Huawei P30 Pro receives a new update which brings AR Measure and Dual-View Video mode to the smartphone

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Huawei P30 Pro receives a new update which brings AR Measure and Dual-View Video mode to the smartphone

The Chinese electronic tech giant, Huawei has released a new update for its flagship device – the Huawei P30 Pro. The new update comes with new features, bug fixes and improvements. It is the second software update which the new smartphone is getting after it was launched earlier this year. This update brings features such as dual perspective camera and a powerful AR measurement tool to the P30 Pro. With it, Huawei wishes to enrich its user experience. The Huawei P30 Pro comes with a quad-camera setup and currently it is one of the best camera smartphone in the market and now with the new update its camera can be used for other purposes as well.

The new update is 570MB in size and it is currently being rolled out through an OTA update. Although all the users of the Huawei P30 Pro should get the new update but if they hadn’t received the notification then they can manually check for it. The users of the Huawei P30 Pro can update by going to Settings and then to System. From there they would need to go to Software Update and then click on Check for Updates. After that the Huawei P30 Pro will start looking for the latest version of the software.

Once the smartphone finishes downloading, the users can update their device to the new version of the OS. But it should be noted that the battery should be at least at 30% to update it successfully.

The new UI brings the AR Measure tool to the Huawei P30 Pro which can be used to measure the world around you. This feature uses the ToF camera of the P30 Pro and using AR technology it measures the distance between two points the user selects. Not only can it be used to measure the length or the lines but area and volume of surfaces and objects as well. The AR Measure tool can also measure a person’s height. And according to Huawei, the margin of error in the measurement is around 1% only which makes it almost accurate.

Huawei P30 Pro update
Huawei P30 Pro update

The other feature which the new update brings is the Dual-View Video feature which uses multiple cameras at once to shoot videos. It enables the users to shoot the video from different angles at once. In other words, when one camera of the Huawei P30 Pro shoots a wide angle shot, the other can shoot a close-up shot of the same scene. The users can freely adjust the level of magnification as well. The Dual-View Video feature can be useful when capturing the large-scale events such as sports event or concerts.

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How to change your username on Instagram?

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How to change your username on Instagram?

Instagram is one of the best image sharing platforms out there and it has become one of the biggest social networks after being acquired by Facebook. When signing up, the user gets to choose his username which will be how the other users see his/her posts. But since there are millions of profiles on the platform, it can be tough to choose a sensible username on the first go. If you are among the ones who went with the suggested username and then later want to change it to your liking then there is a way to do that. As Instagram gives the users the option to change their username.

Read on to find out how you can change your user name on Instagram:

How to change your username through the Instagram app on your smartphone:

  1. First you need to enter the Instagram application and then go to your profile tab by clicking on the lower right side of the access bar.
  2. Then you need to click on the Edit Profile button which will be placed right under the account follower and the following info.
  3. Then you need to find the Username section and tap on it to Edit it. There you can change and choose your username according to your liking.
  4. Once you are done with your username, click on Save button on the upper right corner of the app. Your username will then be changed.

How to change your username on Instagram using the browser on PC:

  1. When using the PC version of Instagram, you can change your username by going to your profile.
  2. Then you need to go to the Edit Profile section which will be located next to your current username.
  3. Then you need to enter the new username under the Username section which can be edited by clicking on it. But keep in mind that the username you are looking for might not be available so you would need to try a few variations of it.
  4. Once you have found a new username and once it has been accepted, you can scroll down to the bottom of the page and then click on Send.
  5. After it is done, your changes will be saved. But it should be noted that after your username has been changed you can not go back to your old username as it might be taken by the other users.

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Amazon Fab Phone Fest will have offers and discounts on OnePlus 6T, Huawei P30 Pro, Samsung Galaxy M30 etc

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Amazon Fab Phone Fest will have offers and discounts on OnePlus 6T, Huawei P30 Pro, Samsung Galaxy M30 etc

Amazon India has brought its Fab Phone Fest once again, which is to start next week. To be exact, the Fab Phone Fest will start from June 10 and will go on till June 13, 2019. During this Phone Fest, Amazon will be offering big discounts and offers along with no-cost EMI option and exchange offers on a huge number of smartphones. Ahead of the sale, Amazon has put on a teaser page on its platform, which shows the best deals the Fab Phone Fest will be bringing.

Some highlighted smartphones which will be on sale in the Fab Phone Fest are OnePlus 6T, iPhone X and the newly launched Huawei P30 Pro. Other than that, the Fab Phone Fest is also bringing sale and offers on budget smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy M20, Galaxy M30, Honor 9N, Redmi 7 etc. Other than smartphones, mobile accessories will also be on sale.

Samsung’s budget segment smartphone, the Galaxy M30 which is one of the best smartphones for display lovers is being sold below Rs 15,000. The base variant of the Galaxy M30 is currently being sold for Rs 14,990 while the top-end variant of the device with 6GB RAM/ 128GB storage is selling at Rs 17,990 right now. But in the Fab Phone Fest, the top-end variant of the device will sell for as low as Rs 14,990. Other than that, it also comes with no-cost EMI option and exchange offer as well.

Although the new OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro are already here but that doesn’t mean that the OnePlus 6T has lost its charm. The 8GB RAM/ 128GB storage variant of the device is selling for Rs 27,999 in the upcoming Fab Phone Fest. The original price of the variant was Rs 32,999.

Some of the flagship and premium smartphones like the Huawei P30 Pro, Vivo Nex, Galaxy Note 9 from Samsung, Oppo R17 will also get their prices cut for the Fab Phone Fest. So this might be the best time to grab a flagship smartphone with reduced prices. Currently, Amazon doesn’t mention the prices these devices will sell at but it does mention that they will receive a price cut and will come with exchange offers as well so their prices will be further slashed.

Other budget smartphones such as the Honor 9N, Samsung Galaxy M20, Vivo Y9i, Redmi 6A, Mi A2, Redmi 7 along with Oppo A5 will also have their prices discounted. Smartphones like the Nokia 8.1, Honor View 20, Vivo V15 Pro and the Oppo F11 Pro will be getting the No-Cost EMI option.

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Ahead of E3 2019 From Software and George R.R. Martin’s Elden Ring leaked online, two other games also leaked

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Ahead of E3 2019 From Software and George R.R. Martin’s Elden Ring leaked online, two other games also leaked

E3 2019 (Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019) is scheduled to start from next week and similar to previous years it will be the place where the game companies gather to showcase their newest offering to the gamers. This year will be one of the biggest and the best gaming expo as it will see releases and launches of some of the most anticipated games till date. some of the biggest games and titles coming to come to the E3 2019 game expo is CyberPunk 2077, Halo Infinite, Doom Eternal etc.

E3 2019 game expo will also be bigger this year because the writer and author of ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ or ‘Game of Thrones’ George R. R. Martin is working with From Software on a new game. And if that wasn’t enough, news is that it will be similar to Dark Souls series. Ahead of the E3 2019 expo, three game details of Bandai Namco which were to be revealed at the event have been leaked online due to a security exposure.

The new leak revealed the anticipated game called the ‘Elden Ring’ which comes after the collaboration between George R.R. Martin and From Software who are the makers of Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Other than that, the leak also revealed a new Tales game and Ni No Kuni Remastered version.

The leaks were released by ResetEra, and it shows that Elden Ring game will be the upcoming title from From Software game studios who already have some of the biggest titles under their belt. It should be noted that Elden Ring after its release will be coming for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Currently not much is known about the Elden Ring as its trailer or teaser has not been released by the company yet. But being a game from George R.R. Martin there is a possibility that it will be a hack and slash, action-adventure game set in a dark world with lots of danger and elements.

On the other hand, the Ni No Kuni Remastered version will also be coming to PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Switch as well.

Lastly, the Tales of Arise which is a Japanese RPG (role-playing game) will also be coming to the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. All the three titles will be revealed at the Microsoft event at E3 on Sunday.

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Microsoft removed its facial recognition database which started in 2016

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Microsoft removed its facial recognition database which started in 2016

Microsoft, one of the biggest tech giants has removed a huge number of entries of facial recognition from it’s database, which contained more than 10 million images. These images were of more than 1,00,000 people from the internet. Although the database has been removed but the traces of the data trove on the internet still remains.

According to a report by Financial Times, the tech giant has released MS-Celeb-1M which is a dataset of around 10 million photos from 1,00,000 people. This data were collected from the internet from 2016 onwards. Furthermore, the facial recognition database is designed to contain the photos of celebrities. But according to Adam Harvey, a Berlin-based researcher said that the definition of ‘celebrity’ was quite broad, he pointed this out using his project called Megapixels.

Microsoft said that, the image database was taken down because the research challenge was over. According to the tech giant Microsoft, it is doubtful that the MS-Celeb-1M database’s life is over as well.

As mentioned before, the facial recognition database contained images of celebrities, other than them it also contained pictures of “journalists, artists, musicians, activists, policy makers, writers, and academics”. It should be noted that the pictures of people used and stored in the facial recognition database did not have permission and consent from people if they wanted it to be included. The images were taken from the internet itself under the Creative Commons License.

In other news, Microsoft earlier revealed that Windows had a security vulnerability which left it open for worm or other threat attacks. These attacks could become widespread by going from one vulnerable PC to the other. The new attacks could be similar to the massive spread of the WannaCry malware which had affected more than thousand PCs. Although Microsoft has released patches and fixes for Windows including the older one like Windows XP, according to the company, around 1 million PCs which are connected to the internet can still be attacked.

Although the new security flaw of Windows system could not be exploited, as said by the company but that doesn’t mean that the security flaw won’t harm the users.

The WannaCry attacks happened around two months after the company released new patches for the EternalBlue exploit. The EternalBlue exploit affected a number of machines and its exploits were leaked online which allowed the hackers to create the malware targeting the exact exploit.

EternalBlue exploit was leaked publicly, and this allowed hackers to create malware freely. The new BlueKeep flaw has not been disclosed publicly, however, that does not imply that there would be no malware.

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KODAK 43FHDXPRO and KODAK 50FHDXPRO TVs launched in India: Price and specifications

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KODAK 43FHDXPRO and KODAK 50FHDXPRO TVs launched in India: Price and specifications

Indian electronics company Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd (SPPL) has added two new products in its KODAK XPRO TV portfolio with the launch of  KODAK 43FHDXPRO and KODAK 50FHDXPRO TV models. Both the new KODAK TVs are powered by the CORTEX CPUs and come in a 43-inch and 50-inch screen sizes.

KODAK 43FHDXPRO and KODAK 50FHDXPRO TVs price and availability

The new KODAK 43FHDXPRO holds a price tag of Rs 20,999 while the KODAK 50FHDXPRO is priced at Rs 24,999. Both the newly launched TVs come in only one colour – Black.

Both the new KODAK TVs will be exclusively available on Flipkart once it launches on June 10, 2019.

On the launch of the new TVs, Avneet Singh Marwah, Director and CEO of SPPL said, “We embrace change and have always been innovating to bring a different experience to our customers. Recently we added KODAK XPRO TVs to our family of TV products so customers can experience big screen TVs with affordable prices.”

KODAK 43FHDXPRO and KODAK 50FHDXPRO TVs specifications and features

The KODAK 43FHDXPRO TV has a 43-inch (108 cm) LED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core CORTEX CA53 CPU paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage. The maximum audio output of the KODAK 43FHDXPRO TV is 8E10W*2 and it has four sound modes – Standard, Mild, user and Dynamic. The newly launched TV runs Android 7.1 and it also comes with Wi-Fi connectivity which can be used to play YouTube or Netflix videos.

On the other hand, the KODAK 50FHDXPRO TV comes with a 50-inch (124 cm) LED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core CORTEX CA53 CPU paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage. The new KODAK 50FHDXPRO TV runs Android 5.1 and it too comes with four sound modes – Standard, Mild, User and Dynamic. It has a maximum audio output of 8E10W*2 and similar to its 43-inch counterpart, it too comes with Wi-Fi connectivity.

As mentioned before, both the newly launched TVs comes with Wi-Fi connectivity but other than that, they also have features such as LAN connectivity, Web browsing and MIRACAST.

As mentioned above, with the addition of two new KODAK 43FHDXPRO and KODAK 50FHDXPRO TVs, SPPL has increased its portfolio. It also has other TVs under its HD, FHD and UHD series all of which offer a smart TV with affordable pricing.

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Snapchat is testing an events feature on its platform: Report

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Snapchat is testing an events feature on its platform: Report

Photo-messaging app Snapchat is working on integrating the support for events in its service. This is being considered as an attempt to compete with social media giant Facebook, that offers a number of functionalities on its platform. The feature, that has not been announced by Snap Inc as yet, was spotted in the app’s code by Jane Manchun Wong. For those unaware, Wong is an app researcher who has a great track record of discovering various social media features even before they are announced officially.

However, it is not clear as of now how Snapchat‘s event feature would work on the app, or for that matter, will it even be released or not. But then, Wong has posted a screenshot that shows what exactly it looks like. Using the feature, whenever you create an event, you would be able to assign a time and a place to it. If you swipe up on an invite, you would be able to join a group chat for an event too.

As of now, it is not known whether the feature on Snapchat can be used to make public events or it will only be restricted to private events between the user and his immediate friends on the app.

We should also mention that the feature enables the user to assign events to different locations. This way, they can be integrated with the Snap Map on Snapchat. Last year the company updated the Snap Map to show where exactly in the world people’s friends are. Once the events feature launches, it seems like the Snap Map will show people and events too. Besides this, it also speculated that the Map will then show which friends are attending which event. However, till the time there is a word from the company, one cannot be sure what the feature will be able to do.

On an unrelated note, we should mention that Snapchat had announced that Zynga’s Tuny Royale battle royale game would be exclusively available on its platform. This week, the company has brought the Tiny Royale battle royale game to its platform. Going forward, if you open the app, you will see that the newly launched game is available to play on the platform.

With this, it can be assumed that Snapchat is trying to bring PUBG or Fortnite fans to its platform. It is worth mentioning that Zynga-developed game is currently available on Snapchat’s in-app gaming platform called Snap Games. You can access it by pressing on the rocket-shaped icon on the chat window.

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Asus ROG Phone 2 may launch in July, ROG unit ties up with Tencent Games

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Asus ROG Phone 2 may launch in July, ROG unit ties up with Tencent Games

Taiwanese electronics company Asus’ ROG sub-brand is now partnering with China’s Tencent Games to develop some new gaming experiences for smartphones users. The company has made an announcement about its latest partnership on social networking website Weibo. The tie-up clearly suggests that the company has started working on its Asus ROG Phone 2, which will succeed Asus ROG Phone that was launched by the company last year.

Asus ROG Phone 2 is expected to arrive in July and it will compete directly with the likes of Black Shark 2 and Nubia Red Magic 3. We should also point out that Tencent Games is a part of Tencent Holdings that owns a number of game companies like Epic Games and Riot Games. The company also owns the studio that created PUBG Mobile.

According to the post on Weibo, the partnership does not detail any major future plans, however, it does hint at the launch of Asus ROG Phone 2. As we mentioned earlier, the new gaming smartphone is expected to be launched in July this year.

Asus ROG and Tencent Games are said to be working to create content and gaming experiences for smartphone users. In addition to this, the company is also likely to leverage Tencent’s extensive reach in the world of e-sports tournaments. Asus can make use of this to create awareness of its ROG brand among other traditional gamers. The ROG brand by Asus has a line of gaming notebooks and a smartphone that is aimed at gamers.

Tencent Games has been established as one among the key subsidiaries of Tencent Holdings in 2003. Initially, it was only popular for the online games that it created, however, with PUBG Mobile, the company has become a household name. The popularity of the company particularly escalated once the mobile version of PUBG was launched as it crossed more than 200 million downloads and 30 million daily active users.

Asus ROG Phone specifications

Last year’s Asus ROG Phone runs Android 8.1 Oreo skinned with ROG Gaming UI and features a 6-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display that has a refresh rate of 90Hz. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, the smartphone comes with Adreno 630 GPU and 8GB of RAM.

For imaging duties, the handset comes with 12MP+8MP dual rear cameras. The smartphone has an 8MP selfie camera.

Asus ROG Phone has an internal storage of 128GB and houses a 4000mAh battery. According to the company, the battery of the smartphone can provide 7 hours of Wi-Fi gameplay and can charge from 0 to 60% in 33 minutes.

A key feature of Asus ROG Phone is the GameCool vapour-chamber cooling system that has a detachable AeroActive Cooler. The handset also comes with side-mounted ports and has two programmable ultrasonic AirTriggers. It also has an optional TwinView Dock and a Mobile Desktop Dock. A Gamevice controller with WiGig Dock that uses 60GHz Wi-Fi for gaming on big screens is also present.

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How to Share games on Steam using the Family Sharing feature?

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How to Share games on Steam using the Family Sharing feature?

Steam is one of the best-known platform where you can legally buy and own a game online on your PC. In short, it is a digital marketplace for games of all kinds for PC and it has a large collection of AAA games along with plethora of Indie games. But steam also has a function where the user can let others join in on their favourite games. But since it doesn’t allow multiple user IDs to sign in and play at the same time, it makes the sharing and playing together difficult. For that reason, Steam has a feature called the Steam Family Sharing feature, it allows you to share your game library with friends and family.

Here we are listing down the steps by which you can share your Steam game collection using the Steam Family Sharing:

  1. First, enable the Steam Guard which is Steam’s built-in security feature. For that you would need to open your account and click on Steam.
  2. Then click on Settings and then go to Account.
  3. Here, select Manage Steam Guard Account Security. Once selected, it will be toggled on.
  4. After the Steam Guard is enabled, you need to set up the Family Sharing feature. For that, you need to click on Steam and then head to Settings.
  5. After that, you need to go to Family Once there, you will be able to see the list of all the Steam accounts that have logged in using your PC.
  6. If the user with whom you want to share the game isn’t on the list then you need them to log in using your PC and then ask them to log out. It should be noted that the Steam Family Sharing feature can be used only with the user who have logged into their account using your PC. You can also ask the ID and password of your friend and family and log in and then log out of it which will make them appear on the list. The list includes the people with which you can share the game.
  7. Once it is done, you need to check the box next to the user(s), it will allow them to access your game library. Once it is done, click on OK.
  8. It will allow other users to play on your PC using your game library.
  9. But if they want to play on their own PC, you would need to authorize their machine first. For that you need to go to Steam and then head to Settings.
  10. Once there, go to Family and then click on Authorise this computer. Once it is done, all the authorised family members and friends will be able to play games which is inside your game library. But it should be kept in mind that only one person can use your game library at a given time.

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OnePlus 7 Pro Almond edition sale in India to begin on June 14: Get all the details here

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OnePlus 7 Pro Almond edition sale in India to begin on June 14: Get all the details here

OnePlus 7 Pro was finally launched last month after months of reports, rumours and speculations. As soon as it was launched, it garnered a lot of appreciation from fans for its premium features. While most of the variants of the smartphone have gone on sale, the Almond coloured variant of the handset has not hit the shelves till now. Today, the Chinese smartphone brand has announced that OnePlus 7 Pro Almond will be going on sale at 12:00 noon on 14th June 2019 on oneplus.in, Amazon.in, all OnePlus exclusive offline stores, Croma, Reliance Digital and other authorized OnePlus outlets.

We should mention that the Mirror Grey and the Nebula Blue colour variant of the OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone have already gone on sale via the same platforms. If you are interested in buying the Almond coloured variant of OnePlus 7 Pro, then you can pre-book the smartphone starting from June 7th at Rs 2,000. The pre-bookings will be live on OnePlus exclusive offline stores, Reliance Digital, My Jio Store, Croma, Poorvika Mobiles, Sangeetha Mobiles and Vijay Sales.

As a part of launch offers, customers will be able to avail cash backs of up to Rs 2,000 with SBI credit and debit cards at Amazon.in, Reliance and Croma. Amazon.in is also offering customers a no-cost EMI option for the OnePlus 7 Pro Almond Edition smartphone.

OnePlus 7 Pro Almond is only available in 8GB RAM/256GB storage variant in India that is priced at Rs 52,999.

OnePlus 7 Pro specifications

OnePlus 7 Pro features a 6.67-inch curved Quad HD+ Fluid AMOLED display and runs Android 9.0 Pie skinned with OxygenOS. The smartphone comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC clubbed with an Adreno 640 GPU. The handset houses up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. The company has mentioned that it comes with UFS 3.0 storage and it has a Liquid cooling technology that ensures better gaming performance.

For imaging duties, OnePlus 7 Pro has a triple rear camera that with a 48MP primary Sony IMX586 sensor, an 8MP telephoto sensor that has 3X zoom, and a 16MP wide-angle sensor.

For selfies and video calls, the handset has a 16MP pop-up selfie camera. We should mention that the presence of a pop-up selfie camera means that the device has a full-screen experience. The smartphone houses a 4,000mAh battery that comes with support for Warp Charge 30W fast charging.

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RHA MA650i earphones with Lightning connector launched for Apple devices: Price and details

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RHA MA650i earphones with Lightning connector launched for Apple devices: Price and details

UK-based tech company RHA announced a new lightning variant of its popular MA650 earphones – the RHA MA650i with Lightning connector in India. The new earphones is the Apple variant of the RHA MA650 and it comes with a dynamic driver for delivering a good sound. The RHA MA650i also has an Android supported version and a wireless version. Other than that, the RHA MA650i comes with voice controls which can be used to control the devices and it also supports the ‘Hey Siri’ commands.

RHA MA650i Earphones price and availability

The new RHA MA650i earphones come with a price tag of Rs 6,999 and it can be bought in-stores like Croma and Apple Premium Resellers or on popular e-commerce platforms like Amazon.in and Flipkart.

The RHA MA650i also comes with a three-year warranty.

On the launch of the RHA MA650i, Colum Fraser, RHA’s Global Marketing Manager, said, “We designed the MA650i with Lightning to complement the extremely successful existing MA series; combining elements from the MA650 range with Apple’s Lightning connection. The MA650i is an excellent audio companion for iOS devices, pairing RHA’s much-loved design and the renowned audio experience of the existing range with functionality optimised for Apple’s superb range of devices.”

RHA MA650i Earphones specifications and features

The new RHA MA650i comes with RHA-grade listening and it has a mic and remote which allows the users to switch between the music and the calls. It also supports voice assistant which can be activated by the user by using the ‘Hey Siri’ function at the touch of a button.

The RHA MA650i weighs 17g and it is built of 6063 aluminium making it light and sturdy. It has a frequency range of 16Hz to 20,000Hz (20KHz). It packs a custom dynamic (380.1) driver and as mentioned before, it comes with a universal mic and 3-buttons. The earphones have a 1.35m cable built out of dual material and has a Lightning connector. The new RHA MA650i is designed for noise-isolation.

Since the RHA MA650i comes with a lightning port, it can only be connected with an Apple product like the iPhones or iPads or MacBook. But it is also available in Android-optimized or wireless variation.

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The RHA MA650i earphones also supports Siri and the users can control the Apple Lightning devices using the RHA MA650i as it supports voice commands. Since it comes with a custom dynamic driver and aluminium casing, the RHA MA650i comes delivers a powerful and clear sound. It is also stylish and it comes with a wide range of ear tips to make sure that it fits in any users’ ears. The ear tips are made up of Comply Foam which offers a decent level of comfort when worn. Other than that, the RHA MA650i comes with a mesh carry pouch and a clothing clip making it easier to carry without it getting lost.

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10 most expensive acquisitions made by Google

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10 most expensive acquisitions made by Google

Technology giants like Google, Apple and Facebook often make headlines with their deals and acquisitions. Besides developing their own services, these companies often acquire other companies to get them to work for them as an in-house firm. It is a good way of expanding their business, getting more experts to work for them, and at the same time, get a service from a company that is already established in its working. Today, Google‘s latest acquisition has come to light. The company is said to have agreed to pay $2.6 billion for acquiring Looker Data Science, making it one among the biggest acquisition deals of the search giant. But then, Google is known for its expensive acquisitions. Here, we have listed down the 10 most expensive acquisitions that Google has ever made:

Looker Data Science: $2.6 billion

Looker Data Science

Google has agreed to pay a whopping $2.6 billion to acquire Looker Data Science. The deal between the two companies, however, will be finalised later this year. The technology giant is acquiring the data analytics firm as it helps the companies visualize and analyse the data that they store on the cloud. It is one of the biggest acquisitions by Google yet.

Motorola: $12.5 billion

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Yes. You read that right. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google for a staggering $12.5 billion. This is the most expensive acquisition by the technology giant ever. However, the company did not seem to benefit much from it since it sold the company to Lenovo just three years later for less than $3 billion.

Nest Labs: $3.2 billion

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Nest Labs was acquired by Google in January 2014. The company paid a staggering $3.2 billion for the deal. We should mention that during the same year, the technology giant also sold off Motorola’s division to Lenovo. With the acquisition of Nest, the company created a place for itself in the home automation industry. Interestingly, Nest Labs was founded by 2 former Apple employees – Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers.

HTC’s smartphone division: $1.1 billion

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Google primarily acquired HTC‘s smartphone division because it was growing serious about its position in the smartphone industry. The company paid a whopping $1.1 billion for HTC’s Pixel smartphone division. After the acquisition, the company has launched its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL flagship smartphones, and more recently, it has unveiled the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL.

Waze: $1.1 billion (approximately)

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Waze was always a competition to Google Maps. But then, the company just acquired Waze and since then, it owns not one, but two navigation services. The technology company is reported to have paid $1.1 billion. The app enables customers to update the map with cases of accidents and because of this feature, it gained tremendous popularity. It is used by almost 50 million users in the world.

YouTube: $1.65 billion

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The video sharing platform was acquired by Google in 2006, just a year after its launch, for $1.65 billion. YouTube is certainly among the best acquisitions that have been made by Google so far and has become a way for the company to expand its online revenue.

Double Click: $3.1 billion

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DoubleClick was acquired by Google to expand its reach in terms of online advertising, particularly for display ads. The company paid $3.1 billion for it and the deal was finalised in 2007.

AdMob: $750 million

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This was another acquisition that the company made for enhancing its revenue from display ads, but these were meant particularly for smartphones. Google outbid Apple for acquiring the company and the deal was finalised at $750 million. The company was acquired in 2010.

ITA Software: $700 million

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Google acquired ITA Software in 2011 after it agreed to pay $700 million for it. The technology giant then revamped its Google Flight service. Using this, Google could foray into the travel industry as well.

Postini: $625 million

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Postini is a malware filtering software that Google used for Gmail. In 2007, Google acquired it and it then became one of the features in Gmail. However, the service was stopped in 2014.

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Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa to get support for Hindi soon

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Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa to get support for Hindi soon

Amazon’s Alexa is one of the well-known AI voice assistants after Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant. Similar to the workings of other voice assistants, Alexa does what other assistants do, it listens to the command of the user and tries to fulfil the task given to it. But it should be known that similar to other consumer product, Alexa too is a consumer product, and India being one of the biggest markets, it is only natural that the company would focus in the country. And that’s what it seems to be doing as the team at Amazon’s Alexa is working to introduce more regional language capabilities to the voice assistant Alexa so that even the non-English speaking users would be able to use it.

Currently, Alexa speaks more than 14 language variants. While most Indians use English in the smart speaker, those who are not averse to it have still not warmed up to the idea of owning a smart speaker. According to IDC (International Data Corporation), Amazon Echo led the Indian smart speaker market with 59% in 2018. Google Home, a smart speaker by Google, was left with only 39%.

Rohit Prasad, Vice President and Head Scientist for Alexa told IANS at re: Mars event, “Yes, we are working on infusing regional languages capabilities in Alexa for the Indian market but these are early days. Right now, Alexa can understand some Hinglish commands but these are few and far between. For us, it is a contextual, cultural as well as content-related challenge as the question is not that Alexa just needs to understand Hindi. This part we can do relatively easily but Alexa needs to be Indian when it speaks in Hindi as there are several dialects and accents out there which Alexa has to understand and react accordingly. These are challenges which are not language dependent but more culture dependent. We believe in introducing a wholesome experience to delight our customers and not something that is half-baked. We are working on to solve these issues in the Indian context.”

It should be noted that in 2018, Amazon came out with a new category of skill for Alexa called “Cleo”, which enabled the voice assistant to learn Hindi and other regional languages. Other than Hindi, the users can also answer Alexa’s English statements in Indian regional languages such as Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati etc.

Currently, Amazon’s Alexa is available in more than 80 countries and it speaks more than 14 languages. With Amazon’s focus targeted towards India, we could soon see Alexa supporting Indian languages. Once it happens the users can use Alexa to play songs, schedule tasks, reading newspaper in their own language too.

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OnePlus 7 Pro receives a new OxygenOS 9.5.7 update: Here’s everything new

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OnePlus 7 Pro receives a new OxygenOS 9.5.7 update: Here’s everything new

OnePlus 7 Pro has finally started receiving OxygenOS 9.5.7 update which brings new improvements to its camera. Prior to this, the users complained about the poor camera performance of the OnePlus 7 Pro saying the pictures clicked by the handset did not excel in terms of colour accuracy and at times, they even had noise. So with the release of the new update for the OnePlus 7 Pro, the colour saturation and the HDR noise issues of the camera has been fixed. Other than that, the users of the OnePlus 7 Pro had also complained about the Phantom Touch or the Ghost Touch which was found in many new OnePlus 7 Pro devices, and this update fixes that issue as well. The OxygenOS 9.5.7 update is currently being rolled out as an over-the-air update.

The OnePlus 7 Pro is getting the new OxygenOS 9.5.7 update which is being rolled out for the users of the device but it will be rolled out in a phased manner. So it might take some time for all the users of the OnePlus 7 Pro to get the new update. According to the official OnePlus forum, only limited number of users of the OnePlus 7 Pro will be getting the new update today but it will have a broader rollout in the coming days after the company makes sure that there are no other bugs in the new update.

The changelog of the new update for the OnePlus 7 Pro states that the updated OxygenOS 9.5.7 brings an improved overall contrast and colour performance to the camera of the device. Other than that, there is also an improved white balance which has been added to all the three cameras present on the OnePlus 7 Pro. The accuracy and the stability of the auto focusing of the device have also bene enhanced. The HDR noise issue has also been fixed and now the colour and the contrast saturation in the ultra-wide mode has also been improved. The low-light photos of the ultra-wide mode and the Nightscape mode have also seen and improvement.

If you are among the limited number of users, you will get the update notification on your OnePlus 7 Pro smartphone and you can tap on it to update your device. But if it doesn’t, you can manually check for the update by going on Settings then to System Update. After this the device will start searching for the update and if there is one available it will update on its own. The new update is 127MB in size.

Other than the camera improvements, the double tap to wake function has also been fixed along with an improved audio quality for voice calls from third-party apps and improvement has also been made to the touch sensitivity. The earlier reported Phantom Touch problem of the OnePlus 7 Pro has also been fixed with the new update.

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Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop launched in India: Here are its price details and specifications

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Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop launched in India: Here are its price details and specifications

Dell has launched its Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop in India today. The laptop was initially unveiled prior to the CES 2019 and months later, it has finally made its way to India. The newly launched Dell Latitude 7400 is said to be the world’s smallest commercial 14-inch 2-in-1 laptop. The company has also said that the new device boasts of features such as Dell ExpressSign-in, Cat.16 Gigabit LTE and a technology called ExpressCharge, which can charge it up to 80% in an hour.

Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 price in India

Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop in India is priced at Rs 1,55,000. The premium pricing of the laptop is not a surprise as it was available in the United States for $1,599.

Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 specifications

The new laptop from Dell is powered by Intel’s 8th generation U-series ‘Whiskey Lake’ CPUs and comes with up to 16GB of LPDDR3 RAM. The device comes with up to 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD and has an integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU. Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 features a 14-inch touchscreen display that has a full-HD (16:9) resolution and comes with anti-reflective and anti-smudge treatments and is protected with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

The laptop also comes with Dell‘s Active Pen, however, that has to be bought separately. The display has narrow borders on all the sides and in spite of this, the company has managed to put a webcam and an infrared camera for Windows Hello on the top of the screen.

Coming to connectivity, Dell’s Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop comes with two USB Type-A 3.1 (Gen1) ports and two Thunderbolt 3 ports (Type-C). The laptop also comes with a full-sized HDMI port, a SIM card slot, a microSD card reader, a Noble Wedge Lock slot and a SmartCard reader. In terms of wireless connectivity, the laptop comes with Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi and an option for an LTE version with Cat. 16 Gigabit LTE speeds.

Since it is a business laptop, Dell Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop has the company’s ControlVault 3 for additional security. The device is also certified for ‘Skype for Business’ and comes with stereo speakers with MaxxAudio Pro.

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Wipro’s founder Azim Premji to retire on July 31, son, Rishad Premji to step in as Chairman

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Wipro’s founder Azim Premji to retire on July 31, son, Rishad Premji to step in as Chairman

Wipro’s founder – Azim Premji will be stepping down from the position of chairman and the managing director of the company on July 31. Premji had founded and built the company from the ground up and has worked there for almost 50 years. At 74-years of age the MD of the company will be giving up his executive functions as chairman but he will still remain on the board of directors of the company.

After Premji, Wipro will be led by his eldest son Rishad Premji who is already a board of member of the company. Rishad Premji will be taking over as the Chairman of Wipro while the CEO Abidali Neemuchwala will become the Managing Director as well. All the changes of positions and powers will be taking place once Azim Premji retires on July 31.

Azim Premji is also a philanthropist and is one of the most generous donors among India’s industrialists. Back in March 2019, he pledged that 34% of his shares at Wipro will be given to Azim Premji Foundation. His foundation primarily focusses on education and will be taking 67% of his wealth which is Rs 1.45 lakh crore.

“It has been a long and satisfying journey for me. As I look into the future, I plan to devote more time to focus on our philanthropic activities,” said Azim Premji, winner of ET’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.

As mentioned above, Azim Premji will still be remaining in the board of directors of Wipro, and he will still remain the chairman of Wipro Enterprises and will still be in the board of Wipro GE Healthcare. He said that the company was started by his father Hasham Premji and according to him, he contributed by expanding the existing product range and the diversification of the company after his father.

Wipro was originally Western India Vegetable Products Ltd. and it had edible oils as its main products. At that time, the company was located in Amalner, Maharashtra. After Azim Premji’s takeover on Wipro after his father’s death he diversified the business. He then focussed on making Wipro a technology venture which worked both on hardware and software. The hardware part of Wipro died down but the software part thrived and it helped Wipro to rise and become one of the top-most software and IT companies of India. In 2018, Wipro generated a total of $8.5 billion in the annual revenue. Wipro Enterprises, which looks after the consumer goods and the infrastructure engineering and medical devices business, generated a total of $2 billion last year.

In 2019, Azim Premji won a special ET Award for philanthropy and in 2006 his Azim Premji Foundation won the ET Corporate Citizen Award.

“We thank Azim for his vision, outstanding leadership and years of extraordinary contribution towards building Wipro and the Indian IT industry. His unflinching commitment to values makes him an exemplar of how business and ethics, can and must go together. His exceptional generosity makes him one of the greatest philanthropists of our time,” said Ashok S Ganguly, independent director and chairman, board governance, nomination and compensation committee, Wipro Ltd.

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Amazon reMARS: Here’s everything that happened

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Amazon reMARS: Here’s everything that happened

E-commerce giant Amazon held its AI event focused on Machine learning, Automation, Robotics, and Space – re:MARS –  from June 4 to June 7 in Las Vegas. At the event, CEO Amazon Worldwide Consumer, Jeff Wilke and other key leaders at the company got on the stage for the keynote. Here’s a look at the key highlights of Amazon‘s re:MARS event:

  • The company’s Prime Air’s new drone delivery design was unveiled at the re:MARS Conference. Speaking about the drone on his blog, Wilke said, ” We’ve been hard at work building fully electric drones that can fly up to 15 miles and deliver packages under five pounds to customers in less than 30 minutes. And, with the help of our world-class fulfilment and delivery network, we expect to scale Prime Air both quickly and efficiently, delivering packages via drone to customers within months.”
  • Rohit Prasad, Vice President and Head Scientist, Alexa, announced Alexa Conversations at the keynote of Amazon’s re:MARS event. With this deep learning-based approach, developers will be able to create natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of code, and less training data than ever before. Besides this, he also showcased how the feature will enable customers to speak more naturally to Alexa. The digital assistant will also be able to plan a night out for its customers. This feature will initially be made available only to select US customers soon.
  • Brad Porter, VP and Distinguished Engineer of Robotics at Amazon, unveiled the company’s new Pegasus Drive Sortation solution. The solution leverages the core technology of Amazon Robotics storage floors and helps in transporting individual packages to various destinations. The company has claimed that using this technology, the number of miss sorts can be reduced by 50% over its other sortation solutions.
  • The company also introduced StyleSnap, a feature on the Amazon App which enables customers to shop for apparel juts by taking a screenshot of clothes that they like. With this feature, they will be able to find clothes that are similar to the one in the screenshot.
  • Dilip Kumar, Vice President of Amazon Go, also spoke on the keynote about the ‘Just Walk Out Technology’ that is used in Amazon Go.
  • Jenny Freshwater, Director Forecasting and Capacity Planning, Amazon, spoke about how we use AI to power forecasting, which is also the foundation of the e-commerce giant’s supply chain.

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Airtel adds LTE 900 Mhz 4G band spectrum to Assam and North East Indian states

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Airtel adds LTE 900 Mhz 4G band spectrum to Assam and North East Indian states

Bharti Airtel has constantly been expanding its reach to widen the userbase of its platform. The company has now expanded its 4G network coverage in Assam and states of the North East India with LTE 900 technology. Airtel is using the 900 Mhz 4G band in hopes to enhance the indoor network coverage in those areas and states and it also wishes to enhance the network experience of the smartphone users.

With the roll out of 4G in the 900 Mhz spectrum band, Airtel will be getting the additional high-speed data capacity with which it can serve its customers. Airtel also mentions that since the 900 Mhz 4G band has a high propagation and has a high reach, it would allow the customers of Airtel in Assam and North East states to enjoy an improved 4G availability. The 900 Mhz 4G band which Airtel will be using in these states will reach inside buildings, homes, offices as well as malls. Other than that, Airtel 4G will be accessible and available to a wider area across the entire region due to the user of the 900 Mhz 4G band.

Raveendra Desai, Assam and North East, Bharti Airtel said, “Our endeavour is to deliver quality network experience to our customers. The deployment of LTE 900 will further boost Airtel 4G coverage, particularly inside homes and buildings. Airtel smartphone customers will enjoy a seamless high speed data and HD quality calling experience on our upgraded network.  We will continue to invest in deployment of latest network technologies to delight our customers.”

It should be noted that, Bharti Airtel uses a spectrum bank of 2,300 Mhz (TD LTE), 1,800 Mhz (FD LTE) and now the 900 Mhz (LTE 900) in Assam and the North Eastern states. All these spectrum banks used by Airtel helps the telecom operator to offer 4G VoLTE services to its customers. In addition to this, Airtel has deployed network technologies and tools such as the 4G Advanced and Carrier Aggregation to boost up the high-speed network capacity and coverage.

This new development from Airtel about expanding its coverage in Assam and North Eastern states using the LTE 900 Mhz 4G band comes after its announcement where it said that it will be expanding its network in Assam and North East Indian states. For that it will be rolling out 2,720 new base stations and 3,100 Km of optic fiber under the network transformation program. Although we didn’t hear anything about the installation of optic fiber or new base stations in those states but installing a new band spectrum could be the start.

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Google to acquire a Data Analytics firm Looker Data Science for $2.6 billion: Here are all the details

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Google to acquire a Data Analytics firm Looker Data Science for $2.6 billion: Here are all the details

To focus more on its cloud-based services, Google has agreed to buy the Looker Data Sciences for $2.6 billion. Google announced its acquisition of the new company on Thursday, June 6 and this gives the company a tool with which it can sell more cloud storage and software related to the cloud. Other than Google, Amazon and Microsoft have also started focusing more on cloud-based services. Considering that Amazon and Microsoft already have made a name for themselves in the cloud business, it puts Google at a very competitive place.

The acquired company – Looker – is located in Santa Cruz, California and it helps the companies to visualize and analyse the data that they store on the cloud. We should mention that Google had to pay $2.6 billion for the deal, making it one of the biggest acquisitions by the company yet. Back in 2014, the search giant acquired the smart home company named Nest Labs for a staggering $3.2 billion. But since the company is facing an antitrust investigation by the US Department of Justice, any of the deals which the company makes will be monitored.

It should be noted that many technology companies think that Cloud is the next step in the internet and world wide web services. That is the reason Microsoft and Amazon and other big companies are focusing so much on the Cloud. A few days earlier, Sony too partnered with Microsoft so that it could use the Azure cloud system that Microsoft owns. So, Cloud is an important aspect for Google’s growth as well, as its search advertising business is slowing down.

According to Bloomberg’s Intelligence analyst, Jennifer Rie, “I think it will get scrutiny because these are complicated businesses and there is so much sensitivity around small acquisitions by the big tech companies.” The deal also won’t “disadvantage any other competitors or have any real potential for harm. I do think the regulators will take a close look, however.”

Thomas Kurian, the head of Cloud said that even though the company has acquired Looker, it won’t stop it from doing business with other companies and its competitors as they have to rely on more than one cloud services to function.

Kurian said, “Many people have asked us for many months, ‘Are you rushing to do acquisitions? We’ve been very disciplined in building our sales, go-to-market capability, and our own products. We’ve chosen Looker as a very complimentary technology that a lot of customers will find value in very quickly.”

The acquisition of Looker by Google will be completed later this year. But it should be noted that both the companies already share more than 350 joint customers and some of the companies include King, Hearst, yahoo, WPP Essence and more. So, the acquisition will help Google strengthen its hold on the tech industry.

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How to watch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 matches on your smartphone or tablet?

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How to watch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 matches on your smartphone or tablet?

Did you miss India’s match in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 yesterday because you were not home? Well, that’s no reason to miss the match. World Cup doesn’t happen every day. There are a number of more matches that the Indian cricket team will be playing during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Not all of these will begin at a time that will suit you. So that you don’t have to miss out on any of the awesome performances by the Indian Cricket team, we have listed here the how you can watch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 matches on your smartphone or tablet.

In case you are not home at the time of a World Cup match, you can watch the match live on in two ways. The first is the HotStar app and the second is JioTV app. As far as HotStar goes, it has the digital rights to telecast the World Cup 2019 matches. So, you can watch the match on HotStar using the mobile app or on the PC. But then, you would need to get a subscription for watching World Cup on Hotstar. You can either pick the monthly subscription that costs Rs 299, or you can go for the yearly plan that costs Rs 999.

Here are the steps to follow to watch ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 cricket matches on HotStar mobile app:

  1. Download the HotStar app via Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store.
  2. Get yourself a subscription (monthly or yearly plan).
  3. Launch the app again. You will see HotStar Premium opened on your app.
  4. There will be a section by the name ‘ICC CWC 2019’. Scroll down to that section.
  5. This is where you will be able to see live matches. The section will also have highlights videos from various matches.
  6. We should mention that you can watch the matches on the web version of HotStar too. The steps remain the same.

Another thing worth mentioning is that if you already have a subscription to HotStar, you would not have to follow the first three steps. If you watch the match via JioTV app, it will redirect you to HotStar’s stream.

If you are watching the match at home, you will have to watch Star Sports TV network. The network has a number of channels, so you will be able to select whether you want to watch the match in SD or HD, and with English or Hindi commentary.

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Snapchat adds Zynga’s Tiny Royale battle royale game to its Snap Games: Here’s how to play it

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Snapchat adds Zynga’s Tiny Royale battle royale game to its Snap Games: Here’s how to play it

With the popularity and the increasing user base of the battle royale games, more and more platforms and companies are leaning towards the genre. Earlier in April, social-networking platform Snapchat announced Zynga’s Tuny Royale battle royale game which would be available on its platform exclusively. Now, a month later, Snapchat has brought the Tiny Royale battle royale game to its platform for the users. So, now, if you head to Snapchat, you will see that the game is available to play. With the addition of the new battle royale game to the application, people who enjoy playing PUBG or Fortnite may find a new reason to come to the platform.

The new game allows the users to battle with their in-game friends, and they can also collect new weapons, much like other battle royale games. Other than that, the Tiny Royale also allows the players to unlock characters and health packs along with way. They can collect all this on the map which shrinks as the match progresses and it will keep on shrinking until only one player or one team is alive. The game even lets you join or make teams or squads, or you can play alone and the last standing player will win. In other words, it’s a battle royale which uses all the features of the genre and adds to a pocket-sized edition.

The Zynga-developed battle royale game is currently available on Snapchat’s in-app gaming platform Snap Games. Talking about how the game works, its similar to other battle royale games. The players will have to shoot the players of the opponent team/single and then collect the loot. They need to also save themselves and, in the end, kill everyone to become the last one standing. The players can go solo or form a squad for a quick two-minute match. At one time, a maximum of 30 players can play the game in the same map, the teams will be made of four. But instead of giving a third person or a first-person view, the Tiny Royale offers a top-down view. The players are also given custom characters to choose from.

As mentioned above, the Snap Games feature is inside the Snapchat app itself and the players won’t have to exit the app to play the game. There are also many other original and third-party games included in the Snap Games platform. This is a new way for Snapchat to bring and lure in more users to its platform. Some of the games available on the Snap Games platform includes – Bitmoji Party, PikPok’s Zombie Rescue Squad, ZeptoLab’s C.A.T.S. Drift Race, Spry Fox’s Alphabear Hustle, Game Closure’s Snake Squad to name a few.

Here’s how you can play the game:

  1. You can access Snap Games by tapping on the Rocket icon on the chat menu.
  2. Then you can search for the game and tap on it to start playing.
  3. You can also invite and add your friends to play with you and form a team or you can play solo.

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POCO F1 receives a price cut in India, now available at Rs 17,999

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POCO F1 receives a price cut in India, now available at Rs 17,999

Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi’s POCO F1 smartphone garnered a lot of appreciation for offering the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC at a very affordable price. However, the price of the smartphone fell in the Rs 20,000 segment and maybe because Xiaomi has created its loyalists in the entry-level and budget segments, POCO F1 did not do as well as it was expected to. Probably this is the reason that Xiaomi keeps on offering a discount on the smartphone every now and then. If you want an affordable smartphone with Snapdragon 845 SoC, and don’t mind Xiaomi‘s bloatware-filled MIUI skin, then you can go for the POCO F1 smartphone that is available at a price cut as of now.

The company has slashed the price of its POCO F1 smartphone. Post the price cut, the base variant of POCO F1, that comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, can be bought at Rs 17,999. The revised pricing of the device is visible on Mi.com as well as on Flipkart. We should mention that the price cut is a part of the POCO Days celebration that will stay valid until June 9. It is also worth adding that recently, the company also reduced the pricing of its 6GB RAM/128GB storage variant to Rs 20,999, which earlier cost Rs 22,999.

Xiaomi’s sub-brand POCO has also tweeted that its POCO F1 smartphone with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage is now selling in India for Rs 17,999. Prior to this, the smartphone was available for Rs 19,999 in the country. So, Xiaomi has reduced the pricing of the handset by Rs 2,000. The Chinese smartphone brand has also specified that the discount is a part of the ongoing POCO Days Sale, that will end on June 9. You can buy the POCO F1 smartphone at the discounted pricing from Flipkart as well as Mi.com.

The device is available in Steel Blue and Rosso Red colours. If you buy the smartphone via Flipkart, you can also get a no-cost EMI option, an exchange offer and a 5% instant discount on Axis Bank Buzz Credit Cards.

It is also worth mentioning that POCO F1 smartphone is also available in 6GB RAM/128GB storage option that can be bought at Rs 20,999. Another variant of the handset is available with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage that can be picked up at Rs 27,999.

Here’s a look at the specifications of the POCO F1 smartphone:

  • Display: 6.18-inch full-HD+
  • Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC
  • Rear camera: Dual camera setup with 12MP Sony IMX363 and 5MP sensors
  • Selfie camera: 20MP sensor with HDR
  • Operating system: Android 9.0 Pie skinned with MIUI
  • Battery: 4,000mAh

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Fortnite’s latest update brings a new weapon called Storm Flip: Here’s everything that you should know

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Fortnite’s latest update brings a new weapon called Storm Flip: Here’s everything that you should know

Popular battle royale game Fortnite has added another weapon in the Battle Royale mode called the Storm Flip. The new weapon comes in a new update for the game, and it is a throwable item which explodes on impact and creates a sphere-shaped zone (much like any other throwable). The new Fortnite version 9.20 comes with bug fixes of the previous version along with other improvements. In addition to this, a dancer and a comedian who is famous for his Billy Bounce dance move – YouFunnyB – has also been added to the new update.

Talking about the new weapon – the Storm Flip – it creates a sphere-shaped zone on impact. This zone can create a safe zone when it overlaps with a storm and it will create a storm zone when it overlaps a safe zone. The created zone will last for about 20 seconds before the zone changes back to normal. The Storm Flip can be found in floor loot, chests and vending machines. According to the changelog which comes with the new update, the weapon is available in Epic Rarity.

According to the changelog, “The changes of getting high-powered, rare items from Supply Drones was higher than felt appropriate, so we’ve reduced their availability slightly.” The new updated Fortnite v 9.20 has also removed the hunting rifles from the game. The sniper packages availability in the supply drones has been reduced from 12.5% to 8.45%, so now it will be difficult to find these weapons. The explosive package availability has been reduced from 12.5% to 7.04%. Other than the addition of a new weapon, changes has been made to the Save the World and the Fortnite Creative mode.

Fortnite’s new update also brings Transmitter and Receivers to the game and it allows the players to link their devices to each other using the Channels. There is also a new Pueblo Theme launched in the game, that allows the players to build a desert town which pairs with a new Canyon Island. There is also the Mounted Turret’s usage which has been decreased over time so that the Overheat time is increased by 20%. Other than that, the changelog also mentions that the players revived from the Reboot Van will lose their vulnerability when shooting or building.

Furthermore, YouFunnyB announced that he has worked with Epic Games to add his Billy Bounce Dance move to Fortnite and it will soon be added to the game as a dance emote. If the players want to buy this dance move, it will cost them 500 V-bucks or $5 (approximately Rs 346). It should be noted that the game earlier had faced many troubles in the past over not giving the credits to the performers of the dance before they integrated the dance to their game. The company also faced lawsuits from some of the dancers for featuring their dance moves in the game. But later, those lawsuits were dropped.

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Moto E6 Plus’ Geekbench listing shows MediaTek Helio P22 SoC and Android 9.0 Pie

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Moto E6 Plus’ Geekbench listing shows MediaTek Helio P22 SoC and Android 9.0 Pie

Lenovo-owned smartphone brand Motorola has plans of launching a new premium smartphone in India this month. From what it looks like, the company is getting ready to launch more smartphone models in different markets. Among these, the Moto E6 is one handset that has been talked about a lot. A report had surfaced online in April which claimed that the smartphone was supposed to launch via US carriers. Now, a new listing has appeared on Geekbench that suggests that the company is working on Moto E6 Plus, which will be powered by MediaTek Helio P22 SoC and run Android 9.0 Pie.

According to a report by NashvilleChatter, popular benchmarking app for smartphones, Geekbench, has listed a scorecard for ‘Motorola Moto E6 Plus’. The listing states the single and multi-core scores of the upcoming smartphone. Other than this, some of the key specifications of the handset like its processor, RAM and Android version have also been listed on the platform.

The Geekbench listing states that the smartphone will come with an ‘ARM MT6762V/WB’ processor, which is popularly known as Helio P22 processor. We should mention that this is an entry-level chipset that is found in budget smartphones. The handset will reportedly come with 2GB of RAM, however, there are chances of other RAM/storage configurations being made available at the time of the launch. The device is listed to run the Android 9.0 Pie.

Moto E6 plus geekbench

As we mentioned earlier, in April, a report had surfaced online which had the specifications of the Moto E6 listed on it. According to the report, the Moto E6 smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC and will be launched via US carriers. It is a very high possibility that the Moto E6 Plus will be launched along with it. However, we should mention that the presence of the MediaTek chip hints that the smartphone could be launched outside the US, and India could definitely be one among the countries where it is made available.

Although not much is known about the smartphone as of now, the pricing of the device is expected to be under Rs 10,000, considering that a number of smartphones in that range come with similar specifications.

On the other hand, Motorola is also gearing up to launch a new ‘premium device’ on June 20 in India. As of now, there are no reports about what to expect from the launch. However, it has been speculated that the company is planning to launch the Motorola One Vision smartphone, that was recently unveiled in Brazil.

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Oppo Reno 10x Zoom, Oppo Reno to go on sale in India today: Price, specifications and sale details

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Oppo Reno 10x Zoom, Oppo Reno to go on sale in India today: Price, specifications and sale details

Oppo Reno and Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition will be going on sale in India today. The two smartphones from Oppo will be available for purchase on various online retailers as well as brick and mortar stores in the country. The smartphones were launched in India last month and they come with a Shark Fin side-wing camera module on their top edge to house the front-facing sensor. Besides this, the Oppo Reno 10x zoom is the first smartphone by the company to come with a 10X hybrid zoom technology. Here’s everything that you need to know about the smartphones’ price details, specifications and features:

Oppo Reno, Oppo Reno 10x Zoom price in India, sale details

Oppo Reno is available in India only in one variant that comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The smartphone is priced at Rs 32,999 and can be bought by Amazon India and offline retail stores in the country. The handset will go on sale starting 12 pm and is only available in a Jet Black colour variant.

Oppo Reno 10x Zoom is available in two storage variants. While the base model comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, the high-end model comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB onboard storage. The former costs Rs 39,990 and the latter is priced at Rs 49,990.

The base variant of Oppo Reno 10x Zoom will be available on Flipkart and some select offline retailers and the 8GB RAM model will be available on all major e-commerce stores and brick-and-mortar stores in the country. The handset, like Oppo Reno, will go on sale at 12 pm (noon). The device is available in Jet Black and Ocean Green colour options.

Oppo Reno specifications

Oppo Reno smartphone comes with a 6.4-inch Full-HD+ panoramic AMOLED display that is protected by 6th generation Corning Gorilla Glass. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC and comes with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The handset runs Android 9.0 Pie skinned with ColorOS 6. Oppo Reno houses a 3,765mAh battery that has support for VOOC 3.0 fast charging. For imaging duties, the Oppo Reno smartphone comes with a dual rear camera setup that has a 48MP IMX586 primary sensor and a 5MP sensor. The selfie camera module houses a 16MP sensor.

Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition specifications

Coming to Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition, the smartphone features a 6.6-inch panoramic AMOLED display. The device is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 855 SoC and comes with up to 8GB RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage. Oppo Reno 10x Zoom Edition comes with an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner and packs a 4,065mAh battery with VOOC 3.0 support.

The smartphone comes with a triple-rear camera setup that comprises of a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor, a 13MP periscope telephoto lens and an 8MP super wide-angle sensor. The device has the same front-facing snapper as its younger sibling.

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