Chinese smartphone maker Oppo will set up a local manufacturing unit in India with an investment of Rs. 100 crores for the facility in Noida. The unit, which will have a capacity of 10 million handsets, will become operational in August this year. “Our Noida facility will become operational in August. With a capacity of 10 million units, the facility ... Read More »
Microsoft has been rumoured to be working on a ‘Surface’ branded smartphone for weeks now. New details about the devices have emerged claiming that Microsoft may unveil its Surface phones only in “early 2017.” Windows Central citing sources familiar with some of the early Microsoft plans reports that the company may unveil three models targeted at regular consumers, business-specific, and ... Read More »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has assured law enforcement across the United States that it will help unlock mobile devices such as iPhones involved in investigations when it is allowed by law and policy. The FBI said in a letter to local authorities that it understands the challenges they face and that they lack necessary tools to monitor and investigate ... Read More »
Ahead of the April 12 launch, HTC has once again teased its upcoming flagship – anticipated to be called the HTC 10 – talking about its performance. In the meanwhile, the handset allegedly now passed the GFXBench benchmark, revealing its specifications. HTC India on Tuesday tweeted a teaser image of the HTC 10 showing the physical home button, and the ... Read More »
Apple’s growing arsenal of encryption techniques – shielding data on devices as well as real-time video calls and instant messages – has spurred the US government to sound the alarm that such tools are putting the communications of terrorists and criminals out of the reach of law enforcement. But a group of Johns Hopkins University researchers has found a bug ... Read More »
There has been buzz around the upcoming Meizu Pro 6 flagship smartphone which is said to sport a massive 6GB of RAM. Now, a new report says that Meizu has opted for MediaTek’s all-new Helio X25 chipset for the its Pro 6 flagship. Gizchina reports that MediaTek at an event in China announced that the new Helio X25 was co-developed ... Read More »
The US founding fathers “would be appalled” by a Department of Justice request to unlock an encrypted iPhone, Apple Inc said on Tuesday in its final brief before a court showdown next week. Apple is fighting a court order obtained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last month, which requires the company to write new software to disable passcode protection ... Read More »
E-commerce major Snapdeal will roll out annual salary hikes of 20 percent and above for its top performers as part of its efforts to become a “meritocracy-led” organisation. The increase, effective from April 1, will also include ESOPs for the top performers. “We have moved onto a trimester-based performance review. We want to be a meritocracy-led organisation and we want ... Read More »
For those who like diving deep into their iOS device, tinkering with settings that Apple wished you wouldn’t touch, there’s some exciting news for you. Chinese hacker team Pangu has released an update for its jailbreak tool, making it capable of working with iPhone and iPad running iOS 9.0 through to iOS 9.1. Furthermore, the hacking group says that it ... Read More »
UC Web, best known for its UC Browser app for Android phones, has tied up with micro-blogging site Twitter and tech giant Microsoft’s search engine Bing to provide a mobile gateway to live content ahead of the busy cricket season in the country. Called UC Cricket, the new cricket content aggregation platform in UC Browser is designed to provide cricket ... Read More »
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