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  Neerja Arora ,  WhatsApp ’s chief business officer, is the latest Facebook executive to step down the facebook cluster of companies in the last few months. In a Facebook post , Arora said he is “going to be taking some time off to recharge and spend time with family,” and thanked WhatsApp co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton.  Koum stepped down as WhatsApp CEO earlier this year over disagreements with Facebook executives over privacy and encryption. Acton had left WhatsApp a year ago, in September 2017, to start his own non-profit. However, a few months later, he urged people to #deletefacebook on his Twitter account. The co-founders’ departure reportedly boiled down to disagreements over the monetization options for WhatsApp which has been anti-ads since the beginning. It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018 Arora had been with WhatsApp since 2011, when the company was just two years old. He was with the corporate development t

HIGHLIGHTS The Honor 8C will be launched in India on November 29 This smartphone features AI-enhanced cameras Honor 8C price in India has not been revealed yet honor come with new model in india with honor 8C, which look amazing with glass body and matel finish.It Just arrived in six months after the launch of the Honor 7C, the Chinese smartphone company is set to launch its successor, the Honor 8C. This new smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor and features AI-enhanced cameras,just like it's honorviwe 10. A notched display, and Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box. The Honor 8C is expected to be launched in two variants, one with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, and the other with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. We got to spend some time with the latter variant of the Honor 8C before its official launch - scheduled for November 29 - and here are our first impressions. The front of the Honor 8C is dominated by a 6.26-inch HD+ display. The notch

HIGHLIGHTS The Surface Pro 6 developed a hairline crack in the scratch test It burns after 12 seconds of flame impact It does not bend completely even after multiple flexes After completely destroying the iPad Pro in his bend test, Zack from JerryRigEverything put the latest Microsoft Surface Pro 6 to his durability test to see whether the Redmond giant's iPad Pro competitor can sustain his standard testing procedures. Zack tested out the display, structure, and ports of the Surface Pro 6. The tablet is seen to significantly flex upon multiple bends, while the display panel seems too fragile during his scratch test. Let's see how the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 fares overall in the popular JerryRigEverything durability test. YouTube channel JerryRigEverything published the latest video detailing a durability test of the Surface Pro 6, right after Apple's iPad Pro (2018) was put to his excruciating procedures. Zack starts off with the scratch test wherein he

HIGHLIGHTS Realme U1 India launch set for November 28 Realme has teased its benchmark results The smartphone is expected to have 296 facial recognition points Realme U1, the first phone that will debut with a MediaTek Helio P70 SoC, is set to debut in India on November 28. But just days ahead of its formal launch, Realme has teased the benchmark scores of the smartphone. The handset uses the Helio P70 which comes as an octa-core SoC along with a multi-core APU for edge-AI processing. The chipset is also based on MediaTek's NeuroPilot programme that is designed to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) performance. Realme has also released some teasers features the selfie camera samples of the Realme U1. The selfie-focused smartphone is also touted to have as many as 296 facial recognition points to beautify self portraits. Among other teasers,  Realme  through its official Twitter account on Thursday teased the benchmark scores of the Realme U1. The upcoming s

Musk's SpaceX is one of two main contractors selected under NASA's commercial crew program to send astronauts to space. HIGHLIGHTS Musk smoked marijuana, drank whiskey during live podcast Nasa didn't explicity blame its probe on Musk's behaviour But a news report says his conduct prompted the review, citing sources When Elon Musk smokes up, it appears the fallout can be cosmic. The star tech entrepreneur, 47, took a hit of marijuana during a live podcast in September (It's legal in California.). Now, Nasa says it will review the workplace safety culture at two companies, including Musk's SpaceX, that were chosen to fly astronauts. Nasa didn't explicitly blame its "cultural assessment study" on Musk's joint (or his drinking whiskey), although it did say it would encompass "adherence to a drug-free environment". And the Washington Post reported, citing three unnamed sources, that Musk's conduct "prompt

HIGHLIGHTS Emoji8 allows users to compare their own facial expressions to emojis It uses Windows Machine Learning (ML) to evaluate your facial expressions The app is available for those using Windows 10 October 2018 update Microsoft has launched a new app called Emoji8 that allows users to compare their own facial expressions to emojis and get evaluated with scores. "Emoji8 uses Windows Machine Learning (ML) to evaluate your facial expressions while you imitate a random selection of emojis. You can play on the app even when you don't have an Internet connection," Killian McCoy, Program Manager,  Microsoft  wrote in a  blog post  on Friday. McCoy added, "Emoji8 is sample UWP application that uses Windows Machine Learning to evaluate your facial expressions while you imitate a random selection of emojis. The app takes in a video feed from your computer's webcam and evaluates the images with the FER+ Emotion Recognition model version 1.2

5 reasons to buy Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro with four cameras will be launching in India on November 22 and while its price in India is still unknown, here are 5 reasons why Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro can be a best buy under Rs 20000 Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro will be launching in India on November 22 and after its India launch, the smartphone will be going on sale from the very next day. The hype around Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro and its expected price in India have been very high as it has become Xiaomi’s first smartphone to come with a quad camera set up while just like its predecessor, it will be launched in the budget segment despite having some premium features. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro, which will have dual rear cameras on both side i.e. front and rear, will come with a price tag between Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000, just the Redmi Note 5 Pro. While a competitive pricing can turn out to be a great thing for the device, it will be rising on th

HIGHLIGHTS Version number of the update is ColorOS RMX1805EX_11_A.19 It also brings certain bug fixes Both phones were confirmed to get the update on November 15 Realme on Thursday announced the release of the latest firmware update for its Realme 2 and Realme C1 smartphones in India. The new update brings ColorOS version number RMX1805EX_11_A.19 that upgrades the two Realme phones to the latest November 2018 Android security patch. Apart from that, it also brings fixes for general bugs, which have not been specified. Notably, this is not the ColorOS 5.2 update which Realme has stated will roll out on the Realme 2 sometime next month. There are no timelines for ColorOS 5.2 on Realme C1 but we can expect it to get the update with the Realme 2 itself. The phone maker took to Twitter on Thursday to reveal the latest update for its two budget smartphones, along with a brief changelog. This development comes just days after Realme revealed the update roadmap for its first

Samsung's One UI will be made available on the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Galaxy Note 8. Samsung 's One UI improves one-handed use and adds a system-wide dark theme. Samsung’s newly announced user interface, One UI, will come to the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 after all. Samsung in a statement to Android Authority has confirmed that the company’s previous-generation flagships will be updated with the revamped user interface, though the exact release date of the rollout is unknown. One UI will be officially coming to the Galaxy S9 and S9+, alongside the Galaxy Note 9 in January 2019. Separately, Samsung leakster @IceUniverse has also confirmed that One UI will be making its way to the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8. The leakster claims this piece of information has come from a senior Samsung official, which makes it sound believable.  A previous report suggested that the refreshed One UI wouldn’t be coming Samsung’s 2017 line of flagship smartphones, such as the Galaxy