As expected, Qualcomm announced its new flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 at its annual Tech Summit on Tuesday. The new chipset succeeds the Snapdragon 888 and continues the new trend of not following names sequentially from the chipset maker. The Snapdragon 8 Gen …
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Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO, CTO Parag Agrawal Takes Over
Twitter co-founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey announced today he has departed the company. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Parag Agrawal will lead the company while Bret Taylor takes over as the new board chairman. “I’ve decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready …
Russia Demands Large U.S. Tech Companies Set Up Local Offices by 2022
The Russian government is demanding Apple, Google, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and other U.S. tech companies open offices in the country by the end of 2021 or face sanctions, Reuters reported on Tuesday. State communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Monday listed foreign companies and also said social …
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 9000, its Most Powerful Chipset Yet
Taiwanese chipset maker MediaTek has finally announced a flagship chipset that could go head-to-head with other flagships from Qualcomm and Samsung. The 5G Dimensity 9000 is the world’s first smartphone chipset to be built on a 4nm process with Arm’s new v9 architecture. The Dimensity …
Obiex Finance Lists Wakanda Inu and Launches NGNX P2P For Easy Access to Naira
Obiex Finance, the go-to trading platform for both new and experienced crypto traders alike have listed two very important coins on the platform that are set to make the lives of every crypto enthusiast much easier. Obiex has always been focused on making trading experiences …
YouTube Is Finally Hiding Dislike Counts
It was coming, YouTube today announced it is making dislike counts private and the change will start rolling out today. In March, the Google-owned company announced it was testing new designs that will let creators hide dislike counts in a bid to stop targeted dislike …
Facebook Rebrands its Company Name as Meta
On Thursday at its Connect 2021 virtual conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a change in name of the parent company to Meta, a change that brings all of its app and technologies under a new brand name. In a blog post, the company said …
Qualcomm Unveils Four New Snapdragon Chipsets for Mid-Range and Entry-Level Devices
Qualcomm today added four new chipsets for mid-range and entry-level smartphones – the Snapdragon 778 Plus, 695, 680 and the Snapdragon 480 Plus. The new chipsets are expected to be seen in phones in Q4 2021 by Oppo, Xiaomi, Vivo, Motorola, Honor and HMD. The …
Apple Announces 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with New Pro Chips and 120Hz Display
Apple finally unveiled its long-awaited 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro at its October hardware event. The new MacBook Pros are powered by Apple’s first pro chips – the M1 Pro and the M1 Max. The M1 Pro chip has eight high-performance cores and two high-efficiency …
Apple Announces Redesigned AirPods with Spatial Audio and Adaptive EQ
Apple yesterday announced the third generation of its wireless earbuds, the AirPods. The new AirPods feature a new design with a shorter stem than the Airpods Pro. Apple’s new wireless earbuds is available for pre-order to go on sale next week for $179. The AirPods …
Apple Announces its Next Hardware Event for October 18th
In a tweet today, Apple marketing executive Greg Joswiak announced the next hardware event for October 18th. The tweet included a teaser video with the word “Unleashed!” Apple is expected to unveil new MacBooks, a redesigned Mac Mini and we might also see a new …
TECNO Brings Ultra-steady and Ultra-clear Gimbal Camera Phone CAMON 18 Premier
The most advanced pro-camera phone from TECNO CAMON series——Ultra-steady Gimbal Camera; Ultra-clear 60X Hyper Zoom; Self-portrait master; Newest MediaTek Helio G96 Chip designed for 4G camera phone and 120Hz AMOLED screen; TÜV Rheinland Certified Display for Eye Protection from low-blue light and certified fast-charge system. …
Nigeria Government Lifts Twitter Ban but Demands Certain Conditions are Met
After a four-month Twitter ban in the West African nation, the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the ban be lifted on Friday on conditions the microblogging platform is used for “business and positive engagements,” Bloomberg reports. In June, the Nigeria Government suspended Twitter indefinitely citing …
Google Search on Desktop Gets Dark Mode
Google is officially rolling out dark mode for Search on Desktop. According to an update from a Product Search Manager at Google, the feature should reach all users “over the next few weeks.” After rolling out the feature to its Android and iOS app last …
TECNO’s CAMON series to be the first to release MediaTek’s latest Helio G96 chips in the African market
TECNO’s popular CAMON series will be the first to use the MediaTek Helio G96 chipset in the African market in its newest CAMON 18 series to launch in Oct. Lagos, Nigeria, 9th September 2021 – International smartphone brand, TECNO just confirmed that it will feature …
Apple Announces ‘California Streaming’ iPhone 13 Event for September 14th
Apple today announced a. “California Streaming” event which will take place on September 14 at 1PM E.T. / 10AM P.T. The event will be completely virtual it will be streamed from Apple Park on Apple’s website, YouTube channel the Apple TV. The new iPhone 13, …