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Friday, August 2, 2019

Apple Card Will Not Allow Purchase of Cryptocurrencies

The Apple credit card being launched with Goldman Sachs Group will not allow the purchase of cryptocurrencies with the card, according to a customer agreement posted to Goldman's website on Friday. https://ift.tt/2KcScJs

U.S. tariff threat may compound Apple's iPhone woes: Analysts

iPhone sales fell 12% to $25.99 billion in the latest reported quarter globally, after dropping 17% in the second quarter. https://ift.tt/2GHAWKc

Apple Card will not allow purchase of cryptocurrencies

Apple Card is part of a broader effort by Apple to derive more of its revenue from services after years of heavily reliance on iPhone sales. https://ift.tt/2T2KtjY

Interview with Snap CTO Bobby Murphy on augmented reality, visual communications, Lenses, Spectacles, and a future world in which the camera dominates (Mark Wilson/Fast Company)

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Interview with Snap CTO Bobby Murphy on augmented reality, visual communications, Lenses, Spectacles, and a future world in which the camera dominates — When Snapchat first became a phenomenon among teens in 2012, the focus understandably was on such distinguishing features as its promise …

RBI Asked to File Compliance Report on WhatsApp Payments

The Supreme Court has granted six weeks' time to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file a report whether WhatsApp had complied with norms for launching its payment services. https://ift.tt/2ZvYYiK

Chandrayaan-2 Orbit Successfully Raised for Fourth Time: ISRO

The fourth orbit raising activity for India's moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was performed successfully at 3:27pm on Friday, the ISRO said. https://ift.tt/2OyNLNo

Boeing May Change 737 Max Flight-Control Software to Address Flaw

Boeing plans further changes to the software architecture of the 737 MAX flight-control system to address a flaw discovered after a test in June, two people briefed on the matter said late on... https://ift.tt/2Km17r1

Facebook begins adding its name to some screens on Instagram

Facebook Inc started adding its name to some screens on its Instagram photo-sharing platform this week, one of the first links it has given users to its ownership of the popular platform. https://ift.tt/2yyopEL

Realme X to go on sale today via Realme online store and Flipkart

If you are looking to pick up the Realme X, then today is the day for you. The smartphone will go on sale at 12 Noon via Flipkart and Reamle’s online store. The phone is available in two variants - 4GB RAM + 128GB storage priced at Rs 16,999 and 8GB RAM + 128GB storage priced at Rs 19,999.

Coming to the specifications of the Realme X, the smartphone features a 6.53-inch Super AMOLED display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution. The smartphone boasts of a 91.2-per cent screen-to-body ratio. The smartphone is powered by the Snapdragon 710 chipset and comes in two variants - 4GB RAM and 8GB RAM. both variants have the same 128GB built-in storage. For the camera, the Realme X features a dual-camera setup at the back featuring a primary 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor and a secondary 5MP depth sensor. It offers features like Nightscape and Chroma Boost. The smartphone has a 16MP pop-up front camera. Realme says that the pop-up camera rises in just 0.74 seconds and has a fall-detection feature.

A 3745mAh battery powers the entire package. It supports 20W VOOC-charge technology. The smartphone also boasts of an in-display fingerprint scanner. It runs Android 9 Pie with ColorOS 6 skinned on top. The Realme X will be available in Polar White and Space Blue gradient colour variants.

In our review of the smartphone, we said, “The Realme X is a solid contender from Realme for the title of the king of mid-rangers. It packs the Snapdragon 710 chipset with a superior GPU, making it impressive for gaming, and has a really bright display. The battery life is good too, but where the phone does falter is with respect to its camera.

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Google Fit to start rolling out detailed sleep logging and dark theme; iOS app gains support for route maps for workouts (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google Fit to start rolling out detailed sleep logging and dark theme; iOS app gains support for route maps for workouts — With the revamped Fit last year, Google focused on physical activity through Heart Points and Move Minutes. The service is adding detailed sleep logging to capture your entire day …

Samsung teases Exynos 9825 launching on August 7, expected to power the Galaxy Note 10

Historically, the Samsung Galaxy S family of devices and the Note series launched in the same year are powered by the same chipset. It looks like 2019 is the year where this changes. The Galaxy S10 series of smartphones are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chip and Exynos 9820 chipset. It looks like the Note 10 and Note 10 Pro will be powered by the Exynos 9825 chipset which is expected to cater to the drawbacks of the 9820. Samsung’s Exynos official twitter handle has released a teaser hinting at the new processor. The 11-second teaser doesn't reveal any concrete information about the chipset. The teaser throws words like "evolved", "next-level" and "intelligent processor".

Power evolved. August 7, 2019. #NextGenPower pic.twitter.com/CyAHdTpi7H

— Samsung Exynos (@SamsungExynos) August 2, 2019

Samsung is expected to launch two models, the regular Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10 Pro. The major difference between the phones is possibly the size of the display. A report claimed that the regular Note 10 will have a 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED display, while the Pro variant will sport a 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED panel. The Note 10 series is expected to come in Black, White and Silver colours along with a red and pink version. Unfortunately, no lavender purple colour has been leaked so far.

Moving to the optics, it is expected that the Galaxy Note 10 Plus will reportedly come with a quad-camera setup while the smaller variant will have a triple camera setup. Leaked renders show the cameras are vertically aligned instead of the horizontal set up in the previous Note series. Based on leaks, the Galaxy Note 10’s camera stack will come with a 12MP primary camera with a dual aperture that can go till f/1.5 along with a 12MP telephoto lens and a 16MP ultra-wide camera.

You can read everything we know about the Galaxy Note 10 series here.

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