TECHNOLOGY
Nokia 7.3 with 5,050mAh battery may launch soon
Fresh information came from the certification bureau TUV Rheinland Japan, on the website of which there were certificates for the batteries of two Nokia models, reports GizChina. One of them is Nokia 7.3, which appeared with a capacity of 5050mAh. Another device, presumably Nokia 6.3 (or 6.4), has a slightly lower capacity - 4470mAh.
WhatsApp users globally made 1.4 billion calls on New Year's Eve
As Covid-19 made meeting with friends and family tough, WhatsApp calling on New Year's Eve 2020 increased over 50 per cent compared to the same day last year, the company said on Friday. Video calling became arguably the most in-demand feature in 2020 as people turned to technology to stay in touch and get things done in the face of social distancing and stay-at-home mandates.
Now reserve a preorder for Samsung Galaxy S21 in US
Those who pre-book can get up to $700 of instant trade-in credit toward the purchase of a Galaxy S21 "if you trade an iPhone 12 series phone, or one of Samsung's own Note 20 and S20 phones". The company is also offering up to $550 of trade-in credit for certain phones with cracked screens.
Over 1 lakh Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways at hacking risk: Report
The backdoor account, discovered by a team of Dutch security researchers from Eye Control, is considered as bad as it gets in terms of vulnerabilities. "Affected models include many of Zyxel's top products from its line of business-grade devices, usually deployed across private enterprise and government networks," the report mentioned.
Snapdragon 888+ processor to release in second half of 2021: Report
According to the Chinese tipster, Digital Chat Station, Qualcomm would release the Snapdragon 888+ in the second half of next year, reports GizChina. He also disclosed the reason why Qualcomm locked the GPU frequency of the chipset at 840MHz. This, he added, is to prevent OEMs from secretly overclocking the chip on their devices.
Mahindra and Mahindra to sign term sheet next week for SsangYong stake sale
Talking reporters on Friday, M&M MD Pawan Goenka said that the company is actively scouting for an investor to take majority stake in SsangYong to keep it going. The new investor would have the majority stake and M&M will have 30 per cent or less if the deal goes through.
AmazonBasics Fire TV Edition smart TVs launched in India
Both the variants come with ultra-HD LED (4K) panels with support for HDR up to the Dolby Vision format and both the TVs are available on the Amazon India website. There is also Dolby Atmos for an enhanced audio experience out of the 20W speakers on the AmazonBasics Fire TV Edition Ultra-HD TVs.
New LG 'Wing' update makes dual screens easier to use
The latest software update adds a Fetch/Send button and a finger gesture to move an app from one screen to another. Another new useful enhancement is the ability to see app/widget/folder names on the home screen of the second screen that will make it easier to pick what apps a user wants to launch on the Second Screen.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro experiences 'robust' demand: JP Morgan
A Counterpoint Research report late last month said that Apple is likely to break previous sales records during its fiscal first quarter (October-December period) as the iPhone 12 is set to bolster global quarterly shipment growth for all iPhones to 21 per cent year-over-year (YoY).
Indian nuclear R&D units to transfer 25-30 technologies to industry in 2021
Currently, more than 150 technologies are available to industry for commercial adaptation. Last year the R&D units of DAE had transferred 25 different technologies through 38 Transfer of Technology (ToT) agreements, said Vyas. The R&D units of DAE have many other technologies at different levels of readiness and are ready for incubation and further improvisation.
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