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Google is working on a feature that will allow Chrome users to view any part of the web in virtual reality using Cardboard or Daydream-ready viewers.
Google is working on a feature that will allow Chrome users to view any part of the web in virtual reality using Cardboard or Daydream-ready viewers. Google has introduced two new settings in its latest beta and developer versions of Chrome for Android that will bring immersive experience to the entire web.
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Le Max2 comes with Type C Quick Charge 2.0. (Source: File)
In the connected world that we live in, smartphones are fast replacing laptops. However, the biggest issue that most users report is that of phones battery draining out too fast especially for people who are active on social networking sites, love watching / Streaming video, or listening to music or play games using their smartphones. With the launch of Le Max2, the Superphone from global Internet ecosystem conglomerate, LeEco, the worr

Le 2 comes equipped have PDAF (phase detection auto focus) feature that enables fast focusing on the image and flaunts a 16M PDAF primary camera. (Source: File)
Over the years, smartphones have become a gadget users do not step out of home without. Be it on a day-out or for a party with friends or your vacation time, smartphones have become people’s companion, more so to capture memories with their loved ones. Therefore, when new smartphones are announced these days, details around its ca

The Vivo X7 Plus features a 5.7-inch (1080×1920 pixels) full-HD Super AMOLED 2.5D display. The company listing confirms there will a 128GB inbuilt storage model. (Source: IE) Vivo X7, priced at 2,498 Yuan (approx Rs 25,260), Vivo X7 Plus launched in China. Vivo X7 smartphone will go on sale in China from July 7 whereas the Vivo X7 Plus will be available from July 15.
Vivo X7 and Vivo X7 Plus come with a lot of identical features such as unibody metal design and 16-megapixel front camera.

Facebook plans to go multi lingual as more non-native English speaking users join
Social networking giant Facebook will soon make it easy for you to communicate with a global audience. The company is introducing a new software that automatically translates your posts to several different languages, a media report said on Saturday.
The software makes your published posts visible to people in their preferred languages. All you need to do is type up a post, click on a pull-down menu, and add up to

BlackBerry is working on three new Android devices codenamed Neon, Argon and Mercury (Source: Reuters)
BlackBerry, which announced its first Android smartphone named Priv last year is planning to flood the market with three new Android devices over the next couple of months.
Earlier the company CEO John Chen hinted that his company could launch an Android powered mid-range smartphone in July. Now Evan Blass is reporting that the company could launch not two but three different Android smartphon

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 leak image hints at designs of S7 and Note 5 merging into a not so inspiring design (Source: Evan Blass/Twitter)
Samsung is set to launch its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on August 2, but we need not wait that long to really see the device. In the latest leak, Evan Blass has tweeted a set of product images which shows the phone in three different colour options.
The latest image leak shows Samsung Galaxy Note 7 could launch in Black Onyx, Silver Titanium and Blue Cora colour v

The Z10 runs on BlackBerry’s proprietary BlackBerry 10 operating system
 
GreenDust, which is a marketplace for refurbished electronics, is BlackBerry Z10 on a flash sale at a price of Rs 6,299 between 2 and 3 July.
The Z10 runs on BlackBerry 10 Operating System. The flash sale tends to be popular with ambitious buyers, who can get their hands on BlackBerry’s better phones. Share This ArticleRelated ArticleBlackBerry Z10 is a big deal at Rs 17,990. Here is whyBlackBerry to lay

Facebook plans to go multi lingual as more non-native English speaking users join
Social networking giant Facebook will soon make it easy for you to communicate with a global audience. The company is introducing a new software that automatically translates your posts to several different languages, a media report said on Saturday.
The software makes your published posts visible to people in their preferred languages. All you need to do is type up a post, click on a pull-down menu, and add up to

BMW is teaming up with Intel and Mobileye to develop new technology that could put self-driving cars on the road by around 2021 (Source: BMW)
BMW is teaming up with Intel and Mobileye to develop new technology for the auto industry that could put self-driving cars on the road by around 2021.
The alliance highlights a shift in the dynamics of research and development in the car industry, which until recently saw automakers largely dictating terms for suppliers to manufacture their proprietary te

NASA’s New Horizons mission will fly deeper into space towards an ancient object considered to be one of the early building blocks of the solar system (Source: NASA)
Following its historic first-ever flyby of Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons mission will fly deeper into space towards an ancient object considered to be one of the early building blocks of the solar system.
The spacecraft’s planned rendezvous with the object located deeper in the Kuiper Belt, known as 2014 MU69, is Jan

Lenovo Ideapad 500S is an upgrade to Ideapad 500 and it can be seen as a perfect mid-size notebook
Smartphones are getting extremely powerful with multiple cores and lots of RAM, but when it comes to typing a long email, editing documents or processing video, laptops are still unbeatable. While PC sales are declining quarter on quarter for the last few years, Lenovo has managed to hold its ground well.
Lenovo, the No. 1 PC manufacturer, has innovated in terms of design and tried to deliver cost

MobiKwik’s partnership with Xiaomi enables the users to recharge right from the reminders that they get from the operators. (Reuters) Chinese electronics major Xiaomi and mobile payments company MobiKwik announced ‘One Touch Recharge’ and ‘Bill Payments’ on the payment network’s platform with a feature that allows users to pay bills and recharge their phones or DTH connections from within the messaging application.
Launched with Xiaomi MIUI8, the users can re

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 leak image hints at designs of S7 and Note 5 merging into a not so inspiring design (Source: Evan Blass/Twitter)
Samsung is set to launch its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on August 2 but we need not wait that long to really see the device. In the latest leak, Evan Blass has tweeted a set of product images which shows the phone in three different colour options.
The latest image leak shows Samsung Galaxy Note 7 could launch in Black Onyx, Silver Titanium and Blue Cora colour va

TRAI plays around with the idea of free data
Several IT companies have expressed concerns over possible net neutrality violation due to regulator TRAI’s proposal to explore models to provide free data, while telecom operators have questioned the move.
Many individuals and some internet-based companies have, however, appreciated the proposal, forming part of a consultation paper, but want sufficient safeguards that the free data model does not violate the net neutrality principle.
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Facebook said WhatsApp does not store client messages and could not read them if they did because they are encrypted
A court in Brazil on Thursday blocked 19.5 million reais ($6.07 million) in Facebook Inc funds after the US-based social networking company’s WhatsApp messaging service failed to turn over messages sought in a drugs case, the G1 news service said.
Brazil’s federal police said WhatsApp has defied repeated orders to turn over messages sent and received by suspected memb

The Z10 runs on BlackBerry’s proprietary BlackBerry 10 operating system
 
The leading marketplace for refurbished electronics, GreenDust, is offering Motorola’s popular BlackBerry Z10 phone with a flash sale. The phone will be available on GreenDust’s website at a price of INR 6,299 between 2 and 3 July.
The Z10 is an immensely popular unit among techies, and runs on the latest BlackBerry 10 Operating System. The flash sale tends to be popular with ambitious buyers, who c

Apple responds to Spotify’s anticompetitive claim that the company deserves a cut of transactions in the App Store (Source: Reuters)
Apple Inc fought back on Friday against Spotify’s claims that the U.S. tech giant had hampered competition in music streaming by rejecting an update to the Swedish service’s iPhone app.
The two companies have gone head to head in the battle for music streaming customers since Apple Music was launched in more than 100 countries last year.
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Tesla’s bold advertisements and flashy statements has led many to think of áutopilot’ as a replacement option. (Source: File photo)
Tesla officially touts its partial self-driving Autopilot feature as a back-up to human drivers, but some of the car maker’s comments – and some high profile videos – have led many drivers to think of it as a replacement.
The questions of whether drivers are being lulled into a false sense of security by such technology, and who

The app launch comes in the wake of dissent among operators over the regulator’s data on call drops. (Reuters) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will launch on Tuesday ‘TRAI MySpeed’, a mobile app through which consumers can check the speed of internet connection on their smartphones.
The MySpeed mobile app,  which can be downloaded from the Mobile Sewa app store of the government of India, will allow consumers to measure their data speed experience on 3G/4G netwo

 Tesla Model S is on display on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt, Germany. Federal officials say the driver of a Tesla S sports car using the vehicle’s “autopilot” automated driving system has been killed in a collision with a truck, the first US self-driving car fatality.  (AP Photo)
The fatal crash of a Tesla Motors Inc Model S in Autopilot mode has turned up pressure on auto industry executives and regulators to ensure that automated

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