Upcoming Pokémon Go update will make catching rare Pokémon easier

By Kunal Khullar /  06 Oct 2016 , 12:11

If you are one of the remaining Pokémon Go fanatics like me, then here is an update that might entice you. Niantic Labs, the creator of the popular game, has announced that a new update is on its way and it will bring an interesting new feature.

The upcoming update is said to bring a special bonus that will help trainers collect certain Pokémon type easier. If you are an avid player, then you would know that as you progress in the game, you get a bunch of medals, like when you catch 100 water type Pokémon. These medals will finally have a role in the game as post the new update, you will get a special capture bonus based on these medals to improve your chances of getting a certain Pokémon type.

For instance if you have caught a large number of fire Pokémon, you get the Kindler medal. This will give you a special boost to find more fire type Pokémon and not just the common ones, but also rare fire based Pokémon.

Here is an official statement from Niantic:

We are adding a new feature which grants a catch bonus when you earn medals based on catching certain types of Pokémon (Kindler, Psychic, Gardener, etc.). These new bonuses will give you a better chance of capturing Pokémon with a

Select Volvo cars will soon be able to talk to one another

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 12:22

There’s a lot of talk about autonomous cars and there is also talk about Volvo and Uber. Volvo who recently signed a partnership with ride sharing giant Uber, will be looking at developing self-driving cars and related technologies. But that’s for 2020 or 2021 onwards where electric and autonomous cars are expected to make an appearance in the common man’s garage. For now Auto Evolution reports, Volvo has something else up its sleeves and it is to do with some of its cars talking to one another.

The standard Volvo XC90.

Volvo says that all of its 90 series vehicles that includes the XC90, S90, and V90, will soon be able to communicate with one another. The same will take place using the cloud, so the vehicles would not necessarily have to be in close range to be able to achieve the same. The system works independent of the driver and has been setup to relay road conditions to the driver warning them about possible hazards like a

Asus announces its first laptops with Nvidia’s GTX 1070 graphics cards built in. Prices start at Rs 1,81,990

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 13:27

Asus has unveiled a couple of Nvidia GTX 1070-toting laptops in India. The two devices pack in enough hardware to make a decent gaming rig blush.

To those not in the know, Nvidia’s 10xx series of graphics cards offer a significant bump in performance when compared to the previous generation. These GPUs, in addition to being more powerful, are also more energy efficient and include modules specifically for enhancing VR performance.

The first of the devices is the Asus ROG G752S. This laptop packs in an unlocked sixth generation Intel Skylake chip, an Nvidia GTX 1070 and up to 64GB of RAM. Yes, you read that right. The G752 packs in an unlocked, overclockable CPU. Also note that Asus claims to be using the 1070 and not the 1070m, which means that this GPU will offer desktop class performance in a laptop. It won’t beat a desktop-class 1070, but it’ll

Vivo is looking to capture 10% market share by next year; to expand local manufacturing

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 14:26

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is looking at capturing a 10 percent market share in India by next year. It aims to increase its local manufacturing capability and will also start selling phones via e-commerce platforms according to a report in the Economic Times.

Vivo is planning to come up with an online strategy which will not conflict with its offline channels. The company plans to use its marketing budget of around Rs 300-400 crore for this.

Speaking to ET, Vivo’s India head Kent Cheng said that Vivo had a 2-3 percent share in January which is now increased to 5-6 percent by volume and 7 percent by value. “We have set internal target of 10 percent by next year, which may include some share from online sales,” said Cheng.

According to analysts, Vivo has good presence in the

Shoto now available for iOS 10, integrates into iMessages

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 13:52

Photo discovery app Shoto has been officially announced for iOS 10 and iMessage for all Apple devices. According to the company the app leverages Apple’s Messages framework to make all of your Shoto discovered photos, albums and trips available quickly and easily to share.

Using the Shoto iMessage extension in any iMessage conversation, users can share picture and videos with a single tap. Users get an option to select a single photo or video, or select from an entire album or trip, each labeled and organised by Shoto.

It is also the first app that can inform users which of their friends has relevant photos and videos even if those friends don’t use the Shoto app. According to the company it uses artificial intelligence and passive data to understand which albums have relevant photos accessible from friends. Shoto groups and highlights relevant images from shared moments to ensure that a user’s album contains all photos from

benchmark tests... Apple iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge destroy the Google Pixel XL

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 13:39

Many have been waiting for this and it’s finally here. We are talking benchmark results fresh off the just launched Google Pixel smartphones. If Google has priced its Pixel devices to compete with Apple’s iPhones, they might as well have some raw power to give Android users some bragging rights. Sadly however, this was not the case.

We already knew about the iPhone 7’s killer benchmark results. Tests showed a single core score of 3430 while multi-core cores revealed around 5600 points. Pixel also seems to have been benchmarked a couple of times on Geekbench 4. But the results are far from inspiring. The Pixel XL (bigger one of the two) shows a single core of just 1685, while multi-core scores seemed much better at 4004 points. While single core scores really do not matter that much when it comes to Android, it is a

(Oooh) 🚧🚧Samsung Galaxy Note 7 problems far from over; a ‘safe’ replaced device explodes on a US flight

By tech2 News Staff /  06 Oct 2016 , 11:11

Samsung is just not able to live down the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. Replacement devices have only just started reaching customer’s hands and it looks like they’ve already started blowing up.

Brain Green got his Note 7 replaced on 21 September at an AT&T store. The phone’s box had the black square that marks a replacement, safe, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device and Green also claims that his device showed the green battery icon that is also meant to be an indicator of a safe device.

At the request of flight attendants, Green turned off the device and put it in his pocket when it began to smoke. Green dropped the phone to the floor of the aircraft and flight attendants immediately evacuated the plane.

Green’s burnt Galaxy Note 7

The Verge and Reuters independently confirmed the story. The Verge also got their hands on images which confirm the presence of the black mark on the packaging. They also verified the phone’s IMEI number with