The rumour mill has begun spinning with reports of a new Surface device in the works at Microsoft. The company is reportedly working on an All-in-One desktop product to add on to its existing Surface line of devices, which comprises of the Surface and Surface Pro tables and the Surface Book laptop. The Redmond-based company has slowly been shoring up its software and enterprise connections of late, with tieups with Airtel in India for its Azure cloud platfom and acquisition of LinkedIn in the works. The new device, along with the rumoured Surface Phone, may be the company’s bid to challenge manufacturers like Apple on the hardware front.
Playdead, the company behind 2010’s critically-acclaimed monochrome puzzle-solver Limbo, as launched their new title, Inside. he game, which launched on Xbox One, plays much like Limbo, requiring gamers to navigate a young boy through a dark landscape, solving puzzles as they go.
The game will be made available on Windows trough Valve’s game distribution platform Steam, from July 7, and wile no announcements have been made yet, Playdead has confirmed their interest in launching the game on other platforms in future.
Panasonic has taken the wraps off its affordable 5.5-inch Eluga Note smartphone in India. The device as a FullHD display, and features 3GB of RAM and a 1.3Hz octa-core MediaTek processor. The whole package is powered by a 3,000 mAh battery with MediaTek;s fast charging technology on board. The phone comes with an IR blaster but misses out on a fingerprint sensor, which is now a common feature in the segment the Eluga Note, priced at Rs.13,290, finds itself in.
Japanese tech giant Sony has decided to ‘defocus’ its marketing and promotional efforts for mobiles in markets such as India, Brazil and the United States ,as a result of slow growth. The company’s mobile division has been seeing mixed fortunes of late, with the Xperia series not performing as well as years past. However, the sale of camera sensors and PlayStation game consoles have worked in favour of Sony in recent years.
The all-access version of Google Play Music and YouTube Red ad-free premium video service is now available for four months on trial in available regions. While both services are currently unavailable in India, some users have received notifications about YouTube Red and been able to view Indian pricing for tracks and albums on Play Music in India, which might suggest that the Mountain View-based company might soon roll out the services in India. The pricing of the tracks is currently slightly higher than what competitor Apple Music is offering, though whether Google adjusts these to gain a foothold in the price-conscious Indian market remains to be seen.
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