LG Q Stylus+ With 6.2-Inch 18:9 Display, 4GB RAM Launched in India For Rs 21,990 Expanding its Q series of smartphones, LG India on Tuesday launchedQ Stylus+for Rs 21,990 in the country. The device is available in a 4GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage variant. Housed in a metallic body, the 6.2-inch FHD+ “FullVision” is incredibly bright and has vivid colours with 18:9 aspect ratio. “The LG Q Stylus adds another dimension to our series of exceptionally-priced mid-range phones that deliver amazing value to consumers,” Advait Vaidya, Business Head-Mobiles, LG India, said in a statement....

Microsoft Acquired Nokia Mobile Five Years Ago: Here’s A Timeline Remember the good old Nokia Lumia days? Well, it was on September 3, 2013 that Nokia’s fate was sealed andtheFinnish mobile giant went on a downhill path, having lost its status in the smartphone market. Nokia’s downfall began when Microsoft bought out its smartphone business for a sizeable $7.6 billion five years ago, but it’s still a hot topic of debates, even though the brand itself has been resurrected byHMD Global....

Microsoft Selects 7 Grantees from India for ‘AI for Earth’ Project Microsoft has announced that it has selectedseven Indian granteesfor its $50 million “AI for Earth” programme aimed at empowering people and organisations to solve environmental challenges through the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The seven recipients will receive access to Microsoft Azure Cloud and AI computing resources, in-depth education and technology training on these tools and additional support as their projects mature....

Networking Bug Triggers Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage; Now Fixed Facebook and its other social media platforms, Instagram and WhatsApp, temporarily went down late on Monday in the US, Canada and various other parts of the world, including in India. People took to Twitter, reporting about the outages across Facebook platforms which were later restored. Facebook blamed a networking issue for the temporary outages. “Earlier today, a networking issue caused some people to have trouble accessing or posting to various Facebook services,”Facebook spokesperson Jay Nancarrow said in a statement....

New Airtel Combo Prepaid Packs Start at Just Rs 35 Airtel, now the second-largest telecom operator in the country after the formalities surrounding theVodafone-Idea merger were completedlast week, has introduced three new prepaid vouchers that the company says will simplify its prepaid plans and draw in new subscribers. The vouchers come in denominations of Rs. 35, 65 and 95, and not only offer data and talktime, but also act as rate-cutters for all local and national voice calls on mobiles and landlines....

Nokia 6.1 Plus Update Removes Option to Hide Notch HMD Global has started pushing out a new update for theNokia 6.1 Pluswhich brings along the August security patch to the phone. According to the update’s change log, itimproves system stabilityalong with thenew security patch, however, the update quietly removes the option to hide the notch from the mid-range Android One smartphone as well. Hiding the notch on the Nokia 6.1 Plus’ LCD display was something I was against doing anyway, since LCD panels don’t quite give the same feeling to the software bezel implementation as AMOLED panels do....

OnePlus Aims to Further Boost Offline Sales in India, Reveals CEO Pete Lau India has become the battleground for nearly all major smartphone manufacturers, but if there is one brand which has carved a niche for itself in the hypercompetitive market, it is OnePlus. The company recentlytoppedthe premium smartphone segment in the Indian market with an impressive 40% share, beating heavyweights like Samsung and Apple by a considerable margin, and is now looking to further expand its offline presence to boost sales....