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Huawei Mate 10 Pro: A Premium Flagship With Some Odd Omissions

When Huawei had launched, they were known as a brand that mostly dealt with budget smartphones and even their flagships were not up to the standards that people expected at that time. However, times have now changed and leading the innovation front nowadays is Huawei. A few of their flagships in the recent year or so have been nothing short of impressive but this year’s Mate 10 line up has changed the brand image forever and consumers now know that Huawei is a serious market player and should not be taken lightly. We’ve already reviewed the  Mate 10 Lite and there was a lot to like about that phone. Today we have with us the most expensive one of the bunch, the Mate 10 Pro. For a more in-depth review and understanding of various Mate 10 Pro features, do watch the video review linked below. Design Like most of the flagships in the industry, Huawei also makes use of some premium material on the Mate 10 Pro. You have curved Gorilla Glass on the front and back and where th...

Huawei P11 is rumored to have 3 rear cameras for taking 40MP photos

Huawei loves dual rear camera systems so much that it has been adding this arrangement in all of its flagships and mid-rangers for quite a while. The Chinese smartphone giant is planning to take things to a whole new level by introducing a smartphone with 3 cameras on the back for taking 40MP pictures. A digital artist who has been working for one of the company’s creative agencies has revealed some information about the upcoming Huawei’s P-series through promotional materials. Most probably, the successor of Huawei P10, the Huawei P11 will feature three cameras on the rear. It is surprising to see the company moving to a three lens camera system. This triple camera setup will be capable of taking 40MP photos and will feature 5x hybrid zooming. Furthermore, selfies won’t be forgotten, the upcoming smartphone will feature 24MP shots even under low light conditions, the feature which is already available in Vivo V7. The new camera setup will be capable of capturing ...

This is what Apple's 'self-driving car' looks like

Various users have spotted what could be Apple's autonomous vehicle PHOTO: TWITTER Since most companies are exploring the idea of self-driving cars, it seems Apple too is secretly working on its own version of the technology. A few months ago, news had leaked that Apple was granted permission to develop autonomous cars. Since then, the tech giant  has managed to avoid the spotlight and no real development was reported in terms of any vehicles coming out,  The Verge   reports. Recently, however, a keen observer named MacAllister Higgins, spotted what looks like the Apple equivalent of a self-driving vehicle. In a video posted on Twitter, a Lexus SUV rode the streets what could be one of Apple’s “Project Titan” self-driving cars. Higgins believes the car is the same type of vehicle Apple approved to use for tests on public roads. Higgins isn’t your typical Apple fan who happened to find an Apple car roaming the streets. He’s a robot...

Apple and General Electric release app to improve industrial performance

FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is pictured inside the newly opened Omotesando Apple store at a shopping district in Tokyo June 26, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS Apple and General Electric released app-making tools on Thursday tailored to GE’s Predix platform for connecting power plants, jet engines and other industrial equipment to the internet. The software development kit marks the first tangible result of a partnership the companies announced last week. This is what Apple’s ‘self-driving car’ looks like It extends Predix’s industrial internet capabilities to iPads and iPhones, so factory workers, pilots or service technicians can use familiar devices to do more sophisticated tasks. Apple will be tapping into the growing demand for industrial internet capabilities, which can improve the performance of factory machines, predict when wind turbines will fail and help technicians fix machinery, making Apple’s devices relevant in the industrial arena. While GE will gain access ...

Apple rejects allegations made by Paradise Papers

People are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the picture of various currencies of money in this illustration taken April 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS Apple said none of its operations were moved from Ireland and that changes made to its corporate structure in 2015 were specially designed to preserve tax payments to the United States, and not to reduce taxes anywhere else. The  statement   on Monday from Apple comes following criticism of its tax affairs after reports based on the “Paradise Papers” showed that the iPhone maker shifted key parts of its business to Jersey as an offshore tax haven in a move to maintain a low tax rate. The “Paradise Papers” are a trove of financial documents leaked mostly from Appleby, a prominent offshore law firm. The documents were obtained by Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and some media outlets. Reuters has not independently verif...

Apple scientists disclose self-driving car research

The audience assembles before the start of Apple's annual developer conference in San Jose, California, US June 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS Research by Apple computer scientists on how self-driving cars can better spot cyclists and pedestrians while using fewer sensors has been posted online, in what appears to be the company’s first publicly disclosed paper on autonomous vehicles. The paper by Yin Zhou and Oncel Tuzel, submitted on November 17 to independent online journal arXiv, is significant because Apple’s famed corporate secrecy around future products has been seen as a drawback among artificial intelligence and machine learning researchers. The scientists proposed a new software approach called “VoxelNet” for helping computers detect three-dimensional objects. Apple declined to comment. Academics are used to freely sharing their work with peers at other organizations. Yielding to that dynamic, Apple in July established the Apple Machine Learning Journal for...

Apple's CEO says developers have earned $17 billion from China App Store

Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives before the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, December 2, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total $16.93 billion, representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings. Cook shared the data on Sunday during a speech at China’s top public cyber policy forum, organized by the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), which oversees internet regulation including censorship. Earlier this year, Apple said that developers had earned roughly $70 billion in total revenue through the store. Apple is facing criticism from local users and rights groups for bowing to pressure from Beijing cyber regulators after it decided to remove hundreds of apps from its Chinese store this year, including messaging apps and virtual private network (VPN) services, which help users subvert China’s Great Firewall. App...