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Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee’s leadership, Samsung rose to become the world’s largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm’s overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of

Amazon Fire TV is getting more hands-free features with additional Alexa-enabled services. Through the new “Alexa, show me” command, you’ll be able to do things like check the weather, view the calendar, and look at the traffic in a particular route on your TV. You can also use voice commands to navigate through on-screen menus

The Apple TV Remote app, used to control the Apple TV streaming device from your iOS devices, is no longer available to download and install from the App Store. While this might sound like a problem, it really isn’t that big a deal; Apple has integrated the Apple TV Remote functionality into Control Center on

It’s possible to buy a good 55-inch 4K LED TV such as the Mi TV 4X 55 for under Rs. 40,000 right now, so the idea of a television with similar specifications and features costing Rs. 1,29,900 might be a bit too much for many to stomach. You can even get decent QLED televisions from

Oppo Smart TV S1 and Smart TV R1 have been unveiled as Oppo’s first smart TV models. Whether Oppo Smart TV S1 is designed as a premium model with features including up to 120Hz display and floating design, and also features a pop-up camera for video chats. The Oppo Smart TV R1 is a more

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2020 sale is now open for Prime members. The month-long festive season sale will go live for everyone else at midnight tonight. Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale is offering hundreds of deals and bundled offers this year, but not all of them are worth your time and money. We’ve handpicked some

Xiaomi’s ‘Diwali with Mi’ sale has begun and will go on till October 21. Phones and accessories from the company will also be listed with deals and discounts on Flipkart’s Big Billion Days sale, and Amazon Great Indian Festival as well. Mi VIP Club members have access to few exclusive deals and get free shipping

Sony is updating 30 old-generation Bravia and non-Bravia smart TVs with Android 9 Pie. The TVs are part of the company’s ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘F’ generation of Android TVs and the list includes models that were introduced as far back as 2016. Apart from updating the operating system to Android 9 Pie, the update also brings

Hisense Galaxy OLED TVs in 55-inch and 65-inch screen sizes have been launched in China. The company shared the development on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo. The new Hisense Galaxy TV models boast of IMAX Enhanced certification and 4K OLED displays with high colour accuracy. The two sizes come with model numbers 55J70 and 65J70 and

OnePlus TV Y series is now available on Flipkart, in time for the platform’s Big Billion Days sale. The series includes a 43-inch model and a 32-inch model. It joins the OnePlus TV Q1 series on Flipkart that was added to the platform early last month. OnePlus launched the OnePlus TV U series and the

Itel has announced six new TV models in India, marking its debut in the category for the first time. The TVs come in screen sizes of 32-inch to 55-inch and are priced starting from as low as Rs. 8,999. These new Itel TVs have been introduced with three new ranges – the Itel I series,

Redmi Smart TV A65 has been launched in China as the latest entrant in the company’s A series of smart TVs. Xiaomi announced the Redmi Smart TV A series last month and said that it will include sizes ranging from 32-inch to 65-inch. The 65-inch model has now been released for the Chinese market and

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to consider whether to protect Alphabet’s Google from a long-running lawsuit by Oracle accusing it of infringing Oracle copyrights to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones. The shorthanded court, down one justice following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month, is

Redmi will soon launch its first soundbar in India, claims a report. It is expected to be the same soundbar that the Xiaomi sub-brand had launched in China in May this year. Redmi has been consistently expanding its portfolio in India and the news comes just a day after Redmi launched two competitively-priced earphones in

Amazon Fire TV users can now stream live TV in India. This new feature encompasses all live TV channels offered by streaming apps in one place that helps make discovering live content easier. The new Live tab on the navigation panel also offers Channel Guides to see which show is currently running, and upcoming shows

Most of us wait until the festive season sales to make a major purchase when it comes with large appliances. Flipkart is bringing back its Big Billion Days sale in October this year to help you grab your favourite home appliances at a great price. The sale will go live on October 16, while offering

MediaTek MT9602 smart TV SoC has been announced by the company, targeting 4K HDR displays. It is said to deliver “real-time video optimisation with improved picture and audio quality”. It comes with MediaTek AI-PQ (picture quality) and AI-AQ (audio quality). The smart TV SoC will make its debut with Motorola TVs that are scheduled to

Motorola Smart TV lineup is getting bigger. Ahead of the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale, the e-commerce giant has launched a range of Smart TVs under the Motorola brand. These new Smart TVs are powered by Android 10 and will go on sale from October 15 as part of the ‘Big Billion Days Specials’ collection.

Motorola Smart TVs will be launching in India on October 9 at 3pm IST through a virtual event. The event will be streamed on Flipkart’s official YouTube channel as the Lenovo-owned brand has partnered with e-commerce platform to launch its new lineup of TVs. While key details about the smart TV models are currently unclear,

Realme recently announced a host of new IoT (Internet of Things — connected devices like smart lights and voice assistants) products expanding its connected devices portfolio in the country. These products include a 360 smart camera, electric toothbrush, power bank, earphones, soundbar, and more. Realme is using the term AIoT to refer to these products

The Lord of the Rings trilogy will soon be available in 4K HDR. Warner Bros. has announced a native 4K resolution remaster in Dolby Vision and HDR10 of all three LOTR movies — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of

US chipmaker Broadcom will scrap its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers in a deal with EU antitrust regulators aimed at ending a year-long investigation without a finding of wrongdoing, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The European Commission launched an investigation into the company in June last year and even threatened to issue an

Many televisions available today are smart TVs, including plenty of affordable options priced at around Rs. 10,000 or so. However, some of these TVs may be smart only in name, and the actual usage experience is often inadequate, especially when manufacturers use custom firmware that doesn’t support many good apps. On the other hand, many

Nokia Smart TV range has been expanded by Flipkart with the launch of six new models that start at Rs. 12,999. The new Nokia Smart TV models support streaming apps including Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, and YouTube and feature an up to 48W soundbar — powered by Japanese brand Onkyo. The Nokia Smart TVs also come

Sony Z8H, an 85-inch full-array LED TV and the company’s first 8K TV in India, was launched Monday priced at Rs. 13,99,990. The TV is the company’s most expensive television available in the country, and supports HDR content up to the Dolby Vision format at a theoretical 8K resolution, thanks to its 7680×4320-pixel screen. The

Google is expected to unveil its new Chromecast with Google TV on September 30 alongside the new Pixel range, although the device is already on sale at some retail locations in the United States, according to new reports. Some publications based in the US have managed to purchase the new Chromecast with Google TV early,

Oppo smart TV will be launched next month, and the company has shown off the design as well as teased the resolution and refresh rate. According to a video shared by Oppo on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo, the upcoming TV will feature 4K resolution with support for 120Hz refresh rate. The video also gives a

Chromecast with Google TV has been launched and brings a bunch of changes and improvements – including a remote – over the previous generation Chromecast. The new Chromecast is more akin to Amazon Fire TV or Roku as it brings an Android TV interface and not just the ability to cast media on your TV.

Large televisions are getting much more affordable, and specifications are continuously improving at the same time. You can buy a decent 4K HDR television for less than Rs. 30,000 today, and bumping up your budget to around Rs. 1,00,000 will get you an excellent television with performance that might have cost much more just a

China must engage in a new “long march” in the technology sector now that the US has imposed export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, the country’s largest chip manufacturer, Chinese state-backed tabloid the Global Times wrote on Sunday. The unnamed author of an op-ed in the paper argues that the US’ dominance of the global semiconductor