Huawei Nova 4 with Punch Hole Selfie Camera Launch Set for December 17 Putting an end to theincessant flow of teasers,followed by the recent leaks, Huawei has today taken to Weibo to confirm that its upcoming smartphone with a punch-hole selfie camera would be the Nova 4. It’s officially scheduled to debut in China on December 17. Huawei today took to itsofficial Weibo pageto confirm not only the launch date, but also give us a better peek at the device, that will be its first with a punch-hole camera cutout....

India to Have Over 800 Million Smartphone Users by 2022: Cisco Study Thenumber of smartphone usersis expected to double to 829 million by 2022 from 404.1 million in 2017, projects a new Cisco report. This proliferation of smart devices will propel India’s per capita data consumption to nearly 14 gigabytes (GB) by 2022 from 2.4 GB in 2017, according to Cisco’s latest “Visual Networking Index (VNI)” report. “By 2022, the smartphone data consumption will increase by five time in India — which proves the dominance of smartphones as the communications hub for social media, video consumption, communications, and business applications, as well as traditional voice,” Sanjay Kaul, President, Asia-Pacific and Japan, Service Provider Business, Cisco, said in a statement on Monday....

JioSaavn App Goes Live; Users Get Free 90-Day Premium Access Earlier this year, Jio had announced thatit would be acquiring the popular music streaming platform Saavn. Well, it looks like the acquisition has now been completed successfully. Yes, you can now download the JioSaavn app on bothiOSandAndroid. The merger brings along with it a new icon and a somewhat new design for the app as well. The rebranding is kind of an obvious move after an acquisition, however, I noticed something a little weird when I searched for Jio Music on both the App Store and the Google Play Store....

LG Gram 2-in-1 Convertible Expected at CES 2019 LG Gram, which actually weighs less than a kilogram, is supposedly getting one or more successor(s) soon. LG will reportedly launch the new Gram in a convertible format, including support for a stylus. Alongside this, the company could also be working on a 17-inch ultrabook with a full numeric pad. The LG Gram 2-in-1, as it is likely to be called, will come with a 14-inch touchscreen with a a360-degree hinge, so that you can use the laptop in different layouts, including traditional laptop mode, reversed – so that the keyboard works as stand, like a tablet, or in tent mode, depending upon the utility....

Microsoft Proud of Ties With US Military, Despite Heavy Criticism Even as engagement of technology companies in military projects continues to raise eyebrows, Microsoft President Brad Smith has said that the software giant is willing to “provide the US military with access to all the technology” it creates. Taking part in a panel discussion at the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on Saturday, Smith acknowledged that “there is some angst” in some workforces, including Microsoft’s, about tech companies’ involvement in military contracts, the Los Angeles Times reported....

Microsoft Says Its AI Tools Are Helping a Billion People with Disabilities As over one billion people — roughly 15 per cent of the world’s population — grapple with some form of disability, Microsoft has begun unlocking the potential ofArtificial Intelligence(AI) to improve assistive technologies in several ways, the company’s India President Anant Maheshwari said on Monday. Maheshwari, who had a life-altering learning experience in 2008 when he was afflicted with a severe case of labyrinthitis and vertigo, said nearly 200 million people experience significant difficulties in functioning globally....

Murdered Journalist Khashoggi’s WhatsApp Allegedly Hacked by Saudi Government Washington Post journalistJamal Khashoggiwas killed after retainers of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, intercepted his WhatsApp messages. Activist Khashoggi’s aide, Omar Abdulaziz, alleged this and shared private conversations between himself the slain journalist withCNN. Abdulaziz and Khashoggi became alerted of being tracked by the Saudi government back in August 2018. At the time, the Khashoggi was engulfed by a “sense of foreboding“, CNN notes....