Huawei, Google Testing Fuchsia OS on Honor Play After coming together to create Google’s popular “Nexus 6P” smartphone, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has become the first test-bed for Google’s in-development operating systemFuchsia OS Google is developing the high-end Fuchsia OS for the next generation of smartphones. In a post, an engineer from Huawei directly revealed that the company has been working on making the fledgling OS run on devices based on their “Kirin 970” processor starting with the ‘Honor Play’ smartphone, 9To5Google reported on Friday....

LG Plans Foldable Smartphone; Registers Brand Names in Europe After Samsung, its South Korean rival LG has now hinted at launching a foldable smartphone, the media reported. The smartphone maker has applied for three brand name registrations — Flex, Foldi and Duplex — at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). “All three applications are categorised in Class 9 that includes smartphones, so it’s a pretty safe bet that LG is claiming these names for any future devices it makes, foldable or otherwise,” Engadget reported....

Microsoft Overtakes Apple to Become Most Valuable US Company Microsoft has become the most valuable US company with $753.3 billion in market capitalization, riding pastApplefor the first time since 2010 when it came close to the Cupertino-based tech giant. Apple, which became the first $1-trillion US company in August, came down to $746.8 billion on Friday, owing to lower-than-expected iPhone sales amid reports of its suppliers cutting cost and workforce....

Over 6 Lakh Redmi Note 6 Pro Units Sold on First Day, Claims Xiaomi Xiaomi announced that it has sold over six lakh Redmi Note 6 Pro units during the first day of sale which coincided with the Black Friday opening day. The Note 6 Pro was on sale on Flipkart, Mi.com, and will be available soon at Mi Stores as well. “Mi Fans! We had 600,000+ units of ‘Quad Camera all-rounder’ for 1st sale....

Truecaller Bets Big With Pricey ‘Truecaller Gold’ Subscription at Rs 5000 Per Year If you’ve ever heard of Truecaller, you already would know it’s the ‘go-to’ app forcaller identificationand spam detection. It solves a major pain point for someone who receives a lot of calls during the day, however, the freemium model does come with its annoyances – especially ads. Truecaller gives you the option to get rid of the ads bypicking up an annual Rs....

Vote for your Favorite PUBG Squad Ahead of PUBG Mobile Star Challenge in Dubai PUBGMobile is nothing short of a global phenomenon and it’s now all set to organize the three-day finale of its first-ever eSports tournament,Star Challenge, in Dubai next week. The event has been hosted by Tencent Games and PUBG Corporation, in partnership with Samsung, who is givingPUBG Mobilefans a chance to cast avotefor their favorite team. Yes, the event that will see semifinalist players from Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Japan, Korea, and China fight it out for the top spot in the world, needs you to predict the winner to get your hands on the PMSC Global Finals exclusive items (first 100 voters) or Special Crates (up to 1000 voters)....

WhatsApp Will Soon Let You Make Group Calls From a Group Chat Group calling was a much-requested feature on WhatsApp, and the app finally got it earlier this year. But if you hate the process of adding individual users right now, there’s good news for you. WhatsApp will soon let you start a group call straight from the group chat, letting you add up to three participants to the call in one go....