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Wednesday, 6 January 2021

POCO M2 Pro, POCO M2 and select POCO C3 and POCO X3 variants get a permanent price cut in India

POCO had been offering discounts on its smartphones as a part of Diwali Sale, POCO Days sale and more on Flipkart. The company today announced a permanent price cut for POCO M2 and POCO M2 Pro and select versions of POCO X3 and POCO C3 for the first time since the launch of these smartphones. … Continue reading

Bose Sport Open Earbuds with OpenAudio technology announced

Bose has announced the newest addition to the truly wireless earbuds family — the Bose Sport Open Earbuds. It features a brand-new design that sits above the ear-canal using contoured earhook and makes use of Bose’s OpenAudio technology to play music and take calls. The IPX4 rated earbuds weigh just 14g each and slip around … Continue reading

Indian brand boAt raises $100 million from Warburg Pincus

Indian brand boAt popular for its personal audio products today announced that it has raised approximately $100 million (over Rs. 731 crore) from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity fund focused on growth investing. This comes after it raised $60 million (Rs. 440 crore) funding from South Lake Investment. Post-money valuation … Continue reading

Samsung Health introduces Group Challenge Feature to encourage fitness among users

Samsung has announced a new feature in its Health app called Group Challenge. It allows the creation of a fitness-focused group of up to 10 people with the aim of promoting healthy competition to see who moves the furthest or the fastest in the group. Within the “Together” section of the Samsung Health app, users … Continue reading

WhatsApp updates terms of service and privacy policy: Accept it by Feb 8 to continue using the service

WhatsApp has started pushing a new notification for Android and iPhone users as part of an upcoming global roll-out, asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or delete the account. Back in 2016 for the first time after it was acquired by Facebook, WhatsApp … Continue reading

Tuesday, 5 January 2021

LG to unveil CordZero ThinQ A9 Kompressor+ cordless vacuum with charging station stand at CES 2021

LG has revealed their newest entry to the cordless vacuum family at CES 2021, called the CordZeroThinQ A9 Kompressor+. This new model has been upgraded with the ability to clean all types of flooring, and comes with its own charging station that can self clean and charge the device too. The CordZeroThinQ A9 Kompressor+ comes with … Continue reading

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro MIUI 12 Software Update Tracker [Update: MIUI 12 Stable Update]

Xiaomi launched its first dual-camera phone Redmi Note 5 Pro in India last year running MIUI 9.2 on top of Android 7.1 (Nougat) and later updated it to MIUI 9.5 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo) back in June 2018. The company updated the device to Android 9.0 (Pie) in May 2019, and now the device has started receiving … Continue reading

Cristiano Amon to be the next Qualcomm CEO succeeding Steve Mollenkopf

Qualcomm today announced that Cristiano Amon will be the next CEO of Qualcomm unanimously selected by the Board of Directors. Amon, who has worked at Qualcomm since 1995, is currently President of the Company. Amon will succeed Mollenkopf effective June 30, 2021 after he retires as CEO following 26 years with Qualcomm. Mollenkopf became CEO … Continue reading

Lumiford Max T85 truly wireless earbuds launched in India

Lumiford, a consumer electronics company has announced the launch of their newest truly wireless earbuds in India called the Max T85. These earbuds feature binaural call function, extra-base drivers, ergonomic design and more. The Lumiford Max T85 earbuds have 10mm drivers that are tuned for extra bass and an enhanced experience when listening to music. … Continue reading

OnePlus Nord OxygenOS 11 Android 11 Open Beta update released

OnePlus has finally released Android 11-based OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 1 update. This comes after OxygenOS 11 stable update for the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones that rolled out back in October last year. The OnePlus 8T smartphone was launched running OxygenOS 11 out of the box. OnePlus already said that it encountered … Continue reading