Technology

Oppo has just strengthened its selfie-focused F series with the addition Oppo F3 smartphone in India. The smartphone comes with a price tag of Rs 19,990 and will be available in Gold and Rose Gold colour options. The main highlight of the device is the dual front-facing camera setup which is a combination of a 16-megapixel sensor and an 8-megapixel ... Read More »

A year after social networking major Facebook pulled the plug on Free Basics, the company on Thursday launched another product under its Internet.org programme, ‘Express Wi-Fi’. It has got into a tie-up with Bharti Airtel to launch as many as 20,000 hotspots, the term for a physical location where people may get internet access, typically using Wi-Fi, via a wireless ... Read More »

Eerily similar to the movie Nerve, a sick ‘suicide challenge’, known as Blue Whale, is goading teens in some countries into committing suicide. The terrifying online craze is said to have claimed more than 130 lives in Russia, where it is suspected to have originated. The game has now found followers in UK, apart from Portugal, Brazil and Dubai. Schools ... Read More »

WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook, suffered a widespread global outage on Wednesday that lasted for several hours before being resolved, the company said. “Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access WhatsApp for a few hours. We have now fixed the issue and apologize for the inconvenience,” WhatsApp said in an ... Read More »

Microsoft’s announcement of a suite of new education products on Tuesday shows the company’s determination to reverse a major shift that has taken place in US classrooms in recent years: for most educators and school districts, Google’s Chromebook is now the computer of choice. The Chromebook has gone from a standing start in 2011 to wild popularity in the market ... Read More »

While Xiaomi’s strategy for the mid-tier flagship slot remains largely unclear as of this moment — last we heard, the Mi 6 won’t be coming to India — its affordable and lower mid-range ambitions are more thought-out and sorted. The company knows where it’s going with them. The Mi Max, the Redmi Note 4 (previously the Redmi Note 3), the ... Read More »

Microsoft is hosting an event today in New York, where it is expected to make some announcements around education, and could possibly unveil a new hardware product as well. Microsoft will likely unveil a Chromebook competitor today. Here’s a quick look at everything expected from today’s Microsoft event. Microsoft’s event starts at 9.30 am ET, which is around 7.00 PM ... Read More »

Highlights Vivo V5s launched; iPhone 8 and Moto E4 leak yet again Google has been named India’s most attractive employer Samsung Galaxy S8+ screen replacements could be expensive Chinese smartphone brand Vivo has launched a new selfie-focused smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 18,990, the dual-SIM Vivo V5s will go on sale from May 6. It runs Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android ... Read More »