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Xiaomi 12 series set to launch on December 28
According to The Verge, the company has announced via its official Weibo account that the new lineup will be called the Xiaomi 12 series. A teaser poster features Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian, which sets the expectation that the event is likely to be focused on the Chinese market before the Xiaomi flagships make their way to global markets in 2022, the report said.
Xiaomi's global 5G smartphone growth stalls, Honor leads: Report
Honor led as shipments growth leader, and was the fastest growing Android 5G smartphone brand (on-quarter) in Q3 2021. "Samsung edged ahead of OPPO to become the second leading Android 5G smartphone vendor globally in Q3 2021," said Ville Petteri-Ukonaho, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics. Samsung has returned to positive territory following three prior quarters of negative sequential shipment growth.
Tesla's holiday update brings TikTok, other features
According to the auto-tech website Electrek, while Tesla generally pushes new features through software updates whenever it is ready, it is also known for bundling some of those more fun features for a bigger 'holiday update' toward the end of the year. Tesla Theater, the platform where Tesla integrates streaming apps, is getting a new addition, TikTok, which allows them to watch the short video platform from their touchscreen.
Make in India: Apple start trial production of iPhone 13 in India
The big brand Apple also suffered due to the shortage, that it had to stop production of iPhone and iPad but somehow it has secured supply of semiconductor chips and now plans to expand production of its iPhone in India. This will be a major push to the government's Make in India initiative.
Samsung takes over Intel as top chipmaker by revenue: Report
Industry tracker Omdia said Intel, which had been the top chipmaker for 11 straight quarters, slipped to number two behind Samsung "as the memory segment, where Samsung is the number one DRAM and NAND supplier, was the largest growth area for semiconductor" in the three months ending in September.
PUBG creator Krafton invests $5 mn in Indian dating app 'FRND'
The investment into FRND is part of a Series A round of funding worth $6.5 million that includes other investors, such as India Quotient and Elevation Capital, the company said. Founded by three IIT Kanpur alumni -- Bhanu Pratap Singh Tanwar, Hardik Bansal and Harshvardhan Chhangani -- FRND is a dating app that allows users to connect with each other through one-on-one voice chat while playing games.
S Korea ranks 4th in world's video game market
The country's video game market posted $15.9 billion in sales last year, up 21.3 percent from the previous year, according to an annual report by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA).It accounted for 6.9 percent of the world's game industry worth $209.6 billion which expanded 11.7 percent on-year in 2020. South Korea placed fourth after the United States, China and Japan in terms of market share.
Apple helping Indian kids learn art of storytelling via iPhone camera
Storytelling via photography is an art mastered over the ages and now, young children are being empowered with art by Gurugram's Museo Camera in partnership with Cupertino-based tech giant Apple and its new-age iPhones in the country. Founded by renowned photographer Aditya Arya, Museo Camera is the largest not-for-profit photography museum in South East Asia.
Panasonic India launches new rugged Android 10 tablet
Called 'Toughbook S1-7.0,' it offers two options of battery size and can operate for up to 14 hours on a single charge, the company said in a statement. The device with 7-inch outdoor-viewable display is equipped with unique screen technology such as exclusive patented rain mode, enabling enterprises improve workforce productivity and offers ease of efficient business operability.
Samsung patents phone with folding, sliding display design
Titled "electronic device capable of folding and sliding operations", the patent describes a device that seemingly goes out of its way to bend a foldable display in every possible way, GSMArena reported.
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