LG files two unique versions of a patent one of which seems to be a folding phone which can be morphed into a tablet as well. This design patent has been filed at World Intellectual Property Organization. The first model seems to be a foldable phone that features a camera component on the rear, which when folded; the device can display information like the time and date on the front.  ...

Google has agreed to a patent licensing deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd as it looks for ways to expand in China where many of its products, such as app store, search engine and email service, are blocked by regulators. The US technology company has signed similar agreements before with Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Cisco Systems Inc, but the deal with Tencent is a first with the...

The Exynos 7872, built on a 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, brings a new hexa core CPU configured with two 2.0GHz ARM Cortex–A73 and four 1.6GHz Cortex–A53 cores. With the addition of CPU, the Exynos 7872 will to improve the individual single-core performance by two folds, when compared to its predecessor, it might enable faster web browsing, app launching and other operatio...

A few days ago, several Xiaomi users across the country were reporting a bug related to WhatsApp that rendered the popular messaging app useless on their devices. Users were greeted with a message that said ‘This version of WhatsApp has become obsolete’. Since then, WhatsApp had declared that there was an issue in the way their app was distributed. However, Xiaomi has opened up on the is...

Facebook says it is changing how it identifies ‘fake news’ stories on its platform to a more effective system. The social-media network had put ‘disputed’ labels on stories that fact-checkers found false. Instead, now it will bring up ‘related articles’ next to the false stories that give context to fact-checkers on the stories’ problems.   Facebook said on December 20 that in its te...

iBall has launched a pair of new speakers — EduSound i5, which is designed mainly for Education and classrooms. The new wooden speakers come with a price tag of Rs 2,999 and are available for purchase. The company says the wooden speakers are designed precisely keeping presenters and teachers in mind.   The iBall EduSound offers 360-degree of omnidirectional sound experience. The com...

McAfee has released its McAfee Labs Threat Report: December 2017, examining the growth and trends of new malware, ransomware, and other threats in Q3 2017. McAfee Labs saw malware reach an all-time high of 57.6 million new samples—four new samples per second—featuring developments such as new fileless malware using malicious macros, a new version of Locky ransomware dubbed Lukitus, and n...

Facebook is finally taking stern action against "engagement bait", where publishers beg users to vote, like or share a post in the hopes of bumping it to the top of people's news feed by manipulating the social networking site's algorithms. Such posts will neither be gone forever, nor be banned, but the California-headquartered company said it will now demote these posts in the news fee...

Facebook announced on December 18 that it removed nearly 3 million posts, including videos, ads and other forms of content, from its services during the first half of 2017 following complaints of counterfeiting and copyright and trademark infringement. The worldwide data on intellectual property-related takedowns is a new disclosure for Facebook as part of its biannual “Transparency Rep...

Motorola has finally launched three new Moto Mods that will work with its premium flagship Moto Z2-series in India. All the three Mods will be available via Flipkart and their recently launched Moto Hubs starting December 17. There’s also an offer for Moto Z users that they can rent the Moto Mods for a week for just Rs 399 per week. The Moto Mods can be magnetically attached to Moto Z2 ...