Honor 9 Premium releasing in Europe with 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM for €455

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Honor 9 Premium releasing in Europe with 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM for €455

Honor 9 Premium by the name is a luxurious smartphone of Honor 9 series. The smartphone is equipped with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, is coming to select European markets. And the good news is not yet ended, It will come for price tag for the less than €500. This means it will just be €50 more costly than the standard Honor 9 model.

Since versions with large RAM are usually introduced in China only. It’s quite surprising to find out that Honor is making the 6GB RAM variant smartphone in other regions also.

According to the Winfuture’s report, the Honor 9 Premium has been officially introduced in Italy where the device will be available for purchase through Tre and 3 carriers. However, in the Switzerland, Honor 9 Premium went on pre-order and will get to you soon. The said smartphone won’t hit the shelves until August 28 at the initial.

On the specification side, the Honor 9 Premium has a 5.15-inch Full HD display and is powered by the Kirin 960 processor with a beefy 3,200 mAh battery. Huawei Honor 9 Premium also feature dual-lens camera, which has one 20-megapixel sensor for black-and-white photos and other one sensor of 12-megapixel for RGB.

 

Google’s new security features to protect users from unverified apps

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Google’s new security features to protect users from unverified apps

Google Docs phishing debacle, the search engine giant has been adding quite a few new security features for its services and apps. The latest update by Google brings security support and blocks the unverified apps. Google is adding a new warning screen for any apps from developers that haven’t gone through Google’s app verification system.

Computer security concept

This new warning screen will alert users that the app they will be using hasn’t been verified from them yet and they will have to proceed at their own risk. If you anyway want to access the unverified app then you have to type in “continue” to move beyond the warning screen.

However, similarly, Apple has the same process in place for OS X called Gatekeeper. This warning also contains the name of the app and its developer to further help the user in screening out the phishing attempts.

At present, this new security features by Google only work for the new apps. We expect Google to bring this feature for the existing apps in next couple of months.

It is a good measure to strengthen the security for some accidental clicks.

 

Google Home along with Google Wifi releases in Australia, coming to Germany next month

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Google Home along with Google Wifi releases in Australia, coming to Germany next month

Google Home is virtual voice assistant speaker launched by Google, to compete against Amazon Alexa. The Google Home was available in the US only for a long period of time. However, it’s been slowly making its way to other countries. After US it landed in the UK and Canada, and now it is making its way to Australia with Google Wifi.

Google Home speakers will go on sale down under on July 20 in Australia for AUD 199. However, Google’s Virtual Assistant speaker will arrive next month in Germany, where it will be sold for €149. This price of the device is same as in France.

Google Home will go on sale starting August 8 at MediaMarkt, Saturn, mobilcom-debitel, Conrad, Cyberport, Tink, EP, Medimax, and Otto, along with the Google Store of course. At Australia the Google Home speakers will be available on the Google Store, JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, Officeworks, The Good Guys, Telstra, Optus and Qantas Store for AUD$199.

You can also grab the Google Wifi from Google Store, JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, and Office works for AUD$199 for a single piece or AUD$499 for a three-pack.

Get ‘Snap Spectacle’ from third-party retailers like Amazon

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Get ‘Snap Spectacle’ from third-party retailers like Amazon

Snap Inc. has announced ‘Snap Spectacles’ back in the month of September last year. The Snap Spectacles were available to buy from Snapchat official store only. However, in latest the spectacles are now available to from the third-party retailers too. The big shopping giant, Amazon lists Snap Spectacles for $130.

Amazon has listed Snap Spectacles on its website in black, coral, and teal color variants. Amazon Prime members will get the glasses delivered for free within two days. However, in select metro areas some customers are eligible for free same-day delivery.

Spectacles are Snap incorporation’s first hardware product and became very popular in the last fall, when Snapchat rebranded itself as “a camera company.” Snap Spectacle are the glasses which are capable of recording short 10- to 30-second video clips, at randomly chosen locations.

The product was initially available through the vending machines and later sold on Snap’s official website. The glasses product from Snap has attracted long lines. Snap even opened a retail location in New York City during the whole holiday shopping season.

 

Mi Max 2 launched in India with a price of Rs.16,999

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Mi Max 2 launched in India with a price of Rs.16,999

Mi Max 2, the direct successor of Mi Max is now launched in India. Released two months ago and initially available only in china. The device is an entry-level beast from Xiaomi.

Officially launched today at a special event conducted in Delhi by Mi India. The device has got a speciality that, it will be available both online and offline. Contrary, to the online only marketing done by Xiaomi so far. Mi Max 2 is priced nearly 17K, which seems to be a dirt-cheap considering the feature it packs.

Features

Xiaomi is known for making high-end phones available for much decent pricing. To be honest, Mi Max 2 is power packed with specifications and exactly a flagship killer with a budget tag.

Max 2 boasts a huge 6.44 inch capacitive display. Xiaomi calls it as large immersive display. The whole device will be powered by a massive 5,300mAh battery making it a power house. Proving the product description Big Display, Big Battery a perfect match for the device.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC fabricated using 14nm process onboard. Coupled with 4GB RAM will provide enough fire power to the device.

Additional Features from Xiaomi Mi Max 2

  • 64GB inbuilt storage, does not allow you to ran out off storage easily.
  • Expandable upto 256GB (Hybrid Slot).
  • Primary camera houses 12-megapixel Sony IMX386 sensor.
  • Runs MIUI 8.0 based on Android Marshmallow 6.0.
  • 4G VoLTE connectivity support assures high speed data access.
  • Bluetooth v4.2, infrared, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a USB Type-C port.

Also, Jio has partnered with Xiaomi to provide additional data for the users. Various tweets are prevailing over twitter with the hashtag #BigDisplayBiggerBattery. Looks Mi Max 2 will set a new sale record in Indian market.

Watch the live streamed launch event below:

Redesigned Google Enterprise Edition Glasses officially revealed

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Redesigned Google Enterprise Edition Glasses officially revealed

After a long two years, the enterprise edition of the Google Glasses is finally released. For the last couple of years, the official release of the Google Enterprise Edition Glass was really uncertain. The Glass has some really good features and primarily it looks like it is not designed for the common people. As  if we compare it with others, than we can know that the design, it looks like the glass is specially for the business purposes.

However the price of the newly released glass is yet not decided. The tech giant Google has confirmed that the new wearable is really efficient in providing proper comfort level. Therefore, from the early looks, it can be said the expectation around the Glass is pretty high.

The idea of the device was first came in the year of 2013. However there were some question marks on the release of the device. The questions were specially on the privacy concerns and security. After the concerns are solved now the device is all ready for use.

The hardware of glass is really good and it is certified by the manufacturer. So far it looks like there is no problem with this device and it can easily allure the customers as well. The expectation around this product is also very high.

We expect the usage of the device also goes smoothly as like the expectations.

Google Doc now features ‘Smart Text Selection’ in Android O

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Google Doc now features ‘Smart Text Selection’ in Android O

As some of you may not know. ‘Smart Text Selection‘ is a new AI powered feature in the upcoming Android O. It was revealed at Google I/O along with the other features debuting with Android 8.0. Now, the feature is seen hitting Google Docs app as an update.

The changelog of the update clearly depicts, that the Smart Selection is exclusive to Android O and will not work on devices running previous versions of Android.

Currently, Google Doc is one and only app which supports it. However, Google will soon bring the feature to other Google products such as Google Map, Allo etc.

By now, you may have thought, What is there in the Smart Text Selection to talk much about it? So, let us have a short description of it.

Smart Text Selection

Reduce the trouble we had come across while selecting text in our phones. The main motto behind the development of this smart ‘Smart Text Selection’ feature is described in the main highlights of this feature are:

  • Machine Learning: Double tap the target sentence to be selected. Remaining things will be done by the Artificial Intelligence in selecting desired texts.
  • Contextual Options: Once the desired texts are selected, certain contextual options pop-ups based on the nature of texts selected. Allowing user to do certain action using the selected texts. Eg: Selecting numbers will display ‘call’ option as the ‘contextual option’.
  • Smart Text Selection is reported to work butter smooth in the 3rd developer preview of Android O. And will make its way into the Stable release of Android O.

Although, the feature seems to be smart and comfy. Until, we grab hold of an Android O devices. The exact potential of Smart Text Selection and its utility in our daily smartphone usage is still unknown.

Download the latest Google Doc: Play Store

EU’s Daily Fine of $660,000 for Qualcomm continues

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Qualcomm, the U.S based chip-maker is in a deep trouble. The fine imposed by EU anti-trust regulators to stay, as the company loses an appeal against the above said penalty.

The legal Battle between EU regulatory commission and Qualcomm came to an end in a verdict held at European Court on Monday. Qualcomm failed to provide necessary documents demanded by the commission.

Earlier, the penalty was imposed by European commission onto Qualcomm for using unfair, monopolistic practices to suppress its rival Icera – A British semiconductor company.

Case History

  • On Dec 8, 2015 EU anti-trust commission charged $660,000-a-day fine to Qualcomm.
  • The commission alleges, the company for using unfair, monopolistic practices to counter its British rival, Icera.
  • Qualcomm filed an appeal against the penalty in the Court.
  • Qualcomm unable to submit the required files. Court President Marc Jaeger dismissed the appeal in a July 12 ruling.
  • Ultimately, Qualcomm losing the case.

According to its court filing. Qualcomm said the request involved an extensive amount of work and incurred financial costs estimated to be no less than three million euros ($3.45 million).

The appeal all the way gone futile. As the court found no viability for the reason put forth by the company in its inability of presenting the documents.

Legal battles are now becoming more common in the tech world. Companies alleging each other always include enormous amount of wealth in danger. Patent cases, copyright infringement being some of the forms. (Still, there is a long way to go until the MNC’s corporate with each other, keeping the greed for wealth and profit aside for the better technological development).

Apple reveals iOS 11 Emoticons on World Emoji Day

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Apple reveals iOS 11 Emoticons on World Emoji Day

The world has celebrated the fourth annual World Emoji Day on July 17. The use of the little characters, popularly known as Emoticons, has changed the way people around the world communicate. Apple has released iOS 11 last month and promised the good update. Apple has previewed a few new emoji characters which are coming to iOS 11, macOS High Sierra and watchOS 4 later this year.

According to the press release, Apple will update emojis in iOS 11, which will include Woman with Headscarf, Bearded Person, and Breastfeeding, as well as Sandwich and Coconut. There will also some animals and mythical creatures like T-Rex, Zebra, Zombie, and Elf that will be added to iOS 11.

Furthermore, there are also some of the new Star-Struck and Exploding Head smiley faces. The head of emoji resource Emoji pedia and creator of World Emoji Day is Jeremy Burge. Mr. Burge has said that he expects the smileys that also include a vomiting face and a wacky face, to be the most popular in the Apple iOS 11.

Curpertino based tech giant also promised the continued expansion of differing skin tones, stating that “the new emoji make it easier for users to express themselves with greater diversity.” The Apple App Store also highlighted apps to create or do fun things with emoji, and iTunes Movies is featuring emoji in place of select movie titles.

 

Best Keyboard Apps For Android

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Best Keyboard Apps For Android

Are you bored of your default keyboard ? And want to try a new one. Irrespective of stock Android or custom OEM keyboard your device posses at default. Don’t worry, Play Store has got plenty of third party keyboard apps you may like. And, can be installed hassle-free even without root access. Here, we have provided some of the best keyboard Apps which are worth trying. Have a look at our list:

SwiftKey Keyboard

Availability: Free

The highest rated third party keyboard app in Google Play Store. Available for free, will be a good default keyboard replacement.

The keyboard which is seen preloaded in Xiaomi devices, cater features that are unavailable in the stock keyboards. Accurate and precise AI powered prediction is the main highlight of the Keyboard. other features include:

  • Swipe-to-type with SwiftKey Flow.
  • Auto correction.
  • 70+ colors, designs and themes.
  • Emoji keyboard.
  • 150+ languages bilingual auto correction.
  • and more

Play Store

GBoard

Availability: Free

GBoard or the Google Keyboard was available in the Play Store just recently. And, it has now become the favorite keyboard among Droid users. Available for iOS devices long back and the stock keyboard of Pixel phones.

Integrated Google search, Google Voice and Google Translate options, are that makes G board unique from other keyboards. Other features include:

Glide Typing – Type faster by sliding your finger from letter to letter.

Voice typing – Type using your voice.

  • Search and share anything from Google: – Press on G to search and share:
    • Nearby stores and restaurants
    • Weather forecasts
    • News articles
    • Sports scores
    • And anything else you’d search on Google
  • Emoji Search – Find an emoji, faster
  • GIFs – Search and share GIFs.
  • Multilingual typing – Switching between languages with ease.
  • Google Translate – Translate as you type.

Play Store

Google Indic Keyboard

Availability: Free

If you are a linguist and plays with different languages especially Indian. Then the below keyboard serves you best. Supporting 10+ Indian languages and with enough features. Google Indic Keyboard destroys all the language barriers.

Supports devices running Android 5.x and newer, works just fine as a daily keyboard. Various modes present in the keyboard enhances its utility. Some of its modes are:

  • Transliteration mode – Get output in your native language by spelling out the pronunciation using English letters (For example, “namaste“ -> “??????“.)
  • Native keyboard mode – Type directly in native script.
  • Handwriting mode (currently available for Hindi only) – Write directly on your phone screen.
  • Hinglish mode – If you choose “Hindi” as an input language, the English keyboard will suggest both English and Hinglish terms.

Play Store

Kalq Keyboard

‘Qwerty’ is the modern keyboard layout we use in PC’s, Laptops, Smartphones etc. Even, around two decades after the invention of ‘Qwerty’. No new keyboard layout was powerful to outperform Qwerty. But, it looks Kalq Keyboard may be the kaal of Qwerty. Let us look what exactly is the Kalq!!

Availability: Free (Beta)

Invented by some of the researchers of Max Planck Institute of Informatics, Montana Tech and University of St. Andrews, is destined to take over the Qwerty legacy.

 

Being, the world’s first new and smart Thumb based keyboard for touch screen devices. The developer of Kalq claims that the Kalq provides more than 30% higher performance and accuracy than Qwerty.

The app is now available as beta in the Play store. Whether it can replace Qwerty from our keyboard is a matter to be looked upon.

Play Store

Above provided keyboard apps are listed as Best based on our research and thoughts. If you may find other keyboard apps apt in the above list, do let us know.

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