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Android 12 might include fresh design for widgets, notifications
According to Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech, for starters, there's a brand new music widget in the notifications bar, alongside newly redesigned Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles. There's also a new volume slider, redesigned notifications, a new clock widget and even a new weather widget.
ASUS 'ZenFone 8' likely to arrive as '8z' in India
It's unclear when the ZenFone 8 and 8 Flip will arrive in India, but whenever ASUS introduces the duo in the country, the vanilla 8 could be called the 8z, GSMArena reported. The reason being that the ZenFone 8 Indian variant with model code I006D has appeared in the list of Google Play supported devices as the "ASUS 8z", the report said.
Twitter reportedly working on paid service for Rs 200 a month
"Twitter is calling their upcoming Subscription Service "Twitter Blue", priced at $2.99/month for now, including paid features," she said in a tweet on Saturday. According to her, it appears that Twitter is working on a tiered subscription model, which means a less-cluttered, premium experience for the subscribers.
Telegram, WhatsApp in tug of war over privacy
The battle of words started when encrypted messaging app Telegram took a jibe on WhatsApp by tweeting a meme that suggested it was time to "bin" WhatsApp and Facebook. However, in reply, WhatsApp tweeted, Telegram admin: "...and what people don't know is we are not end-to-end encrypted by default."
POCO M3 Pro 5G to feature Dimensity 700 chip, big battery
The smartphone will feature a 6.5-inch Full HD+ resolution supporting screen with DotDisplay, the company posted on Twitter. POCO M3 Pro 5G will offer a 90Hz refresh rate with the DynamicSwitch feature, which will allow the device to automatically adjust the refresh rate depending on the content.
Instagram will soon let users post from its website
Paluzzi managed to enable the new option on his profile through undisclosed methods, and he shared some images on Twitter of how Instagram's post creator will work on the web, the report said. The interface has been tweaked with a preview of the content next to the publishing options. Users will also find options to crop the image, apply filters and set a description.
Amazon India launches free video streaming service miniTV
The company said that ad-supported miniTV has professionally created and curated content across web-series, comedy shows, tech news, food, beauty, fashion and more. Currently available for Android, miniTV will be extended to iOS app and mobile web over the coming months.
Apple to discontinue space gray iMac accessories
The aCEiMacaCE Pro was the only Space Gray Mac, and Apple-designed special matching accessories for it, MacRumors reported. When existing supplies of the space gray Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad are exhausted, Apple will only have these accessories available in a silver colour option.
Japanese toaster maker enters 5G smartphone business
Japanese design company Balmuda said in a statement this week that it has decided to enter the mobile terminal business (5G smartphone development and sales), which is a new product category. The company which is better known for making "Balmuda The Toaster" that sells for 25,850 yen (about $235) said it is joining hands with Kyocera and SoftBank for the new 5G smartphone.
Court dismisses Facebook bid to block EU data sharing ruling
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, the Irish court dismissed "all of Facebook's procedural complaints about a preliminary decision on data flows that it received in August from the country's Data Protection Commission". The court rejected Facebook's claims that the privacy regulator had given it too little time to respond or issued a judgment prematurely.
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