Author: Shubham Luthra

Blackberry already stopped manufacturing it’s own Smartphones and has licensed the manufacturing to its partners. This was the first phase and they have already started the second phase of licensing the software as well. Blackberry is in talks with global manufacturers to license it’s secure version to other manufacturers. This Android version by Blackberry is known as ‘Blackberry Secure’. Blackberry’s version of Android uses DTEK security suite and is much more secure than what we get to see in other Android devices. They also release security patches monthly. For now blackberry has already an agreement with Optiemus…

Google recently made certain changes to the Google Now cards optimising them a bit with a few alterations keeping the core experience same, but it has not been suited well for certain users. The new design can be seen of the Google Feed panel placed at the left most home screen when using the Pixel launcher. Now, this is semi-transparent which allows you to see the wallpaper in the spaces around the Cards. The Google Now landing page is now divided in three sections – ‘Home’, ‘Upcoming’ and ‘Recent’. In the home tab, you’ll find the similar card…

A new benefit for Jio users has been added to the list. Jio is already known for the love it has towards it’s customers, be it free 4G network for over one year or providing Jio feature phone ‘effectively’ for free. Reliance has come up with Cashback offer on recharge of Jio SIM. The time has come for Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer to end which started in April and now the users will have to recharge it in order to get further access. A cashback of upto Rs 99 is being offered if the recharge is done via…

Jio as we all know, has shaken up the telecom industry since the day it was launched. They started with giving free 4G internet for 3 months and ended up extending the offer for more than one year. Other operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Aircel, etc started giving out the offers too seeking the growing competition and Aircel has now come up with even better offer. Aircel has come up with two new exciting offers, priced at Rs 229 and Rs 449. Both these plans come with a validity of 84 days and are for prepaid customers only.…

You may have noticed that some websites take a considerable amount of time to load, which is quite irritating for many or most of us. Well, now Facebook has thought of getting rid of this problem and are going to make some changes accordingly on their social media platform. Two executives of Facebook informed users in a blog post that they were collecting feedback to improve the news feed. They further added, ” We’ve heard from people that it’s frustrating to click on a link that leads to a slow loading web page. In fact, even more broadly on the internet,…

Lenovo always tries to bring something innovative in the tech world, be it the Tango ready Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, or the concept of modular phones with the launch of Moto Z and Moto Z Force. The new innovation being Foldable phone/tablet hybrid named Folio which they announced back in 2016’s Lenovo Tech World. The company told a website that it is not yet ready totally but the work is in progress. They said that there are some problems and it is not with the folding of display but how it bends. This problem was sorted out by using a stretchy plastic-looking cover that…

HTC has unveiled the VIVE standalone VR headset at the ChinaJoy entertainment expo for China. HTC is already struggling to make it’s space in the smartphone profit share but now wants to focus on portable VR headsets as well. They have teamed up with Qualcomm to bring a portable VR headset, especially for China. As of now, there’s not much information on specs and availability but what we do know is that it comes with Snapdragon 835 mobile VR SoC with the chip having built in VR support. It looks very similar to the HTC Daydream VR headset, the…

CEO of HMD Global, Arto Numella, unexpectedly quits from the company which came as a surprise to many. HMD Global gave a formal statement today that both Numella and HMD global parted their ways with mutual consent. Taking in his position will be Florian Seiche. Talking about the sudden change, Sam Chin, Chairman of the board, HMD Global Oy said:  “Arto Numella has played a key role in the creation of HMD Global Operation, building the team and launching our first products. On behalf of the whole board, I thank Arto for his contribution and wish him well in his future…

Xiaomi came up with the successor of Mi Max yesterday in an event, named ‘Mi Max 2’. Along side the device they also announced that they will be opening two new Mi home outlets in Bengaluru, India. Mi home is the official Xiaomi offline store where the customers can shop anytime without any flash sales. Mi home includes almost all of the Xiaomi products like Power banks, Headphones, Fitness band, Wi-Fi Router and many more household products. The first Mi home was launched in Bengaluru itself on 20th May at Phoenix Market City Mall. You can expect more outlets…

Samsung have come up with Galaxy On Max which is Flipkart exclusive in India priced at Rs 16,900. The specs of On Max are similar to Galaxy J7 Max which was launched in India last month. That means J7 Max has been launched again with a different name but with same specs at a lower price. The Samsung Galaxy On Max sports a 5.7″ FHD display. It is powered by a Mediatek MT6757 octa core processor coupled with 4GB RAM. It has 32GB of inbuilt storage which is expandable upto 256GB via Micro SD card. It is kept running…

TCL Communication have launched Movietime smartwatch which flaunts Heart Rate Sensor, Tracks activity, steps and sleep. It allows you to receive/make calls, get notifications for email or messages. It supports gesture control which allows you to play music or access the camera and has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support as well. The smartwatch comes with a 1.39 inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a 350 mAh battery. It is compatible with both Android and iOS devices. TCL Movietime comes with 1 year of warranty and is available only on Amazon India for Rs 9,999. Technical specifications: Brand TCL Series Wifi…

Huawei’s sub brand Honor recently launched the Honor Holly 3+ for Rs 12,999. In October last year, they launched Honor Holly 3 which was their first Made In India smartphone and now they have come with it’s successor. However it’s a successor only in terms of RAM and storage as rest all specs are similar to Honor Holly 3, be it the processor or the screen. Only one variant of Honor Holly 3 was available which had 2GB RAM and 16GB storage. Both of which are buffed up to 3GB and 32GB respectively in Holly 3+. The phone offers…

The competition between Flagships is getting extreme year by year. While few years back Samsung and Apple were the only brands ruling the high end segment market, with the advancement of technology we have witnessed a lot more brands trying to make their place in the competition as well. One such brand is ‘OnePlus’. OnePlus is a Chinese Tech giant which is known to be a brand for the people. They always provide a product which tends to become total value for money. Starting from their first flagship killer, ‘OnePlus One’, the company has now successfully launched it’s fourth warrior…

Asphalt series has a new member added in the family which strongly resembles CSR Racing known as Asphalt Street Storm Racing. Yes, you heard it right GAMELOFT is back with yet another car racing game which basically includes drag racing. The latest Drag Racing game allows gamers to choose their favourite cars be it super cars or classic cars along with top cities to race in. Players can collect, customize, race and get immersed in the world of Asphalt. There are modes like Single player, 4-player drag race, multiplayer race and you can…

Vertu, the UK based company that is well known for making highly expensive smartphones for 15 years, has joined it’s hands with TCL to use the latter’s technology inside their next 30,000 devices. Vertu’s all phones are hand made that’s why are highly expensive and they will continue to make hand made devices at the UK factory which is located in Hampshire. The company revealed that the deal with TCL is worth $40 million but have not revealed which technology exactly will they be using. The last financial report which was revealed publicly in 2014 by Vertu showed…

Indian smartphone maker Karbonn have come up with Aura Note 2 device with Artificial Intelligence (AI) based solution at Rs 6,490. Quick look at the specs: Karbonn Aura Note 2 has a 5.5″ HD display. It is powered by a 1.25 GHz quad core processor with 2 GB RAM running on Android Nougat out of the box. It comes with 16GB internal storage which is expandable up to 32GB via Micro SD card. It sports 13MP rear camera and 5MP selfie camera and has a 2,900 mAh battery. Aura 2 is 4G/VOLTE capable as well.…