Rovio Entertainment, maker of the 10-year-old Angry Birds mobile game series, on Friday reported a 160 percent jump in second-quarter adjusted operating profit, helped by increased player engagement amid COVID-19 lockdowns. “We reached record high games revenue driven by the strong performance of our key games,” CEO Kati Levoranta said in a statement. Adjusted operating
Reliance Jio is offering up to five months of free 4G data and complimentary Jio-to-Jio phone calls with the purchase of its JioFi 4G wireless hotspot as a special Independence Day offer. The Reliance Jio JioFi hotspot is priced at Rs. 1,999, and order to avail of this Jio Independence Day offer, customers will first have to purchase one of
Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world’s first digital photograph, died August 11 at his home in Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian reported. He was 91. Pixels, the digital dots used to display photos, video and more on phone and computer screens, weren’t an obvious innovation in 1957, when
Xiaomi Mi Box 3 will reportedly get the Android TV 9.0 update soon as the company has rolled out its initial public beta build to a select number of testers. The Android TV box was launched in 2016 with Android TV 6.0. Later, it directly got Android Oreo 8.0 update as the company skipped the
WhatsApp is a popular choice for greetings of any kind, and Independence Day 2020 is no exception. Users will throng groups and chats with messages today, wishing each other, sharing patriotic messages, and even stickers and GIFs. Stickers in particular, have become a popular choice of expression, especially during special occasions and festivals. Therefore, on this
Apple and Alphabet’s Google on Thursday removed popular video game Fortnite from their app stores for violating the companies’ in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging the two companies’ rules. Apple and Google cited a direct payment feature rolled out on the Fortnite app earlier on Thursday as the
Redmi 9 Prime recently made its India debut. The smartphone that is a part of the budget segment will be competing with the likes of Realme Narzo 10 and the Samsung Galaxy M11 in the country. All the phones come in at a similar price point and offer impressive specifications. These are entry level phones
RedmiBook Air 13 has been launched in China as the latest entrant in the Xiaomi sub-brand’s Air series. The thin and light notebook comes with the latest 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor and integrated graphics. The RedmiBook Air 13 will be offered in two configurations and a single colour variant. While this notebook has been
AppleInsider spoke to “Boys State” filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. The pair are responsible for one of the most acclaimed nonfiction films of the year, presenting a compelling, even frightening look at power. Back in January, Apple teamed up with A24 to acquire Boys State, the film that won the U.S. Documentary Competition Grand
Redmi G gaming notebook has been launched in China as the Xiaomi sub-brand’s first ever gaming laptop. It has a stylish design and boasts of impressive specifications, like up to 10th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, dedicated Nvidia graphics card, and high refresh rate screen. The Redmi G gaming notebook comes in a single colour option
Walmart’s e-commerce platform Flipkart has partnered with a startup backed by spirits giant Diageo to deliver alcohol in two Indian cities, according to government letters seen by Reuters, months after Amazon planned a similar foray. Flipkart and Amazon’s interest in delivering alcohol in India marks a bold move to make inroads into an alcohol market
Call of Duty: Mobile will receive its Season 9 update on August 16, as announced by the game’s official Twitter account. The upcoming season is called ‘Conquest’ and will bring several new changes and features to the game, including new maps, modes, events, Gunsmith feature, and a new Ranked Series 6. There are some multiplayer
Facebook is testing a new ‘Short Videos’ feature inside its app in a bid to cash in on the TikTok ban in India and proposed ban in the US. This new feature shows up in the middle of the News Feed and works in the similar swipe-up manner as was popular on TikTok. Facebook recently
Chinese firms like Xiaomi are facing delays getting approvals from India’s quality control agency for their goods, five industry sources told Reuters, as the business environment deteriorates after a clash on their Himalayan border. Greater scrutiny of Chinese imports follows calls for boycotts from Indian nationalist groups linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party,
Google has detailed the big improvements coming to Wear OS for Android smartwatches in the future. These improvements will be part of an update that will roll out this autumn, and it will bring improved performance and a simplified pairing process. The new Wear OS update will also bring support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100
Fortnite maker Epic Games has used a famous Apple advertisement against the iPhone maker in a social media campaign accompanying a legal battle it launched on Thursday. Epic’s “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite”, shows a colorful female Fortnite fighter running through a black-and-white corridor and hurling a unicorn-shaped club against a screen showing an Apple-headed character talking about
LG Q92 specifications were reportedly leaked by a tipster on Twitter, revealing the phones hardware in detail, and confirming previously seen details as well. Apart from the specifications of the South Korean company’s 5G phone, the leak also reveals the design of the handset as well as the colour options of the phone. The development
Mi TV Lux Transparent Edition has been announced by Xiaomi for the Chinese market. Xiaomi is calling it the world’s first mass-produced transparent TV that is a mixture of “cutting-edge display technology and exquisite industrial design.” It comes with a full-HD OLED panel with high refresh rate and colour accuracy. The Mi TV Lux Transparent
Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the US elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mail-in ballots and early voting. The move comes as online social networks have been drawing flak for what has been called a lax approach to
Aarogya Setu iOS code has been released over two and a half months after NITI Aayog open sourced its Android version. The source code has been provided on OpenForge, the government’s equivalent to GitHub. However, the Aarogya Setu app’s Android version’s source code is available through GitHub. The repository of the Aarogya Setu iOS version
LG K31s may have been spotted on the US FCC certification website and it suggests the phone will be a budget friendly or entry level smartphone from the company. While the FCC listing does not show the name of the phone, a report points out that this could be the LG K31s as the listing
Lenovo Group, the world’s biggest PC maker, smashed expectations with a 31 percent leap in first-quarter net profit, as the coronavirus pandemic spurs businesses to shift to remote work and schools to switch to online learning. Consumers stuck at home are also spending more on PCs and other smart devices for entertainment purposes, the Chinese
Music streaming service Spotify on Thursday threw support behind Epic Games after the Fortnite developer leveled a lawsuit against Apple over allegedly monopolistic App Store regulations. Spotify, which lodged its own antitrust complaint against Apple in 2019, welcomed Epic as an ally in a long-running fight over App Store fees. The streaming service in a
Upon their release, both the snowboarding game Alto’s Adventure and its sandboarding sequel Alto’s Odyssey were praised more for their atmosphere, the visual style, and the aesthetic, than the basic gameplay. Among the adjectives used by critics then to describe the two games were “laid back”, “mellow”, “relaxing”, and “soothing”. It’s almost as if the
Google is rolling out its Bedtime tab in the Clock app to almost all Android devices. This feature will help users maintain a consistent sleep schedule, track screen time at night, and set a sleep playlist. It can be used by activating Android’s Digital Wellbeing features and using the Clock app. The Bedtime tab that
With the quality of smartphone cameras these days, everyone’s a photographer now. But some of us take this hobby more seriously than others, and some even make money from smartphone photography. Whatever kind of smartphone photographer you are, you’re probably on Instagram. But what if you’re bored of seeing over-the-top food pics, selfies, and other
Intel has announced new details of its upcoming consumer CPU and GPU product lines, as well as 3D Xpoint memory, the 10nm manufacturing process node, future chip packaging technology, software, and much more, in its virtual Architecture Day 2020 seminar. Senior engineers including Raja Koduri, who is a company Senior Vice President, Chief Architect, and
‘Apple One’ is reportedly coming as Apple’s new way to boost its services business. According to a report, the Cupertino-based giant is preparing a series of bundles, allegedly referred to as ‘Apple One’ that will let customers subscribe to several digital services at a comparatively low cumulative cost. Citing people familiar with the matter, the
Apple’s iPhone launch event may be delayed from September this year. A fresh leak suggests that the iPhone 12 series is expected to be unveiled in October this year, with the launch event sometime in the week starting October 12. Shipping of the iPhone 12 is expected to begin within a week of the launch,
Honor Hunter will be the Huawei sub-brand’s first gaming laptop and the logo for it has been revealed on Chinese micro-blogging website, Weibo. Honor shared a poster for the Hunter series of gaming laptops stating that they are coming soon. The poster does not reveal any information on the laptop itself, nor does it come
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