Dopenews: July 2019

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Vivo Z5 With 4,500mAh Battery, Snapdragon 712 SoC Launched: Price, Features, and More (Tech)

The Vivo Z5 has been announced in China and could soon head for the Indian market.

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Huawei Y9 Prime With Pop-up Selfie Camera to Launch in India Today (Tech)

The Huawei Y9 Prime features a notch-less display with a pop-up selfie camera and could be priced under Rs 20,000.

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OnePlus 7 Pro Gets OxygenOS 9.5.11 Update; Beats Google Pixel Phones to August Security Patch (Tech)

The latest software patch will iron out the adaptive brightness issue as well.

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Samsung Galaxy A80 With Rotating Camera Goes on Sale Today: Price, Specs and More (Tech)

The Galaxy A80 is the first phone to feature the Snapdragon 730G chipset and also comes with a sliding and rotating camera mechanism.

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iPhone Shipments in India Rose by 19 Percent Year-on-Year in the Last Quarter (Tech)

Apple's India shipments paint a contrasting picture to the rest of the world, where the numbers fell by 11 percent YoY.

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Lenovo Yoga S940 Ultra-Slim Laptop, Yoga A940 AiO Desktop Launched in India (Tech)

The Lenovo Yoga S940 laptop is priced at Rs 1,39,990, while the Yoga A940 desktop is priced at Rs 1,69,990.

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AI Organ Donation App by Indian Student Wins Microsoft AI for Good Idea Challenge (Tech)

Built by Pratik Mohapatra, OrganSecure aims to establish an advanced AI model for real-time organ donation updates depending on the critical nature of the need.

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US Senator Proposes Bill to Ban Addictive Snapchat 'Snapstreaks' (Tech)

Early July, Google’s Project Zero released details of an iMessage bug that could effectively brick an iPhone and force users to wipe and restore their devices, one that was patched in iOS 12.3.

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Google's Project Zero Finds Six iOS Vulnerabilities in iMessage App, Five Patched Last Week (Tech)

Chrome 76 Fixes Bug That Allowed Sites to Check for Incognito Mode (Tech)

The development is sure to rile certain site operators, where users would use the Incognito mode to dodge soft paywalls. Earlier the sign-in option helped them to track the free readers.

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Samsung Galaxy M20s With Massive 5,830mAh Battery May be in Works: Report (Tech)

The reports claims that the 5,830mAh is the rated capacity, which means the 'typical' capacity could be 6,000mAh.

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Zomato Now Delivering Food in 500 Cities; Users in Tier III and Tier IV Towns Are Loving The Idea (Tech)

As it turns out, Chicken Biryani is the most ordered non-veg item in the Tier III and Tier IV cities, while Masala Dosa is the most popular order in the veg food category.

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Indian Air Force: A Cut Above Flight Simulator Mobile Game Launched on Android, iOS (Tech)

Based on a pre-existent flight battle simulator by Indian developer Threye Interactive, the IAF mobile game will also feature Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, and the Balakot Air Strike.

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Facebook Fact-Checker Says Company Must Share More Data to Fight Misinformation (Tech)

UK-based charity Full Fact issued a report urging Facebook to provide more data on how flagged content is shared over time, to see how quickly false information is spreading and assess how fact-checks are containing the spread.

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Electronic Arts Revenue Jumps Thanks to Battle Royale Game Apex Legends (Tech)

EA's live services led by Apex Legends, The Sims 4 and FIFA Ultimate Team spurred growth with net bookings jumping 12% to $504 million from a year ago. Apex Legends is EA's fastest-growing game ever.

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How to Buy or Rent The Avengers: Endgame Movie For Rs 100 Right Now (Tech)

The Avengers: Endgame movie and stream it now, from multiple streaming platforms—Google Play Movies, YouTube and Apple iTunes.

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Apple Card will Roll Out in US this August, as Tech Companies Cannot Ignore The Fintech Lure (Tech)

Apple has explained that users can sign up for the Apple Card from an iPhone and can use it either through Apple Pay or the physical titanium card.

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WhatsApp Users Beware! The Messages Offering 1000GB Free Internet Data Are a Scam (Tech)

The fraudulent campaign is hosted by a domain that is home to yet more bogus offers pretending to come from other well-known brands.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold is Expected to Re-Launch in September, And we Hope it is Second Time Lucky (Tech)

After its initial launch in South Korea and the US, Samsung Galaxy Fold could be launched in the UK, Germany and France.

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Vivo Shows Off The Multi-Turbo Engine For Gaming at The 2019 PUBG Global Championship (Tech)

The Multi-Turbo Engine adds and software and hardware tweaks to improve the gaming experience on smartphones.

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Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Realme X to go on Sale on Flipkart and Realme.com: Price, Features, Offers and More (Tech)

Realme X is priced at Rs 16,999 for the 4GB RAM + 128GB storage variant while the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant is priced at Rs 19,999.

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Xiaomi Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro Sale Today at 12PM: Price, Specifications, and More (Tech)

The Redmi K20 and K20 Pro were announced earlier this month and feature an AMOLED display, pop-up selfie camera, in-display fingerprint sensor, a triple-rear camera and more.

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Samsung Profits Down 56% in June Quarter With Expectation That Galaxy Fold Will Revive Profits (Tech)

Samsung has been hurt by a long-running trade war between the United States and China, and an escalating spat between Japan and South Korea is likely to pressure third-quarter results.

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Mirrorless Cameras Continue to be in Focus as Panasonic Adds The Lumix G95 to Its Portfolio (Tech)

Panasonic's high mobility Lumix cameras, with powerful 4K features and 9fps burst shooting speeds, are aimed at videographers, YouTubers, advanced still photography.

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An Artificial Intelligence Tool That Predicts Cell Behaviours During Diseases And The Treatment (Tech)

The study, published in the journal Nature Methods, shows that the AI tool, scGen, will help to map and studying the cellular response to diseases and their treatment beyond experimentally available data.

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If This is a Real Sony PlayStation 5 For Pre-order, it is More Expensive Than You May Have Imagined (Tech)

The PlayStation 5 will take on Microsoft’s next Xbox, codenamed Anaconda.

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Apple Q3 Results: Full Steam Ahead For Services as The iPhone Makes up Less Than Half of The Revenue (Tech)

It is sharper focus on Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud and App Store, which are seeing more traction than ever before.

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Indian Air Force to Launch Mobile Game Tomorrow: Here’s Everything we Know (Tech)

The game will be available for Android and iOS devices, and is being developed by Threye: Military Games.

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Truecaller Bug Reportedly Signed-up Indians for UPI Account With ICICI Bank (Tech)

The affected users received an SMS from ICICI Bank, starting from late Monday evening till morning hours on Tuesday, saying "your registration for UPI app has started. "

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Google Pixel 4 to Feature Face Unlock, Motion Gesture Features: Watch Video (Tech)

Google also revealed that Pixel 4 will have a feature called “Motion Sense,” which means that it will have a Project Soli chip that uses radar to detect hand gestures near the phone.

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Black Shark 2 Pro With Snapdragon 855+, 12GB RAM, 4,000mAh Battery Goes Official (Tech)

According to the company, the handset scores 500,610 points on Antutu, making it the highest score on a smartphone to date.

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Truecaller Bug Covertly Signed-up Indians for UPI Account With ICICI Bank (Tech)

he affected users received an SMS from ICICI Bank, starting from late Monday evening till morning hours on Tuesday, saying "your registration for UPI app has started.

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 With 5G Reportedly Certified in China (Tech)

Xiaomi is currently limiting 5G support to its high-end phones and developed markets due to high costs and if the company has to launch a 5G smartphone, then it has to be under the Mi Mix or the Mi series.

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Huawei Revenue Jumps 23.2 Percent in First Half of 2019 Despite US Ban (Tech)

Huawei's smartphone shipments, including HONOR phones, reached 118 million units, up 24 per cent year on year.

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Banning Cryptocurrencies in India Not the Solution: Nasscom (Tech)

According to Nasscom, cryptocurrency-based businesses can be tested in the regulatory sandboxes. A ban would handicap India from participating in new use cases that cryptocurrencies and tokens offer.

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Sony PlayStation 4 Surpasses Selling 100 Million Units, Beats PS2 and Nintendo Wii Records (Tech)

While it took the Nintendo Wii around six years to ship 100 million units and the PS2 managed it in five years and nine months, Sony’s PS4 has managed to achieve the goal in just five years and seven months.

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iOS 13 Beta 5 Allows Users to Resize App Icons on Home Screen (Tech)

With new bug fixes, Apple has released the fifth beta version of iOS 13 to developers. The icon-resizing feature is currently being tested on the iPadOS.

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Fancy a Flagship Killer Phone For Less Than Rs 30,000: Redmi K20 Pro, Realme X, Oppo F11 Pro And More (Tech)

Looking for a solid performing smartphone under a budget of Rs 30,000? We have got you covered...

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WhatsApp Scam: Don't Fall For Fake Messages Offering 1000GB of Free Internet Data (Tech)

The fraudulent campaign is hosted by a domain that is home to yet more bogus offers pretending to come from other well-known brands.

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Waymo, DeepMind Collaborate to Improve Self-Driving Cars (Tech)

Waymo's self-driving vehicles employ neural networks to perform many driving tasks, from detecting objects and predicting how others will behave, to planning a car's next moves.

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Google Pixel 4 to Feature Face Unlock And Motion Gestures Thanks to Project Soli (Tech)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Latest Leaks Confirm Dual Camera, 7040mAh Battery and Snapdragon 855 SoC (Tech)

The Galaxy Tab S6 sports a 10.5-inch display which is most likely AMOLED. The resolution is likely 2K. The processor of the Galaxy Tab S6 will be from the flagship Snapdragon 855 line.

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