Reliance Jio Reaches 355Mn Subscribers; Close to Becoming Biggest Carrier in India At its Q3 earnings calls on Friday, Reliance Jio announced a total subscriber base of 355.2 million, bringing it ever closer to the nation’s largest mobile carrier, Vodafone Idea. The number represents a net addition of 24 million users over the previous quarter, when the companyreported a total subscriber base of 331 million. Reliance also claimed to have reached340 million+ subscribersat its annual general meeting (AGM) back in August....

Samsung Calls It Quits on the ‘Linux on DeX’ Project Samsung DeX, if you have heard of it, allows the users to turn their Galaxy phones into desktop PCs simply by connecting a monitor and other peripherals. The company made DeX more welcoming and useful for Galaxy flagship users bypartnering with Canonicalearlier last year. It made it possible for users to run a full Linux desktop instance on its DeX-supported flagship phones....

Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 Rumored to Ship With Under-Display Camera Many smartphone-makers, including Xiaomiand Oppo, are said to be working on devices with under-display Selfie-cameras, and Samsung is said to have joined that list as well. According to a report from South Korean tech blog, The Elec, the company is expected to start mass production of OLED panels with under-display camera tech in the first half of next year, although the exact date and other key details about the device itself remain sketchy....

Twitter’s “Lights Out” Dark Theme Finally Shows Up on Android Twitter has been giving its platform amassive reworkover the past few months and an AMOLED dark theme was one of the most welcoming changes. This new theme,dubbed Lights Out, sits alongside the long-available blue “Dim” theme and has been available in Twitter’s web and iOS apps for quite some time. And well, Android users have been left waiting for the dark theme – but not anymore....

Xiaomi Expected to Launch New Phone, Mi TV 5 Series by End of October Haven’t we had enough Xiaomi launches for the year? Well, the Chinese giant believes it has more in store for us and is rumored to launch not only a new smartphone but also a new smart TV lineup before the end of 2019. It’s an exciting time for smartphone buyers since phone makers aren’t sitting ducks on new technologies or innovations....

Chrome 77 Brings Site Isolation to Android to Protect Sensitive Data, Passwords One of the most widely used browsers, Google Chrome has been updated to version 77, which finally introduces‘Site Isolation’on Android and delivers improvements to further protect sensitive data from being stolen on its desktop counterpart. Before we talk about Site Isolation on Android, it’s essential to note that our phones are resource-constrained. You cannot launch multiple processes on mobile in the blink of an eye, thus, Chrome on Android employs a slimmer form of Site Isolation....

Google Maps Users Can Now Report Accidents, Diversions in Real Time Google Maps isadding new featuresthat will enable users access to crowd-sourced information about various incidents along the route while they drive to their destinations. According to the company, the feature will enable users to report various driving incidents, such as lane closures, construction, disabled vehicles and on-road obstacles. To report any of the above incidents, users will be able to simply tap on the “+” sign and then choose “Add a report”, as seen in the GIF below....