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Xiaomi Mi 6X With SD660, Full Screen Display is Official for 1,599 Yuan (~$253)

Xiaomi announced Mi 6X as the successor to the last year's mid-range Mi 5X. Compared to its predecessor Mi 6X comes with improvements like trendy 18:9 full-screen display, dual rear cameras and one of the cheapest to equip with Snapdragon 660 chipset. The Xiaomi Mi…

Apple is Reportedly Planning to Replace Intel Chips in Favour of its Own Chips for Macs by 2020

Apple moved to Intel's x86 processors from IBM's PowerPC chips a decade and a half ago, Now Apple is reportedly once again gearing to make a shift. Only this time, the company is planning to transit to it own CPU chips to use them in…

Google Shutting down its URL Shortening Service goo.gl, Existing Links will keep Work.

Google in a blog post announced that it is retiring its URL shortening service goo.gl and will transit to Firebase Dynamic Links. This migration will start on April 13 from which new users will be restricted to create new links. However, existing users can use the services until…

Google Acquires Gif Platform Tenor and Plans to Integrate into its Services

Google announced on its blog that it is acquiring Gif platform Tenor which is available for Android, iOS, and Desktop. It is a first major acquisition by the search engine giant this year. Google has laid several plans to get the most of this acquisition,…

Xiaomi Released Updated Kernel Sources for Mi A1 based on Android Oreo

Xiaomi takes years to release Kernel sources for its devices, it took the Chinese Mobile manufacturing giant almost a year to release the kernel sources for its Redmi 4X, Redmi 2 Prime and others. Many of us hoped that the situation will get better when Xiaomi…

Nokia Joins The Android One Program with a Huge Troop!

At the ongoing MWC 2018, HMD Global showcased new devices and it announced almost all its mobile devices is joining Android One program except Nokia 1 and 2. In case you don’t know, Android One is a stock version of the Android operating system which…

Digital Payments in India: WhatsApp Payments - A Game Changer?

Digital Payments in India got a huge boost when the Government of India announced demonetization in November of 2016. During, this the Government actively promoted Digital Banking and Payments and reduced several charges and taxes on digital payments and the National Payments Corporation of India…

Surface Phone Powered by Snapdragon 845 Underway?

It is not the first and definitely not going to be the last time that a rumor about Surface Phone surfaces online. But, Microsoft never confirmed its existence. Microsoft failed to gain traction in the mobile market with its Windows Mobile OS, which was subjected to several…

WhatsApp Payments, based on UPI Rolling out in India: Report

WhatsApp finally seems to be rolling out the much-anticipated payments feature based on UPI to beta testers in India. Digital payments in India got a big boost after the Government of India announced the demonetization last year and all the big players are rushing to…

LG to leave highly competitive Chinese mobile phone market

While some manufacturers are exploring new markets for their products, some are leaving the markets for various reasons. Unfortunately, LG's mobile division has fallen in the second category. It recently decided to turn around the fortunes of its mobile division, which is bleeding money for…