Vivo U3 with Snapdragon 675 SoC, AI triple rear cameras teased ahead of official announcement on October 21

Vivo launched the U10 smartphone last month in India and it was launched as Vivo U3x in China sometime later. After the launch of Vivo U3x, the company has now officially teased the announcement of Vivo U3 with AI triple rear cameras, Snapdragon 675 SoC, and more. The teaser image posted by Vivo China reveals that the U3x will sport a Halo FullView display, will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor and will likely sport 4GB/6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage. The image also shows the rear of the phone with AI triple rear cameras and physical fingerprint scanner. In related news, a Vivo phone with model number V1914A/T surfaced on TENAA a while back with key specifications like 6.53-inch FULL HD+ display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor, and 16MP (primary) + 8MP (ultra-wide) + 2MP(depth sensor) and 16MP front camera. Going by the TENAA certification and the official teaser, Vivo U3x must be the V1914A/T model. Vivo U3 will go on pre-sale starting October 21st 2019, and we should know more information in the coming days. Source

Vivo Y11 (2019) with 6.35-inch Halo FullView display, AI dual rear cameras, 5000mAh battery announced

Vivo has just announced its latest smartphone in Vietnam - Vivo Y11 (2019) and has identical design language to Vivo Y12 that was launched earlier this year in India. It comes with dual rear cameras, a large 5000mAh battery, Android 9 (Pie), and more. Vivo Y11 sports a 6.35-inch HD+ Halo FullView LCD display with a resolution of 720 × 1544 pixels, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 processor paired with 3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage which can be expanded with a microSD card. It has a glass-like dual-tone design with a rear-mounted physical fingerprint scanner. The Y11 (2019) runs on Android 9 (Pie) on top of Funtouch OS 9.1. Regarding the optics, the Y11 (2019) sports a dual rear camera setup with a combination of 13MP (primary sensor with f/2.2 aperture) + 2MP(secondary sensor with f/2.4 aperture) and the front camera is an 8MP sensor with f/1.8 aperture. The cameras come with AI capabilities and support various photo modes like Professional, PDAF, Palm Shoot, Voice Capture, Time Lapse, Slow Motion, Animation, HDR, Panorama, Portrait, Watermark, AI Face Beauty, and Camera Filter. It features a microUSB port and packs a 5000mAh battery. Vivo Y11 (2019) specifications 6.35-inch (1544×720 pixels) HD+ display Octa-Core ...

Dyson opens its fourth Dyson Demo Store in India at VR Chennai

Dyson today opened its first Dyson Demo Store in Chennai, located at VR Chennai in Anna Nagar, making this is its fourth Demo store after two stores in New Delhi, and one in Bengaluru. The company entered India in February last year. The retail space has been designed as an interactive space to encourage visitors to pick-up, test and experience Dyson’s technology, said the company. Dyson products are already available on Amazon.in, Flipkart, as well as Dyson online store and offline across India. Dyson has engineering and testing operations in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and the UK. It has committed £2.5bn in investments for the development of future technology. Dyson V11 cord-free vacuum: The Dyson V11 Absolute Pro cord-free vacuum is a result of more than a decade of cord-free vacuum and Dyson digital motor development to intelligently deep clean your home. Thanks to the new Dyson digital motor V11, which spins at up to 125,000rpm, the Dyson V11 cord-free vacuums provide powerful fade-free suction with 40% more suction power than its predecessor, the Dyson Cyclone V10 vacuum. The Dyson V11  vacuums bring a new level of intelligence to cleaning, automatically sensing and capturing debris, while reporting vacuum performance on an LCD screen ...

OnePlus 8 Pro with punch hole display, quad rear cameras surfaces in renders

It's been just over a few weeks since the launch of OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7T Pro and now the renders of the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro has started to surface online. OnePlus 8 Pro renders come after the renders of OnePlus 8 that surfaced recently. According to the render by @OnLeaks, OnePlus 8 Pro is said to sport a 6.65-inch Quad HD+ 90Hz display with curved edges and a similar design language as OnePlus 8. This time around OnePlus is said to go with a punch-hole display instead of the pop-up camera module and also, the display is said to be slightly smaller than its predecessor OnePlus 7T Pro. While the processor that is going to power OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro is not known yet, we can expect it to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor paired with 8GB RAM with 256GB storage. The renders also reveal a rear quad-camera setup on OnePlus 8 Pro and going by the images, it is said to be three rear cameras in vertical alignment along with a 3D ToF sensor, laser autofocus sensor placed next to it. The images also reveal the Power button and Alert slider to the right, ...

TikTok launches #EduTok educational learning program in India

TikTok, a popular app for the sharing of short-form video content has announced the launch of a #Edutok Program which is designed to be a multi-phased integrated initiative aligned with the wider objective of making it easier for users access learning content through the platform. TikTok claims that since its launch, over 10 million pieces of content were created and shared using the #EduTok hashtag, which has generated over 48 billion views and has been shared over 1.8 billion times on TikTok. Through this initiative, TitTok has formed partnerships with leading social enterprises, Josh Talks and The/Nudge Foundation to launch a mentorship program. The goal being giving first time users access to high-quality educational content created by TikTok creators and educational organizations. Along with the mentorship program, TikTok has also partnered with top educational technology companies such as Toppr, Made Easy and GradeUp to provide subject focused content on the platform. This collaboration will give the users access to a variety of educational content available on the platform, in various formats, across categories and languages. As part of this mentorship program, Josh Talks will organize 25 #EduTok workshops where 5,000 creative individuals will be shortlisted and invited to attend a hands-on learning workshop delivered ...

Motorola schedules an event on November 13th, Razr foldable phone expected

Motorola has sent out invites for a event to be held on on Nov. 13, where it is expected to launch the Razr  phone, a foldable version of the classic Razr phone. According to the invite, Motorola has said that it will release "highly anticipated unveiling of a reinvented icon" in an event in downtown Los Angeles. "You're going to flip," Motorola's invite says. Motorola had confirmed that they were working on a foldable device earlier this year. It was later revealed that this device would be a re-design of the famous Razr flip phone, coming with a foldable screen. The GIF released by Motorola for the event shows the hinge from the old design melting away to tease the possible new one. According to earlier report, the phone is rumored to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 processor; come in white, black and gold; and have a 2,730mAh battery, 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GM or 128GB of storage, with a price tag of about  $1,500. Source

Samsung will fix Galaxy S10’s fingerprint sensor security flaw with update

Earlier this week, a woman in Britain discovered that her Samsung Galaxy S10's ultrasonic fingerprint sensor had a security flaw and could basically be opened by anyone once she fit £2.70 (Approx Rs. 250) screen protector she got on eBay onto the phone. Samsung, on Thursday, acknowledged the security flaw and announced it will soon roll out a software patch to fix problems with fingerprint recognition. The woman had purchased the phone cover on Ebay and found out she could use her left thumb to unlock her phone when only her right thumb was registered. Furthermore, even her husband could unlock the phone with his thumb and this flaw could be replicated on her sisters galaxy S10 too. After contacting Samsung customer services, it was discovered that this was a security flaw in the phone and that if misused, anyone would be able to access users sensitive information like those stored on financial apps. A Samsung spokeswoman said they are investigating internally and reiterated it is recommended that users only purchase and use Samsung authorized accessories, specifically designed for Samsung products. On Thursday Sumsung said it will roll out a software patch to fix the security and that users, for the time, refrain from ...

Moto G8 Play with 6.2-inch Max Vision display, triple rear cameras surface

After the Moto G8 Plus, Moto G8 Play has surfaced in live images in Brazil. This reveals a 6.2-inch HD+ waterdrop notch screen, triple rear cameras that includes an 117-degree ultra-wide sensor, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and more. This looks almost similar to the One Macro, but with an ultra-wide sensor instead of macro sensor and no Laser auto focus. Moto G8 Play rumored specifications 6.2-inch (1520 x 720 pixels) Max Vision display Octa Core MediaTek Helio P660 / P70 12nm processor with ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU 3GB / 4GB RAM, 32GB / 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 512GB with microSD Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) Android 9.0 (Pie) 13MP rear camera with LED flash, 117-degree ultra-wide sensor, depth sensor 8MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio Splash resistant (IPX2) Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS 4000mAh battery The Moto G8 Play is rumored to be priced at 1,099 Brazilian Real (US$ 264 / Rs. 18,820 approx.), but it should be cheaper in other countries. It is expected to be announced in Brazil on October 24th along with the other G8 series phones. Source 

Check out the new features Redmi Note 8 Pro brings to the Redmi Note series

Xiaomi's Redmi Note lineup made its debut in India back in 2014 with the first generation Redmi Note (3G and 4G), and soon emerged as the most popular smartphone lineup in the country. In these 5 years, Redmi Note series has gone through 8 iterations with a total of 13 different devices, and as a result, we now have Redmi Note 8 series launched in India. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="177982,209479,243477,269142,280917,295572"] Xiaomi has been adding new features to the Redmi Note series lineup with each iteration, Redmi Note 5 Pro brought a dual-camera setup, Redmi Note 6 Pro brought fast charging and P2i coating, Redmi Note 7 series brought 48-megapixel cameras along with glass sandwich design and USB Type-C and Redmi Note 8 series is no exception to the list. With Redmi Note 8 series, Xiaomi is introducing Quad camera on the popular lineup but there are more new features than just the Quad camera setup that make it to the Redmi Note lineup with Redmi Note 8 Pro. Redmi Note 8 Pro features an HDR-enabled FHD+ display which is first for a Redmi Note series device. Redmi Note 8 Pro features a 4-sided curved glass on the back which was never ...

Ola Drive self-drive car-sharing service launched, plans to host 20,000 cars by 2020

Ola has launched ‘Ola Drive’, a self-drive car-sharing service to take on Mahindra-backed ZoomCar, Revv and others. The service is already live in Bengaluru with Hyderabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi to follow shortly. Ola said that it intends to host a fleet of 20,000 cars by 2020, 50% more than the fleet size of the entire industry put together. On the app, you can choose the Drive option on the top, click plan your drive, confirm start and end time (from 2 hours to 60 days), select the number of kilometers even fuel inclusion, in addition to the free kilometer with fuel mentioned. This allows for savings of upto 30% over other providers, says the company. For Bengaluru, there are lot of cars to choose from Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Swift, Ciaz, Hyundai Xcent, i10, i20, Verna, Creta and Renault Captur. Ola said that it conducted research with individuals with different driving experience levels to get a keen understanding of their preferences. The insights helped Ola to procure user-preferred car models, enable high-quality repairs and maintenance structures to ensure every user gets a fresh and high performing vehicle, added the company. All Ola Drive cars across segments will come equipped with Ola’s connected car ...