Apple changed its App Store rules last week to limit how developers obtain, use and share information about iPhone owners’ friends and other contacts. The move cracks down on a years-long practice. Developers ask users for access to their phone contacts, then use the information for marketing and sometimes share or sell it without permission from others listed in those digital address books. …
HIGHLIGHTS The Vivo X21 has an in-display fingerprint scanner It is powered by the Snapdragon 660 SoC and has 6GB of RAM It runs Funtouch OS 4 on top of Android 8.1 Oreo Smartphones are evolving at a rapid pace and we now have better processors, cameras, and construction materials being used at every price level. Recently, we have also seen …
HIGHLIGHTS The Moto G6 is priced starting at Rs. 13,999 in India It has a curved glass back and looks extremely premium The software is clean and fluid, but the cameras are average at best After a rather lean period, Motorola India has kicked off its 2018 innings with the launch of the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play. The Lenovo-owned company has refreshed the …
HIGHLIGHTS iOS 12 was announced at WWDC 2018 The first developer preview is now available It brings features like Siri Actions and Screen Time Earlier this week, Apple’s iOS got its yearly upgrade at the 2018 edition of the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in the form of iOS 12. Performance is the major driver behind all the new updates, which is a …
Chinese electronics company iVOOMi on Thursday announced its partnership with Reliance Jio to offer a cashback of Rs 2,200 on the purchase of new smartphone V5. Priced at Rs 3,499, the dual-SIM device is available on Snapdeal. “This entry-level smartphone is in line with our objective to broaden the horizon of advanced technology and features in the affordable segment of …
HIGHLIGHTS Pre-orders for the Galaxy A9 Star and A9 Star Lite has started Both the phones currently available only in China Both handsets come with 4GB of RAM Samsung has unveiled two new smartphones – Galaxy A9 Star and Galaxy A9 Star Lite – in China. Previously, there have been several rumours regarding the arrival of the handsets, along with their price and …
HIGHLIGHTS The Galaxy J7 Pro is now available at Rs. 16,900 The phone was launched in 2017 priced at Rs. 20,900 The new prices seem to be applicable only via offline retailers Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro price has reportedly been cut again in India. As per an established Mumbai based mobile retailer, the Galaxy J7 Pro is now available in the …
HIGHLIGHTS The Moto G6 India launch event will be live streamed on YouTube Launch event is scheduled to start at 11:45am IST Motorola will not be launching the Moto G6 Plus in India today The Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play affordable smartphones will be launched in India today at an event Motorola is hosting in New Delhi. The Moto G6 and Moto G6 …
HIGHLIGHTS The global patent battle started seven years ago Samsung infringed three of Apple’s design patents The case has always been about more than money: Apple Apple won $539 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crores) from Samsung Electronics Co. in the final throes of the companies’ US court struggle over smartphone technology, seven years after the start of a global patent battle. Apple sought about $1 …
HIGHLIGHTS With less than $1 million in capital he moved from California to Shenzhen Anker is now valued at about $1.1 billion Company is embedded with the supply chain in Shenzhen After Steven Yang left his coveted job at Google, he asked his mother whether he should take venture-capital money to fund his business idea. If his online consumer-electronics enterprise was …