Software giant Microsoft has revealed the first details of its next-generation Xbox. Most of the rumours about the upcoming gaming console said that Microsoft is planning to launch two new devices in 2020. While one of the two upcoming consoles is said to be the equivalent of the Xbox One X that is currently available in the market, the other one will be the Xbox One S. Now, we are finally getting some information about the next high-end console in the Xbox series, which has been codenamed as Project Scarlett.
The company says that the console comes with a custom-designed processor that is based on AMD’s Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA architecture. The company has also promised that its new console will be four times more powerful than the Xbox One X. It will come with GDDR6 RAM that is claimed to “usher in resolution and framerates we’ve never seen before.”
The newly-announced Project Scarlett console will have support for 8K gaming, up to 120fps framerates, variable refresh rate and ray tracing. The company has also said that it is using an SSD on the console. Speaking about Project Scarlett, an Xbox spokesperson said, “We’ve created a new generation of SSDs. We’re using the SSD as virtual RAM.” We should mention that Microsoft says that this is supposed to boost the performance of the device by 40x as compared to the current generation of the gaming console. In simpler words, games will load a lot faster than they do on the current version.
Sony has also promised that the PS5 gaming console with come with support of up to 8K graphics, 3D audio and SSD storage. The console is also said to have backward compatibility with the titles that are currently available on the PlayStation 4. The upcoming PlayStation 5 will also be powered by an eight-core CPU that will be based on AMD’s 3rd generation Ryzen line. The console will come with a GPU that has support for ray-tracing graphics. Sony has also started teasing 4K graphics coupled with a refresh rate of 120Hz.
It is also worth mentioning that Halo Infinite is also getting launched along with Microsoft’s Project Scarlett Xbox console. With this, the company has set the stage for the next generation of console gaming. The software giant has not disclosed what exactly the Project Scarlett looks like and we should also mention that its unveiling is a lot similar to what the company did to Project Scorpio, which was eventually launched as Xbox One X.
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A few days back, a phone that has not been officially confirmed or announced yet – Huawei Nova 5i – was spotted on Geekbench. The same device also received regulatory certificates in two countries. Now, Geekbench has listed a new variant of Huawei Nova 5i smartphone that comes with 6GB of RAM. We should mention that the one that had surfaced online earlier had 4GB of RAM. The listing on Geekbench also says that Huawei Nova 5i smartphone will be powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 710 SoC and run Android 9.0 Pie.
The 6GB RAM variant of Huawei Nova 5i that has been spotted on Geekbench comes with the model number ‘HUAWEI GLK-LX2′. We should mention that two other separate listings have been spotted earlier under the same model number. Coming to the scores of the of Huawei Nova 5i on Geekbench, the smartphone scored 1516 and 1530 in the single-core test and it got 5193 and 5233 on the multi-core test.
According to Geekbench, the upcoming smartphone will be powered by an octa-core SoC clocked at 1.71GHz and it will pack 6GB of RAM.
Speaking of the other variant of Huawei Nova 5i smartphone that was spotted on Geekbench recently, it had the model number ‘HUAWEI GLK-LX3. While it is powered by the same processor that powers the 6GB RAM variant of the handset, it packs 4GB of RAM. Going by the Geekbench listing, it is easy to assume that HUAWEI GLK-LX2 will be the high-end model of Huawei Nova 5i with 6GB of RAM. The HUAWEI GLK-LX3 is speculated to be the base model that will house 4GB of RAM.
We should mention that Huawei’s Nova series of smartphones were made available internationally under the company’s ‘P Lite’ moniker. Other reports about the Huawei Nova 5i suggest that it will come with a 5.84-inch full-HD+ hole-punch display and feature a quad-rear camera setup on its back. The display of the smartphone will come with a selfie camera embedded in it so that the user can get a full-screen experience without a notch.
According to the database by NCC, the smartphone will pack 128GB of internal storage and can hold a microSD card of up to 512GB. The smartphone will come with a USB Type-C port. However, since there is no official word on the launch of Huawei Nova 5i, we recommend you to take all this information with a grain of salt.
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Nokia 8.1 is a mid-range smartphone launched by HMD Global back in October 2018 and it packs good mid-range specification. When launched, its starting price was Rs 26,999 and it competed against the likes of Poco F1, Samsung Galaxy A50 etc. But now, months after its launch, the Nokia 8.1 is getting a price cut on both its variants. The discounted price on both the variants of the Nokia 8.1 can be found on Nokia’s official India website. The interested users can buy the device from Nokia’s India website for a discounted price. To be precise, both the variants of Nokia 8.1 has received a price cut of Rs 7,000 from their original pricing. Some highlights of Nokia 8.1 is that is beefs in up to 6GB of RAM and comes with up to 128GB of internal storage.
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Nokia 8.1 price and availability (revised)
As mentioned above, both variants of Nokia 8.1 has received a price cut of Rs 7,000 from their original price. Now, Nokia 8.1 with 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage is selling for Rs 19,999 instead of Rs 26,999. While the top-end variant of the device with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is selling for Rs 22,999 instead of Rs 29,999.
The revised prices on Nokia 8.1 can be found on Nokia’s India official website.
Amazon India is offering the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant of Nokia 8.1 for Rs 19,250 which is even lower than the revised price. While the 6GB RAM/ 128GB storage variant of the device is listed at Rs 23,850 which is a bit higher than the revised price.
Other than the price cut, Nokia India online store is offering a gift card worth Rs 4,000 along with a one-time screen replacement if the user uses the promo code ‘MATCHDAYS’ when making the purchase. The platform is also offering no-cost EMI plans for a duration of 9 months. Other deals on the purchase of the device includes additional data benefits of up to 1TB of 4G data to Airtel prepaid subscribers. For that, the users would need to recharge on plans starting from Rs 199. While Airtel postpaid customers will also be getting 120GB of additional data benefits along with 3 months of free Netflix subscription along with one year of Amazon Prime subscription if they recharge using plans starting from Rs 499.
Nokia 8.1 specifications and features
Nokia 8.1 sports a 6.18-inch Full-HD+ (1080 x 2244 pixels) display with an aspect ratio of 18.7:9. The device is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC paired with 4GB and 6GB of RAM. It runs Android 9 Pie and packs a 3,500mAh battery with 18W fast charge support.
On the imaging front, Nokia 8.1 features a dual-rear camera setup which comprises of a 12MP main sensor paired with a 13MP depth sensor. While at the front, there is a 20MP selfie camera.
The Taiwanese smartphone company, HTC Corporation has not been active in the smartphone market for quite a while. But now, according to a recent development, HTC might be planning to launch a new smartphone. HTC has put out a mysterious teaser on its official HTC Facebook page with the date June 11 written on it. Other than the date nothing much was revealed by HTC’s Facebook’s post. It should be noted that, the last HTC smartphone named HTC U12+ launched back in 2018. And now, with the new teaser, HTC will possibly be launching its new smartphone next week.
HTC is also ‘looking forward’ to the new smartphone launch. And if the company launches a new smartphone it will be HTC’s return to the smartphone market. But with the constant change in the current smartphone sector, HTC would have to do something extra-ordinary while keeping the price point in mind if it is looking to lure in the customers.
According to the recent rumours about the new smartphone, HTC is planning to take Google’s route and launch a mid-range smartphone with pricing similar to Google Pixel 3a. And if the company is planning to launch a device similar to the Pixel 3a or the Pixel 3a XL it should have similar or better specifications.
Earlier, a leak about the new HTC mid-range smartphone suggested that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 710 SoC paired with 6GB of RAM. It will reportedly come with a 6-inch Full HD+ (1,080 x 2, to160 pixels) display with an aspect ratio of 18:9. It will also reportedly pack a 3,930mAH battery but whether it will have fast charging support or not is currently not known.
Some of the early renders of the smartphone has also been leaked online which shows that it will pack a simple and normal design. But it will come with dual-front camera and will reportedly come with an ‘e’ in its name, as it is put in the teaser. And there might be a possibility that the HTC’s upcoming mid-range smartphone might wear the HTC U19e nametag.
As mentioned above, the last smartphone launched by the company was HTC U12+ back in 2018. But after that, the company was devoid from the smartphone industry and it hadn’t release a smartphone till now. So, the flagship smartphone field is left for other companies like Apple, Samsung, LG and others. But with the launch of the new smartphone, HTC might be planning on making a return. More details about the smartphone from HTC will be available once it launches on June 11.
Even after getting negative remarks and for a few weeks being banned in some states in India, PUBG Mobile (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) still hasn’t lost its charm. It still remains one of the most played game on smartphones. And now, PUBG is bringing the light version of its game, PUBG Lite, to India. Earlier, PUBG Lite was launched in other Asian countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangladesh and non-Asian countries like Brazil, but now weeks later the light PC version of the popular game has finally come to India. And seeing that India still remains one of the biggest markets of the battle royale game, this doesn’t come in as a surprise.
It should be noted that PUBG Lite is the lighter PC version of the popular PC battle royale game. And being a lightweight and watered-down version of the graphically heavy PUBG PC, the Lite version doesn’t need a high-end PC to run. Yes, PUBG Lite can also run on lower-end PCs and laptops. So there is no need of a dedicated GPU to run the game as an integrated GPU would be enough to run the game smoothly.
The news was revealed by the official PUBG India Facebook page which posted an image which contained the dark silhouette of the Taj Mahal. It also had the words “PUBG LITE Coming Soon”, so the revelation was made by the company itself.
Although the news that PUBG Lite is making its way to India soon is clear, but the company hasn’t revealed an official launch date yet. But some leaks and rumours online on Discord and social media suggests that the lighter version of the game will be launching in India by the end of the month. Other than that, the game will also be made available on Steam and it would come to the platform on around June 25.
As mentioned before, PUBG PC is the graphic heavy version of the popular battle royale and the PUBG Lite is the lighter version of the game. So, PUBG Lite will enable the gamers to play the game on their PC with low to mid-range specifications as well. Earlier to play on PC, the players needed an emulator so that they could play the game, but with the arrival of PUBG Lite they would be able to enjoy the game on PC without needing an emulator or a high-end gaming PC.
Here are the System Requirements of PUBG Lite:
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows 7,8,10 64Bit
CPU: Core i3 @2.4Ghz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: Intel HD 4000
HDD: 4GB
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7,8,10 64Bit
CPU: Core i5 @2.8Ghz
RAM: 8GB
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870
HDD: 4GB
GIFs make conversations with friends more fun. In simple words, we can say that they are like animated pictures that showcase our feelings better. However, most of us rely on websites like GIPHY to get new GIFs that are apt to describe our emotions in a particular conversation. Various social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram also offer a gallery of GIFs that the users can choose from to send their friends. Furthermore, WhatsApp and YouTube even let you create your own GIFs. Here, we will tell you how you can create your own GIFs on WhatsApp and YouTube.
Let’s begin with WhatsApp. Firstly, for those unaware, here’s how you can find and send GIFs on the popular instant messaging app:
Open the chat of the friend whom you wish to send a GIF on WhatsApp.
Click on the Emoji icon on the chat bar. This is the same icon you click to select emojis for a chat.
You will see that besides emojis in chat window, there is a GIF icon and a Sticker icon.
Press on the GIF icon.
Here, you will find an entire gallery of GIFs that you can send your friends.
You can press on the search icon on the bottom left to look for more GIFs. You can type words like ‘Lol’ or ‘Beyonce’ or even the name of a movie to get appropriate GIFs.
Coming to how you can create your own GIFs on WhatsApp, here are the steps you need to follow:
Go to the chat of the friend whom you wish to send the GIF.
Press on the Attach icon.
Select the video from which you wish to create a GIF.
In edit, reduce the size of the video to 6 seconds or less.
An option of creating a GIF would appear on the top right. Toggle it to GIF.
Hit send to share it with your friend.
WhatsApp is not the only platform that lets you create your GIFs. You can do that on YouTube too. Here are the steps that you need to follow:
Go to the YouTube video you wish to create a GIF out of.
Add ‘gif’ before the URL of the video.
This will take you to gifs.com, and here you can create GIFs with a variety of effects.
You can directly share the GIF on your social media profiles or to download it.
Note: YouTube videos that are too long may not work too well with this shortcut.
Google Chrome is getting a new update with Chrome 75 (75.0.3770.67) for its Android version. The new version of Chrome comes with a number of improvements, new features, performance enhancements and overall stability. The updated Google Chrome for Android is now available on Google Play Store. But the most notable change the Chrome 75 brings to the Android OS is the Reader Mode. But it is not activated by default as it is hidden and to use it, the user would need to turn it on. Google Chrome 75 has borrowed this new feature from Mozilla Firefox web browser.
To turn on the Reader Mode in Chrome 75, the users would need to turn it on using Chrome’s experimental flags. This feature can be turned on using the following route: chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode section. Once the users enable the Reader Mode in Chrome 75 they would be required to relaunch the web browser to enter the mode. According to the company, Reader Mode works with news stories and text-based content as well. The users can go to ‘Distill Page’ option from the list of dropdown menus which will be present on the top right corner of Google Chrome.
Other than the Reader Mode, Chrome 75 has also fixed several security bugs, one of which was named ‘evil cursor’ bug. The evil cursor bug was earlier reported being misused by technology website in 2018.
Furthermore, Google had recently said that it will be enabling the complete ad blocking capabilities to the Chrome users. This new change had been introduced by the search giant months after facing the outrage for the Manifest V3 standard. So it said that it would be bringing this change of the webRequest API in Manifest V3 and not the entire webRequest API.
Moreover, recently Google had introduced a speedometer to the navigation screen of Maps. The speedometer feature was brought out so that the users will stay within the speed limits while driving. Once the user drives past the speed limit, the app would warn them that they are exceeding the speed limit using the speedometer. This feature was placed on the lower left corner of the screen of the application itself. Google has copied this new feature from Waze which is another map platform similar to Google Maps. Waze uses this feature presently but it is limited to some countries only. And similarly, Google Maps users of Belgium, US and Brazil can only use the speedometer feature right now, but there is a possibility that the company will bring the feature to other countries as well in the recent future.
The Taiwanese tech giant, Asus teased that it will be launching its newest flagship device – the Asus Zenfone 6 in India. The arrival of theis smartphone has also been teased by the e-commerce platform Flipkart where it is teased it as Asus 6z. According to Asus India, the Zenfone 6z will be coming to India on June 19, 2019. Some highlights of the Asus 6z is the world’s first flip camera, which holds a 48MP Sony sensor, a flagship Snapdragon 855 CPU and a huge 5,000mAh battery.
Earlier, we saw that Delhi High Court has restricted Asus from using Zen name for its devices. The court also put an effective ban on the sale of all the Asus’s Zen and Zenfone named products in India. The ban on name of the Asus Zen named products meant that it could not launch its new flagship, the Asus Zenfone 6 in India until it found a way to do so. And now, the company has found a way to do just that as it will be launching its Zenfone 6 flagship smartphone in India named as ‘Asus 6z’.
Although the name of the smartphone might have changed but it will have the same specifications and the features as the global Asus ZenFone 6. Asus has only revealed the name and the launch date of the Asus 6z in India through a media invite. But other than that, the Taiwanese company hasn’t revealed the pricing and other details of the Asus 6z yet.
But considering its pricing in the international market, the Asus 6z should be priced around Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000.
The Asus 6z packs a 6.4-inch Full-HD+ (1,080 x 2,340 pixels) display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. This mobile comes with Gorilla Glass 6 protection on top. And as mentioned above, the Asus 6z will be powered by Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 855 SoC paired with Adreno 640 GPU. The Asus 6z packs a huge 5,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 4.0 fast charging support. The Asus 6z will fetch 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage with support of microSD card of up to 2TB. Over that, it will run Android 9 Pie skinned with Zen UI.
The camera of the Asus 6z is its main focus point, it comes with a world’s first flip camera. The dual-rear camera setup comprises of a 48MP Sony IMX586 primary camera paired with a 13MP ultra-wide-angle lens.
Other features of the Asus 6z includes dual speakers with dual smart amplifiers USB Type-C, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, and GPS.
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
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.
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:
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How to change your username through the Instagram app on your smartphone:
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.
Then you need to click on the Edit Profile button which will be placed right under the account follower and the following info.
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.
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:
When using the PC version of Instagram, you can change your username by going to your profile.
Then you need to go to the Edit Profile section which will be located next to your current username.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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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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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:
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.
Then click on Settings and then go to Account.
Here, select Manage Steam Guard Account Security. Once selected, it will be toggled on.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It will allow other users to play on your PC using your game library.
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.
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.
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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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.
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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.
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.
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:
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Looker Data Science: $2.6 billion
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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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