Motorola has announced its next smartphone, a rehash of the much older Razr flip phone series which was initially released back in 2003. The new Razr which is scheduled for release next year will be foldable but unlike its ancestors, will have no buttons.For some, it would seem like phone makers are becoming quite reminiscent of the old days when mobile phones came in more shapes and sizes, with some of them designed as foldable flip phones. In late September, Samsung released its Galaxy...
Read More »Google Collected Personal Health Data Through ‘Project Nightingale’
It seems Google has secretly gathered impressive volumes of patient records across 21 states on behalf of a health care provider. It is supposed to have been done via a project that is dubbed “Project Nightingale.”According to Wall Street Journal, nobody – both patients and doctors – were aware of this effort.As per WSJ the data that was collected in this program includes “lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to complete health...
Read More »Apple Plans a Product Shift by Launching Its AR Headset in 2022 and AR Glasses in 2023
After dominating its smartphone industry with its iPhone for a decade, tech giant Apple is exploring a new product line for the next phase of the technological revolution. Over the last decade, Apple scaled tremendous heights with billion-dollar sales of its iPhone flagship handsets. Earlier this year, the Cupertino-based tech giant also became the first company to touch a trillion-dollar valuation.Known for getting breakthrough innovation in the tech space, people have been eagerly waiting...
Read More »Xiaomi Unveils Apple Lookalike Mi Watch
Xiaomi, which runs the race with Apple for the first position in the wearable sector, decided to add some spark into this race and make it more interesting.The Chinese electronics giant announced it is launching its first smartwatch. Dubbed the Mi Watch, the Chinese smartwatch looks pretty much the same as the Apple Watch.With its square body that has a crown and a button, it works with a 1.78-inch AMOLED display (326 ppi) that provides the always-on capacity and runs the company’s homegrown...
Read More »Kadena Begins KDA Token Sale for U.S. and Global Investors on CoinList
Kadena, a Proof of Work (PoW) public blockchain for smart contracts, has begun its token sale on CoinList. It began on Monday, Nov. 4, and will run until Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. The Kadena network boasts of highly scalable blockchain which runs the Chainweb protocol to ensure unmatched security and high throughput, promising to be a driving factor with the potential to serve as a convergence point for all interoperable chains including private and public blockchains and applications.The Kadena...
Read More »Xiaomi Unveils Premium Segment Mi CC9 Pro Smartphone with Eye-Popping 108MP Camera
China-based smartphone manufacturing giant Xiaomi has a new offering in the market for its fans. Known for introducing budget handsets over the last few years, Xiaomi now brings its premium segment high-end smartphone, the Mi CC9 Pro. While the handset packs all premium hardware and powerful machine, the company has put a major focus on its camera.As smartphone manufacturers have lured customers by showcasing the device’s machine prowess, the camera is one segment that still continues to draw...
Read More »With Google’s Support Fitbit Might Catch Up to and Overtake Apple Watch
Google’s parent company Alphabet has revealed that it will be purchasing popular wearables giant and smartwatch maker Fitbit, in a deal that will be closed soon. Worth $2.1 billion, many analysts agree that this deal has all the makings of a blow-up and could very seriously cement Google’s position as a strong contender in the smartwatch market, a market already largely dominated by Apple. While this is very interesting and important news, the market is starting to wonder whether or not...
Read More »Google Pay to Accept Biometric Confirmations for Payments
Is what is seen by many as an innovation that will spark a revolution in the electronic commerce industry, Google Pay will now accept biometric security confirmations instead of the usual PIN code that people are already used to on the platform.Google Pay is formerly known as the Tez App which has already made its niche in the payments industry in terms of processing of transactions for users. SMS notifications on all transactions done within the Google Pay app recently became available and...
Read More »Google Set to Buy Smartwatch Maker Fitbit for $2.1 Billion
About a week ago, rumors regarding Google’s parent Alphabet’s decision to acquire American wearable maker Fitbit, surfaced online. Now, Google has officially confirmed that it will buy the Fitbit company in a new deal worth $2.1 billion. This move from Google can be said to be one in the direction of the tech giant’s desire to hold a larger stake in the wearables business, an area mostly dominated by a rival company Apple.An official statement from Google’s Senior Vice President for Devices...
Read More »Big 3 Ruling Cloud Infrastructure Market with Almost $22B Earnings This Quarter
The famous Big 3 – Amazon, Microsoft and Google – went crazy in this earning season with their revenues made through cloud infrastructure reaching almost $22 billion. The rulers of the cloud infrastructure market have driven major societal change via their dominance and role in online activities, unlike other tech giants as is for example IBM. They are ruling the online market through anti-competitive practices, constant-rising financial power, and intellectual property law.Be it as it may,...
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