Sunday Tech Talks(Tech news 13-17 march)

Tech news of the week (March 13-17)

 

The week saw Lenovo -owned Motorola launching its latest smartphone and India's e-wallet major Paytm making international foray.

Among the biggest stories of the week was the launch of Moto G5 Plus in India. The smartphone is exclusively available on Flipkart and comes in two variants -- 3GB RAM/16GB storage and 4GB RAM/32GB storage. While the 3GB RAM variant is priced at Rs 14,999, the 4GB model sports a price tag of Rs 16,999. The smartphone packs a 5.2-inch Full HD screen with 1080x1920 pixel resolution. 

 

You can see complete specification and review here.

Moto G5 Plus wasn't the only big launch of the week. CoolPad launched its Note 5 Lite smartphone in India. Priced at Rs 8,199, the smartphone, as the name suggests, is budget variant of the company's earlier launched Coolpad Note 5. Note 5 Lite has a 5-inch HD display of 720x1280 pixel resolution, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC paired with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, with support for microSD cards. Running Android 6.0 Marshmallow with the company's Cool UI skin layer on top, the Coolpad Note 5 Lite includes all standard connectivity options like 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, with a 2,500mAh battery rounding off the spec sheet.

For imaging duties, the smartphone has a 13MP rear camera (with LED flash) and an 8MP front-facing shooter. The phone will be exclusively available on Amazon in Gold and Grey colour variants. 

India's Paytm announced its entry in Canada earlier this week. The Alibaba-backed company has partnered with about 1,000 merchants in the country. According to a company executive, apart from utility bills, users will also be able to pay for their insurance policies, property taxes and more through the new Paytm Canada app. 

 

Computer security company Check Point Software Technologies revealed a flaw that allows hackers to break into WhatsApp and Telegram messaging accounts using the very encryption that intends to protect messages.

The company did not give details on how many accounts were at risk, but did say that the flaw posed a danger to "hundreds of millions" of users accessing the messaging platform from web browsers in computers, as opposed to mobile applications.

In another big news, search giant Google launched an Android app for kids under 13 years of age. Dubbed 'Family Link', the app allows parents to create a Google account for their kids.

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