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Walmart Opens Google Home Mini Pre-Order, Arrives October 19
As expected, the details do match the rumours that surfaced on the internet earlier. From what we know so far, it will come with a fabric material on top similar to what we've seen in the Google Daydream View VR headset. The device weighs less than a pound and measures at 4.53 x 4.53 x 4.72 inches. It's thought the Pixel 2 will include a 5-inch 1080p display with the larger Pixel 2 XL landin... [Full Article...]
Android 8.0 Oreo Makes Its Debut in Google's Version Distribution Chart
In comparison to September, the OS has seen 2 percent increase in figures. Well, even after more than a year from its release, Android Nougat should have been running on much more devices than just 17.8%. While Android Nougat 7.0.0 is on 15.8 per cent devices, around 2 per cent users are on Android Nougat 7.1. The almost two-and-half-year old OS still continues to dominate Android's charts, and ... [Full Article...]
Nissan to show electric concept, sporty Leaf in Tokyo
Now we know Nissan plans to bring a Leaf Nismo "concept" to the 2017 Tokyo motor show. It still isn't clear if the Leaf NISMO will be offered as a design package or a performance model, but there's no denying the Leaf E-Plus will be made available in NISsan MOtorsport attire. [Full Article...]
Bharti Airtel Again Counters Reliance Jio With a New Rs
The reason behind Reliance Jio's move is to avoid misuse of company's policies. This 300 minutes per day has been part of the Jio terms and conditions for some time now. Earlier, Jio's Rs 149 plan came with a validity of 28 days, during which users would get 2GB of high-speed 4G data along with free calling and messages. [Full Article...]
Weiss, Barish and Thorne win Nobel Physics Prize
These waves, predicted by Albert Einstein a century earlier, were caused by a collision between two black holes, approximately 1.3bn years ago. "Their discovery shook the world", said Goran K Hansson, the head of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. [Full Article...]
Ferrari speed gives some hope to Vettel
It had already been a horror weekend for Ferrari , with Vettel starting the race from the back of the grid and Kimi Raikkonen not starting at all with a near-identical turbo issue. There was further post-race drama for Ferrari , with Vettel involved in a collision with Williams driver Lance Stroll on the slowing down lap. "It's part of motor racing ", said Mr. [Full Article...]
Messenger Lite comes to the UK, US, Ireland, and Canada
People in developed countries also have to deal with expensive data. Facebook Messenger Lite isn't exactly top secret, given hundreds of millions of people use it worldwide, but it wasn't officially available here until today. You will not have any of the other features that have shown up on Facebook Messenger recently. For example, video calling and the chat heads are also gone in Facebo... [Full Article...]
Focus Now Turns to Las Vegas Shooter 'Companion' Marliou Danley
False reports crept into prominent Google search results and on Facebook's Crisis Response page in the hours following Sunday's attack on a country music festival in Las Vegas. The second link was to a site called "Anti Media", which has a byline from "Tyler Durden"-Brad Pitt's character in the 1999 film Fight Club , which has been co-opted by certain factions of the alt-right". [Full Article...]