September Distribution Report Shows No Growth For Oreo or Android Pie Google has released the latest Android distribution report for September, which shows no growth or movement in the adoption of Android Oreo or Android Pie. Android Pie is still below the 0.1% mark, as it does not feature in the table, just like it did in the report forAugust. So far, Android 9 Pie has been rolled out for Google’s Pixel line-up and the Essential Phone via the stable channel, and the only other device to run Android 9 Pie is theSony Xperia XZ3which is yet to hit the market....

Shilpa Shetty To Host ‘Hear Me. Love Me’ Dating Show on Amazon Prime Video in India Amazon Prime Video‘s upcoming dating show,‘Hear Me. Love Me’, will debut on September 28 in India. The show will be hosted by actress Shilpa Shetty, and is based on the widely-adapted Italian original calledHear Me. Love Me. See Me.The show is aired in seven countries, and the Indian version has been produced by Fremantle Media India, which was earlier involved in Indian adaptations of other foreign reality shows, such asIndian Idol,X-Factor IndiaandIndia’s Got Talent....

Smart HDR on iPhone XS, XS Max and XR: Is This Apple’s Version of Google HDR+? Apple launched three new iPhones this year and all three are powered by the company’s latestA12 Bionicchipset. Built on a 7nm process, the A12 Bionic chipset features a next-gen neural engine that unlocks quite a few new features in the camera app. Apple spoke at length about the all new Smart HDR feature that the company claims is capable of delivering“photos with high dynamic range and great image detail, advanced bokeh quality in Portrait mode photos and dynamic depth of field that is user adjustable in the Photos app....

SpaceX to Announce Its First Tourist to Moon on Monday In a step that commercializes space travel, US private space firmSpaceXon Friday announced that it will send the first private passenger to Moon and will reveal his identity on Monday. The tourist will fly in theBig Falcon Rocket (BFR)being designed to carry people into deep space, the Elon Musk led company said in a tweet. “SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle — an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of travelling to space....

Xiaomi Mi A2 Goes on Open Sale on Mi.com, Amazon The XiaomiMi A2is now finally available via open sale onAmazonand Mi.com. Xiaomi’s Global VP, Manu Kumar Jain, tweeted earlier today that the Android One-powered device is now available via the open sale model. He added that the company has been increasing the manufacturing capacity of its devices, indicating that Xiaomi now has sufficient stock of the device to put it up for open sale....

YouTube Orders LGBTQ Documentary On Pride Movement YouTube has greenlit the production of an LGBTQ documentary based on the Pride movement that will document the movement’s impact and how it influenced the lives of people belonging to the LGBTQ community. Titled‘State of Pride’, the documentary will be co-directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and will be produced by Portal A. ‘State of Pride’will depict a series of interviews that will portray how the Pride movement has evolved over the years, the values associated with it and the movement’s significance through the personal experience of people belonging to the LGBTQ community....

Apple Discontinues iPhone X and Older iPhones With Headphone Jack Apple’s annual launch event is used to introduce new iPhones, but it also serves as a platform to discontinue older iPhone models and catalyze a price cut for the previous generation devices. This year’s event at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Apple Park was no different, but the iPhone models Apple chose to discontinue were quite astonishing. Starting with the biggest surprise here,Apple has discontinued last year’s iPhone X, a device which popularized the whole ‘notch’ design trend that has been carried over to the freshly announcediPhone XR,iPhone XSand theiPhone XS Maxtrio....