Jio and Samsung join forces to expand coverage to 90% of India population

Reliance Jio is one of the fastest-growing companies in India, and Samsung Electronics logically decided to work together with the telecom outside of the smartphone market. The Korean company announced partnership with Jio to upgrade the current LTE services across India, expanding both the capacity and the network coverage. Samsung and Jio are utilizing spectrum in the 850, 1800 and 2300 MHz bands, enabling seamless coverage in dense urban areas. The project, named "I&G (Infill & Growth) Project" will also expand Jio's coverage in the rural zones to over 90% of the population of...

LG X230Z and M320H clear US FCC, look like midrangers

Two new LG phones - the LG-M320H and LG-X230Z - have received certification from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). While we don't know anything about the former, the latter looks to be a variant of the LG X230 that received Bluetooth certification last month. The LG X230 was also spotted on Geekbench late last year. The benchmark listing had revealed Mediatek MT6737M SoC, 1GB RAM, and Android 6.0 Marshmallow, suggesting that it's a low-end phone. The LG-M320H could also be a budget phone. Via

Android Pay now supports over 600 banks in US

The list of supported US banks for Google's mobile payments service Android Pay has grown further, surpassing the 600 mark. A total of 31 new financial entities have been added to the list recently. The list of newly-added entities includes the following names: Alcoa Pittsburgh Federal Credit Union, America's First FCU (Visa), Bank of American Fork, Bank of Eastman/Magnolia State Bank, Bank of Washington, Carolina FCU, and Central National Bank. Others that have made it to the list include Citizens Commerce National Bank, Community Financial Credit Union, Credit Union of Colorado,...

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4 gets FCC certified

After receiving WiFi certification and being spotted in benchmark listings, the Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4 has now cleared the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States. The device is the successor to the Galaxy Xcover 3 from 2015. Unsurprisingly, the FCC listing for the device doesn't reveal anything related to the phone's specifications. But from what we've collected so far, the handset will be powered by a quad-core 1.4GHz processor, and sport a 4.8-inch HD display. Memory configuration will be 2GB/16GB, and the camera department will be handled by a 13MP/5MP...

Oppo R9s Plus lands in Malaysia for around $560

The Oppo R9s Plus - which was made official back in October last year, and has been only available in China so far - has now been launched in Malaysia. The device carries an RM 2,498 (around $560) price tag. The OPPO R9s Plus starts selling today at RM2498. Get yours at OPPO Online Store & OPPO Concept Stores nationwide. #OPPOR9sPlus #NowItsClear http://pic.twitter.com/loPwQ6vilp— OPPO Malaysia (@OPPOMalaysia) March 1, 2017 It is listed on the Chinese company's Malaysia online store, with available color options including gold and rose gold. As the aforementioned tweet says, you'll also be...

The LG G6 wallpapers: the story behind their making

You'd think that stock wallpapers would be computer-generated images with not much soul and backstory to them, but in the LG G6's case you'd be wrong. The Korean company has taken a more authentic and personal approach and has made the wallpapers from actual physical sheets of card stock. LG has shared a behind-the-scenes look at the process and it sure looks like a lot of work for just a wallpaper. The designers went all arts-and-crafts on it and drew circles with compasses, used utility knives to cut the paper, measured angles with protractors - who knew these were still a...

Google Keep becomes part of G Suite, now accessible from within Docs

Popular note taking application Google Keep has now been made part of the company's G Suite. Being a core G Suite service, "Keep now has the same technical support and service level commitments as any other core service, like Gmail or Google Drive," the search giant said in a blog post. G Suite admins will be able to control Keep usage in their organizations - they'll have the power to turn the app on or off for their domains. Aside from this, Google Keep has also been made accessible from within Google Docs. "End users can now view and create Keep notes in Google Docs on the...