Samsung Testing Android Pie Update For Galaxy S9, S9 Plus Samsung is one the the many Android OEMs that get a bad rap for pushing out updates to its Android devicesat a snail’s pace. It’s all the more bewildering, because even tiny companies, like OnePlus and HMD, often manage to roll out updates several weeks (even months) before the South Korean giant. Now, however, in a sign that may suggest that things may get slightly better forSamsungcustomers going forward, the company is apparently testing the Android Pie update for the Galaxy S9 andGalaxy S9 Plusinternally....

Sony Launches New Google Assistant Powered Smart Speaker at IFA 2018 IFA 2018 is here, and while the highlight of Sony’s launches was the Xperia XZ3, the company also announced its all-new Bluetooth speaker powered by Google Assistant. The SRS-XB501G Bluetooth Speaker is a single unit with a sizable woofer, and then two tweeters above it, the latter angled to spread the sound around a room or garden area. As for streaming, you can stream over Bluetooth and NFC, while Sony has also baked in WiFi....

Sony Xperia XZ3 Flagship Unveiled at IFA 2018, Brings Android 9 Pie Out-of-the-Box IFA 2018 is here, and Sony had a big announcement up its sleeve. Amongst other small announcements, Sony took to the stage to unveil its latest flagship device, the Xperia XZ3. Announced at IFA 2018, Sony has unveiled the Xperia XZ3, the successor to the Xperia XZ2 which was launched only a couple of months ago at CES 2018....

Sony Xperia XZ3 Leaked Extensively Ahead of Sony’s IFA 2018 Press Conference Sony has been gearing up for the launch of its next flagship at IFA 2018, where several other companies have launched new devices as well. Now, while we all knew that Sony’s new device was going to be called the Xperia XZ3, latest reports have already leaked the upcoming device in full renders and specifications. As reported byRoland QuandtofWinFuture, the Xperia XZ3 features a six-inch P-OLED panel, apparently from the production of the Japanese-based JDI joint venture recently formed with Panasonic....

Tez’s Rebrand to Google Pay Starts Rolling Out to Some Users Just when Google’s India-focused payments platform – Tez was set to celebrate its first anniversary, it was declared that it’ll be rebranded to Google Pay to unify the company’s payment efforts. This announcement came earlier this week at the fourth edition of the Google for India event but it now seems likethe Google Pay rebrand has started rolling out to Tez users....

Twitter Briefly Tested a Feature That Suggested Accounts to Unfollow Already reeling undercharges of‘liberal bias’, Twitter’s standing with right-wing activists in the US are now likely to take a further hit with reports suggesting that the company might have been testing a feature that suggested users a personalized list of accounts they might want to unfollow. The matter came to light after TheNextWeb’s Matt Navarra tweeted about it on Wednesday, saying one of his followers on the platform recently received the suggestion to unfollow his account....

Uber Shortlists India for Air Taxi Service, Drone Delivery for Uber Eats Uber Elevate, the ride-hailing giant’s division which oversees the company’s plans of launching aerial transportation facilities, has selected India among four other countries where the aerial taxi services might begin in the next 5 years. At the first ever Uber Elevate Asia Pacific Expo held in Tokyo, Uber Elevate announced that India has been shortlisted alongside Japan, Australia, Brazil and France where the firstUberAIRservices might begin, laying the foundations for the first UberAIR City....