Category: Gadget
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Despite crackdown, Huawei ships record smartphones in 2018
Despite crackdown by governments, Huawei, dubbed the world’s largest supplier of telecommunications gear, shipped a record number of smartphones in 2018. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Huawei announced on Sunday it shipped more smartphones than it ever has, with its 2018 shipments exceeding 200 million devices. The Chinese firm said its phone shipments increased more than 30…
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Operators are world’s biggest spammers
After releasing its first report last year, Truecaller, taking a deeper look into the rising problem of spam calls, has found operators are the biggest spammers across the world. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Truecaller Insights report released on Tuesday revealed this finding. The report also revealed that telemarketing calls from financial services, debt collectors and insurance…
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Samsung to unveil its first 5G-capable smartphones early 2019
Samsung has been reported of having plans to unveil its first 5G-capable smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February next year. According to a report, the South Korea company will announce the phones during the mobile trade show, followed by the launch in March to coincide with the rollout of 5G services. Samsung…
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Smartphones trends that made significant impacts in 2018
As 2018 wraps up, we reflect on the smartphone industry and examined top smartphones trends that took centre stage, with at least one feature making significant impact in day-to-day life, in the course of the year. From luxurious Samsung and Apple smartphones, budget smartphones that hit the market in 2018 to multiple cameras everywhere, fast…
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10 hot consumer trends for 2019
Ericsson on Wednesday released the eighth edition of its ConsumerLab trend report, highlighting 10 hot consumer trends for 2019, representing predictions of 34 million early technology adopters. Dr Michael Bjorn, Head of Research Agenda at Ericsson Consumer & Industry Lab highlighted this in a report made available to newsmen. The report revealed autonomous and mood-predictive…
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HP, Police confiscate 67,000 fake products
Hewlett-Packard, an Information Technology (IT) company says it has confiscated 67,000 counterfeit print cartridges in the country, in collaboration with the Nigerian Police. The Director, Global Anti-Counterfeit Programme, HP, Glenn Jones disclosed in a statement on Monday in Lagos that the fake print cartridges were confiscated through HP’s Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) Programme. Jones said…
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Connected headphone kills 16-year-old in Malaysia
A 16-year-old boy died of electrocution after it was believed that he had been wearing headphones while connected to a smartphone that was charging, reports coming in from Malaysia suggest. The death occurred earlier this month, after the boy’s mother saw her son lying on the floor with bleeding in his left ear. There seems…
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Indian govt meets with WhatsApp to trace fake news – Source
Indian tech ministry officials met with senior WhatsApp executives to ask the Facebook Inc (FB.O) unit to start tracing the origins of misinformation spread through its messaging platform, a senior government official said on Friday. WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what technology minister Ravi Prasad termed “sinister” content in India, the…
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Apple releases Best of 2018 lists
Apple on Tuesday announced its “Best of 2018” list which includes the most popular apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and other entertainment products across categories that were the hottest in all of 2018. This list spans interest from multiple Apple products including Apple TV, iTunes, App Store, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. The…
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Smartphones will consume more than 21GB data per month by 2024 — Ericsson
Telecommunications giant, Ericsson, on Friday estimated that by the end of 2024 a smartphone user would consume more than 21 gigabyte (GB) of data per month. Ericsson made this known in its global mobility report for November 2018 posted on its website. The report says that by 2024, data consumption per month on average would…