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OnePlus 5T to Get Its Stable Android 8.0 Oreo Update in Early 2018

November 23, 2017 Loknath Das2018, 5T, 8.0, Android, Early, Get, In, Its, OnePlus, Oreo, Stable, to, Update

HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus 5 Oreo beta program starts this month OnePlus 5T starts next month Android 8.0 Oreo final build expected in “early 2018” OnePlus 5T was launched on Thursday at an event in New York and as expected brings upgrade to the original OnePlus 5 model launched a few months ago. One of the biggest disappointments, however, was that the new OnePlus 5T will ship with Android 7.1.1 Nougat. The Chinese company during the launch event revealed Oreo update plans for the new OnePlus 5T as well as the OnePlus 5 launched a few…

Google Lens Visual Search Assistant Feature Starts Rolling Out on Pixel, Pixel 2 Phones

November 23, 2017 Loknath Das2, Assistant, Feature, Google, Lens, On, Out, Phones:, Pixel, Rolling, search, Starts, Visual

Google has started rolling out visual search feature Google Lens in Assistant for the first batch of Pixel and Pixel 2 smartphones. “The first users have spotted the visual search feature up and running on their Pixel and Pixel 2 phones,” 9to5Google reported late on Friday. At first built into the Photos app, with the launch of the Pixel XL 2, Google Lens can recognise things like addresses and books, among others. In Photos, the feature can be activated when viewing any image or screenshot. However, in Google Assistant, it is integrated right into the sheet that pops up after holding…

How to grow cannabis? With modern science and technology

November 20, 2017 Loknath Dasand, cannabis?, Grow, How, Modern, science, Technology', to, With

Cannabis plant strains in jars in MediJean’s Health Canada-licensed tissue culture development lab are kept for research as manager Abdul Ahad works in the Richmond, B.C., facility, in this 2014 file photo. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck) In Canada and around the world, legal cannabis producers face many challenges: Varying government regulations, high security requirements and a lack of reliable information on how to grow their crops. Growing cannabis has been illegal for so many years that scientific research on how to best produce this crop is limited. Much of the knowledge on how…

Xiaomi Says It Shipped 9.2 Million Smartphones in India Last Quarter

November 18, 2017 Loknath Das9.2, In, India, It, last, Million, Quarter, Says, Shipped, Smartphones, Xiaomi

HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi shipped 9.2 million smartphones in Q3 2017 This is a record for the Chinese company in the country Xiaomi Redmi Note and Redmi 4 are the top selling smartphones Xiaomi has announced that it shipped 9.2 million smartphones, a record number of units, in India in Q3 2017. The announcement was made by Manu Kumar Jain, Vice President Xiaomi and Managing Director Xiaomi India in a tweet. Jain also shared a piece of trivia about Xiaomi smartphones shipments in the country. “We started with a humble beginning of…

Qualcomm Rejects Broadcom’s Unsolicited $103-Billion Takeover Bid

November 18, 2017 Loknath Das$103-Billion, Bid, Broadcom's, Qualcomm, rejects, Takeover, Unsolicited

Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm Inc on Monday rejected rival Broadcom Ltd’s $103-billion takeover bid, saying the offer undervalued the company and would face regulatory hurdles. Shares of Qualcomm were up 1.8 percent at $65.74 in early afternoon trading, while those of Broadcom were down 0.4 percent at $263.95. Broadcom said it would seek to engage with Qualcomm’s board and management, adding that it had received positive feedback from key customers and stockholders. “We continue to believe our proposal represents the most attractive, value-enhancing alternative available to Qualcomm stockholders and we are encouraged by their reaction,”…

OnePlus Left Behind a Testing App on Its Devices With Backdoor to Root Access: Report

November 18, 2017 Loknath Dasa, Access, App, Backdoor, behind, Devices, Its, Left, On, OnePlus, Report, Root, Testing, to, With

HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus reportedly installs a diagnostic app on its devices The company is looking into it, co-founder Pei said OnePlus 3, 3T, and 5 reportedly install the backdoor app OnePlus has landed in soup again just a few days ahead of the launch of its much-anticipated OnePlus 5T smartphone. The Chinese company has been found to leave behind an app on its recent devices that can act as a backdoor capable of providing root access without unlocking. For end users, this essentially means that some OnePlus smartphones can be easily rooted without…