Month: May 2020
OnePlus wants to make cheap smartphones again
OnePlus is looking to go back to its roots of creating affordable smartphones for the masses, as it feels it is now mature enough to offer more products in its portfolio. OnePlus’s claim to fame was its incredible flagships at never-before-seen price points, when the company was founded six years…
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Aircall raises $65 million for its cloud-based phone system
Aircall has raised a $65 million Series C round (€60.2 million) with DTCP leading the round, Adam Street participating and existing investors eFounders, Draper Esprit, Balderton and NextWorld injecting more money in the company. Overall, Aircall has raised $106 million. Aircall is building a software-as-a-service company around phone calls. You…
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Google adds 1440p streaming resolution for Stadia on Chrome
Google has rolled out a 1440p streaming resolution for Stadia on Chrome so players with high-res monitors can display sub-4K images better than 1080p. They’ll still have to meet all the requirements needed to play in 4K to enjoy the new feature, thou… Source
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Ola Electric acquires Etergo, to launch own line of electric two wheelers this year
Ola Electric, the EV business that spun out of the ride-hailing giant Ola last year, has acquired an Amsterdam-based electric scooter startup as the Indian firm looks to locally produce and launch its own line of two wheelers as soon as this year. The Indian firm said Wednesday it had…
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Fujifilm releases app to turn mirrorless cameras into webcams
Fujifilm has released new software that lets you use certain X-series and GFX-series mirrorless cameras as ultra-high-quality webcams. The app is called Fujifilm X Webcam and works over USB, letting you benefit from much sharper lenses and larger image sensors than the potato camera in your laptop. You’re even able…
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Apple’s iPhone 11 takes over mantle for most popular smartphone from XR
Apple’s iPhone 11 has taken over the mantle from iPhone XR model in the first quarter of this year and the competition for the world’s most popular smartphone is between its devices itself. Apple shipped 13.6m XR devices in the first quarter of last year but iPhone 11 shipments reached…
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