A 7-year-old woman’s letter to “the Google boss” searching for a job on the firm elicited a response from CEO Sundar Pichai, who stated advised her to “hold working onerous and observe her desires.” In a handwritten letter, UK resident Chloe Bridgewater stated she preferred computer systems, robots and tablets, and was pupil in school. She additionally talked about she wished to work at a chocolate manufacturing facility and swim on the Olympics. Google supremo Sundar Pichai in his reply to her letter stated, “I feel that for those who hold working onerous and following your desires, you’ll be able to accomplish the whole lot that you just set your thoughts to – from working at Google to swimming within the Olympics. I sit up for receiving your job software if you end up completed with college.”

With that little nugget out of the best way, listed below are the massive tech tales of the day.

iPhone 8 House button stated to get replaced by ‘Operate Space’
iPhone’s House button will make manner for an all-new ‘function area’ with the launch of the iPhone 8, in keeping with famous KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi Kuo. The operate space in the direction of the underside of the display will characteristic digital ‘always-on’ buttons with static controls on the iPhone 8. Whereas there’s not sufficient readability on the operate space but, the analysis observe says the additional area left after the elimination of the Home button can be used for system features with devoted buttons for every operate.

Xiaomi begins rolling out MIUI 8.2 secure ROM globally
Xiaomi has begun the global release of the stable MIUI 8.2 ROM, with the OTA replace hitting eligible smartphones beginning at present. Xiaomi Mi Max, Mi Max Prime, Mi 4i, Mi 3, Mi 4, Mi Note, Redmi 1S, Redmi Note 4G will get the replace within the subsequent couple of days. However, the MIUI 8.2 rollout for different Xiaomi smartphones will start on February 20. The newest Xiaomi software program replace brings improved structure for toggles within the Notification shade, full management over automated duties, and new system sounds and ringtones, amongst others.

Moto G5, Moto G5 Plus specs and images leaked
With the official launch stated to be just a week away, specs and images of the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus smartphones have leaked online. The 2 price range Moto smartphones could have metallic our bodies and have Lenovo branding on the aspect panels, leaked images counsel; the fingerprint sensor is in entrance and the enduring ‘M’ emblem is on the again of the smartphone. The 2 Android 7.0 Nougat smartphones have 5-megapixel entrance cameras, 2GB of RAM, and storage enlargement through microSD playing cards as much as 128GB.

The Moto G5 is rumoured to have a 5-inch full-HD display, 32GB onboard storage, 1.4GHz Snapdragon 430 chipset, 2800mAh battery, 4G LTE assist, and 13-megapixel rear digital camera. The Moto G5 Plus, alternatively, is alleged to have a 5.2-inch full-HD panel, 64GB storage, 3000mAh battery, 12-megapixel rear digital camera, 2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 chipset, and 4G LTE assist.

Asus ZenFone Go 5.0 LTE price range smartphone launched at Rs. 8,999
Asus has launched the ZenFone Go 5.0 LTE (ZB500KL), an improve to final yr’s Asus ZenFone Go 5.0 LTE (T500), within the Indian market at Rs. 8,999. The brand new Asus price range smartphone has a 5-inch HD display, 1GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor, 2GB of RAM, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, 16GB built-in storage, microSD card enlargement as much as 64GB, 13-megapixel rear digital camera, 5-megapixel selfie snapper, 2600mAh battery and, because the title suggests, 4G LTE assist. Asus ZenFone Go 5.0 LTE comes with free lifetime entry to 5GB of Asus WebStorage and it’s obtainable through Amazon India and offline retail.

Xiaomi Mi MIX successor below growth, says CEO Lei Jun
The subsequent model of Xiaomi’s idea smartphone Mi MIX is already within the works, the Chinese language firm’s CEO Lei Jun has confirmed. Xiaomi is as soon as once more collaborating with French designer Philippe Stark in creating the Mi MIX successor; Stark has some concepts for the subsequent mannequin and the 2 corporations now exploring methods to make the product a actuality. Jun didn’t give any timeline for the launch of the subsequent Mi MIX mannequin.

Reliance Jio has 23 % market share, says Truecaller report
Quick-growing disruptive telecom operator Reliance Jio has emerged because the second-biggest player in the industry with 23 % market share, second solely to Airtel. This comes from Truecaller’s TrueInsights 2016 Particular report, whose knowledge relies on the variety of Truecaller customers in India, and isn’t consultant of the general telecom trade. Reliance Jio customers make the shortest calls (median calls of lower than 30 seconds), which was attributed to calls drops and Reliance Jio SIM playing cards getting used primarily for knowledge.

BlackBerry market share is just about zero: Gartner
Of the 431.5 million smartphones offered in This autumn final yr, solely about 200,000 have been BlackBerry units operating on the corporate’s working system, in keeping with market analysis agency Gartner. This provides it a market share of nearly zero percent, a fall that has lengthy been within the making. Microsoft’s Windows platform for cell units is faring poorly as properly, with its market share dropping from 1.1 % to 0.3 %.

Fb takes on LinkedIn with new characteristic
Facebook has thrown within the gauntlet towards the LinkedIn by letting companies post jobs on the social media platform. The characteristic, at present obtainable solely within the US and Canada, permits corporations to publish help-wanted posts on pages or by searching for a brand new ‘Jobs’ bookmark on the cell app. The job posts will seem in customers’ information feeds if companies pay for promotions. When a consumer clicks on the Apply Now button on a Fb job submit, a web based type with their particulars already stuffed out with related info from their Fb profile.

Swipe Konnect Star with 4G VoLTE assist launched at Rs. 3,799
Swipe Telecom has launched the brand new Konnect Star entry-level smartphone with 4G VoLTE assist in India at Rs. 3,799. The Swipe Konnect Star has a 4-inch display, 1GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB inside storage, as much as 32GB microSD card assist, 5-megapixel rear digital camera, 1.3-megapixel entrance digital camera, 1800mAh battery, and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow.