Four months after its last funding announcement, Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Rainforest has closed a $20 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other participants included January Capital, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Amasia and Lo & Behold Group, along with returning investors Nordstar and Insignia Venture Partners. Rainforest announced in May that it had raised…
Eric Zeman / Android Authority TL; DR Samsung is reportedly working on a 576MP camera sensor. The sensor could make its debut as early as 2025. This comes after Samsung announced plans for its 600MP sensor target in 2020. Samsung has spearheaded the megapixel wars of recent times and just introduced a new 200 MP…
LG says it’s developed a new material that can create displays with “a surface as hard as glass and folding parts as flexible as plastic.” Called “Real Folding Window,” the new material could revolutionize flexible smartphone displays, paving the way for durable screens that eliminate troubling issues such as creasing. The new technology also enables…
Hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults get on flights each year from India to a foreign land to pursue higher education. Upon landing, they face myriad challenges. One big one: They don’t have a local credit history, so they can’t avail a range of financial services, including a loan or a credit card…
Even as there are hundreds of millions of Indians who have bank accounts, only about 30 million of them have credit cards. The adoption rate of the plastic card has largely remained stagnant in the South Asian nation for the last few years. The relatively young credit-rating system in India covers only a tiny fraction…
Samsung has long been the go-to brand for the best Android tablets, but Lenovo is trying to change that with the new Lenovo Tab P12 Pro and Tab P11 5G. Both new slates are geared toward a mix of 2-in-1 portability, productivity, and multimedia, though the P11 5G won’t launch in the U.S. Lenovo Tab…
David Imel / Android Authority The launch of the iPhone 12 was one of Apple’s biggest smartphone launches to date, with four different models, 5G, and a significant redesign that even included a novel approach to wireless charging. How can the company build on this success with the iPhone 13? According to the first signs,…
OLED laptops are becoming very commonplace, and Lenovo’s new IdeaPad Slim 7 laptops are taking them to the next level with higher refresh rates. Lenovo has announced the second-gen IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon and IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro — or the “Yoga Slim,” if you’re buying outside of North America. These new laptops are ultra…
At its Tech World conference, Lenovo took the wraps off of three new monitors, including two new panels for gamers under its G brand and a professional-grade ThinkVision P27u-20 display with support for Thunderbolt 4. With its ThinkVision brand, the P27u-20 comes with many features that enterprise and businesses seek, including support for 4K UHD…