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Nokia's comeback story is set to continue at this year's Mobile World Congress with the company set to launch a slew of new phones. HMD Global, the company that brought Nokia back into the smartphone game has sent out media invites for an event on February 25 - a day ahead of MWC 2018. Let's take a look at what Nokia is expected to announce at MWC 2018 in Barcelona: Nokia 9 HMD Global's first high-end flagship is expected to be slot in above the Nokia 8 and compete with the iPhones and Galaxy Notes of the world. The Nokia 9 is set to be powered by the Snapdragon 835 processor and come with dual cameras on the front as well as the back, a 3,250mAh battery and 128GB of internal storage. In a case of better late than never, Nokia is set to finally embrace the bezel-less mania with the Nokia 9 which is expected to come with a 5.5-inch OLED display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The Nokia 9 is also expected to carry forward the Bothie and OZO Audio features HMD Global intro...

Image Courtesy: PCWorld.com Windows 10 Build 17083 is today rolling out to the Windows Insiders on the Fast Ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Windows 10 Build 17083 is from the Redstone 4 branch and it comes with a series of new features which would improve your user experience. Windows 10 Build 17083 introduces a series of improvements but the software giant is removing the highly-anticipated Sets interface. With the latest Insider build, Microsoft is bringing Fonts to the Windows 10 App Store, introducing new privacy tools, improving Timeline feature and fixing the bugs. Windows 10 Build 17083 Full Changelog Fonts in the Microsoft Store Last year, we reported that Microsoft is experimenting with adding fonts to the Microsoft Store, as the software giant is in the process of making the store app the one destination for everything. Microsoft is now allowing users to download the Fonts from the Store with just a click. Fonts such as Arial Nova is alr...

Apple  on Tuesday announced a February 9 release date for its smart speaker called the  HomePod  - allowing the company that first popularised virtual assistants through its smartphones to finally enter the market for virtual assistants in the home. The looming question for the company, though, is whether it is too late. Apple is releasing its smart speaker nearly three years after the  Amazon Echo  and after the  Google Home , which launched in 2016. Apple also originally scheduled the HomePod to hit the market in December 2017 before the critical holiday shopping season. But the device was delayed until early 2018, past the time for avid shopping and gift giving. For those wondering whether they should buy Apple's new thing -- pre-orders are set for Friday -- here's a look at how the HomePod stacks up. By setting the price of the HomePod at $350 (roughly Rs. 22,200), Apple appears to be hoping consumers will see it as a premium device. For that...

Qualcomm was slapped with a €997 million ($1.2 billion) fine by the EU. The chipset company paid Apple to shun competitors between 2011 and 2016. According to the European Court, “billions of dollars” were involved in the deal for the 4G chips in iPhones and iPads. Margrethe Vestager, EU Competition Commissioner, said the deal meant that “no rival could effectively challenge Qualcomm in this market, no matter how good their products were”. The agreement between Qualcomm and Apple shut out mostly Intel, who supply iDevices since the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Vestager also added that the fine, equal to 4.9% of Qualcomm's income, must serve as a warning to other tech companies. She said Apple is in clear since there is no evidence of wrongdoing. The case against Qualcomm has parallels with the 2009 Intel lawsuit - a conglomerate pays off to computer manufacturers to shut out smaller competitors. The company is currently under investigation ...

The  Substratum  Theme Engine was updated yesterday to version 953, bringing support for Sony Xperia phones running Nougat and revamping the design for the Theme Showcase among other things. Perhaps the most welcome change for Sony Xperia owners still on Nougat is the ability to apply Substratum themes in “legacy mode.” As a reminder, it was Sony who first developed the Runtime Resource Overlay and later the Overlay Manager Service for Xperia phones and contributed the  code to AOSP , which is what makes Substratum work on other phones as well. The Theme Showcase has gone through some changes to its tabs as they are now listed vertically instead of the overly swipe-tastic horizontal list in previous builds, and the theme labels are in white text in better contrast to the corresponding thumbnail images. The database of themes included in the Showcase and the process of submitting themes to the Showcase have also been changed. The under-the-hood changes to the Showcase ar...

After numerous leaks and demoing the phone at CES 2018, vivo finally officially announced the X20 Plus UD. The launch marks the arrival of the first smartphone with fingerprint scanner under the display. The phone has an AMOLED display that allows the Clear ID 9500 sensor to work, while the rest of the specs match the already available  vivo X20 Plus . The phone arrives with a 6.43” screen of 18:9 ratio and FullHD+ resolution (2160 x 1080 pixels). The RAM on board is 4 GB, while the storage is 128 GB and it can be expanded through the hybrid slot if you don't need a second SIM. vivo equipped the  X20 Plus UD  with a dual camera on the back - main one having а 12 ÐœP sensor and a f/1.8 lens, while the secondary being 5 MP, although the company advertises it as a 24 MP camera. It also comes with 12 MP front camera and LED flash. The battery that is powering the phone has 3,905 mAh capacity and is charged through the USB-C connector. There is...