Canadian company BlackBerry had earlier revealed that they are working on at least two new smartphones for 2018. Now according to recent leaks and reports, the company is allegedly making the successor to its BlackBerry KEYone. The project has allegedly been codenamed “Athena.” The BlackBerry Athena leak also suggests that the smartphone could be allegedly called BlackBerry KEY2.
Chinese consumer electronics company Oppo will be going official with a sub-brand for India. The launch will be in collaboration with e-commerce giant Amazon. According to multiple reports, Oppo will launch the sub-brand to mainly compete with Xiaomi in the Indian market. The Oppo sub-brand will be available exclusively online only.
Based on recent reports, it has been revealed that the Jeff Bezos-founded company is working on something big– Amazon home robot. The company has already established itself through its e-commerce outlet, Kindle, Echo etc.
Post Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica incident, reports regarding a Twitter data leak have surfaced everywhere and has been confirmed to be true. The microblogging platform sold data access to Global Science Research (GSR), owned by Aleksandr Kogan. Kogan was the Cambridge University academic who created a personality quiz on social networking site Facebook. He used to it gain access to information later used by Cambridge Analytica. Information regarding millions of Facebook users was obtained. The information was provided to a political consulting firm, SCL Group. It was provided without any consent from users.
Chinese consumer electronics company Oppo launched the Oppo A3 last week on 27th April 2018. The Oppo A3 price is mid-range. It comes with a 19:9 aspect ratio, iPhone X-like notch, and bezel-less display. The smartphone is also backed by 128GB inbuilt storage.
It is being reported that the Tim Cook-led tech giant Apple is planning to launch a compatible Apple VR headset in 2020. It is being speculated that the headset will also be equipped with dual 8K displays and powerful in-house chips.
The Apple VR headset will allegedly connect to a “box” system through short-range, high-speed wireless technology. The AR and VR wireless headset will also have a powerful in-house chip. The chip will be at the core of the box with a 5-nanometer processor. It will enable the headset’s high-speed and efficient performance. It will have several fitted cameras. The cameras will actively monitor surroundings. According to the report, everything will be made into the box.
Multiple reports have surfaced online that the Cupertino-based tech giant Apple’s 2018 6.1-inch iPhone model may not be built with 3D Touch. This is allegedly due to cost issues. According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (published by Chinese website Feng, the model will use “Cover Glass Sensor”(CGS) technology. It will relocate the device’s touch module from the display panel to the surface glass. The CGS procedure allegedly leads to a display that is shock resistant and more lighter.
