macOS Catalina 10.15.1 confirms existence of 16-inch MacBook Pro with updated Touch Bar and Touch ID layout

Earlier this year, there was a report that suggested Apple will launch 16-inch MacBook Pro this year and there were rumours about it for months now. Now, macOS Catalina 10.5.1 update that was released recently with support for AirPods Pro, new emoji, etc confirms the existence of 16-inch MacBook Pro with updated Touch Bar and Touch ID layout. The images found in macOS 10.15.1 update confirm that the 16-inch MacBook Pro will feature Touch ID power button that is separate from the Touch Bar and it is different from the 15-inch MacBook Pro which has Touch ID positioned along with the Touch Bar. There is also a possibility of Apple including a dedicated ESC key in the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The reference images of 16-inch MacBook Pro that were found in macOS Catalina 10.15.1 beta update is not present in the final update now. There are chances that Apple might not launch the new MacBook Pro anytime soon according to previous rumours. In related news, according to a report from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, 2020 MacBook models will come with the Scissor mechanism instead of the Butterfly mechanism. The adoption of the Scissor mechanism is said to result in increased keyboard durability as ...

Airtel Xstream Fibre home broadband plans launched starting at Rs. 799/month

Airtel rebranded its TV app to Airtel Xstream back in August this year and the company launched 1Gbps Ultra broadband plan under Xstream Fibre branding last month. Following that, Airtel has now updated all home broadband plans under XStream Fibre branding and the plans now start at Rs. 799/month. There are 4 new plans under Airtel Xstream Fibre - Basic, Entertainment, Premium, and VIP. Airtel Xstream Fibre Basic is priced at Rs. 799/month, offers up to 100Mbps speed with 150GB data along with Unlimited Airtel Xstream content and Unlimited Local/STD calls. The Entertainment plan is priced at Rs. 999/month, offers up to 200Mbps speed with 300GB data along with 3 months Netflix subscription, 12 months Amazon Prime subscription, Unlimited Zee5 and Airtel Xstream content. The Premium plan is priced at Rs. 1499/month, offers up to 300Mbps speed with 500GB data along with 3 months Netflix subscription, 12 months Amazon Prime subscription, Unlimited Zee5 and Airtel Xstream content. The flagship VIP plan is priced at Rs. 3999/month, offers up to 1Gbps speed with Unlimited data (but the speed might be reduced if you hit a particular limit every month, which could be 3.3TB) along with 3 months Netflix subscription, 12 months Amazon Prime subscription, Unlimited Zee5 and ...

Xiaomi Mi Note 10 108MP Penta camera phone to be announced on November 14

Xiaomi will introduce the Mi CC9 Pro smartphone in China on November 5th, now the company has confirmed that the Mi Note 10 108MP penta camera phone on November 14th in Poland, which should be the global version of the Mi CC9 Pro. It has also shared a camera sample with zoomed shot. Xiaomi Mi Note 10 / CC9 Pro rumored specifications 6.47-inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display Octa Core (2.2GHz Dual + 1.8GHz Hexa) Snapdragon 730G Mobile Platform with Adreno 618 GPU 6GB / 8GB / 12GB LPPDDR4x RAM with 64GB /128GB / 256GB UFS 2.1 storage Dual SIM (nano + nano) MIUI based on Android 9.0 (Pie) 108MP rear camera with 1/ 1.33″ Samsung HMX sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.69 aperture, LED flash, 12MP 1/2.6-inch 2PD sensor with 1.4um for 2x zoom and portrait, telephoto lens for 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom, 5x optical zoom,  20MP  117° ultra-wide angle lens, super macro lens for 1.5cm macro shots 32MP front-facing camera In-display fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 157.8×74.2×9.67mm; Weight: 208g Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C 5260mAh (Typical) / 5160mAh (minimum) battery with 30W fast charging We should ...

Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro 108MP Penta camera samples teased, 5260mAh battery with 30W fast charging confirmed

We already know that Xiaomi's Mi CC9 Pro smartphone with 108MP rear camera and penta rear cameras will be announced on November 5th. The company already revealed details about the camera sensors and the specifications were revealed through TENAA listing. Now it has shared more samples and confirmed the battery details of the phone. The phone will feature 108MP main camera with 1/ 1.33″ Samsung HMX sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.7 aperture 12MP 1/2.6-inch 2PD Samsung SAK2L3 sensor with 1.4um pixel size for 2x zoom and portrait with 50mm focal length 20MP  117° ultra-wide angle camera Telephoto lens for 5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom Super macro lens for 1.5cm macro shots It has also shared camera samples that shows normal 2x, 5x optical and 10x hybrid zoom. Here are the 1.5cm macro shots and Portrait shots using the 12MP camera that also offers 2x zoom. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="296879,296878,296877,296874,296873,296872"] Here are the night mode shots that offers 14-bit night mode based on RAW's loss-less algorithm. [gallery link="file" columns="1" size="large" ids="296875,296876"] In addition, the company has also confirmed that the phone will pack a 5260mAh (5160mAh minimum) battery with support for 30W fast charging that can charge the phone to 58% in ...

Twitter announces ban on all political ads on its platform starting November

Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey has announced in a tweet that Twitter will no longer allow political advertising globally on the platform. In his tweet, he explains that the reason for this is that Twitter believes that "political message reach should be earned, not bought". We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…🧵 — jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019 With a lot of anti-trust movements around social media role in political campaigns, Twitter has decided to completely ban political advertising on the platform globally. In Jack's tweet, he continues to explain his reasoning for the ban. He starts of by explaining how a political message must earn its reach when people decide for themselves to follow it and how paying for the reach completely negates that decision-making capability. With the rise in machine learning-based optimization of messaging and micro-targeting, unchecked misleading information, and deep fakes, political advertising can prove to be a powerful and dangerous tool to influence millions of people. Jack goes on to explain how these challenges are present on internet advertising on a whole and that they are trying to make changes beginning with ...

Vodafone mulling an exit from Indian market as losses mount: Report

Vodafone India, owned by British company Vodafone Plc and Aditya Birla Group’s telecom arm Idea Cellular merged to become Vodafone Idea Limited last year. The merger was expected to generate Rs. 140 billion annual synergy, however due to competition, Vodafone started losing lakhs of subscribers every month, and the losses keep mounting. Now a new report from IANS says that Vodafone is in talks to exit from the Indian market. The reports says, Vodafone is ready to "pack up and leave any day now." This could be due to mounting operating losses. The group has about Rs. 1.18 lakh crore of net debt, mounting losses and it has been losing subscribers as per TRAI data. In addition, a recent Supreme Court judgement on Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) said that Vodafone Idea will have to pay around Rs 28,308 crore (Rs. 19,823 crore for Vodafone Group and Rs. 8,485 crore from Idea Cellular) in three months. In response to the AGR verdict, the company said, "Vodafone Idea is extremely disappointed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment on the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) case". After reports that said Vodafone Idea has approached its lenders for debt recast, the company denied saying that it continues to ...

Razer Hammerhead Truly wireless earbuds and Razer Junglecat controller announced

Razer has announced two new products; the Razer Junglecat and the Razer Hammerhead True Wireless earbuds. The Razer Jungle cat is a dual-sided mobile gaming controller with dual configuration for both mobile and desktop play. The Razer Hammerhead, on the other hand, are a pair of truly wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, ultra-low latency, high audio quality earbuds. The Razer Junglecat come with twin analog thumbsticks and bumper buttons on each side, the left side sports a 4-way d-pad whilst the right completes the combo with 4 extra action buttons. It will connect over low energy Bluetooth and Razer claims it will have over 100 hours on a single charge via USB-C. The controllers will have two modes. For mobile play, users can connect the dual controllers to the included smartphone case to play on the go. For now, the included smartphone cases will consist of the Razer Phone 2, Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Samsung Galaxy S10+ in the USA and Razer Phone 2, Huawei P30 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S10+ for the rest of the world. The second mode is to attach it to the controller grip and then use as a handheld controller. This mode is also helpful for to play on desktops, ...

Realme X ColorOS Software Update Tracker [Update: A.09 update with Dark mode, October Android security patch]

realme launched the realme X smartphone in India back in July running ColorOS 6.0 on top of Android 9.0 (Pie). realme doesn’t follow a fixed update frequency but the company rolls out updates frequently. This post will help our readers in keeping track of ColorOS updates for realme X. ColorOS updates rolled out for the realme X so far, [Oct 30, 2019]: realme has started rolling out RMX1901EX_11.A.09 with October security patch. This update brings new charging animation, Dark mode and more. [Download link will be added soon] [Oct 8, 2019]: realme has again started rolling out RMX1901EX_11.A.08 with September security patch. This update brings redesigned notification center and Digital Wellbeing along with several new features and fixes to realme X. [Download Link] [Oct 1, 2019]: realme has confirmed that the update RMX1901EX_11.A.08 has been suspended due to bugs, the company plans to roll out an update to all the users by mid-October. [Sep 30, 2019]: realme starts rolling out RMX1901EX_11.A.08 with September security patch. This update brings redesigned notification center and Digital Wellbeing along with several new features and fixes to realme X. [Download Link] [Sep 13, 2019]: realme X will be upgraded to Android 10 in Q1 2020, confirms realme. [Aug ...

Samsung’s Q3 2019 profits down 55.7% YoY, mobile profits up 31.5% YoY due to strong Galaxy Note 10 and A series sales

Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2019 that ended September 30, 2019, in which the company has made operating profit of 7.78 trillion won, down 55.7% YoY. This due to continued weakness in the memory chip market, even with stronger smartphone sales and improved utilization in mobile OLED screens, said Samsung. It reported revenue of 62 trillion won, down 5.2% YoY from 65.46 trillion won last year. IM sector that includes Mobile Communications and Networks Businesses posted 29.25 trillion won consolidated revenue, up 17.4% YoY and 2.92 trillion won operating profit for the quarter, up 31.5% compared to 2.22 trillion won in the same quarter last year. Samsung’s smartphone shipments increased QoQ led by strong sales of the Note10 and A Series, along with improved margins for mass-market models. Network Business reported higher earnings YoY on growing commercialization of 5G service in Korea. The Company expects fourth-quarter earnings in the Mobile Business to decrease QoQ as marketing costs are set to rise and shipments to decline slightly, with flagship model sales weakening from their post-launch peaks, but A Series (including upcoming models) is expected to keep performing solidly. For 2020, Samsung expects growing sales in 5G products and foldable devices; the logic chip ...

Realme confirms Android 10 update roadmap, roll out begins in 2020 [Update: X2 (XT 730G) and X2 Pro added]

At the realme XT launch event the company revealed roadmap for Android 10 roll out for its smartphones. The roll out begins Q1 2020 and will continue through Q3 2020. The company did not reveal any details about the realme OS, but the Android 10 update will likely come with realmeOS. A recent report said that realme OS will be availble for all the realme phones,but the realme 1, realme 2, realme C and realme U series are missing in the roadmap. List of realme smartphones that are confirmed to receive Android 10 update: Q1 2020 realme XT realme X realme 5 Pro realme 3 Pro Q2 2020 realme X2 (XT 730G) realme X2 Pro realme 5 realme 3 realme 3i Q3 2020 realme 2 Pro Android 10 will bring number of additional privacy and security features for users, as well as Dark Theme, Smart Reply, Focus mode, dedicated ‘Privacy section’, and lots more, but the realme OS might have additional set of features. The company said that exact roll out dates may vary and some devices might receive the update later. We should know more details about the coming weeks. Update: realme has confirmed that it will roll out Android 10 update for realme X2 ...