Google’s parent company Alphabet has announced that Eric Schmidt will be stepping down from his role as the executive chairman in January 2018. Schmidt will then take on the role of a technical advisor to the company. Eric Schmidt, 62, had joined Google back in 2001 to provide “adult supervision” to the young co-founders of […]
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Samsung Galaxy J2 (2018) leaked in full ahead of official launch
Samsung has always had trouble keeping the product leaks at bay and it seems the problem is not going away anytime soon. Days after the bungled launch of the Galaxy A8 (2018) phones, which were revealed in full days before the official announcement, another Samsung phone has been outed in detail. I am talking about […]
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Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt 32GB version now on sale in India
Samsung has quietly released a new storage variant of its Galaxy J7 Nxt smartphone in India. In addition to the originally launched 16GB version, the J7 Nxt will now also be available for purchase with 32GB of internal storage. According to the Mumbai-based mobile phone retailer Mahesh Telecom, the new version carries a price-tag of […]
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Ola launches Ola Lite app for low-end Android phones
Joining the industry giants in offering a solution for the low-end devices and users in poor connectivity areas, Indian ride-sharing service Ola has announced the launch of the Ola Lite app in the Play Store. Similar to the recently released Google Maps Go, Ola Lite is also a progressive web app (PWA) and not a […]
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Amazon Prime Video app arrives in Play Store for Android TV devices
It seems the talks between Google and Amazon as a part of their ongoing feud are heading in a positive direction as Amazon on Thursday released its Prime Video app in the Play Store for Android TV devices. After years of dissing the Android TV despite its side dealings with Android TV makers to offer […]
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Karbonn launches K9 Music 4G phone in India at INR 4,990
2017 is coming to an end soon and the smartphones have clearly moved on to better technologies, but the Indian smartphone vendors like Karbonn continue to live in the 2016. The company on Thursday announced the launch of its new K9 Music 4G smartphone, which apart from its so-called USP of two speakers, is eerily […]
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Honor 9 Youth edition announced with 5.65-inch screen & four cameras
Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sub-brand Honor on Thursday took the wraps off the new Honor 9 Youth smartphone. It joins the smartphones like Honor 9 and Honor 9i in the company’s portfolio. The phone is also referred to as Honor 9 Lite. According to the Honor team, the Honor 9 Youth edition features a 5.65-inch […]
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Amazon files for AmazonTube trademark amid feud with YouTube
If a couple of trademark filings are any indication, e-retail giant Amazon may be working on its own YouTube competitor. The company has filed to get trademarks for AmazonTube as well as OpenTube, which clearly sound like the names of on-the-nose rivals to YouTube. Expectedly, the trademark descriptions are pretty broad, but include everything that […]