Laptops/Tablets

The tablet market in India grew 68 percent year-on-year in the first quarter ended March 2022, with Lenovo leading the chart, a Cybermedia Research report released on Monday said. According to the report, tablet shipments are likely to register a healthy 10-12 percent growth in 2022. The 4G tablets recorded 74 percent year-on-year growth during

Apple has released iOS 15.5 as its latest software release for iPhone users — just weeks before kicking off WWDC 2022 where iOS 16 is expected to debut. The iOS 15.5 update brings new experiences to Apple Wallet and Podcasts. It also carries a list of security fixes and could help the Cupertino company to

Oppo Pad Air is expected to launch as the new addition to Oppo’s newly started tablet lineup. The Chinese company has listed the Oppo Pad Air tablet on its China website for bookings. A tipster has also posted about the rumoured specifications and features of the upcoming tablet. The tablet is expected to get a

The United States and European Union will announce a joint effort to avert a “subsidy race” as they scramble to boost production of scarce semiconductor chips, a senior Biden administration official said. The move will be unveiled at the second meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC), taking place on Sunday and Monday

Samsung Electronics is in talks with clients about hiking prices for chip contract manufacturing by up to 20 percent this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The move, expected to be applied from the second half of this year, is part of an industry-wide push to raise prices to cover rising materials and logistics costs, Bloomberg

HP has launched new devices for the Z ecosystem, which includes two new ZBook mobile workstations, two new Z conference displays, and a new high-speed docking station. The company has also released HP Anyware and Z by HP Data Science Stack Manager programs. The newly launched ZBook Fury G9 and ZBook Studio G9 can handle

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) has been silently launched in Italy. The tablet is equipped with a Snapdragon 720G SoC, along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The 2020 version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite was powered by an Exynos 9611 processor under the hood. The tablet sports a 10.4-inch

American tech giant Apple has revealed that the 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference will happen between June 6 and June 10 and will be streamed online. According to GSM Arena, there will also be in-person attendance, but limited. The opening keynote will still be pre-recorded, but the Apple Park at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino will

Google hosted its I/O 2022 consumer keynote this week, where it showcased its new hardware developments, including the Pixel 6a and Pixel Watch, as well as software innovations, including an ‘immersive’ view on Google Maps. While the Pixel 6a is confirmed to launch in India, the Silicon Valley giant has not yet provided any details

Asus Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition has landed in India. This limited-edition laptop commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Asus P6300 laptop spending 600 days in orbit on the MIR space station. This was the company’s first laptop to be sent into space. It sports a space-inspired design which includes multiple easter eggs. The Taiwanese

India’s financial crime fighting agency asked a court on Thursday to re-instate a freeze on $725 million (roughly Rs. 5,624 crore) in the Indian bank accounts of Xiaomi as it investigates fund transfers by the Chinese smartphone giant. The enforcement directorate had seized the money saying Xiaomi had illegally transferred funds abroad to three entities,

Facebook parent, Meta Platforms, and chip maker AMD on Wednesday said they were partnering for a mobile internet infrastructure program that would bring base station costs down to make broadband more accessible around the world. The programme, called Evenstar, was launched by Meta in early 2020 and promotes a platform called OpenRan that makes it

Google at the I/O 2022 consumer keynote on Wednesday announced a series of updates aiming at Wear OS and Android tablets that are designed to upgrade user experiences across devices — not just limited to phones. One of the most important updates coming to Wear OS is the quick access to Emergency SOS. Google is

MacBook Pro (2021) users are complaining about hearing a crackling and popping noise when they play music or any sound. The issue seems to have impacted a number of users as there are multiple complaints detailing the problem on the Apple Community forum as well as on Reddit. It is also not limited a particular

Russia has been behind a series of cyberattacks linked with its conflict with Ukraine earlier this year with wide-ranging impact across Europe, the European Union (EU), the UK and the US said on Tuesday. The western allies said the most recent attack was on the communications company Viasat in Ukraine, which had a wider impact

Lenovo has updated the Yoga AIO 7 — the 27-inch all-in-one desktop PC with a screen rotatable screen — with new processors. The tech company has said that the refreshed AIO will be sold in select markets except for North America. The pricing details of the updated desktop PC have not been revealed by the

OnePlus Pad, the first tablet offering from the Chinese tech brand, is said to be in the works. In a new update, a OnePlus device codenamed ‘Reeves’ has reportedly entered testing in India. This device is believed to be the OnePlus Pad. This indicates that the new OnePlus tablet will be launching soon. The upcoming

Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City would seem like an ideal site to implement China’s “closed-loop” management system to prevent the spread of COVID that requires staff to live and work on-site in a secure bubble. Sprawled over land the size of 20 football fields, the campus houses factories, living quarters for 40,000 workers, some living 12

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 is underway in India, and there are great deals, offers as well as discounts on laptops. Customers can avail no-cost EMI options, exchange discounts, and apply bank discounts in order to get the best price of the laptops that they want to purchase. Amazon is offering up to Rs. 40,000

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday rejected as “baseless” the allegations that the statements of Xiaomi India officials, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese mobile manufacturing company Xiaomi, were recorded “under coercion”, saying the charges were an afterthought. The federal agency was responding to certain news reports that said Xiaomi alleged in a recent filing before the