PUBG Could Launch on PlayStation 4 on December 8 The rumors ofPUBGcoming to PlayStation 4 have been doing the rounds for months now, with some reports even claiming that the hitbattle royale gameis already listed in thePS4game database. A recent product listing on Amazon has now added more credence to all that chatter and has even gone a step ahead to reveal the launch date. The Amazon listing, which has now been pulled down, mentioned that PUBG for PS4 will be released onDecember 8....

PUBG Mobile Star Challenge Global Final Kicks Off on November 29 With over 20 million global active users,PUBG Mobilehas truly become a mobile gaming phenomenon. Tencent Games and PUBG Corporation, the brains behind the battle royale game, are banking on this hype by organizing eSports events across the globe. TheStar Challengeis a ‘first-of-its-kind’ official eSports event, being organized in partnership with Samsung, that invites streamers, celebrities, professional gamers, and other internet personalities to grab a chunk of the hefty $400,000 price kitty....

Xiaomi Hikes Prices of Redmi 6A, Redmi 6, Mi TVs In the wake of the depreciating rupee and rising input costs, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Saturday announced that it was increasing the prices of its budget smartphones Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A, along with Mi Powerbank 2i and Mi TV (32-inch Pro and 49-inch Pro variants). “Mi Fans! INR has depreciated against US$ by ~15 per cent since the beginning of this year, resulting in significant rise in input costs....

25 Billion Connected Devices Expected By 2021, Thanks to IoT Revolution With theInternet of Things(IoT) expected to become more mainstream in the coming years, market research firm, Gartner, has now published the results of a study which claims that the number of connected devices in use will go up to a whopping 25 billion (2,500 crores) globally by 2021. In fact, by next year itself, the figure is projected to touch 14....

Facebook Dating Now Available in Canada, Thailand Keeping in line with its aim to take on mobile dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble, Facebook has expanded itsdating featuretest to two new countries, Canada and Thailand. Facebook Dating service test was first launchedin Colombia in September. The feature included user-integration with Groups and Events on the social networking platform with the idea to encourage people to meet in public. For the tests in Canada and Thailand, Facebook has new functionalities....

Gaming Phones Will Make Up 6.5% of India Market By 2021: CMR Report Riding on the growing popularity of advanced mobile games such as PUBG Mobile and Fortnite,gaming smartphonesare projected to reach 1.8 per cent of the total smartphone shipments in the Indian market by the end of this year, a new report said on Friday. According to CyberMedia Research,gaming smartphonescould possibly reach 6.5 per cent of the total smartphone market by 2021....

Google Amends Internal Sexual Harassment Policy After Mass Walkout, Protests After a global walkout byover 20,000 employees last week, Google has apologized for the past handling of sexual harassment cases while promising to bring changes to make the company a safer workplace. “We recognize that we have not always gotten everything right in the past and we are sincerely sorry for that,”Google CEO Sundar Pichaiwrote in a note to employees on Thursday....