TAGG 20000mAh Power Bank Turbo launched in India

TAGG has launched its first ever power bank Turbo-20,000 in India. As the name suggests, it packs a 20,000mAh battery that consists of 6 high capacity Lithium-ion cells, dual device charging option, universal compatibility and Intelligent IC support. It supports 2.4A+2.4A output charging ports allows fast and stable dual device charging while the 2A input charging port charges the power bank. It is also equipped with TAGG multi protect safety suit to avoid overheating, circuit abnormalities and voltage fluctuation. It comes with a  sleek metallic finish and its 180° ergonomic arc design offers a secure hand grip. It comes with an LED indicator on the body. The power-bank comes with 3x3350 mAh Li-ion cells with 4.8A total output and support for fast charging. It weighs 370 grams and measures 172 X 61 X 22mm. It will be available Black and Gun Metal colors and is priced at Rs 2,499. The Power-bank is available on Amazon and on the company's website. Commenting on the launch, Amitesh Bhardwaj, CFO & Co-Founder of TAGG said: All our previous launches have been well-accepted in the market and we are hopeful on receiving a positive response for Turbo 20000 as well. Saurav Prakash, CTO & Co-Founder of TAGG said: We are excited to ...

Google Maps for iOS gets ‘Follow’ button to get store updates

Google has announced that starting today, Google Maps users on iOS can stay up to date on your favorite places. Simply search for a place—whether it’s a new restaurant that just opened up in your neighborhood or that must-try bakery across town and tap the Follow button. Once you’ve followed places, news from them—like events, offers, and other updates will appear in the For you tab. And now, places and businesses all over the world can see their followers in the Google My Business app, and actively post helpful information for their followers to see. The Follow button on Google Maps for iOS finally starts rolling out. In a blog post , Google said: Starting this week, you can stay up to date on your favorite places right from the Google Maps app on iOS. Simply search for a place—whether it’s a new restaurant that just opened up in your neighborhood or that must-try bakery across town—and tap the Follow button. You’ll then be able to see important updates from these places in your For you tab so you can quickly learn about upcoming events, offers and more.

LG to bring more voice recognition controls to home appliances to more markets

LG Electronics has announced that it will aggressively expand its voice recognition-enabled smart home appliances this year. With the company's artificial intelligence (AI) partners Google and Amazon expanding sales of AI speakers globally, LG anticipates a simultaneous increase in demand for appliances supporting voice recognition. LG also said that it will continue to work closely with valued AI partners Google and Amazon to deliver more integration to LG customers. Through Google Home and Amazon Alexa, LG will expand voice recognition support of its home appliance products to 21 countries by April LG says that by using conversational voice commands, users can effortlessly control their LG appliances and monitor their operation for the ultimate in smart home convenience. With just one sentence, users can connect Google Home or Amazon Echo to the full range of smart features available to LG appliance owners. For example, users can check the time remaining on their washing machine’s cycle, adjust the temperature of the air conditioner and check on dinner in the oven, all with simple verbal commands.  Song Dae-hyun, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company said: We look forward to giving our valued customers around the world the chance to experience next-level ease and ...

Facebook now allows you to block background location tracking on Android

Facebook has announced an update to the Facebook app's location controls on Android to give people more choice over how it collects location information and how it stores the data it collects. The company clarified that it is not changing users previously made choices nor it is collecting any new information as a result of this update. The new background location control on Facebook for Android lets users to chose if they want to collect location information when they’re not using the app. For example, when users choose to use Nearby Friends, a feature that lets friends share their locations with each other, they give Facebook permission to access their location even when they’re not using the app. Prior to this change, users using these features were asked to enable Location History. If you enabled this setting, two things happened; you would share your location when you weren’t using the app and you would allow Facebook to store a history of your precise locations. With this update, you’ll have a dedicated way to choose whether or not to share your location when you aren’t using the app. For people who previously chose to turn their Location History setting “on,” the new background location setting ...

Meizu Note 9 with 6.2-inch FHD+ display, 48MP rear camera, Android Pie to be announced on March 6

After the phone got certified by TENAA earlier this month, Meizu has confirmed that it will introduced the Meizu Note 9 smartphone at an Beijing on March 6th. Earlier leaks revealed 6.2-inch FHD+ water-drop notch screen, Android 9.0 (Pie), 2GHz SoC (likely Snapdragon 675), 48-megapixel rear camera, along with a 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots. It also has  a 20-megapixel front camera and a 4000mAh battery. Meizu Note 9 rumored specifications 6.2-inch (2244×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18.7:9  2.5D curved glass display 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform with Adreno 612 GPU 6GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal storage Android 9.0 (Pie) with Flyme 7 Dual SIM 48MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, 5MP secondary camera 20MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 153.11×74.34×8.65mm; Weight: 169.7g Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C 4000mAh (typ)/3900mAh (min) battery with fast charging The Meizu Note 9 will be available in Black, Silver and Blue colors. We should know the price when the phone goes official next month. Source

JEDEC announces LPDDR5 RAM module for smartphones

JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has finally announced the publication of JESD209 LPDDR5. It will eventually operate at 6400 MT/s I/O rate, 50% higher than the first version of LPDDR4, which will significantly boost memory speed and efficiency for a variety of applications including mobile computing devices such as smartphones, tablets, and ultra-thin notebooks. Additionally, LPDDR5 offers new features designed for mission-critical applications such as automotive. Developed by JEDEC’s JC-42.6 Subcommittee for Low Power Memories, LPDDR5 is available for download from the JEDEC website. To achieve significant performance improvement, LPDDR5 architecture was redesigned; moving to 16Banks programmable architecture and multi-clocking architecture. LPDDR5 introduces two new command-based operations to improve system power consumption by reducing data transmission: Data-Copy and Write-X. The Data-Copy command instructs the LPDDR5 device to copy data transmitted on a single I/O pin to the other I/O pins. The Write-X command instructs the device to write all-ones or all-zeros to a specific address, eliminating the need to send data from the SoC to the LPDDR5 device. Reducing data transmission with these new commands will help reduce overall system power consumption. To address the need for data reliability in adjacent markets such as automotive, LPDDR5 introduces the support of Link Error Correcting Code (ECC) on the interface ...

Huawei P30 Lite with triple rear cameras surfaces in case renders

Huawei is confirmed to announce the P30 series on March 26th, while we wait for the launch, the design of the P30 Lite which is the entry-level variant of the P30 series has been leaked through case maker Spigen. Surprisingly, the design of the P30 and P30 Pro were leaked through the Spigen cases a couple of weeks back.  Based on the case renders, it is now confirmed that the P30 Lite will come with a triple-camera setup for the rear. Given the current flagship trend, it is no surprise. The rear camera setup might likely include an extra ultra-wide-angle lens including the primary lens and a monochrome or telephoto lens. The camera array is still aligned vertically but the LED flash is placed right between the second and third camera. Since this is an affordable model, the P30 Lite still retains a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor instead of using an in-display unit. As for the front, the P30 Lite seems to come with a FullView display that has a tiny notch, in-line with other P30 models. Wonder why Huawei is not going the punch-hole route as seen on the Honor View20. The P30 Lite has two cut-out-holes at the bottom hinting at a traditional ...

OnePlus partners with Finnish carrier Elisa to launch 5G device in Q2 2019

At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit 2018 OnePlus announced that its next flagship will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform and the company will release a commercial 5G smartphone with carrier network EE in the UK in 2019. Earlier this week it announced that it will showcase its first 5G prototype smartphone at MWC 2019 next week. Today the company has announced a partnership with leading Finnish telecommunications network carrier Elisa to launch a 5G device during the second quarter this year, making it among the first 5G devices in the Finnish market. Elisa was OnePlus' first-ever carrier partner, and OnePlus has been the best-selling device for the last 26 months. Elisa will also be amongst the first to launch a commercial 5G network in Finland 5G network since it has 5G-ready networks in Tampere, Jyväskylä, Turku and Helsinki in the city centers, and is building 5G networks in different parts of Finland. Pete Lau, CEO and founder of OnePlus, said: 5G is a revolution which can bring change far beyond the technology industry, for people everywhere, for everything from gaming through to mixed reality apps, healthcare, and much more. We’ve worked hard to lead 5G innovation as this new era starts, working closely with ...

Samsung Bixby gets support for four new European languages

Samsung has announced that Bixby is now officially available in four new European languages including British English, German, Italian and Spanish. These new languages will join the existing languages of US English, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. These will be officially available globally following an ongoing beta test. The introduction of these new languages furthers Samsung’s global commitment to artificial intelligence, as it continues to expand its capabilities across more languages, devices, and services. Along with the new language availability, users in select European markets can access select new third-party services to get the best possible Bixby experience in their area. Users in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK will all be able to use Bixby in their native language to search for flights, shop online, check soccer scores or get TV program information. Full support for Bixby in the four new languages will be available on Samsung flagship devices including Galaxy S10, S10e, S10+, and S10 5G, as well as Galaxy Note9, Galaxy S9, S9+, Note8, S8 and S8+ devices running Android Pie OS. Eui-Suk Chung, Executive Vice President and Head of Software and AI, Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics said: We are strongly committed to our AI business, and continuously expanding Bixby’s intelligence capabilities to provide ...

Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ One UI Android Pie update starts rolling out

After Galaxy S9 series, Galaxy Note9 and more recently, the Galaxy Note8, Samsung has started rolling out Android 9.0 (Pie) One UI stable update for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones starting from Germany, as it had promised.  Apart from the One UI visual changes, there are many other changes and new features including new adaptive themes for the keyboard that change based on the app you’re currently using, charging information in Always On Display, Scene Optimizer for the Camera app, and the ability to run DeX with a USB Type-C to HDMI cable while also being able to use the phone when DeX mode is active. The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ update have build G950FXXU4DSBA / G955FXXU4DSBA, is about 1.6GB in size and also includes Android security patch for February, 2019. Check out the complete change log below. Upgraded One UI for Android Pie One UI brings you Android Pie, with exciting new features and a whole new look and feel based on feedback from users in Samsung and Google. We recommend that you back up your important data to keep it safe before the upgrade. Some apps, including Calculator, Samsung Internet, Samsung Health, Samsung Notes, Samsung Members, and Samsung Pay, need to be updated individually after ...