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August 7, 2018 Google Pixel 3 to Ship With Android 9 Pie’s Gesture Navigation Only, No Standard Buttons
HIGHLIGHTS Google Pixel 3 will exclusively use gesture navigation There will be no option to switch back to regular controls Other OEMs will have the option to choose gesture navigation Google has officially released Android 9.0 Pie and the latest operating system is now rolling out to all Google Pixel smartphones. The successor to Android Oreo comes with […]
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October 26, 2016 God of War ‘Designed for Standard PS4’; No PS4 Pro Needed to Play
HIGHLIGHTS God of War will run just fine on the original PS4 There won’t be too many pre-release demos due to focus on the game itself God of War for the PS4 has no release date yet With Sony announcing the PS4 Pro for a November 10release date, there’s always the temptation for developers to […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 11, 2016 Samsung Unveils UFS Cards, Successor to the Beloved microSD Standard
HIGHLIGHTS UFS stands for Universal Flash Storage Read speeds five times that of the microSD cards No word on pricing and availability In a bid to move the world of memory cards to the next level, Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced a new type of removable memory card in Universal Flash Storage (UFS) that […]
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ELECTRONICS 
August 5, 2016 Samsung Unveils UFS Cards, Successor to the Beloved microSD Standard
HIGHLIGHTS UFS stands for Universal Flash Storage Read speeds five times that of the microSD cards No word on pricing and availability In a bid to move the world of memory cards to the next level, Korean electronics giant Samsung has announced a new type of removable memory card in Universal Flash Storage (UFS) that […]
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NEWS 
April 1, 2016 Standard Chartered posts loss as loan impairments hit new high
CEO Bill Winters is attempting to unwind the damage caused by predecessor Peter Sands’ revenue-led expansion across emerging markets, which left the bank riddled with bad loans when commodity market crashed and growth stalled from China to India. Photo: Reuters London: Standard Chartered Plc reported a surprise full-year loss as loan impairments almost doubled to […]
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NEWS 
April 1, 2016 Standard Chartered’s India losses at $981 million
Overall, the lender’s loan impairment surged to $4 billion in 2015 from $2.14 billion in 2014. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint Standard Chartered Plc. on Tuesday reported a loss of $981 million from its India operations as loan impairments, including restructured loans, across its India portfolio surged almost eightfold to $1.3 billion in 2015 from $171 million […]
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NEWS 
March 25, 2016 Standard Chartered said to curb $2 billion diamond exposure
Though diamonds account for less than 1% of Standard Chartered’s $261 billion of loans, gemstones haven’t escaped the scrutiny of CEO Bill Winters. Photo: AP London: Standard Chartered Plc is demanding more loan protection from clients in the Indian and Belgian diamond trade as the bank seeks to tighten standards, according to people with knowledge […]
