‘Echo Input Portable’ With Alexa Launched in India For Rs 4,999 Amazon has expanded its Echo smart speaker portfolio in India by launching a new device that it says has been designed to deliver hands-free Alexa access on-the-move. Called theEcho Input Portable, the device is initially being launched exclusively in the India before eventually making its way to more regions around the world. It is currently onpre-order at Rs. 4,999and, will be available for purchase from December 18....

[UPDATED] Redmi K30 Boasts a Unique Rear Panel Design with Quad-Cameras in Tow [UPDATE | 3rd Dec, 1:10 PM] – As expected, Redmi started teasing the Redmi K30 on Monday. It revealed both the front and rear panel design of the upcoming smartphone yesterday. But, the Chinese giant has today revealed that the Redmi K30 will be backed by the next-gen Qualcomm chipset (as per the translation from the poster attached below)....

Android 11 May Let You Listen to Bluetooth Audio With Airplane Mode On Android 10 hasnot even been rolled outto most flagship smartphones yet, but rumors about the next major version of the software have already started making the rounds. According to a new report, Google seems to be working on a ‘smart’ Airplane mode that might make its debut inAndroid 11. Believed to have been firstspotted by XDA, anew commitin the AOSP Gerrit shows the company’s engineers are working on a“context-aware Bluetooth airplane mode”that will“not automatically turn off Bluetooth when airplane mode is turned on”....

Apple Could Release a Mini-LED MacBook Pro and iPad in 2020 Apple has long stuck to its guns with not going towards OLED displays for its larger consumer devices, namely the MacBook Pro and the iPad. However, according to rumours that have long been around on the internet, the company has been looking at Mini-LEDs as a display technology for the future development of its product line-ups. This was first claimed by famed Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo earlier this year, but back then he had only mentioned that devices with Mini-LED displays will likely arrive in 2020 or 2021....

Chennai Techie Helps NASA Locate Vikram Debris on Moon A space enthusiast from Chennai who worked independently, found adebris from the Vikram moonlanderthat scientists had been looking for and helped guide them to the spot where it had crashed. Shanmuga Subramanian, who made the discovery, told IANS on Tuesday:“It was something challenging as even NASA can’t find out so why can’t we try out? And that’s the thought that led me to search for Vikram lander”....

Customize Any OneUI Smartphone with Samsung’s “Theme Park” Samsung isset to release OneUI 2.0to a number of its Galaxy smartphones in the next few months. But before it upgrades the devices to the new Android skin, the company is making a new module, dubbed Theme Park, available on theGood Lock app suite. It is a new app that finally lets users customize their OneUI theme. First spotted byRedditor u/prabhavtiwarion Monday, Theme Park is a Good Luck module that lets youcreate a customOneUItheme based on your current wallpaper....

Facebook Built a Chatbot to Help Employees Deflect Criticism on the Holidays Facebook, as a company, has such a bad public image that employees reportedly suffer criticism from family, relatives, and friends. That in itself should say a lot about how the company is handling the numerous issues it’s facing these days, and what seems like a continuous stream of scandals over the last year. It looks like the company apparently knows this, and in an attempt to help its employees deflect criticism from their relatives and friends over the holidays, it reportedly built anAI-poweredchatbot....