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In April this year, the Office for Students will become the “regulator and competition authority” for the English higher education sector. The establishment of this authority, complete with its own “chief executive”, captures perfectly the transition of the country’s university sector, where income from tuition fees has gradually supplanted direct government funding over the last few decades. This process of government-encouraged marketisation — one ... Read More »

Samsung has announced the new Exynos 5 7872 SoC that will power some of the upcoming mid-range smartphones in 2018. The new SoC is part of the mid-range Exynos 5 series. The first smartphone to be equipped with an Exynos 5 7872 SOC is the Meizu M6s, which was launchedon Wednesday. The launch was not the first time Samsung had partnered with Meizu, ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime price in India starts at Rs. 12,990 The smartphone will go on sale from January 20 It is available on both Amazon India and Samsung Shop Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime is the company’s latest mid-range smartphone to be launched in India. It was launched on Wednesday at an event in Gurugram. The biggest highlights of the ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS Alcatel 3C has been launched in Italy It is part of the company’s latest series It offers entry-level specifications TCL brand Alcatel at CES had unveiled three of its upcoming smartphones for 2018, the Alcatel 1X, Alcatel 3C, and Alcatel 5. On Wednesday however, yet another Alcatel smartphone was launched in Italy, the Alcatel 3C, indicating that the brand may have much more up its sleeve for ... Read More »

Vivo X20 Plus UD with in-display fingerprint sensor has been certified by TENAA in China. The company had showcased the world’s first ready-to-produce in-display fingerprint scanning technology on the Vivo X20 Plus at CES 2018. Although the handset looks similar to the Vivo X20 Plus, it does not have a square rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Based on the ‘UD’ nomenclature, it is expected that ... Read More »

After an initial teaser, TCL Communication has arrived at CES 2018 with its three new Alcatel smartphones models – Alcatel 1X, Alcatel 3V, and Alcatel 5. All the new Alcatel smartphone models feature TCL-made full view displays with an 18:9 aspect ratio and are specifically designed for mid and entry-level price points. Further, the new handsets also sport rear-facing fingerprint sensors. Among the new ... Read More »

Smartron has launched the t.phone P in India as its newest model under the t.phone range. The new smartphone comes with a price tag of Rs. 7,999 and will be exclusively available through Flipkart. The first flash sale will begin on January 17 at 12 noon. Smartron is also offering 1TB free cloud storage via its t.cloud service. The dual-SIM (Nano) Smartron t.phone P ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS Lenovo K320t will go on sale in China on January 4 China’s JD.com has listed the K320t at a price of CNY 999 It is the first Lenovo smartphone to sport a full-screen display Lenovo has expanded its K-Series of smartphones with the launch of the K320t in China. Unlike previous K-Series models, the Lenovo K320t is the first to offer a ... Read More »

HIGHLIGHTS The APK brings portrait mode-like features to earlier Google phones It replaces Lens Blur mode with Portrait mode AR Stickers, AR Core also available for Nexus (2015) phones in beta The Portrait Mode on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones has been one of the most talked about features since launch. A new APK has now been released that lets users ... Read More »

Chief Reginald (Reg) Bellerose is the chair of the Treaty 4 Education Alliance. He says the Letter of Understanding he signed earlier this week with the Department of Indigenous Services is a road map to an on-reserve education system based in treaty. (Don Somers/CBC) The chair of the Treaty 4 Education Alliance is encouraged by a letter of understanding (LOU) signed ... Read More »