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Huawei P10 and P10 Plus prices leaked ahead of the launch at MWC 2017

Huawei P10 and P10 Plus prices leaked.

By: Sneha Saha

Published: Thursday, February 2, 2017, 10:29 [IST]

Huawei is prepping up to launch a vast range of smartphones at MWC 2017 next month. The company is all geared up to launch the Huawei P10, P10 Plus and P10 Lite along with the Honor 8 Lite and more maybe.

Ahead of the launch, there have been innumerable rumors about the smartphones, especially P10 and P10 Plus. Adding up to the rumor mill, both Huawei P10 and P10 Plus' prices have been leaked. Well, we surely doubt about the accuracy, as the Chinese smartphone vendor hasn't issued any statement as of yet.
Days back Roland Quandt is his twitter handle posted: "Huawei P10 4+64GB ~550€, P10 Plus 6+128GB ~730€, both Black, Gold, Silver, Blue, P10 Lite 3+32GB ~260€, Black, White, Gold, White/Rose." The tweet clear shows that the Huawei P10 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variant will be priced at 550€, which is roughly around Rs. 39,988.
Whereas, the Huawei P10 Plus with 6GB RAM along with 128GB internal storage will be available at Rs. 53,075. Other than the prices, P10 Plus will be available in four color variants, which include - Black, Gold, Silver, and Blue.
Talking about the specs rumors, P10 may come packed with a 5.5-inch QHD curved display on both the edges, along with a capsule-shaped home button at the bottom-front and power and volume buttons situated on the right panel of the device. Not only that, the smartphone is expected to feature a top-of-the-line hardware.
SEE ALSO: Huawei P10 Lite price and specs leaked ahead of launch
In terms of optics, the upcoming Huawei P10 smartphone may sport Leica dual-rear camera on the rear side of the device, while the fingerprint sensor placed on the back cover. The leaked images of the green and purple color Huawei P10 also shows a set of a high-end audio system from Yamaha and Harman Kardon as well.
Wherein other rumors suggest that Huawei P10 is likely to be powered by Kirin 960 S0C with 6GB RAM, and may also support wireless charging and run on Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box. The smartphone is expected to make its first public appearance at the MWC 2017 event alongside Huawei P10 Plus. Well, to highlight again, the Huawei hasn't confirmed on any of the above-mentioned rumor as of yet.

The Galaxy J lineup of smartphones is pretty successful and one of the bestsellers from Samsung's stable. While the company is prepping to announce its flagship Galaxy S8 at the MWC 2017, it appears like it is also planning to take the wraps off the Galaxy J7 sometime soon. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) key specs revealed via benchmark listing Well, we say this as the Galaxy J7 has been spotted on the GFXBench database. We would like to make it clear that this is not the first time that the Galaxy J7 (2017)'s specifications have hit the web. Some specifications that the benchmark listing has revealed match the previous leaks, tipping that those could be the final ones to some extent. Going by the recent benchmark listing, the Galaxy J7 (2017) might arrive with Samsung's own processor as it is listed to be powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Exynos 7870 processor. This processor seems to be paired with 2GB RAM and Mali-T830 GPU. As far as the other specs of the Galaxy J7 (2017) are concerned, the benchmark listing shows that the smartphone could arrive with a 5.5-inch display with HD 720p resolution, and feature 16GB of native storage space. Also Read: Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) will come with Android Nougat The camera on the Galaxy J7 (2017) is believed to be an 8MP sensor at the back with LED flash, FHD video recording abilities, and autofocus. Up front, the device is listed to feature a 5MP front-facing selfie shooter. Previously, another variant of the Galaxy J7 was leaked showing a Snapdragon 625 processor operating under its hood along with Adreno 506 GPU. Booting on Android 7.0 Nougat, this variant is likely to be aimed at the U.S. market for carriers such as AT&T and Verizon. The Exynos variant could be meant for the international markets. For now, there is no confirmation from Samsung on when exactly it might launch the Galaxy J7, but we can expect it to happen in the weeks ahead following the Galaxy S8 launch.

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Now, your Facebook News Feed will show more authentic & timely content

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NEW YORK: In a bid to display more relevant stories on its News Feed, Facebook has rolled out fresh changes with new signals to "better identify and rank authentic content".

The changes will also have a new real-time prediction algorithm to spot stories that might be relevant to you faster.

According to a report in Next Web on Wednesday, Facebook's new signals tap one of its core values -- authentic communication -- to bring stories to your News Feed that have a higher chance of resonating, and not those considered "misleading, sensational, or spammy".

Facebook considers signals like your proximity to the person or page posting, or likes, comments and shares to rank content.

To do this, "Facebook first attempts to identify pages known for posting spam or trying to game the algorithm through means it deems inappropriate, like asking for likes, shares, or comments. This data is then used to train a model to continually identify these types of posts in an attempt to keep them out of your News Feed," the report said.

If some posts are hidden, that indicates that such content is not meant for a particular user, contrary to the authentic content which will appear higher in your News Feed.

Facebook is also trying to be faster at spotting authentic content and making it appear on the user's News Feed.

This update notes how universal signals change in real time.

"For example, if an article from The Washington Post (a page you subscribe to) is generating a lot of buzz, the algorithm will deem this important and place it higher in your feed, quicker," the report added.

Google Allo No Longer Features in Top 500 Apps on Google Play

Highlights

• Google Allo has seen a drastic ranking drop in last one month
• Google recently added a chatbot named Lucky to the app
• The app has consistently dropped out of top 500 in recent weeks

It seems like Google's experiment to simplify messaging and video chats with the release of its Allo and Duo apps is not going as well as the search giant would have hoped - Google Allo is not featuring even in top 500 apps on Google Play in the US currently.
On the basis of Google Play data provided by App Annie, it is clearly visible that Google Allo has dropped out of the top 500 apps several times in since November, with a sharp downward trend more evident in the last couple of weeks, Android Police pointed out in its report. You can see the times it has dropped off the chart as the blank spaces in the graph below, with yellow representing Communications app rank, red representing Applications rank, and blue representing overall rank.

Things aren't very different in India either - in the same period, Google Allo dropped off the top 500 charts in the first week of January, as you can see in the graph below.

Notably, Google introduced Hindi Assistant for India in December last year and Amit Fulay, Group Product Manager at Google, claimed at the time that the app had received tremendous response, especially in India, which he said had one of the highest number of Google Allo users.
Just two months ago, the text-messaging app was ranking consistently around top 200 apps but has seen almost a free-fall since mid-December, AP pointed out in its report.
Google recently added a new chatbot named Lucky to the Allo app that provides users with GIF images on the basis of their requirements. In order to get help from the chat bot, users need to simply type @lucky in the app followed by whatever phrase they want.
Considering that Google has been consistent with its updates to Allo since its launch, it comes across as a surprise that the app is failing to gain traction among Android users

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OnePlus, Meizu Reportedly Caught Cheating on Benchmark Scores

 

Highlights

• OnePlus and Meizu have been blamed for Benchmark cheating
• This is done by tweaking with the CPU
• OnePlus said that it will rectify it with the next update

In a new development, OnePlus and Meizu have reportedly both been found to be artificially boosting their benchmark scores to fool critics and users. The OnePlus 3T and Meizu Pro 6 Plus were found to have been tweaked to show slightly higher scores than they deserve. While OnePlus has acknowledged the issue and promised a fix, Meizu has refrained from commenting on the issue so far.
In the past, many OEMs including Samsung were reported to have cheated to elevate their benchmark scores. These unethical measures were lambasted, and Samsung rolled back the fraudulent practice after a major backlash.
XDA Developers claims to have uncovered that OnePlus was using cheats to achieve a higher score on benchmarks. Furthermore, the increase in score was minimal, and the need to indulge in fraudulent practices for such a little perquisite was questionable.
"OnePlus was making it CPU governor more aggressive, resulting in a practical artificial clock speed floor in Geekbench that wasn't there in the hidden Geekbench build. It wasn't based on the CPU workload, but rather on the app's package name, which the hidden build could fool," the report said.
When OnePlus was contacted, it swiftly promised to fix it in a future OxygenOS update. 'In order to give users a better user experience in resource intensive apps and games, especially graphically intensive ones, we implemented certain mechanisms in the community and Nougat builds to trigger the processor to run more aggressively. The trigger process for benchmarking apps will not be present in upcoming OxygenOS builds on the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T," the company's spokesperson told XDA.
As for Meizu, XDA Developers found that Meizu Pro 6 Plus switched to 'Performance Mode' from its normal 'Standard Mode' whenever it sensed benchmark apps. It had further tweaked Performance Mode that be even more aggressive than usual when entering a benchmark app. The company has not reacted to XDA Developers' criticism.
This also gives a fair warning to all buyers to not take benchmark scores as the final word on a smartphone's performance. The only certain way to know how a device will perform is by using it for a while

Gmail to Stop Supporting Older Chrome Versions, Windows XP and Vista

Highlights

• Users on Chrome v53 and below will be redirected to Gmail's HTML version
• The change could take place by the end of the year
• Google states security risks as one of the reasons

Google on Wednesday announced that Gmail will stop supporting older Chrome versions by the end of this year. The company also confirmed that Gmail users who are still on Windows XP and Windows Vista are the most likely to be affected.
The company says that the latest Chrome version 55 comes with several important security updates and it's one way to encourage upgrading to the latest version of Chrome. According to Google, Gmail users starting February 8, 2017 will see a banner at the top of the Gmail interface for users who are still on Google Chrome browser version 53 or below. Considering Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP and Windows Vista versions, Google strongly "encourages" users to migrate to more secure and supported systems.
For now, Gmail will continue to function on Chrome browser version 53 and below through the end of the year. Chrome users who remain on older versions could be redirected to the basic HTML version of Gmail as early as December 2017.
Notably, users on Windows XP and Windows Vista will be affected by the change as Google points out that the version 49 was the last released version which supported those operating systems. Google citing security risks to users on older Chrome versions says that Gmail will be more vulnerable to security risks.
"Google does not typically announce when we discontinue support for older versions of Chrome browser because of our current supported browser policy, which states that only the most recent versions of Chrome is supported. This announcement was made given the expected impact on Windows XP and Windows Vista users and known security risks," the company said in an announcement post.