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All  three upcoming iPhones  are expected to have Face ID, slim bezels, and that ugly looking notch. Yes, that notch, you hate the most is going to stay, maybe for years until Apple would launch its new silver jubilee smartphone, proposedly iPhone 25X, which will bring the revolutionary design like iPhone X brought after 10 years. I am sure you have taken all of the above with a pinch of salt. So, what’s the news? Bloomberg is out with a comprehensive  report  that the Plus-sized version of the iPhone X will have a screen that measures “close to 6.5 inches”, whereas the current iPhone X is only 5.8 inches. Apple is testing prototypes of the larger model with a display resolution of 2688 x 1242. The company is said to be working on a gold color for the new devices as an additional choice including the already available black and white/silver options of the iPhone X. Bloomberg’s  Mark Gurman reports that Apple will release three new iPhone...

The smartphone industry is bound to consolidate as the heavy investments required to remain competitive mean that, in the long-run, only a handful of firms can make money, the consumer chief of China’s Huawei said on Sunday. Richard Yu, chief executive of Huawei’s consumer business group, said anyone at this stage in the decade-old industry’s history that had less than 10 percent market share was losing money. Huawei is the world’s third-biggest smartphone maker, trailing leaders Samsung and Apple, with a 10.2 percent market share in the fourth quarter, according to market surveys from IDC and Strategy Analytics. “In the future, only three to four vendors can survive, maybe only less than four,” Yu told reporters following a product launch event held ahead of the Mobile World Congress. He said other, smaller Chinese vendors were consolidating, and most would disappear, as they did not have enough resources to invest in the same levels of research and development, ma...

PARIS:  Artificial intelligence could be deployed by dictators, criminals, and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than two dozen experts said Wednesday as they sounded the alarm over misuse of the technology. In a 100-page analysis, they outlined a rapid growth in cybercrime and the use of “bots” to interfere with news gathering and penetrate social media among a host of plausible scenarios in the next five to 10 years. “Our report focuses on ways in which people could do deliberate harm with AI,” said Sean O hEigeartaigh, Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. “AI may pose new threats, or change the nature of existing threats, across cyber-, physical, and political security,” he told AFP. The common practice, for example, of “phishing” – sending emails seeded with malware or designed to finagle valuable personal data – could become far more dangerous, the report detailed. ...

Blackberry seems to be following the ongoing vogue of the bezel-less smartphones and it could also drop the manual keyboard once and for all. Mobile industry watcher Evan Blass has leaked an image of a smartphone, supposedly “Blackberry Ghost” in a Tweet, which might be launching in India anytime soon. The leaked picture claims the device to be a bezel-less premium handset, a high-end full-screen Andriod phone designed by an Indian company “Optiemus Infracom”. Optiemus Infracom is the company who signed the contract for the license of Blackberry, last year and this “Ghost” phone would be its first ever Blackberry designed phone. The company is s a renowned Telecom firm based in Delhi. The company has also acquired the rights to Blackberry for Srilanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Meanwhile, other recent models of Blackberry are being made by different companies including some mega manufacturers like TCL and BB Merah Putih, soon after the company stopped designing and prod...

Facebook has introduced a new tool to help protect your photos from being misused. The smartphone and mobile internet revolution has all but exploded the use of social media networks, with many people sharing details of their lives with friends, family, acquaintances and strangers alike. People love sharing photos and other minutiae of their lives, be it via selfies, vacation pictures, birthday celebrations and what not. As you can imagine, the photos you upload on social media sites can be easily duplicated, and often misused by others. While some may not have many qualms about having their photos resurfacing on the internet (it is the internet after all), there are people who take the matter of their privacy quite seriously. Considering the needs of the users who care about their security and privacy, Facebook has introduced a feature that lets you know whenever your photo is uploaded on Facebook, no matter where it is or who uploaded it. The social me...

Apple’s 10th-anniversary smartphone, iPhone X has been an inspiration for many. Some companies loved the design of Cupertino giant so much, especially that absurd notch that they started copying the design of the iPhone X, late last year. Leagoo, a smartphone manufacturing company popular in China, which was earlier rumored to be launching its iPhone X clone last year in December, has showcased its smartphone at MWC in Barcelona. The phone borrows the name from Samsung and design from Apple. The phone dubbed Leagoo S9 costs only $150 and has a 5.85-inch “HD+” IPS notch display. The company is promoting the device at the world’s largest mobile show MWC as the “World’s First Android iPhone X”. You decide for yourself, whether it’s a shame or fame for Android-powered manufacturers. As far as other important features are concerned, the device will have an octa-core chipset, 4GB RAM, a 3,300 mAh battery, and 32GB of storage, with a microSD card s...

Should you or shouldn’t you buy the newest Samsung Galaxy S9? We give you the reasons. Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S9 and S9+ duo yesterday. To the fans, it seemed underwhelming, however, what if you’re not a fan? If you’re looking for a phone to purchase and you heard about the upcoming Galaxy S9, you might be wondering, is it worth buying? Should I spend around Rs. 80,000 or above for this phone? To give you a better idea of what the S9 brings to the table, here are 3 reasons why you should and 3 reasons why you shouldn’t buy the Samsung Galaxy S9. Why You Should Buy the Samsung Galaxy S9 Let us look at the reasons why you really should consider getting this technological marvel. 1. Its Samsung’s Best Smartphone Yet Samsung isn’t considered the market leader for Android smartphones for nothing. The company knows how to make good phones and the S9 is no exception. Made with the best parts of the S8, combined with better hardware, cam...

Xiaomi Mi 7 will be rolling out in the coming weeks. Check out expected specifications and rumors about the upcoming flagship killer. Just after the successful Q1 earnings call from Xiaomi and stellar sales for the Mi 6, the rumor mill is already filled with leaks that detail the specifications of the company’s next flagship. While the SD 845 powered Mi MIX 2S is expected to be rolled out at the upcoming MWC 2018, Xiaomi’s flagship for the masses, Mi 7, is expected to hit the shelves a little later in 2 or 3 months. As outlined by some of the analysts, the Xiaomi Mi 7 will be rolling out in the first quarter of the year and the larger variant of the smartphone, Mi 7 Plus, is rumored to accompany it. A leaked benchmark screenshot, detailing the specifications of the phone, were recently leaked on a Chinese forum: Design and Display When translated, the specs detailed in the image show a 5.6-inch screen for the Mi 7 (The bigger variant is expected to sport ...

The Arduino is a cheap electronics board that  allows you to make your own electronics without a ton of coding experience . We love the Arduino, but like any electronics project, coming up with ideas for what to build is tough. Whether you’re just looking for inspiration or just need a place to start, let’s take a look at ten of the coolest Arduino projects. 10. Build a Tiny Weather Display Want an easy way to keep track of the weather? This Arduino project uses an Adafruit HUZZAH board (that runs Arduino) and a small OLED graphic display to show off the current weather, today’s highs, and tomorrow’s weather. Plus, it’s tiny, and everyone loves tiny electronics. 9. Build a MIDI Controller MIDI controllers are a great way to control different sounds on your computer using physical hardware. It’s a pretty old technology and you can buy all sorts of cool little MIDI controllers from just about any music store. But if you don’t want to go out and buy a...