Latest Tech News as of Feb 19 2018

                           Today's Top List



1. Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ images and Specifications leaked ahead of its launch.


Specifications:


There are several leaks as of now on Samsung's flagship killers S9 and S9+ ,which will be available soon.








The leaked images are shown above.


2. M-tech launches an affordable 4G smartphone.

Today the Domestic Manufacturer M-tech launched a new 4G VoLTE smartphone "Foto 3" at RS.4,499.

Specifications Of Foto 3:

* It comes with 5" inch FVWGA LCD display
* It is powered by 1.3 GHz quad core processor.
* With 1GB of RAM and 8 GB of Internal Storage, expandable upto 32 GB.
* WIth Android OS 7.0 Nougat
* It packs 2400 mAh Li-ion battery.
* Having 2+ VGA dual rear camera and a VGA front camera.

The product is available both online and Offline.


3. Asus Z01RD Specifications has been confirmed by AnTuTu .

Asus is going to launch many of its smartphones in the coming year. There are many leaks ahead of its launches. In the same way today The specs of Asus Z10RD has confirmed by AnTuTu.

According to leaked Specs, The device is going to be a flagship-killer.

* It comes with Android 8.0 Oreo
* To be POwered by latest Snapdragon 845 Processor.
* Comes with Adreno 630 GPU.
* Provided with 6GB of RAM, and 32 GB of ROM.
* It comes with 18:9 ratio with 2246x1080p display.

The device has also scored 238129 on AnTuTu . It is not outstanding as compared to some recently launched Smartphones with Snapdragon 845 chipset.While considering the Z10RD as anew line of devices from Asus, it might also be that Asus is using Z10RD as just a code name and the actual device must be anyone from the existing line-up of devices Asus Already has.


4. Latest WhatsApp Beta Alows You to Download your Privacy Data on WhatsApp Servers and can delete from its servers.

As I already posted it before a week , it is now available with WhatsApp beta version. This is a regulation given by General Data Protaction Regulation (GDPR) is a Regulation by EU. All the Tech companies must introduce this feature following the new GDPR guidelines before May 25,2018.

This new is found under Settings > Account Settings. Here users will see "Download my Data " option.The data generation can take upto 20 days and once the users download the report , it can be used as a backup and can delete the data from whatsApp after 30 days from download.

The feature is under development and it may be unstable or its full features is not  available as of now. Even some of the beta testers can't see it as of now. Wait for it in the upcoming build.


5. Behind Apple's Telugu Troubles and the Underlying issue.

Last Week,the Apple's iOS has been affected by a serious Bug caused by a Telugu Character which causes the Apps to crash. Apple has Since acknowledged the issue and has promised that it will release a fix before the release of iOS 11.3 , this Spring.Current beta versions of iOS,macOS, watchOS, and tvOS, already include a fix.so it shouldn't be long before Apple rolls it out the Stable versions.

Manish Goregaokar, a research engineer at MOZILLA ,has conducted an analysis on the Bug. His analysis on Telugu character revealed that the bug, "seemed to occur for any pair of telugu constants with a Voewl ,as along as the word is not "ai"(Telugu character). When you use this character with any pair of telugu characters , the Apps will crash.


6 .Bharti Airtel and Nokia Brand Owner HMD Global joined hands to Offer Affordable 4G smartphones.

Airtel launches a cashback offer scheme for NOKIA 2 And NOKIA 3. When you buy any of these phones ,airtel will provide you with a cashback of Rs.2000.The cashback can be availed under the Airtel's Terms and conditions.


With a cash back of 2000 rupees,  the NOKIA 2 and NOKIA 3 will be available at an effective price of Rs. 4999 and Rs. 9999 respectively.


7. PAN Integration with Digilocker has been rolled-out.

Digilocker is a Government of India's Digital platform to Store digitally Signed, Access and Share  your Documents digitally Where your documents  can Be digitally accepted. For this the Document issuers(providers) such as UIDAI, MoRTH(MInistry of Road Transport and  Highways), Income Tax Dept , IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) must issue your  documents via Digilocker. It works based on AADHAAR as a basic document,(i.e) All the documents you need to access via digilocker must have the same name as in AADHAAR.


The Digilocker can also be used to upload and store your own documents as it can also act as a cloud storage.
                  

Today, the PAN India has been integrated with digilocker. With this ,it can provide you with your digitally signed PAN Verification Record. Over 25 Crore PAN card holders can acces their Verification Record Via Digilocker now.

Digilocker can be accessed via web as www.digilocker.in and Via Android App.


8. Idea Announces Rs.1500 cashback on 4G Panasonic Smartphone P100.

Idea cellular today announced it will offer 1500 cashback on Panasonic P100 4G Smartphone under partnership with Panasonic.P100 is an entry-level smartphone and available for Rs. 5299 and Rs. 5999 in two variants.

Idea is going to offer cashback on those two variants. Under this offer , those will be available at Rs. 3799 and Rs. 4499 resp.

The cashback of Idea can be availed  under two phases-one after 12 months and the other after 24 MOnths.Idea customers will get cashback of Rs.300 after the first 12 Months of use and Rs.1200 after the next 12 months.

To get the cashback you should done cumulative recharge of your idea sim with Rs.2500 on the first 12 months and Rs.2500 on the next 12 months after the smartphone has been bought.You need to recharge with a minimum of Rs.199 or above each month to avail this cashback.

Panasonic P100 specs:

* 5"inch HD display
* Mediatek MTK6737 quad core chipset.
* Two vriants- 1GB and 2GB of RAM
* Both variants with 32 GB Internal Storage. can be expanded with SD card
* 8 MP rear camera and 5MP front facing  camera
* Android 7.0 NOugat
* Has Fingerprint Scanner
* 2200 mAh battery

Its now available via Flipkart now and will be available offline starting Feb 20 2018.

9. MTNL launched new STV plan at Rs.197 for prepaid mobile subscribers in Mumbai.

The 197 plan will offer unlimited voice call (local+STD) to any network with 1GB 3G data per day for 28 days.


10. Idea cellular launched RS. 109 prepaid tariff plan.

Idea cellular today announced a plan for its prepaid subscribers . The plan will offer Unlimited calls(Local+STD) to any network (including Roaming) and 1GB data for 14 days and 100 SMS messages per day.


11. Hotstar announced Offers for its Premium subscription.

The hotstar premiun subscription can ba availed by payiny Rs.200 per month. Today the Star Networks Pvt. Ltd announced offer for its Hotstar premium subscription. the revised offer will give you hotstar premiun for Rs.100 per month when you recharge for an year with Rs. 1200.

More offers can be found on the list below.

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