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Google will release a Pixel 2 smartphone this year

Google is keeping information to a premium, its typical development cycle suggests a Pixel 2 will go on sale in the fourth quarter . The current Pixel launched in October 2016 and Google has held launch events at around the same time for Nexus phones in the past. Google 's head of hardware Rick Osterloh talked about the Pixel and its future. The former Motorola exec revealed that Google has some sort of problem with Pixel and Pixel XL manufacturing right now. There are too few devices to meet demand, and some kind of supply bottleneck preventing the company it from fixing it. It's unclear what exactly is causing these manufacturing issues. As for the Pixel 2 , Osterloh would not confirm a release date, but he did imply the next phone should arrive a year after its predecessor . " There is an annual rhythm in the industry. So, you can count on us to follow it, " the Google executive Osterloh told at Mobile World Congress . " You can count
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Prisma is starting to let users create their own photo filters

Prisma Labs , maker of the Prisma app, is finally letting users create their own filters. Today, the company launched a new web application that lets people upload a sample image and create a Prisma filter based on its characteristics. Starting with its most active users , Prisma Labs is giving its users the ability to make their own neural network-trained filte rs based on their favorite art or artistic styles . The web-based tool , which reportedly takes an hour to create a filter, will eventually be rolled out to the Prisma app for iOS and Android smartphones.  Prisma's new prototype , Web app lets you create your own filters based on images you upload.    The Moscow-based company also announced today the opening of the Prisma Store . With the Prisma Store, users will be able to download or delete filters to customize the kinds of filters used to manipulate photos and videos . Despite it being called a store, the filters are free . " There are 44 st

Jeff Bezos plans to set up Amazon-like moon delivery for 'future human settlement'

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos ' Blue Origin space venture has reportedly proposed sending a robotic lander to the moon's south polar region by 2020 , as an initial step toward an "Amazon-like" lunar delivery system and eventually a permanently inhabited moon base. As described by the Blue Origin 's white paper, the proposal seeks NASA 's support for sending a "Blue Moon" lander to Shackleton Crater near the moon's south pole. The lander would be designed to carry up to 10,000 pounds of payload . It could be launched by Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket , which is currently under development, or by other vehicles including NASA's Space Launch System or United Launch Alliance 's Atlas 5 . " It is time for America to return to the moon — this time to stay , " Bezos said in response to emailed questions from The Post. " A permanently inhabited lunar settlement is a difficult and worthy objective. I sense a

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 will definitely run Windows 10

Microsoft announced at its 2016 WinHEC conference that Windows 10 will run on ARM processors by breaking Intel's bolt on the platform. While Qualcomm will do the same but there is quite possibility that Snapdragon 835 could support Windows Holographic for Virtual Reality headsets. This isn't the smartphone-focused Windows 10 Mobile or the severely limited Windows RT , either, but the same version of Windows 10 that runs on PCs.   Not only will Windows 10 run on ARM processors, but full desktop apps like Office 2016 and Adobe Photoshop will run on them as well. By various accounts, Windows 10 will first arrive on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor sometime in late 2017. According to Qualcomm " The Snapdragon 835 is designed to support  next-generatio n entertainment experiences and connected cloud services for premium-tier consumer and enterprise devices, including smartphones , VR/AR head-mounted displays , IP cameras , tablets , mobile PCs

Lenovo launches e-SIM laptops to keep business travelers connected internationally

At the 2017 Mobile World Congress(MWC) in Barcelona , Lenovo announced the Connect e-SIM enhancement, which could help international business travelers stay connected without swapping SIM cards or paying for expensive roaming plans. "Lenovo Connect gives users a seamless connection and local wireless pricing even when they are abroad by taking advantage of local Telco contract for data," a Lenovo press release said. " Users can even share the same plan across devices when those devices are enabled with Lenovo Connect . " Windows laptops with 4G LTE connectivity have been available for quite some time, but the process for staying connected internationally can be clunky and frustrating. Many cellular carriers that offer global roaming don't allow tethering when that feature is enabled, meaning that users have to rely on local SIM cards or internationally-supported hotspots .  By eliminating the need to swap a SIM card, or to purchase a sep

Samsung Galaxy S8 Leak Shows the Device In Its Full Glory

Samsung' s upcoming flagship the Galaxy S8 is one of the most anticipated smartphones. The Galaxy S8 has been rumored for months now, and leaked details have revealed almost everything there is about the smartphone. At the ongoing MWC 2017 , Samsung revealed that it would launch its next Galaxy flagship smartphone on March 29 . Samsung is also expected to unveil the Galaxy S8+ along with the Galaxy S8. Even as we are inching closer to the official launch of the Galaxy S8, there's just no stopping to its leaks. Evan Blass , professional spoiler of well kept smartphone secrets, is revealing the most-anticipated non-iPhone of 2017, Samsung's Galaxy S8 . His new image reveals a handset that agrees wholeheartedly with Samsung's Mobile World Congress teaser of a device with utterly minimal front bezels . It also features Samsung’'s confirmed date for the launch, March 29th , and gives us a good look at what's presumably going to be the lock screen welcomin

OnePlus 5 features leaked: Dual-edge curved display with glass body and 23MP camera

New details coming from a Korean website have now shed some light on OnePlus upcoming flagship. Chinese handset-maker OnePlus may skip the 'OnePlus 4' name and release a new 'OnePlus 5'. Our best guess regarding this move is because the Chinese consider the number '4' to be unlucky. Leaked specifications indicate that the new OnePlus 5 will come with a dual-edged display similar to Samsung's Galaxy S7 edge . As per a report on Koreanportal , the smartphone will also have a 23-megapixel camera along with 6GB and 8GB RAM variant options. OnePlus is expected to offer storage variants as well - 64 and 128GB along with expandable storage upto 256GB . The report also claims that the  OnePlus 5  will come in a ceramic body like the Xiaomi Mi Mix which is in line with earlier reports that the company is planning to replace the aluminum body of the phone with a ceramic one. The OnePlus 5 is expected to draw power from a 4,000mAh battery w