Samsung To Launch Snapdragon 660-Powered ‘Galaxy A’ Premium Smartphone In India Soon Fresh from a successful first half of 2018 in the premium smartphone segment in India, Samsung India is all set to launch another premium phone in theGalaxy A series. The phone which is likely to have a dual rear cameras will be a premium device in the Rs 30,000 and above price segment, according to an IANS report. The smartphone with 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage will be powered byQualcomm Snapdragon 660processor, industry sources told the agency....

Smart Homes in India at Risk of Leaking Data Due To No Password Protection: Avast Hundreds of smart homes and businesses in India are at risk of leaking data due to misconfiguration of a protocol used to interconnect and control smart home devices via smart home hubs, warns new research from global cybersecurity company Avast. The researchers found more than 49,000 Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) servers publicly visible on the Internet due to a misconfigured MQTT protocol....

Uber ‘Express Pool’ Feature Coming to India Soon In spite of all the infrastructural challenges it faces in India,Uberhas been highlyoptimistic about its growthpotential in the country, especially, under the current CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi. Khosrowshahi pointed out‘Express Pool’and freight services as the two areas that will emerge as major areas of growth in the year ahead. The company will launch its Express Pool offering in India, according toan Economic Times report....

Apple Car May Finally Arrive in 2023: Ming-Chi Kuo As industry watchers think that Apple car is dead, the iPhone maker could launch it anytime between 2023 and 2025, a top Apple analyst with Hong Kong-based TF International Securities has claimed. “Apple will earn its 2 trillion dollar market cap through its services business, an Augmented Reality headset, and an Apple Car, according to famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who now works for TF International Securities,” MacRumors reported late on Tuesday....

Apple Faces Regulatory Action in Japan over Quashing App Store Rival Apple allegedly pressured Yahoo Japan to shut down a game platform that offered competition to theApp Store, prompting regulators in Japan to initiate an investigation, Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday. Launched in July 2017, Yahoo Japan’s Game Plus allows users to play games without needing to download apps and gives developers lesser restrictions in matters relating to sales, fees and software updates than Apple’s App Store, the report said....

Apple MacBook Air Upgrade Could Be Coming in October Among Apple’s laptops, the MacBook Air has received the least attention in the past few years. Last refreshed in 2015, the MacBook Air got only a processor update in 2017. Although it appears that with the high demand of the 12-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro, Apple might have pulled the plug on the Air. But, a new report this week tells another story....

Apple’s 2018 iPhone Line-up To Reportedly Start at $699; Could Have Apple Pencil Support Apple is all set to launch three iPhone models later this year that will reportedly start at $699 and they might also come with Apple Pencil support, claims a new report from leading market intelligence company,TrendForce. As per the report, all three upcoming iPhone models will feature the Face ID authentication system, with two of the premium models sporting an AMOLED display while the lower-end variant will feature an LCD display, as hasbeen rumoured for months....