Sony IMX686 Sample Images Shown Off in Promo Video Sony’s IMX586 image sensor made its way toquite a few high-end smartphonesthis year, earning largely positive reviews from users and the media, but the company isn’t resting on its laurels yet. The Japanese tech giant has started teasing its next flagship mobile image sensor, the IMX686, which will be released in 2020 as a successor to the aforementioned 48MP sensor. The two and a half minute video includes a number of images that Sony claims have been shot with the upcoming image sensor, using a prototype board connected to a PC....

Vodafone Launches Rs 999 REDX Postpaid Plan With Unlimited Data and More British telecom giant, Vodafone, has launched a new postpaid REDX plan that offers unlimited data and calls for Rs. 999 per month. According to the company, the plan will offer 50 percent faster data speeds along with free national roaming, as well as free subscription to streaming apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5 and Vodafone Play for a month....

WhatsApp for Business gets Catalog Feature to Showcase Products WhatsApp Business is the Facebook-owned company’s business-facing app, helping businesses stay in touch with their users in a more direct way, i.e., directly in their WhatsApp chats. The company has been steadily adding features to the app, and the latest addition is one that should help small and medium sized businesses quite a bit. WhatsApp has now added a catalog feature to its Business app....

YouTube Homepage Redesign Brings Larger Thumbnails, More Features YouTube has rolled out a brand new homepage design that it says will bring more features to enhance the viewing experience. According to the company, the new UI started rolling out Thursday on the standard desktop site, as well as on the Android and iOS apps meant for tablets. The rollout will be a staged one, but will be available for everyone soon....

BTS Partners with Casetify To Launch Fun New Tech Accessories If singing along to‘Oh my my my’alongwith BTS and Halsey wasn’t enough, the Korean pop band has today announced its partnership with Casetify to launch a quirky new tech accessory collection. It will include everything ranging from cases and covers for iPhones, Samsung phones, and iPads to Apple Watch bands, totes, and much more. The BTS x Casetify accessory collection has been inspired by concepts from BTS’ recent comeback album “Map of the Soul: Persona” and its title track “Boy with Luv (feat....

Chinese Kids Can Now Only Play Games for 90 Minutes a Day The Chinese government has set a new restriction on the way Chinese kids play smartphone games. The country has set new rules wherein underage kids can only play games for 90 minutes in a day, and that too between 8AM and 10PM. This is an attempt by the Chinese government to curb gaming addiction that’s on a rampant increase across the world....

Edge Chromium Coming to Linux as Well, Confirms Microsoft Microsoft this week announced that its Chromium-based Edge browserwill hit the stable channel on January 15for Windows and macOS. The announcement, made during the ‘State of the Browser’ session at the company’s Ignite 2019 conference in Orlando, Florida, revealed that the browser will also come to Linux at some stage. Sadly, though, there’s no specific ETA for that yet, with the company only saying that Edge Chromium will be available on Linux‘in the future’....