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HIGHLIGHTS Pixel 2 (64GB) available at Rs. 10,599 down payment Pixel 2 XL (128GB) available at Rs. 22,599 down payment The offer includes Airtel’s Rs. 2,799 postpaid plan Airtel has announced that it will sell the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL via its online store. While the handsets are available across various channels, Airtel has introduced the two smartphones on its online store ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS The phone has been listed in Vietnam Price is set at VND 4,990,000 Vivo Y83 comes with a similar design language Vivo Y81 has gone official in the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam and is currently up for sale. Thee Y81 follows a similar design language to the Vivo Y83, launched last month, with an iPhone X-like notch and a bezel-less ... Read More »

Nokia recently updated its entry-level and mid-range smartphone segment with the Nokia 2 (2018), Nokia 3 (2018), and Nokia 5 (2018). But, it seems the Finnish phone brand is not looking to stop just yet. Nokia 5.1 Plus has been in the news for the past few weeks now, having leaked in several renders and on certification portals. In the most recent set of developments, specifications of ... Read More »

Samsung had announced a new colour variant of the Galaxy S9+ – Sunrise Gold Edition – last week in India. While the pre-bookings of the new model had started on June 15, the smartphone will go on sale in the country starting today (June 20). Samsung has notified that the Sunrise Gold edition of Galaxy S9+ can be bought across select retail stores. And, ... Read More »

Lenovo launched the Moto X4 smartphone at IFA last year, with the Moto X4 Android One edition for Project Fi following in September. The Android One variant got the Android 8.1 Oreo update a while ago, and now the unlocked Moto X4 as well as the Amazon Prime Exclusive variants are getting the update. The Moto X4 Amazon Prime exclusive variant comes with ... Read More »

The United States and China have not yet reached a deal on Chinese telecoms giant ZTE that would lift crippling sanctions against the company, top US economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Wednesday. “No decision has been reached by both sides as of now,” Kudlow told reporters. ZTE was fined $1.2 billion (roughly Rs. 8,000 crores) in March 2017, but in April, Washington banned the ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS ZTE agreed to pay a $ 1 billion fine ZTE will also overhaul leadership US President Donald Trump is seeking trade concessions from China China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker ZTE secured a lifeline from the Trump administration on Thursday after agreeing to pay a $1 billion (roughly Rs. 6,700 crores) fine and overhaul leadership in a deal that will lift ... Read More »

  Google is expected to be hit with a second EU antitrust fine in mid-July for using its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, three people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission, which has been investigating the case involving the unit of Alphabet since 2015, could issue its decision in the week of July 9, although the timing ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS Snapchat is rolling out a new feature called Clear Chats It is aimed at making people more comfortable sending sensitive info This could also check cases of revenge porn and blackmails Photo-messaging app Snapchat is rolling out a new feature called Clear Chats that will allow users to delete messages from personal and group chat-threads, even after the messages have been ... Read More »

Facebook said on Tuesday it would allow users to review businesses that advertise on the social network and possibly ban those that receive the most negative feedback. The move is aimed at cracking down on businesses whose ads mislead users into buying low-quality goods or services or firms that fail to deliver products in their stated shipping time. Facebook users can ... Read More »