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Apple sued a former employee who worked at the company for more than a decade, claiming he shared its trade secrets with a media contact in exchange for favorable coverage of a startup he invested in. Simon Lancaster is accused of serving as the reporter’s source of information, a role that allegedly deepened after he left

Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 5.5 percent in 2021, according to the latest data by International Data Corporation (IDC). In the first quarter of this year, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 13.9 percent. IDC attributes the strong push in 5G and pent-up demand for this growth. The report also estimates that

Samsung Galaxy A22 4G variant could launch in the second half of this year, as per a report. The company is expected to be working on a more affordable 5G smartphone dubbed to be the Galaxy A22 5G, but it looks like there will be a 4G variant as well that could be launched in

Apple has started the assembly of iPhone 12 in India, the US tech giant said, as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world’s second-biggest smartphone market. “We are proud to be starting production of iPhone 12 in India for our local customers,” Apple said in a statement on Thursday, without naming the supplier making the

Google Chrome for Android has received a Preview Page option where it lets users see the contents of a page before opening it on their phones. According to a report, Google has been working on this feature for the past two years and finally started rolling out the feature to Chrome 89 for Android. In

Samsung Galaxy M12 is set to launch in India later today. The new phone in the Galaxy M series initially debuted in Vietnam and is positioned as the successor to the Galaxy M11. It comes with quad rear cameras and a waterdrop-style display notch. The Samsung Galaxy M12 also features a massive, 6,000mAh battery and

Apple said on Wednesday it would establish a European silicon design centre in Munich, Germany, and invest more than EUR 1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,680 crores) over the next three years in expanding its team there and in research and development. Munich is already Apple’s largest engineering hub in Europe, with close to 1,500 engineers from

Mi 10S was launched in China on Tuesday and is the latest addition to Xiaomi’s Mi 10 series that consists of the Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro, Mi 10 Ultra, and Mi 10 Lite series. The phone comes with a quad rear camera setup and a curved display that has a hole-punch cutout for the

Samsung Carnival has been announced to celebrate the second anniversary of Galaxy M-series smartphones in India. The sale, that starts today and ends on March 12, will offer discounts and offers on Galaxy M series models via Amazon and Samsung’s official website. The offers are made available for four smartphones in the lineup. Buyers will

Apple iPhone models in 2023 will come with a “periscope telephoto lens”, a research note reportedly shared by TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests. Popular Android smartphone makers including Huawei and Samsung already offer periscope-shaped lenses on their flagship phones. Apple has, however, not yet embraced that development for its iPhone lineup. Some previous reports

Google Fit app is now rolling out the ability to measure heart rate and respiratory rate through phones. These new features are rolling out for Pixel phones only for now, but the company has reportedly confirmed that it “will be expanding to more Android devices in the future.” Google announced these new heart rate and

In the era of fast-evolving smartphones, how does a device stand out from the crowd? Well, it seems like OPPO has solved this dilemma and addressed it right with the new videography marvel, OPPO F19 Pro+ 5G.  Always synonymous with a sleek design, long battery life, competitive pricing, and superior camera technology OPPO smartphones have

WhatsApp is bringing password-protected, encrypted chat backups for iCloud and Google Drive, according to a report. The new update, which is said to be currently in the works, would allow users to keep their WhatsApp chat backups protected from unauthorised access by using a password. Right now, your chats are end-to-end encrypted on your phone

Samsung Galaxy A52 live images seem to have been leaked on Twitter. The leaked images show the design of the Samsung phone, along with its retail box and key specifications. The Galaxy A52 is expected to come with an IP67-certified dust- and water-resistant design. Separately, the Samsung Galaxy A72 has been tipped to come with

Paytm, the homegrown digital payments app, provides a wide array of services to users that range from paying utility bills to booking flight tickets. Uses can also carry out mobile recharges for their operators via Unified Payment Interface (UPI) through the app. Just like any other mobile recharging app, users can either recharge their own

Thousands of Android and iOS apps exposed user data due to commonly found cloud misconfigurations, according to a mobile security firm. The issues could allow malicious attackers to exploit the leaked information. The researchers found misconfiguration problems on apps using popular public cloud services such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Among

Realme 8 Pro has been reportedly spotted in a US FCC listing, hinting at some specifications. Realme 8 Pro and the vanilla Realme 8 will be successors to the Realme 7 series that launched in September last year. The two phones were recently teased by the company’s India and Europe CEO Madhav Sheth and are

OnePlus The Final Horizon Sale is live and brings discounts on OnePlus Power Bank, OnePlus Buds Z, and OnePlus Buds. The name of the sale leads into the teaser “Something is new on the horizon” that the company shared a few days ago and is expected to be the launch date announcement for the OnePlus

Apple recently clarified that the beta build of iOS 14.5 will not actually allow users to select a new default music service. Instead, the feature is Siri intelligence-based, meaning it can improve and even change over time as the virtual assistant learns to better understand its users listening habits. According to The Verge, iOS 14.5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 775 series of SoCs may be in the works as their alleged specifications have surfaced online. Expected to be based on 5nm architecture, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 775 and Snapdragon 775G may provide better performance than the Snapdragon 765 and Snapdragon 765G SoCs. The leak also hints at support for LPDDR5 RAM and UFS

Samsung Galaxy A72 and Samsung Galaxy A52 5G have leaked on many occasions in the past. The two handsets have now been spotted on the official company support page, hinting at an imminent launch in the future. Samsung Galaxy A72 is reported to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC and is expected to

Apple is reportedly planning to adopt OLED display technology for some of its upcoming iPad and MacBook models in 2022. The Cupertino company is expected to announce a 10.9-inch OLED variant of iPad. Apple is also rumoured to integrate OLED display technology into its iPad Pro and MacBook Pro models. Apple already features OLED displays

Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 rugged smartphone has been launched in the European market as a successor to the Galaxy XCover 4. Samsung launched the Galaxy XCover 5 four years after the Galaxy XCover 4 and the phone comes with a lot of improvements and upgrades. The Galaxy XCover 5 is sleek and easy-to-hold but does

Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound has been launched as a new suite of audio technologies for both smartphones and audio products such as wireless headphones and earphones. It was initially announced at the Qualcomm summit in December 2020. The product suite enables improved interoperability between Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset-enabled smartphones as well as wireless headphones and earphones, promising

Justice League Snyder Cut will be available on Apple TV (formerly iTunes Movies), BookMyShow Stream, Google Play, Hungama Play, Tata Sky, and YouTube in India on March 18, in line with its global release date. What this means is that Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be available for a fixed price, as all these services

Realme GT 5G was launched in China on Thursday and it’s the company’s first flagship of 2021. Powered by the top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC, the phone is equipped with other premium specifications like a 120Hz screen refresh rate and a triple rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary sensor. The Realme GT 5G also

Realme 8 specifications have been teased by the company’s India chief Madhav Sheth. The executive has posted an image that shows off the back of the Realme 8 retail box. The same image also gives a glimpse at the Realme 8 Pro from its rear. Both Realme 8 and Realme 8 Pro are the company’s

Apple on Tuesday shared insights from the Apple Hearing Study, ahead of World Hearing Day today. The study shares findings from long-term hearing health data gathered with the participation of thousands of Apple Watch and iPhone users in the US. Insights included how many experience a daily average environmental sound exposure higher than the World

Samsung Galaxy A32 was launched in India on Wednesday as the company’s latest Galaxy A-series model. The new Samsung phone comes with a 90Hz display and features quad rear cameras. The Samsung Galaxy A32 also includes Dolby Atmos support as well as offers a waterdrop-style display notch. Other key highlights of the Samsung Galaxy A32

WhatsApp Messenger has been updated on iOS and it brings some new features like a new animation for voice messages and disables receipts for them, depending on the read receipt setting. WhatsApp has been updated to version 2.21.40 and the update is live on the App Store, though the changelog does not show what is