Huawei Enters Indian Tablet Market with the MediaPad T5 Chinese giant, Huawei has been selling its smartphones in India for quite some time, and now, the company has finally set foot in the Indian tablet market as well with the launch of the MediaPad T5 tablet. The MediaPad T5 is an entry level tablet from Huawei, that comes with a 10.1-inch Full HD display, a Kirin 659 chipset paired with up to 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, a 5MP rear camera, and a 2MP front camera – decidedly low-end specs....

Intel Reportedly Auctioning Off 8,500 Modem-related Patents A couple of months after announcing plans to exit its cellular modem business, Intel is reportedly preparing to auction off its wireless patents and intellectual property (IP) portfolio, which apparently includes a treasure trove of around 8,500 assets. According to IAM, the auction will include Intel’s cellular portfolio, which includes around 6,000 patents related to 3G, 4G, and 5G technologies, as well as its connected device portfolio, which has around 1,700 assets related to what the report describes as‘wireless implementation technologies’....

Samsung CEO Admits Galaxy Fold Was Launched ‘Before it Was Ready’ Samsung CEO, DJ Koh, has accepted responsibility for the Galaxy Fold fiasco, saying he’s embarrassed for having pushed the device to the market before it was ready. In a recent interview to The Independent, Koh said:“I do admit I missed something on the foldable phone, but we are in the process of recovery … It was embarrassing. I pushed it through before it was ready”....

Samsung Patents a Phone That Can Be Expanded into a Tablet Samsung’s foray into the nascent foldable smartphone segment isn’t really going as the company may have envisioned.Galaxy Foldstrived to be the baby step that the Korean giant took towards foldables, but we’re still waiting on its official launch since the whole screen breaking crisis. In the meantime, Samsung has been granted a patent for a wild new folding smartphone....

Samsung Shuts Down its AI-powered India-specific ‘Mall’ Shopping App Samsung has shuttered its AI-powered shopping app, known as Samsung Mall, designed specifically for the Indian market. This app enabled users to point their phone at objects around them, see the e-commerce store it was available on, and make a purchase from within the app. However, the development of Bixby, integration of similar features into it, and flailing userbase have led to the closure of the app....

Samsung will Launch the Galaxy Note 10 on August 7 in New York Afterreports last weekthat Samsung might be launching the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ on August 7, the South Korean giant has now sent out press invites confirming the date and location. The invite says“On August 7, 2019, Samsung Electronics will unveil new devices designed to take the Galaxy ecosystem’s connectivity to the next level.”and the ‘new devices’ the company is referring to are definitely the Galaxy Note 10 and the rumored Galaxy Note 10+ (or Note 10 Pro)....

TikTok Refutes Shashi Tharoor’s Allegations of Sharing Data with China A day after Congress MPShashi Tharoor allegedthat TikTok was illegally collecting data and sending it to China, the Chinese video-sharing app has refuted the allegations, saying it has no relation with the Chinese government. In a press statement on Tuesday, TikTok said:“These claims are simply untrue. The privacy and security of our users is a top priority for TikTok, and we abide by local laws and regulations in the markets where we operate”....