flash, along with some AI bokeh features, starts at Rs. 4,444 for the 1 GB RAM variant while the 2 GB RAM variant comes with an additional Face unlock feature. I had went hands on with it at the event and now the 2 GB RAM variant has arrived for testing and here are my first impressions. Additional reading - What XOLO's comeback tells us about Indian manufacturers Xolo Era 4X specifications 5.45-inch HD+ 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection 1.5GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6739ww processor with PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU 1GB / 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, expandable memory up to 128GB Android 8.1 (Oreo Go Edition) Dual SIM 8MP rear camera with LED flash 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash Face unlock (only in 2GB RAM version) 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Dimensions: 146.47 x70.2×8.65mm; Weight: 139g Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS 3000mAh built-in battery Here's what you get in the box - Yes, the device comes with a removable back cover, so ...

LG to introduce Snapdragon 855-powered 5G smartphone with vapor chamber at MWC 2019

Recently reports said that LG G8 will not feature 5G support, but there will be a separate 5G phone in the new series later in March. Now LG has confirmed that it will be unveiling its 5G smartphone at the MWC 2019 in Barcelona, ​​Spain on February 24th. The smartphone will be powred by Snapdragon 855 and will use Vapor Chamber for improved heat dissipation compared to existing heat pipes. The surface area of ​​the vapor chamber is 2.7 times that of the LG V40 ThinQ heat pipe, and the amount of water contained is more than two time bigger, says the company. Since the heat dissipation chamber is made of copper with high thermal conductivity, the larger the surface area, the quicker and widespread the absorption of the surrounding heat. The water inside also stably stores the heat absorbed from the copper surface and reduces the temperature change inside the smartphone, it adds. The phone will pack a 4000mAh which is 20% larger than 3300mAh battery on the LG V40 ThinQ and promises 5G will not increase the battery consumption. The company is strengthening its partnership with major mobile operators, mainly in Korea, North America and Europe, where 5G service will be launched this year. The ...

Apple dismisses over 200 employees from its Project Titan autonomous vehicle group

Apple has laid off 200 employees earlier this week from Project Titan, which is its autonomous vehicle group. In August 2017, Apple enlisted a Tesla engineering vice president and Apple veteran, Doug Field, to lead the Titan team alongside Bob Mansfield. However, this week’s dismissals from the group were seen as anticipated restructuring under the relatively new leadership. The laid-off employees will be staying at Apple but will be moved to different parts of the company. Apple, for a while now has been silent about the company's car prospects indicating that the company has scaled back from the initial rumored vehicle to a focus on software. In 2016, Apple laid off employees from the same group, shifting its strategy. An Apple spokesperson acknowledged the layoffs and said the company still sees opportunity in the space. In a statement, the spokesperson said: We have an incredibly talented team working on autonomous systems and associated technologies at Apple. As the team focuses their work on several key areas for 2019, some groups are being moved to projects in other parts of the company, where they will support machine learning and other initiatives, across all of Apple. We continue to believe there is a huge opportunity with autonomous systems, that Apple has ...

Microsoft Office 365 now available via the Apple Mac App Store

Apple has announced that Microsoft Office 365 for the first time is available on the Mac App Store, thus making it easier for Mac users to download Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and the whole suite of Microsoft’s popular apps. Users can also purchase a subscription for Office 365 from within the apps. Office 365 for Mac has been designed specifically for Mac to support features like Dark Mode and Continuity Camera in macOS, as well as the MacBook Pro Touch Bar and Mac’s Trackpad. With Office 365 on the Mac App Store, these apps can now be easily distributed to employees using Apple Business Manager. Office 365 provides experiences tailored to the Mac and macOS including OneDrive Files on Demand support on the MacBook Pro. And it’s connected to the cloud, so you can access your content from any device. Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing said: We are excited to welcome Microsoft Office 365 to the all-new Mac App Store in macOS Mojave. Apple and Microsoft have worked together to bring great Office productivity to Mac users from the very beginning. Now, with Office 365 on the Mac App Store, it's easier than ever to get the latest and best version of Office 365 for ...

Gmail v8.12 starts testing Dynamic Email support

Google has started testing a feature called Dynamic Email in the Android app. Google for a while now has been talking about bringing AMP to Gmail; AMP for those who are unaware is basically supposed to speed up load times for web pages. The company started testing out AMP for Gmail on the web soon after the announcement but was only open to few.  The company is now expanding AMP to Gmail app itself as testers gained a new account setting that allows them to enable AMP support, also known as "Dynamic Mail" in the setting title. As the test explains, this lets Gmail show Dynamic Mail whenever it is available. Similar to HTML emails, AMP messages can be included alongside plain text versions as a separate MIME type. While AMP is a pretty cool way to implement more power to email, there is a possibility of phishing schemes and abusive advertising campaigns, or even exploit vulnerabilities in Gmail and web browsers. Google is hard at work to sandbox anything that could run with AMP email, we will have to see where it goes and how it works in reality. Source

Apple iOS 12.2 beta brings new ‘Hey Siri’ setup for the rumored AirPods 2

Apple has released iOS 12.2 beta for developers. This update brings quite a few changes and feature, it also includes a new setup screen that’s used when configuring AirPods and this is currently hidden. This new setup screen clearly states that the user will be able to talk to Siri with AirPods or iPhone by saying “Hey, Siri”. When pairing the new, yet to be announced AirPods, users will be asked to set up “Hey, Siri”, just like it can be set up for other devices such as iPhones and iPads.  The main difference from using “Hey, Siri” with these new AirPods is that the new AirPods themselves will do the recognition; it sends the command to the paired device and you’ll be able to use Siri while your iPhone is in your pocket without having to tap on your AirPods. Rumors regarding the new AirPods has been in the news for a long time now and support for "Hey Siri" has been the top listed feature. The introduction video of the iPhone XS and XR showed a person at Apple Park using “Hey, Siri” with their AirPods. Reports suggest that the new generation AirPods would be launched in the first half of 2019,  including new ...

Twitter confirms it is testing “Original Tweeter” tag to distinguish who started a thread

Twitter is testing "Original Tweeter" tag to make it easier to parse who started a thread on Twitter. This new feature finds posts from the original tweeter of a thread, and might also help curb abuse on the platform. However, it is currently being tested with feature users and not available widely.  aw thanks Twitter I appreciate you calling me an “Original Tweeter” (seriously though what is that?) pic.twitter.com/IBpqcOIBYK — Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) January 24, 2019 Twitter confirmed the testing and noted that the tag functionality has been rolled out to a “small percentage” of iOS and Android users across markets. This will also make it easier to distinguish accounts that are masquerading as other tweeters and could avert some imitation issues. While it may be a small change, it is in-line with Twitter's drastic plans to introduce more changes like color-coded replies that give users more prominent interface. The beta app also brings features like algorithmically sorted replies and a  more toned-down UI. Sara Haider, Twitter’s director of Product Management said: Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation. As part of this work, we’re exploring adding more context to discussions by highlighting relevant replies – like those from the original Tweeter. Source

Facebook is shutting down Moments app on February 25th

Facebook has confirmed that it is shutting down Moments; its standalone private photo sharing app. The app's services will be discontinued on Feb. 25th. The Moments app was first released in 2015 and had four long years of the run.  The app lets you share pictures that are stored on your phone with your Facebook friends without actually uploading the photos to the social network itself. Facebook is allowing users to retrieve their photos from the app before the app is killed. Users can visit Moments website that Facebook has set up to go through their photos and export them either to their computers or the camera rolls on their phones. This option will be available until May. People can also upload their Moments photos to an album on Facebook's main app. By default, the photos in those albums will be set so only you can see them. Starting next week, users who have used the Moments app within the last year will also get a notification when they open the main Facebook app. Facebook said it's shutting down the app because not many people are using it, though the company declined to share user numbers. This move comes at times when Facebook is ...

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2019) with 6.4-inch FHD+ Infinity-O display, 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras announced

Samsung has announced new Galaxy A9 Pro  (SM-G887N) in Korea, which a version of the Galaxy A8s (SM-G8870) that was introduced in China last month. As we already know, the phone packs a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Infinity-O display, is powered by Snapdragon 710 with 6GB of RAM, comes with triple rear cameras that includes main 24-megapixel sensor with f/1.7 aperture, 10-megapixel Telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture for 2x optical zoom, and a 5-megapixel camera to capture depth information for portrait shots and a 24-megapixel front camera. It has a glass back, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, and a 3,400mAh battery with support for fast charging. Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2019) specifications 6.4-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass LCD display Octa Core Snapdragon 710 10nm Mobile Platform (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs) with Adreno 616 GPU 6GB RAM, 128 GB Storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card Android 8.1 (Oreo) Dual SIM 24MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.7 aperture, 10MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture and 5MP f/2.2 depth camera 24MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture Fingerprint sensor Dimension: 158.4×74.9×7.4mm; Weight: 173g USB Type-C Audio Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80, Bluetooth v5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C, ...