Next ASUS ROG Phone will come pre-installed with Google Stadia

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Search engine giant Google has forged a partnership with Taiwan-based Asus to bring its cloud-based gaming service Stadia pre-loaded in ASUS ROG Phone 3. Stadia was publicly released by Google on November 19, 2019. Initially, it was released in selected countries. During the launch, Stadia supported Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 4 … Read more

Google ends free public Wi-Fi program Google Station

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Google is winding down Google Station, a program launched by the search engine giant to provide free public Wi-Fi service at over 400 Indian railway stations and at several thousand locations worldwide. Besides India, Google offers its free Wi-Fi service in Thailand, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and Philippines. In India, Google launched its … Read more

Android founder’s Essential to shut down

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Andy Rubin, the man who founded the most famous operating system Android, is set to shut down his smartphone company Essential. Essential was founded in 2015 and within 2 years, it developed the first smartphone Essential PH-1. Essential announced the shut down through its website. ” Despite our best efforts, we’ve now taken Gem as … Read more

World’s largest mobile exhibition MWC canceled due to coronavirus outbreak

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The world’s largest mobile event, Mobile World Congress, has been canceled due to the fears of coronavirus. MWC was scheduled to take place between February 24th and 27th in Barcelona. GSMA ( the organizer of the event) released a statement on February 12 to formally call-off the event which is considered as the largest event … Read more

WhatsApp hits 2 billion active users worldwide

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Facebook-owned WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app, has reached another milestone. On February 12, 2020, WhatsApp announced through a blog post that it supports more than two billion users around the world. WhatsApp had reached the milestone of one billion active users on February 1, 2016. It has amassed 1.5 billion active users in February … Read more

ZTE unveils world’s first phone with Snapdragon 865

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At the time we were waiting for the Galaxy S20 series to go official in a couple of days, Shenzhen-based ZTE announced the first-ever phone to be powered by Qualcomm next-gen Snapdragon 865 chipset. ZTE Axon 10S Pro is now officially the first Snapdragon 865-powered phone. The new device is somehow similar to the previous … Read more

Google Maps turns 15, gets new logo and features as gift

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Google Maps is cheering this week as the world’s largest navigation app is turning 15 on February 8. To marks the milestone, Google introduces a new logo and revamped designs. What’s the most noticeable redesign we can observe is the logo itself. The new logo which is a location pin, clad in Google’s branding hue, resembles … Read more

Google to announce ‘something exciting’ at Samsung’s Unpacked Event

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Samsung’s Unpacked Event is about to happen next week where the smartphone behemoth will officially announce Galaxy S20 lineup and Galaxy’s next-gen Fold, Z Flip. But there’s something more interesting. Google-owned Android hinted through its official Twitter handle about ‘something exciting’. Tagging the twitter handle of @SamsungMobile, Android posted a link which redirects to Samsung’s … Read more

Redmi teases a new product in India, possibly a power bank

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Redmi India published a teaser video through its official Twitter handle which is more likely to be a power bank than any other device. Using the hashtag #MorePowerToRedmi, it hints towards launching a power bank that could be under the Redmi brand. However, the company did not reveal anything precisely in the short teaser. In … Read more

Redmi K30 Pro to come with 4,700mAh battery and 33W fast charging

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Courtesy of tipster Digital Chat Station, Redmi K30 Pro will offer a larger battery and 33W fast charging support. Redmi K30, which already launched in China on December 10, 2019, has a 4,000 mAh battery. Xiaomi had launched both 4G and 5G variant of Redmi K30 in China. Where the 5G variant is powered by … Read more