Pandora was an early leader of music streaming, but with its digital version of radio was locked into rigid licensing rules that for years prevented listeners from picking exact songs to hear. well, almost . Though music services like Spotify and Apple Music tend to garner the most attention in the tech press, it's sometimes easy to forget that Pandora is not only alive and kicking, but still extremely popular.

Google X is preparing to set up its Development Centre in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to bring in high-speed internet and broadband connections to about 12 million households and 1,30,000 enterprises (government and private) in the state by March 2019.

This makes sense, as Samsung needs not have to hurriedly launch Galaxy S9 to make use of the short supply of Apple iPhone X in the market and that too after having learnt a valuable lesson from the early Galaxy Note7 launch fiasco. Reports claim that the camera and fingerprint sensor will now be arranged vertically rather than horizontally, addressing a pain point on the Galaxy S8 .

In other words, people will be able to make Lenses that can add a 2D or 3D object to a person's environment, such as an AR version of a auto in their driveway or a dancing mascot in their living room, but they will not be able to make the selfie masks that have been the hallmark example of Snapchat's Lenses.

The retailer only stated they are in the process of stocking up the devices but didn't offer any timeline about their availability as yet; or, what made them to change their decision in the first place. It was also speculated that the Google-Amazon feud would put customers in the crossfire. This is the latest fracas between the world's largest internet companies.

The company is said to be planning to start showing a six-second ad before some videos next year. Starting in January, they won't be included in any videos shorter than 3 minutes, and the first ad won't pop up until at least a minute into whatever riveting content you're consuming.

The freakish rock is believed to have been wandering among the stars for hundreds of millions of years and it is the first foreign object in our solar system to be spotted. Should the object prove to be of ET origin, Loeb, an astronomy expert from Harvard University, has urged scientists to adopt a cautious approach.

The body designs have also allowed LG to squeeze the 14-inch model into a body the size of a typical 13-inch laptop, the company says. The LG Gram series will come with either Intel Core i7 or i5 processors and SSD storage. LG claims this was made possible by a new nano-carbon magnesium shell. A few other hints about the upcoming LG Gram refresh include backlit keyboards, DTS Headphone X support providing multi-channel sound up to 11.1 channels, 1.5-watt speakers, fingerprint scanners, and ...

At $200, Samsung could find a nice middle ground, assuming the audio quality can justify the price. It will use Bixby, the company's digital personal assistant now found on the flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone and Note 8 device. Details are very minimal, and the report does not mention any specifications, features or a release date. Like Apple, Samsung is arriving late to a market that Amazon pioneered and Google soon joined.

Today, Satechi unveils a new product designed for the iMac Pro, but also the standard iMac models too. But wait, the iMac Pro doesn't have a 36-core configuration which you can buy! The new iMac Pro is built on an iMac form factor, but packs considerably more horsepower under the hood than your typical iMac or even the older Mac Pro .

Honor 9 Lite will sip its juice from a 3000mAh battery. On the camera front, the device will sport dual camera set of 13MP + 2MP on the rear as well as on the front. This time round, Huawei's sub brand Honor will be launching a mid ranger - the Honor 9 Lite , and it will happen this 21st of December before 2017 draws to a close.

The company said the new app is the result of a full redesign, directly shaped by community feedback and focused on making it easier to find streams. The new app is available today on Android and will be available in a couple days on iPhones and iPads, and the team says that the new code base will enable faster updates than before.

Everything that was good about Pokemon Gold and Silver , the best generation of games, was also good about Crystal . It was the first game in the series to be made for exclusively for the Game Boy Color , moving the franchise away from its original Game Boy roots.

Nokiamob has reported that current camera version supports 2X optical zoom and wide angle mode. But this app shows what could come in the future. It would make a lot of sense that HMD would include a telephoto lens on one of the two cameras since it would be something new in its Nokia Android smartphone lineup.

The Assistant on tablets will be rolling out over the coming week to users with the language set to English in the U.S. Google Assistant will be rolling out to tablets running on Android 7.0 Nougat and 6.0 Marshmallow operating systems over the coming week in the US.

That instantly opens up more than a quarter more of the Android user base for Google Assistant to tap into. The Assistant originally launched on a single phone, the Google Pixel , and has slowly been creeping across the Android landscape.

As such, songs detected and discovered by Shazam will eventually lead to a suggestion that the users acquire an Apple Music subscription. "We have exciting plans in store, and we look forward to combining with Shazam upon approval of today's agreement".

The Star Wars OP 5T limited edition will come with their high end specs of 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. Feel free to download and go nuts with the placement on your smartphone device. Powered by the most powerful processor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 835 platform, coupled with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM, the OnePlus 5T can run many apps in the background without a single second of lag, allowing users to switch between apps easily.

The patent does not contain a lot of textual information, but there are images that give us an idea of what Samsung has in mind. Also notable from the patent filing, which was reported on by BGR , is Samsung's decision to combine different generations of devices.

Now for those who have been thinking about getting their hands on NetherRealm's Injustice 2 , you'll be pleased to learn that Warner Bros. has announced that the game will be free to play this weekend . In addition, players will have the opportunity to try select DLC characters in the single player Multiverse mode. We've had a lot of good words to say about Injustice 2 , hailing it as one of our favourite games of 2017 and calling it an "essential purchase".

In order to cool down all these powerful hardware, Apple has implemented a new thermal system that is able to provide up to 80% more cooling capacity than a standard iMac. Version 10.4 also supports the HTC VIVE VR headset for realtime viewing and editing. The update also includes powerful tools for professional color grading.

This update doesn't appear to be only working on specific versions of Google's Phone app or Duo which suggests that the option was already installed just not activated yet. Google stated at the Google for India event that the main aim of developing Go versions is to help new smartphone users who connect to the Internet.

During their time on the space station, the group managed hundreds of science experiments in a variety of fields, including planetary science, physics, microbiology, biotechnology and genetics. Ryazanskiy has also executed two expeditions, but has spent 306 days in space. Bresnik has now completed two stints aboard the space station, logging 150 days in space.

And you thought turning 30 made you ancient. Greenland sharks live in waters that can be -1C and swim as deep as 7,200ft. Usually, the Greenland sharks grow only one centimeter per year, and this particular shark is 18 feet long. The LAD Bible reports that, because numerous sharks pre-date the Industrial Revolution and large-scale commercial fishing, scientists suggest they can shed light on how human behaviour impacts the oceans.

With the European New Car Assessment Programme becoming increasingly exigent over the years, the Italian supermini is certainly showing its age as a effect of the more stringent tests. Perhaps the biggest news - and an illustration of how much stricter safety standards have become - is that the venerable Fiat Punto is the first auto ever to be given zero stars in the tests.